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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Complete complex financial modeling of the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, jurisdictional earnings and regulatory earnings for the specified regulated utility for both the short and long-term horizons.• Work in conjunction with the Finance, Tax, Capital Asset Accounting and the business area finance groups to complete the financing, tax and capital expenditure related forecasts. Coordinate the updates of information and review results of the inputs to ensure reasonableness.• Work with Business Area management to complete what-if modeling and analysis using changing assumptions and ensuring all assumptions are documented. Concisely communicate and present the results and recommendations to management.• Produce monthly reporting packages for Board of Directors and the operating company Presidents detailing business drivers of variances against the budget, forecast, and prior year results.• Analyze quarterly and yearly financial results of operating companies and provide external reporting and investor relations with detailed explanations of business drivers.• Provide training and support for new hires within Financial Performance & Planning group.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Developed management tools to measure and analyze financial and operational information (e.g. key performance indicators, sales forecasting, integrated budget model, pricing tools, and management reports)• Served as finance point person for project's senior executives and providing guidance on budgets, expense tracking, goal setting, and ad-hoc analysis.• Prepared and delivered presentations to executive leadership team on project financial results.• Assembled and verified journal entries for month-end.

Chicago, Il

• Partnered with CFO to create monthly management book based on key operating and performance metrics for distribution to CEO and board of directors.• Provided ad-hoc reports to CFO on unique and confidential financial projects.

Mba, Finance

Toronto, Canada

Bs, General Management And Technology

Study Abroad

Melbourne, Australia