Direct all financial operations through 3 direct reports responsible for a $20,000,000 operating budget• Provide monthly operating and investment performance reports and serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO on all business matters of the National Shrine• Provide quarterly financial, investment and forecast updates to the Board of Directors’ Finance Committee. • Collaborate with department heads on business initiatives and the implementation of additional technology to strategically position the organization for the post-COVID business environment.

Directed large-scale financial operation activities through five direct reports and 50 employees responsible for $1,400,000,000 in annual revenues, $1,300,000,000 in total expenditures, • Provided monthly operating reports, quarterly operating metrics, and capital project reports• Provided analytic insight and variance analysis in monthly and quarterly reportsLed operating units through development of two five-year strategic plans focused on enhancing services to university community while delivering more than $1,500,000 in budget improvements. Led and actively participated in 11 separate projects deploying new technology to improve operating procedures, bolster efficiency, and reduce administrative burden on schools and divisions. • Led billing and collections team to implement and manage three billing platforms supported by fully integrated web-based payment portals, resulting in 99.7% collection rate on $1,400,000,000 of billable revenue.• Led accounts payable team in processing 100,000 invoices annually as well as implementing paperless automated payables solution within past year. • Outsourced payment processing to banking partners and implemented single-use credit card payment method, resulting in $300,000 rebate to university from $18,000,000 in spending.• Guided cross-functional team's efforts to develop and implement e-commerce sites to reduce number of paper checks processed for non-tuition-related revenue (within two years, e-commerce sites managed $3,000,000 in revenue).• Supported treasury team in moving university to cashless environment, closing cashier's office and moving operations under billing and collection team, saving university $150,000 annually.• Provided investigative and analytical support to president’s innovation task force charged with identifying $65,000,000 of annual budget improvements repurposed toward academic mission.

Acted as member of president’s leadership team responsible for financial and administrative functions of newspaper, including finance, HR, and IT teams. Planned and coordinated budgeting process and collaborated with departmental executives in developing annual budget. Coordinated annual audit activity. Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly operating metrics, like production time and costs, circulation time and costs, and advertising page counts and revenue. Managed capital investment of $6,000,000, including second press line, three new offices, and system upgrades. Coordinated due diligence efforts during acquisition phase, winning praise from purchasing representatives.

Oversaw consolidated financial reporting, forecasting, and budgeting of up to 27 operating entities in geographic region consisting of seven states (contributed $100,000,000 to division’s net income annually). Developed several new business opportunities driving significant impact on region’s operating results. • Created revenue sharing agreement with stadium operators to provide access to ancillary revenue, like parking and concessions (model subsequently rolled out to other regions with similar opportunities). • Produced white paper analysis to help double operating results of one underperforming amphitheater entity within first year.