Program lead of a cost efficiency program designed to improve the effectiveness of operational services provided within the university. Responsibilities include collecting and analyzing data and communicating the results to senior leadership using data visualization and developing dashboards to present actionable insights.• Designed and developed interactive and story driven Tableau dashboards to analyze and report on financial data as part of an initiative to realize cost savings of $127M… Show more Program lead of a cost efficiency program designed to improve the effectiveness of operational services provided within the university. Responsibilities include collecting and analyzing data and communicating the results to senior leadership using data visualization and developing dashboards to present actionable insights.• Designed and developed interactive and story driven Tableau dashboards to analyze and report on financial data as part of an initiative to realize cost savings of $127M over two years. • Provided leadership and support in a benchmarking initiative designed to gain insight and understanding of the efficiency and effectiveness of operational activity. Engaged with over 400 stakeholders across 18 faculties to ensure the timely and successful execution of the data collection exercise.• Collaborated with stakeholders to establish target KPIs to forecast short and long-term financial needs, identify opportunities and mitigate risk. Responsible for creating SQL code to extract, manipulate and transform data for analysis and presenting the data according to business requirements.• Analyzed text using Natural Language Programming—implemented a machine learning pipeline in Python using TensorFlow to analyze over 1500 survey comments and summarize the results through text classification. Show less

Collaborated with a team of financial analysts and administrative personnel to provide ongoing financial support to researchers, lab technicians and department managers. Reviewed daily transactions, reconciled accounts, prepared financial statements, managed budgets and provided recommendations to enhance efficiency, optimize cash flow and reduce costs.• Created and maintained visual dashboards in Power BI to analyze and monitor $30M of research funding across 50 researchers and 200… Show more Collaborated with a team of financial analysts and administrative personnel to provide ongoing financial support to researchers, lab technicians and department managers. Reviewed daily transactions, reconciled accounts, prepared financial statements, managed budgets and provided recommendations to enhance efficiency, optimize cash flow and reduce costs.• Created and maintained visual dashboards in Power BI to analyze and monitor $30M of research funding across 50 researchers and 200 research grants so that research funding could be utilized in an effective and timely manner.• Enhanced reporting efficiency by 70%. Pioneered innovative VBA codes that abolished repetitive tasks and promoted the development of managerial-report for designated stakeholders to improve decision-making.• Influenced $30M budgets and 500+ research projects by reviewing spending across projects, reconciling accounts, assessing inaccuracies and non-conformances, and providing recommendations to allocate funding based on expenditure vs. target deliverable.• Reduced overspending and exceeded target KPIs by developing business forecasting models to identify historical spending per project and rectify major inefficiencies. Show less

Worked directly with the company’s CFO to support in daily accounting operations. Managed journal entries, reconciled accounts, and prepared periodic financial reports. • Supported the preparation of monthly and annual financial reporting to board members and other stakeholders. Reviewed 500 transactions annually and reconciled accounts to ensure accuracy of reporting and compliance with accounting standards.• Assisted with modeling and forecasting of financial activity to understand… Show more Worked directly with the company’s CFO to support in daily accounting operations. Managed journal entries, reconciled accounts, and prepared periodic financial reports. • Supported the preparation of monthly and annual financial reporting to board members and other stakeholders. Reviewed 500 transactions annually and reconciled accounts to ensure accuracy of reporting and compliance with accounting standards.• Assisted with modeling and forecasting of financial activity to understand and manage monthly cash flow while identifying any areas of potential overspending. Show less

Worked directly with company's CFO to support daily accounting operations. Managed journal entries, reconciled accounts, supported with A/R, A/P and periodic financial audits. Engaged directly with vendors and clients-verified invoices, processed payments and prepared and delivered monthly financial reports.