As a Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis, I oversee financial planning and budgeting processes, conduct forecasting and variance analysis, and perform financial analysis to prepare insightful reports. I collaborate with department heads to align financial goals, lead and mentor the FP&A team, and continuously improve financial processes for greater efficiency. Additionally, I support strategic planning initiatives and manage costs to optimize financial performance.

• Business unit owner of the $1.3B National Accounts Services P&L with a focus on expenses.• Supervise 5 (Sr.) Financial Analysts focused on $0.7B in expense planning, forecasting, and variance analysis.• Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual FP&A processes, including management reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and scenario planning.• Provide executives with clear, actionable insights to reveal growth opportunities, manage risks, and synthesize and present findings at regular reviews meetings. • Consolidate business unit results with adherence to SOX Compliance.• Present financial results to business unit leaders, partners, VP, and CFO.• Develop analytics to assist in decision making and value add partnering.

• Establish successful business partnerships with finance and operational leaders and executives; displaying effective communication to all levels of leadership.• Build, utilize, and improve models to assist with budgeting, forecasting, and analytics to provide actionable, forward looking recommendations.• Worked closely with management to develop annual budgeting and quarterly forecasts, create alignment with operational and strategic initiatives, and apply business judgment and financial insights to drive key decision making.• Analyzed monthly, quarterly, and YTD results against budget and forecast to ensure the reasons for variances are comprehendible, making recommendations for actions when needed and updating forecasting methodology to reduce variances to expectations.• Prepare, consolidate, and publish financial results, such as P&L's, Plan, and Forecast Packages. Perform ad hoc analysis to support management in developing initiatives to drive growth and margin improvements.• Proficient in the use of financial applications such as Hyperion, Oracle, and Open Invoice to extract, aggregate, and analyze financial data and performance metrics.Awards:o Q1 FY19 Service Excellence in Business Partnershipo Q4 FY19 Best Mentor Award o Q4 FY19 #Hellogr8ness (Building Wide Award)

•Provide reporting and analysis to management, agents, and internal Verizon partners•Determine and provide accruals to management and accounting•Analyze trends and reconcile variances between accruals and actuals•Deliver trending analysis and variance reconciliations to management and accounting on Day -4 and Day -1 meetings•Respond to internal and external commission inquiries and perform Ad Hoc requests•Build and query data via the use of Excel, Access, IDEA, Cognos, PeopleSoft, Teradata (SQL) and Microsoft Visual Studio•Key contributor in projects such as the automation from Access to CCRS for VAD agents and the migration from Sybase to Oracle for the commissions calculation and reporting system•Hold bi-weekly conference calls with National Retailers (BestBuy, Costco, Apple, etc.) and account managers to discuss sales, compensation, promotions, discrepancies, trending and analysis•Identify process improvements and contribute to the design and implementation of the new processes•Assist management with complex compensation issues such as the Note 7 recall and TMP Automation•Conduct presentations to management, internal, and external customers with the use of PowerPoint and WebExFinancial Analyst – Indirect Wireless Commissions March 2014-Dec 2015•Process operational functions that assist in providing the most accurate commission payments to agents according to contracts, SOX, and internal compliance•Reconcile agent commission discrepancies and make necessary determinations to alter final payouts•Analyze and correct commissions via queries such as duplicates, date out of range, zero value and etc.•Conduct contract audits, review audit reports and correct irregularities to ensure accuracy•Pull trending reports to analyze agent sales and payouts to determine unexpected spikes or dips in sales volume/ commission payments and investigate/determine causes such as fraud, promotions, liquidations, errors, etc.

Service Director •Aided in launching the church in January of 2010•Managed the Sunday Service Experience •Supervised and coordinating all activities with 8 department heads and a plethora of volunteers•Participate in key decisions, leadership meetings, and financial discussions•Involved in scaling the church from 12 members to more than 600•Maintain controls in 3 services every Sunday to accommodate growthTV Production Team Lead (Jan 2015-Present)•Lunched at new TV Production Team - supervising 10 Cameramen, Video Editors, & Switch Board Operators•Coordinate with spokesperson, lighting team, tech team, and key contributors to the TV production broadcast•Provide scheduling, training, and communication to team members

•Retailed jewelry, watches, electronics, cell phones and services for T-Mobile and Boost Mobile•Hired, supervised, and oversaw all operations of the business•Communicated with cellular companies and reconciled sales and commissions •Implemented marketing campaigns and employee training that resulted in increased sales year-over-year•Created safety procedures for jewelry and electronic repairs while the use of fire and acidic chemicals were used

•Reviewed and analyzed business requirements, plan provisions, and other data sources to, manually or with the aid of a calculation workbook, calculate participant benefits timely and with accurate results for the non-automated pension calculations and associated processes.•Researched complex participant benefit issues impacting calculations and formulate resolutions/ recommendations by analyzing fact patterns and applying provisions and best practices. •Provided resolution in accordance with due dates and documented processes.•Document defects, inaccuracies, and discrepancies between macro and VBA coded spreadsheets and benefit legacy system TBA

•Assist clients in locating their dream home and marketing their current dwelling•Provide relatively accurate property valuation and repair estimations, exceptional marketing, effective negotiations and excellent customer care to deliver superior service to clients•Aid investors in locating, purchasing, repairing, and overturning distressed homes for profits of 20%-30%

•Led a team of 5 individuals to analyze the Target Corp’s brand and financials in order to develop a strategy for Target to obtain a competitive advantage along with increased revenues in their health and wellness sector- An extensive amount of time, work, and analyzation went into producing 3 major reports to accomplish our goals: Industry Analysis, 10K, & Strategic Analysis•Obtained 2nd place from 125 teams in the Great Case Competition when pitching the results and strategy to Target

•Managed company finances and provided financial figures/reporting to owners and accountants•Supervised a team of 5 individuals who generated budgeting/financial reports for clients•Involved in business analysis and key decision making

•Similar activities as mentioned for Exit Realty Access

•Sold televisions, camera, stereos, and electronic goods- “#1 in Electronic Warranty Sales” •Obtained skills such as punctuality, following up with clients, surpassing quotas, and communicating sales figures to management