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- Co-manage the annual financial and operational budgeting process that supports the firm’s strategic objectives; includes financial modeling and risk and opportunity analyses related to both revenue and expenses.- Liaise with partners and other administrative groups to manage RFP process. Ensure our pricing, whether at a case level or panel level, supports WilmerHale's business initiatives.- Develop and deliver financial presentations to Senior Administrators and core legal management, including department and practice chairs.- Co-lead our Regulatory and Government Affairs (RGA) Legal Department Practice Services Team with directors from Practice Management and Client Development; includes development of strategic initiatives within the RGA department focused on broader firmwide goals. - Create budget and pricing templates based on historical, comparable work to facilitate estimate and/or pricing arrangement construction; includes modeling key cost drivers.- Provide decision-support to Managing Directors, CFO, COO, and Senior Administrators; includes monthly statistical reporting, issue/problem identification from both business and financial perspectives, developing, analyzing, and quantitatively modeling realistic alternatives, and presenting recommendations.- Co-manage the development of partner financial dashboard highlighting individual partner metrics with drilldown capabilities. Present to and train partners during dashboard rollout.- Develop pricing strategies that address client requirements but meet WilmerHale’s financial goals. Work with firm Finance Committee on approvals for alternative pricing arrangements.

-Prepare annual firm, office, and practice group budgets, including financial modeling and risk and opportunity analysis.-Work with different business areas across the firm to develop and analyze business plans/budget to support the firm's business initiatives (both existing and new).-Provide decision-support to Managing Director, CFO, COO, and Senior Administrators. This includes monthly statistical reporting, issue definition from business and financial perspectives, developing, analyzing, and modeling realistic alternatives, and presenting recommendations.-Prepare firm financial information for annual survey and publication purposes.-Prepare weekly and monthly financial reports and develop financial and operational presentations for Finance Management to Partners and Core Management.

Finance Department-Day-to-day dealings with high-end clients and firm partners to continuously develop working relationships.-Integral part of department that brought in over $1 billion in 2012. Handle, among others, a client account that annually brings in $25 million.-Works to establish best practices for accounting methods throughout the month/year.-Leadership role in departmental task force of reporting.

Summers only.Supply Chain & Financial Analysis, Process ImprovementWorked with the current supply chain managers to develop a new inventory arrangement system.Developed a bin-style inventory control system that increased productivity and organization.This process increased order picking efficiency as well as improved shrink control for the warehouse.Partnered with the Information Systems team to increase effectiveness of item tracking and location.

Other; "Core: Credential Of Readiness", Pass With Honors

HBX CORe (Credential of Readiness) is a 120-150 hour certificate program on the fundamentals of business from Harvard Business School..

B.S. Administration, Finance

Activities and Societies: -Lettered four years on Fairmont State University's basketball team (NCAA Division II) -Commissioner's Honor.