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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

- Manage forecasting, budgeting, and operational financials for $6B student loan portfolio, serving as liaison for board-level executive communication and third-party servicing agencies.- Collaborate with Sr. VP of Operations to create a new financial reporting infrastructure in midst of an organizational restructure and leadership transfer. Including the development of new COVID-related revenue forecasting and borrower payment behavior analysis to accommodate the changing climate.- Revitalized financial packaging and presentation to executives, to streamline key financial metrics and improve variance analysis communication and recommendations for operational efficiency.- Assist with reporting automation, including new report construction, SQL encoding assistance, and creating new financial models for interdepartmental collaboration and efficiency.

Eagan, Mn

• Assist with $240M cost-takeout implementation across the organization – driving accountability, strategic planning, and compliance with divisional reduction obligations.• Manage forecasting, budgeting, and financial communication with Facilities and Legal divisions.• Rebuilt forecasting infrastructure, including reporting and communication, collaborating with VP Leadership to adhere to budgetary parameters, organize financials, and restore trust in FP&A from business leaders.• Manage $70M decommissioning project, working with interdepartmental personnel to fulfill timelines, comply with multi-dimensional budget responsibilities, and facilitate communication across various stakeholders.• Enhanced department camaraderie, increasing collaboration and communication among colleagues, positively impacting productivity and overall staff effectiveness.• Execute month-end responsibilities, including journal entries related to re-classes and accruals.

St. Louis Park, Mn

- Process project payments and change order documents on a two-billion-dollar light rail expansion project; assuring conformity to FTA grant cost eligibility requirements and SCC allocation for capital projects.- Manage financial information flow between funding partners and project management to ensure expenditures are paid within the agreement terms.- Perform various ad hoc financial requests, including but not limited to, monitoring funding partner agreements, assembling financial data related to specific parcels/land acquisitions, and reconciling contract amendments and their financial impact amongst individual vendors.- Collaborate with Project Office Management & MT Finance to execute financial strategies that support the successful construction of the SWLRT project.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Support Corporate Real Estate (CRE) financials for two Regional Managers and twenty property managers at over 1,000 locations.- Utilize Essbase software to manage monthly forecasting, project cost allocation, custom financial analysis, and efficient achievement of budget-related goals.- Lead monthly budget presentation to upper management, detailing location-level variances and forecast nuances to ensure adherence to yearly projection.- Analyze all CRE transactions above $1,000, ensuring accurate cost allocation and appropriate implementation of capitalization requirements.- Support month-end close activities, including reclassifications, accruals, internal reporting, and account reconciliations.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Conduct monthly stats presentation using Excel software, reporting variance intricacies within budget projections to upper management, and support data-informed marketing strategies.- Ensure internal revenue accuracy and timely payment to publishers by generating and analyzing monthly audit report.- Collaborate with upper-management to navigate organizational restructure, absorbing numerous Ad-hoc projects/tasks as needed to support optimal efficiency and continuous company flow during a season of change.- Import and manage daily stats for 20 high-performing accounts, verifying accurate tracking of major revenue generators, allowing for strategic financial-planning to reach budget-related goals.- Create tracking identifiers for 75 new players monthly, aiding in granular-level revenue tracking, increasing capacity for customized marketing strategies tailored toward specific player trends in over 40 countries.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Designed and implemented a forecasting template for 9 Research and Development (R&D) Managers to improve operating efficiency on a monthly basis, and simplify year-over-year budgeting for all R&D Departments.- Support Senior VP of Product Development by providing monthly budget variance analysis for thirty departments.- Managed project information for over 100 departments, domestic and international, throughout the organization, providing monthly project data, and reconciling project inquiries across the company.- Support month-end responsibilities; including journal entries, departmental allocations, internal reporting, and balance sheet reconciliations for operating accruals.- Assess current processes and identify opportunities to eliminate redundancies and enhance efficiency.

Minneapolis, Mn

- Utilized Microsoft Excel software to automate daily accounting processes, resulting in more accurate projections of future inventory and sales; consequently, improving profit optimization- Organized and managed bookkeeping obligations for the company in an accurate and efficient manner

Minneapolis, Mn

- Designed a macro-driven Microsoft Excel quote template, increasing availability to customers by 75%.- Orchestrated the implementation of Wi-Fi Services on 24 college connector bus routes, collaborating with Verizon Wireless and other technical service providers to ensure optimal installation and operations.- Evaluated the current state of affairs for Wi-Fi services on college connector buses and prepared a thorough computational analysis of acquisition and implementation costs for revamped Wi-Fi project.- Established and maintained good rapport with various internal departments, which impacted productivity and overall staff effectiveness.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General, 3.9

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Icp- Finance/Applied Economics, 3.34

Activities and Societies: University of Minnesota Football Related Coursework: Financial Reporting, Finance Fundamentals, Financial.