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Carrollton, Texas, United States

Strategically planned and coordinated budgeting actions, financial analysis, and management of the city’s IT department budget, and assisted preparing financial section of city council agenda items Partnered with the City’s Managed Service Provider, and other city departments in management of all technology related budgetary itemsManaged financial performance, forecasting, worked with Supply Chain Manager on Purchase Order creation and invoice processing for IT, as well as all other city departmentsAudited processes, documentation and data to ensure continuity and integrity of informationRevamped and streamlined invoicing process; created an excel-based activity tracker and live financial dashboardApplied independent judgment, personal discretion, and resourcefulness in interpreting and applying guidelinesAnalyzed vendor contracts, performed ad-hoc projects, and assisted with obtaining legal documents to be compliantProvided guidance and recommendation to departments in order to ensure organizational sustainability and maximize organizational efficiency, effectiveness, and performanceTracked of budgetary items, provided real-time funding expenditures, and encumbrances in order to help IT leaders with decisions on current budget, and on budget projections for future budget cyclesOversaw renewal of contracts, negotiated pricing and researched applicable grants, RFD, and vehicles to ensure compliance

Arlington, Texas, United States

Guiding clients into housing options suitable to their needs, and expectations.

Remote

Immersive full stack software engineering boot campFront-end: HTML5 / CSS3 / JavaScript / ReactJSBack-end: Java / Spring boot / NodeJSDatabases: SQL / MySQL / PostgreSQL

Remote

Completed Texas Realty coursePassed Texas Realty Exam on September, 24 2021

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Validate and process payment for every load generated within recycling department; averaging 300/weekValidate and process payment for every freight invoice as a result of each load that is movedFinancial reporting provided monthly; or as necessaryProcess enhancements; consolidating a potential of 10+ daily A/P reports into a single all-encompassing report, assisted in revamping A/R shared reporting, colaborting with accounting to unify data interpretation and reporting, QA test for updating invoicing process, streamlined and created paper-less process for payment and backup/audit documentationAnalyze load data and take action regarding any discrepancies discovered. Single point-of-contact for everything financial for recycling department; liason for accounting initiativesWork directly with Smelters in order to ensure remittance documentation is prompt and accurate

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Coordinate freight logistics in order to move spent/junk batteries: lead acid, NiMH, Lithium, Absolytes, etc.Responsible for analyzing data and creating quarterly reports; facilitating presentation.Process obligation lead credit loads; review and analyze financial lead statements for distributors to determine business need, and communicate appropriate action to be takenMonitored system gaps and provide feedback to enhance performance and functinality of main load generating system.Responsible for automating account managment process; streamlining and creating paper-free environment. (created standardized forms/documentation, regular reporting, restructured relationship with freight vendor, etc)Provided executive level financial reporting for all truckload ordersManage accounts that that require assistance in removal and and appropriate handling of hazardous material; under Code 40 of Federal Regulations.Traveled, to meet with potential and existing accounts; attend conferences and trade shows

Addison, Tx

Develop metrics and administer QA test to ensure processes remain with the green as pertaining to Service Level Agreements and procedural accuraciesDefine data criteria; retrieve data populations; determine sample population for testing; track and report testing results; complete weekly and monthly business reviews for executive reviewAssist adjacent Lines of Business with revisions to test script; technical writing including more concise measurements and help textTesting Bankruptcy Proof of Claims and Amended Proof of Claims in-line to ensure >98.5% accuracyTesting HUD extension post-mortem ensuring FLDD calculations were accurate and extensions reasoning was procedurally adequate for the request

Addison, Tx

Conduct risk and operational reviews and prepare summary analysis for upper managementPartner with business and/or service groups in the developing entire processes, including: risk analysis, technical writing and Standard Operating ProceduresCollaborating in facilitating the implementation of Business Control DocumentsReview policy and procedures and HUD guidance in order to track compliance, evaluate results, and present best practice solutions to any issues that are identified Assessing operational risk and internal control activitiesDeveloping and managing the implementation of operational and governance requirements for key control activities to ensure compliance with regulatory, legal, corporate, and business unit policies and proceduresDesigning of macro enabled Excel spreadsheets containing advanced formulas; including calculators checklists and dashboardsDeveloping and managing testing strategies, and analyses to ensure that controls are in place and functioning Create and manage controlled reporting based on HUD guidelines and internal policy requirementsConduct research, gather data and complete test to ensure on-going compliance with MRAs, SIAIs(self identified audit issues), and other audit related issues; perform root cause analysis and prepare summary reportsDefine data criteria, creating reports and presentations, assigning work, liaison for SharePoint updates and features, milestone status updates, completion of audit reviews & creating summary analysis for upper managementIdentify process gaps; Lead projects, develop and implement business unit governance, risk, or compliance programs and initiativesBusiness training, queue monitoring, control audits and monthly/quarterly executive trending reporting

Bedford, Tx

In-line Quality Assurance and Quality Control for GSE and Non-GSE Proprietary and HAMP modifications Income and credit reporting analysis ensuring re-evaluation of mortgage terms are justified by an evident hardship and/or change in circumstance Conducted peer training, underwriter training, process mapping and developing Participated in reducing material audit findings from >30% to <3% in six months. Subject Matter Expert of income documentation calculations; helping to reduce findings on Schedule E and S Corp documentation reviewsCreated checklist document streamlining the process, which resulted in me being a top producer consistently in both quality and productionReviewed numerous investor’s modification products; including cap mods, HAMP, etc

Lewisville, Tx

Underwriting loans qualifying for FNMA and FHLMC Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP)Verified all required documentation ensuring that all loans being qualified for Home Affordable Modification Program are genuine and free from fraudulent activity. Review and evaluate Broker Price Opinions associated with modifying loansTeam Lead responsibilities; Subject Matter Expert, workload analysis, training, compiling daily/weekly workloads & Access queries and updatesIdentified workout options based on diligent analysis of financial packages, credit reports, appraisals, hardship information and investor/client guidelines

Lewisville, Tx

Provide sales support and strong communication to customers, processors and management from loan pre-qualification to loan closing Manage multi-million dollar pipeline generated through various Marketing Department efforts; TMO, LMO, NPV and Remedy systems used to manage pipelineReview credit reports and appraisal reports to ensure refinancing opportunities could be extended to borrowers; also determine needed modifications/updates to propertyRefinance loans with >100% loan to value (LTV); special inventory loans requiring progressive financing methods and outside-of-the-box thinkingMultiple “Star” Achiever awards; award given for closing 6 + loans totaling over 1 million