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Greater Chicago Area

Chicago, Il

Responsible for mentorship and daily leadership of eight-person team. Full operational control over the lifecycle management functions of a $573M equipment fleet, which includes purchasing, scheduling, disposing, internal billing, and strategic vendor management. Create rental rates for various equipment categories and measure their effectiveness with return on investment summaries. - Strategically and profitably led a 28% or $126M growth in the Walsh Fleet, including acquisition of $186M of new capital equipment - Developed and implemented new procurement plans for large scale projects; Negotiated equipment package purchases with discounts and additional value added services, saving the company over $10M - Enhanced the pre-bid estimating support to improve accuracy of equipment cost and appropriate machine selection

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for all financial reporting and analysis of a $442M construction equipment fleet. Lead creation of annual budgets for the equipment ($55M) and flight ($4M) departments. Produce monthly business summary for executive leadership, including all financial variance analysis and forecasts for revenue, operating expenses and capital investments. Responsible for the internal revenue process, including development of a Billing Analyst direct report. Create rental rates for various equipment categories and measure their effectiveness with return on investment summaries.  - Directed cross-functional teams with Equipment Operations, Accounting and IT to solve numerous business issues - Microsoft Excel expert; Developed fluency in Oracle Discoverer and Microsoft Office products

Greater Chicago Area

Exceptionally led a six-person department through a very challenging leadership turnover. Responsible for daily management, acquisitions and disposals of the equipment fleet.  - Responsible for the equipment start-up of (3) $750M+ projects, including creation of new sourcing strategies

Incentives Analyst, Jul 2008-Nov 2008Responsible for cost modeling all Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge monthly incentive plans for a $5B annual sales incentive budget. Measured and analyzed actuals to the model’s predictions to improve future accuracy. - Working with Sales Operations, constructed national and regional monthly incentive programs, incorporating price elasticity into incentive spending strategies - Developed fluency in Hyperion Essbase and managed sales and marketing incentives cubes in Essbase databasesCapital Spending/Budget Analyst, Jun 2007-Jul 2008Member of the plant finance team at Warren Truck Assembly Plant. Actively managed capital expenditures for plant engineering projects, including requisition/disbursement of funds and forecasting of CIP. Maintained physical integrity and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance over the plant’s capital assets ($357M NBV) including capitalization/disposals and yearly inventory requirements. Developed long-term capital plans in collaboration with Engineering. - Audited, identified and recovered $4.7M in vendor invoice errors; proactively cleared $1M in internal billing errors - Developed fluency in SAP accounting software managing fixed assets records and cost accounts Financial Analyst (Intern), May 2006-Aug 2006Worked in the Discounted Cash Value Added (DCVA) group and supported the net asset study to determined asset allocation levels for vehicle profitability models. - Created an investment benchmarking tool for use in capital expenditure target setting for new vehicle programs

Military Security Officer, Nov 2001-Jun 2002Performed Security duties in support of Operation Noble Eagle after the September 11th tragedy - Graduated Top of Class-Military Law Enforcement Training Academy - Received the Military Leadership Award for excellence in leadershipAviation Ordnanceman, Oct 1996-Oct 2000Assistant Shift Supervisor and ordnance team leader in a FA-18 fighter jet squadron. Ensured all ordnance was properly loaded. Collateral Duty Inspector, ensuring all armament system maintenance was completed according to regulations. - Selected for a ROTC scholarship based on exemplary performance - Graded as the top Second Class Petty Officer in the Squadron

Mba, Finance

Bba, Finance And Economics Double Major