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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Manage EMEA banking presence for company, ensuring appropriate liquidity for supported businesses and drive cost savings across the region

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

• Redesigned daily cash reconciliation process consisting of over 10k global transactions per month, saving an average of 4 hours of work per day.• Worked cross-functionally to implement In-House Banking structure, ensuring legal agreements were drafted and signed for all participants, tax structures were compliant across all countries, AP and AR setups were adjusted for simple transition and accounting structure setup for new posting methodology.• Implemented structured hedging program… Show more • Redesigned daily cash reconciliation process consisting of over 10k global transactions per month, saving an average of 4 hours of work per day.• Worked cross-functionally to implement In-House Banking structure, ensuring legal agreements were drafted and signed for all participants, tax structures were compliant across all countries, AP and AR setups were adjusted for simple transition and accounting structure setup for new posting methodology.• Implemented structured hedging program including writing hedging policy, as well as development, testing and implementation of hedging software that supported automation of all aspects of hedging program. Show less

Rochester, New York Area

• Evaluated commodity and FX exposures and assessed the risk to CBI, analyzing and recommending the need to hedge using financial derivatives and other methods of risk mitigation.• Presented monthly commodity financial and market summary to senior management, providing them with financial impacts and insights from commodity price movements.• Prepared routine budgeting and forecasting of commodity and FX hedge gains/losses along with the risk of market price movements on the underlying… Show more • Evaluated commodity and FX exposures and assessed the risk to CBI, analyzing and recommending the need to hedge using financial derivatives and other methods of risk mitigation.• Presented monthly commodity financial and market summary to senior management, providing them with financial impacts and insights from commodity price movements.• Prepared routine budgeting and forecasting of commodity and FX hedge gains/losses along with the risk of market price movements on the underlying exposures.• Revamped Excel management reporting files to remove many manual steps, allowing them to become much simpler to update month-to-month.• Assisted with treasury management system upgrade, which helped the treasury group gain both technological advancements and process efficiencies over the legacy system. Took on “system expert” role within Treasury, which included testing and setup for new system, training employees and being a point person for system questions and issues.• Evaluated and presented quarterly share of wallet analysis and recommended changes of transaction-based business costs, to ensure treasury group was allocating business appropriately.• Developed FX hedging strategy for business segment divestiture by researching various derivative option strategies and recommending an optimal strategy that was presented to Treasurer and CFO and utilized to protect sale price from FX rate movements. Show less

Rochester, New York Area

• Analyze and explain monthly account fluctuations, providing management with insight into significant changes, to better manage expenses.• Identify areas for efficiency and revamp processes to realize them, through eliminating unnecessary procedure steps, creating formula driven spreadsheets to aid in analysis, etc., leading to reductions in department labor and overtime costs.• Collaborate with other members of the General Accounting team, as well as colleagues in other departments… Show more • Analyze and explain monthly account fluctuations, providing management with insight into significant changes, to better manage expenses.• Identify areas for efficiency and revamp processes to realize them, through eliminating unnecessary procedure steps, creating formula driven spreadsheets to aid in analysis, etc., leading to reductions in department labor and overtime costs.• Collaborate with other members of the General Accounting team, as well as colleagues in other departments, to investigate and develop solutions to resolve issues.• Develop desk procedures and process documentation for critical areas for the General Accounting Department, including complex account reconciliations, as well as accounting system activities, to create more standardized and efficient processes.• Prepare journal entries throughout the month and during the close to ensure an effective and timely close.• Perform reconciliations for accounts to identify financial misstatements and record necessary adjustments, to ensure complete and accurate financial statements. Show less

Rochester, New York Area

• Analyzed market landscape to develop new opportunities for growth• Collected and prepared industry and market information for fund raising efforts• Grew clientele through cold calling customers and building a larger customer base

Perinton, Ny

• Assisted customers' with their needs and inquiries about products and ensured a positive attitude about their experience within the store and about the company.

Master Of Science (Ms), Finance, General

Activities and Societies: Simon Market TIMERS Club, Simon Golf Club, Simon Soccer Club

Bachelor Of Science-Business Administration, Finance

Activities and Societies: Society of Leadership and Success, Beta Alpha Psi, UB Mens Rugby