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Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

➤ Contracted to lead the transition of a new CFO and FP&A Manager, ensure seamless continuity in finance and accounting operations, and improve data analysis and financial system functionalities.➤ Maintaining operational integrity during the transition by supporting FP&A activities.➤ Enhanced the accounts payable system by integrating purchase order verification, preventing cost overruns.➤ Optimized the budgeting platform, reducing time spent on labor planning activities by 11%.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

➤ Led financial planning and analysis (FP&A), accounting, treasury, and risk management for LBJ Express, three infrastructure projects. Responsible for the construction and operations of major highways and express lanes, with annual revenues exceeding $700M and assets totaling $5B. Ensured overall compliance with internal controls, policies, GAAP, IFRS, and all regulatory and contractual obligations.➤ Served as key financial team member of Strategic Planning Committee.➤ Directed financial modeling efforts, integrating company strategies into long-term models to support decision-making.➤ Orchestrated $701M in capital restructuring transactions, reducing the cost of debt and increasing investor returns.➤ Raised $487M for expansion projects, demonstrating expertise in capital raising, due diligence, and investor relations.➤ Implemented accounts payable, expense management, and procurement workflow systems, reducing processing times by over 70%, and automated data uploads, enhancing accuracy and efficiency by over 50%.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

➤ Excelled as partner to clients across various industries, leading the implementation of financial planning and reporting systems.➤ Managed multiple client projects simultaneously, ensuring all deliverables met business objectives and were delivered on time and within scope.➤ Maintained 100% client satisfaction by delivering high-quality project solutions and fostering strong client relationships.➤ Collaborated with clients to understand their unique requirements, translating them into actionable system features and ensuring smooth implementation and user adoption.➤ Wrote SQL queries and developed VBA macros and other Excel-based solutions to streamline financial processes and enhance data analysis.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

➤ Oversaw FP&A and compliance activities, driving budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes toward value creation.➤ Developed a department-wide compliance tracking system, ensuring strict adherence to internal controls, regulatory standards, and contractual requirements, significantly reducing risk and enhancing the organization’s compliance.➤ Selected and implemented a financial planning and reporting platform that yielded a 49% return on investment within three years, highlighting drive for operational efficiencies and ensuring accurate financial reporting.➤ Led development and implementation of an integration between the enterprise resource planning (ERP) and back-office systems, automating revenue entries and reducing entry time by 30+ hours per month, optimizing accounting operations.➤ Interfaced with consultants and internal stakeholders to gather feedback on modeling inputs and refine accordingly.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

➤ Prepared comprehensive financial analysis, commentary, and presentations for executive leaders, Board, lenders, and other stakeholders, providing business cases, analytics, and financial support for projects.➤ Designed a capital expenditure planning and reporting process that saved over 300 hours annually, optimizing resource allocation and project management.➤ Trained, mentored, and quadrupled a team of Analysts, evidencing effective leadership, talent development, and team-building skills.➤ Reduced CFO workload by 100+ hours annually by assuming duties and improving processes.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

➤ Conducted business reviews of financial results and performed variance analysis, collaborating with departments to assess performance against expectations and provide decision support.➤ Demonstrated a global understanding of the businesses, influencing business units' judgment for project proposals.➤ Defined and implemented key performance indicators (KPIs) and benchmarks to track company trends against monthly goals, highlighting opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.➤ Championed the adoption of SharePoint across the enterprise, integrating it with macros to automate data dissemination and collection, resulting in an annual timesaving of over 100 hours.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

➤ Recognized for establishing and maintaining client relationships in financial services, offering tailored solutions for diverse clients, while achieving sales and customer satisfaction targets.➤ Served as a team leader, focusing on coaching and motivating team members, and efficiently supporting the Financial Center Manager in addressing operations and risk management.

Tallahassee, Florida, United States

➤ Managed financial operations including financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable analysis, bank reconciliation, and internal security/financial audits, along with creating and formalizing a $5M company budget.➤ Led marketing, sales, and pricing strategies, successfully increasing the customer base by 13%, while administering a customer, billing, and revenue management system for over 8,000 members.➤ Conducted in-depth research and data compilation for operational and financial reports, and presented to management.➤ Oversaw vendor relationships, contract negotiations, and procurement processes.