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Bergen County, Nj

Professional endurance coach helping busy people conquer their big race. In additional to coaching responsibilities, I make daily operational, strategic and financial decisions within the group. RTA Triathlon (RTA) is a full service endurance coaching business and triathlon club based out of Bergen County, NJ. RTA works with athletes across the country, offering a variety of services to get you fitter, faster & on track to successfully accomplish your goals!Our job is to motivate, train, educate and coach our clients to be successful in any endurance event they choose. We work with a broad range of people (beginner to elite) and the majority of our clients are busy high level executives with no time to waste.We train our athletes by using our proprietary system built upon data and refined through continual benchmark testing. On going mini testing helps ensure results that exceed expectations. Stop hoping what you are doing is correct and start training effectively and efficiently. Hope is not a strategy!

Provided reporting and analysis for the cash flow and asset backed lending side of GE Capital. My primary focus was on our media, entertainment and communications portfolio as well the Bank Loan Group.Developed the risk analysis as part of a 7 person, cross functional team, ultimately increasing our Joint Venture lending program by $200MM and decreasing the approval process period by 66%. Efforts were recognized by 2 GE officersProduced multiple monthly & quarterly reports for GE’s Media ($6.6B exposure, ~230 accts) and Cash Flow Bank Loan ($5.8B exposure, ~290 accts) Portfolios for the Senior Risk Officers and their direct reportsRegularly provide ad hoc analysis and create pitch pages for upper management

Norwalk, Ct

The Financial Management Program (FMP) is an intensive two-year program spanning four rotational assignments. These assignments may include: financial planning, accounting, operations analysis, auditing, forecasting, treasury/cash management, or commercial finance. The program combines coursework, intensive job assignments and interactive seminars to equip you with exceptional technical, financial and business skills. The program is led by senior GE professionals and mentors and is committed to developing world-class financial leaders for exciting careers.

I worked on several strategic pricing initiative projects simultaneously while submitting key metric reports to management on a weekly basis. I was able to dramatically improve reporting efficiencies and accuracy by reformatting the reports and automating the process as much as possible. This resulted in a 50% reduction in cycle time.

Created a dynamic standardized pricing/risk tool for entire BLG portfolio (~700 accts) to easily evaluate opportunities and reduce cycle time by 63% while generating metric dashboards for the Sales and Risk teams. Priced $1.6B of Term & Revolving Credit (215 pricing models) and published weekly Revolver Usage Reports for mgmt. Planned and tracked $42MM of expenses across 12 cost centers and created a way to analyze expenses more efficiently & accurately

Planned and tracked $154MM of expenses across 20 cost centers and integrated plans for an acquired platform while providing monthly guidance for the CFO. I also managed $3MM of balance sheet accruals for reimbursable expenses on a monthly basis and recovered $1.2MM of outstanding reimbursements by leveraging legal counsel and account managers. In addition, I monitored 100+ deals and processed $5.6MM of deferred fees to income in compliance with FAS 91 (over two quarters in tough economic conditions) associated with deals that have paid out or have refinanced. During this rotation I attended training at GE's Crotonville and completed the Foundations of Leadership program which was a week long intensive course.

Worked in a headquarters role for GE's Corporate Financial Services hub. I was in charge of consolidating and rolling up $1.2B of expenses across the 6 segments. In addition, I performed separate detailed analyses for the Selling and G&A portion of expenses which included detailed variance analysis. I was also in charge of tracking a ~3,200 headcount month to month throughout a restructuring period.Completed a project which reworked the FAS91 capitalization process reducing the overall time required to complete by 60% while significantly increasing accuracy.Worked on several strategic projects which ultimately led to decisions made by management during the restructuring process.

Worked as a Tax Analyst in a Headquarters position within the Corporate Financial Services hub.Deferred Income Tax Project:Worked on this project with outside consultants and ultimately discovered ~$10MM of undeclared income.Foreign Source Income Project:Increased overall foreign tax credits and overall capacity.

Financial Leadership Program Intern for Owens Corning at the International Headquarters in Toledo, OH. I worked in the Composites business. For my summer project I led a team of ~6 cross functional professionals. We were able to successfully rework the Consignment Inventory process by making it more efficient, reducing overall risk and exposure.

Bs, Finance, Economics, Graduated With Distinction

Economics