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New York, Ny

• Leader of finance team performing financial planning, reporting, forecasts, monthly closes, and strategic analyses for news stations in New York City (ny1), Northeast, Midwest, National News, and Spectrum News App.• Manage monthly projections, detailed quarterly forecasts and annual planning process. • Collaborate with operational managers to reflect financially changes in programming, staffing, etc.• Monitor business operations and actively analyze and manage all significant operational expenses. • Interface with engineering project managers to plan and forecast contractual expenditures.• Created two multi-user collaborative work tools to streamline management of expenses for the Spectrum News App and Marketing team.• Manage and mentor two analysts.

New York, Ny

For three major market local television stations [WPIX (NY), WPHL (Philadelphia) and WDCW (Washington, DC)]:- Responsible for financial planning, revenue, expense and ad hoc analysis, capital management, and creation of event P&L’s. - Plan and analyze P&L, including revenue, program, compensation, advertising, trade, and other key costs.- Provide insights and analysis to General Manager, VP Sales, News Director, Leadership Team, and operational managers.- Redesigned revenue planning tools utilized to build granular revenue plans and forecasts. - Manage Sales Incentive Plans.- Act as Audit liaison with internal and external teams.- Perform market share reporting.- Manage plan and monthly reporting, including projections for revenue and all expenses.- Manage and collaborate with one Senior Financial Analyst.

Responsible for planning and analysis for largest channel, comprised of 1,000+ wholesale and retail customers.- Business partner to Channel Director, Finance Manager, large Sales Force, and VP of Sales.- Prepared Channel and Customer P&Ls. Leveraged insights to drive strategic decision-making. - Trained Finance and Demand Planning colleagues on Excel Pivot tables, data handling, and Access.- Earned formal Employee Recognition Awards for Pricing, Route to Market, Sales Goals, Credit Limits

- Created 13 analytical toolkits used by consultants during process re-engineering engagements. Developed Excel tools, project plans, and marketing materials. Topics included Account Reconciliation, KPIs, and Process Improvement.

- Financial planning and analysis for revenue and sales, marketing, advertising and creative services departments. - Supervised seven Business Analysts. Automated reporting using internet-based Access tool.

- Answered strategic, operational, and profitability questions for senior leadership relating to advertising, pricing, promotions, store planning, market research, demographics. - Improved Capital process with Access tool used to manage 10,000 store improvement projects. Managed five analysts.

- Division-wide strategic, operating, and capital financial planning, analysis, and management. - Created leadership presentations. Served as division’s financial manager for the Presidential Conventions

Certificate, Business Analytics

Advanced Excel; Modeling

Mba, Finance

Bs, Industrial Engineering

Ma, Communication Arts