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Orlando, Florida, United States

Oversees a multi-billion dollar theme park expansion to the Universal Orlando portfolio with Epic Universe and its themed lands. Directly responsible for budgeting, cash flow management, forecasting risks/opportunities, and partnering with discipline leaders to execute overall project objectives.

Orlando, Florida, United States

Orlando, Florida, United States

Orlando, Florida

• Led budgeting and cash flow management for theme park expansion; grew scope of financial oversight 2X while leading, coaching, and training team of 3 senior analysts, instilling best practices. • Delivered budgets, forecasts, and value engineering recommendations while ensuring accurate accruals and cost allocations; led month-end close, variance analysis, and corrective action plans.• Managed metrics/KPI and presented analytical insights and status updates to senior leadership; partnered cross-functionally on creative problem solving to keep project on-time and within budget.• Drove process improvements for time and cost savings while fostering a collaborative environment.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Managed budgeting and strategic planning, leading day-to-day FP&A for Food & Beverage division; • Managed team of 3 as a player-coach, mentoring and developing a highly productive, efficient group.• Created forecasting tools, analyzed revenue and margins, uncovered risks and opportunities, and conducted industry trend analysis for pricing models; made data-driven decisions. • Promoted from Sr. Analyst role to Finance Manager in under a year due to exceptional results.

Universal City, California

Responsible for CityWalk Owned & Operated venues including full P&L analytics and month end accounting, annual/quarterly planning, weekly reporting to finance and operations senior leadership.Finance lead for food capital management, pricing / competitive bench-marking, and executive presentation design and prep.Awards:Q1 2018 Best Partner award from Universal Food & Beverage(3) Time NBCU GEM Award Recipient

Farmington, Connecticut

• Managed $80M budget for Otis Elevator division’s world HQ overhead expense; developed financial reporting and served as a financial partner to cross-functional stakeholders, driving cost reduction.• Analyzed performance reports, ensuring budget adherence across departments; investigated and resolved significant variances, maintaining budget owner accountability. • Consolidated data, ran analytics, and created financial presentations for Otis and parent company leadership; elevated financial planning and analysis, distilling complexity to influence decisions.

Charlotte, North Carolina

• Analyzed key business metrics (sales, market share, profitability) and developed financial reporting for Commercial HVAC division of subsidiary (Carrier Corporation).• Leveraged Hyperion Finance Manager to create and consolidate financial data; engaged in statistical data analysis and trend analysis while serving as the HFM administrator for BU.• Generated forecasts and led variance analysis, presenting recommendations to management.

Hartford, Connecticut

• Responsible for analyzing product and service order trends for all UTC divisions. • Provided presentation material and back up to Senior UTC Leadership in preparation for monthly and quarterly Board of Directors meetings, Earnings Releases, and other high profile meetings. • Compiled economic statistics that may suggest future P&L impacts for UTC's commercial and aerospace divisions. • Supported the 2015 Plan process for the consolidated UTC portfolio.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Selected for leadership program targeting high-potential talent within Fortune 50 Company.• Engaged in micro and macroeconomic analysis and reporting, directly supporting VP and Director of Investor Relations; advised on Wall Street financial expectations.• Led FP&A projects for regional HQ to assess organic growth opportunities in ~$1B Americas region, including individual business units; developed SG&A forecasts and ran financial reporting. • Analyzed balance sheet, ensuring accurate journal entries and adherence to Accounting rules and internal controls for regulatory compliance; included capital expenditures (capex) and warranties. • Assisted Controllership for Manufacturing Operations; analyzed operating expenses (opex), headcount and labor productivity, capital spending, and part production statistics. 1st Rotation: UTC Pratt and Whitney - Turbine Module Center 2nd Rotation: UTC Aerospace Systems - Engine Systems Finance3rd Rotation: UTC Climate, Controls, & Security - North/South America Headquarter FP&A4th Rotation: United Technologies Corporate - Financial Planning and Analysis / Investor Relations

Farmington, Connecticut

• Responsibilities included daily sales/weekly orders reporting to senior leadership• Analyzing and forecasting HQ America entities,• Identifying organic sales growth for America's 11 business units totaling over $6B in annual revenue.

Windsor Locks, Ct

• Responsible for managing capital expenditures for both actuals and forecast. • Analyze and manage the warranty reserve part replacement process. • Provide detail analysis for various P&L and balance sheet accounts. • Responsible for forecasting the balance sheet as well as performing key journal entries and account reconciliations.

East Hartford, Connecticut

• Responsible for managing the finances of the Advanced Coatings internal business unit of the Turbine Module Center - a manufacturing center responsible for developing coatings for high temperature jet engine parts. • Overall tasks include tracking and reporting labor hours, daily internal sales & production, aged work in progress, development of operational budgets, and presentation support for senior management.

Windsor Locks, Ct

• Managed part transitions to low cost vendors for projects totaling over ten million dollars in spend for 2012. • Solicited request for quotes from domestic and international suppliers; performed Export Control analysis on numerous projects and was awarded the rank of Export Control Apprentice; • Conducted bid analyses for projects and present the findings to senior leadership for award approval.