Darius Taylor Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

Georgia

Greater Atlanta Area

Responsible for all financial and accounting responsibilities related to GE Power & Water’s Repair Engineering and Thermal HQ teams - prepare budgets, forecasts, reports, and analysis for $60MM in program expenses and $30MM in O&M expenses; perform all aspects of the monthly/quarterly financial close and reporting - including variance analysis, financial reporting, and account reconciliation; manage $65MM in annual engineering requisition liquidation/billing - implemented stronger internal controls, developed relationships with key stakeholders; established weekly operating rhythms to ensure predictability of program spend and to identify risks and opportunities against financial commitments; supported the planning and analysis of $600MM of engineering spend for the Energy Services business

Greater Atlanta Area

Developed and executed financial models for project, corporate, and other strategic valuation analysis; provided capital market analysis and research to executive leadership on a daily basis; researched and stayed current on issues and trends in the electric utility industry to support strategic planning; analyzed potential merger and acquisition candidates and provided due diligence support; analyzed and presented competitive/market intelligence to executive leadership; point of contact for external research (Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Moody’s, S&P, SNL, Lexus Nexus, etc.)Additional positions held:Accountant (Georgia Power) - Responsible for the accurate and timely reporting of financial and management reporting; accurate and timely processing of over $50 million in monthly expenses for co-owner billing and regulatory requirements; financial systems support; ensured G/L systems processed properly as scheduled, investigated and corrected entries held in suspense for various reasons; managed approximately $30 million annually in pole attachment revenue; resolved various requests from internal business units and external auditorAccounting Systems Analyst (Georgia Power) - Leveraged technical and accounting knowledge to support corporate accounting; analyzed accounting business processes to increase cost saving and reduce inefficient tasks with technical solutions (i.e. developed an automated process which reduced effort to report fuel expenses by 50%); awarded Key Contributors Award for work on Savannah Electric merger project

Developed and maintained a system of greater transparency to track employee advance activity; reconciled advance accounts for CNN International employees and bureau locations; accurately processed payables for CNN International business unit; responsible for contacting and acting as the point of contact for vendor inquires

Mba, Finance

Bachelor, Business Administration; Accounting & Computer Information Systems