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Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Directs, trains, and leads a team of 50 financial professionals across 2 business lines (behavioral managed care organization and behavioral care delivery organization).
• Supports and creates intra-entity, multi-disciplinary initiatives to improve performance and align brand management across 3 new acquisitions.
• Oversees $8B in spend across ~50M members, with 15% topline revenue growth year over year.
• Negotiates cost savings and new vendor terms reducing operating costs by $134M year over year.
• Builds and nurtures relationships with stakeholders to improve operating discipline and financial performance.
• Develops metric-based risk sensitivity models associated with the current and future business drivers leveraged to inform leadership insights into business performance and mitigation opportunities.

Eden Prairie, MN, US

• Managed and trained a team of 25 finance professionals, establishing KPIs in alignment with company strategic growth plans.
• Oversaw integration of 3 legacy business (Specialty Benefit Management, Population Health Management, and Prevention and Wellness) into one integrated operating model driving ~$200M in operating efficiencies.
• Supported creation and implementation of strategic partnership platform delivering ~$100M+ in operating earnings over 18 months.
• Partnered with leadership team on revised business strategy to optimize short-term performance and long-term growth.
• Developed strategy to expand condition specific risk-based models (Oncology, Kidney, MSK) for Medicare and Commercial health plan clients resulting in $150M+ topline growth.

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• Directed and led a team of 10 finance professionals, driving professional development and business growth in alignment with company goals.
• Oversaw Medical Benefit Management business segment with revenues of $1.3B and IOI of $300M, driving long range strategic planning process to ensure strategies are aligned with growth objectives.
• Implemented improved process around managing segment SG&A to drive improved efficiencies and productivity with focus on operational metrics resulting in $80M in SG&A efficiencies.
• Collaborated with leadership team, creating annual planning process, and improved quarterly financial forecast with additional insights for leadership on key business drivers and improvement opportunities.

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• Acted as trusted partner to OptumHealth CFO and management team in support of key strategic growth opportunities.
• Performed ad hoc and trending analysis, executing consultative financial and strategic support to high-priority initiatives.
• Drove long range strategic planning process for OptumHealth segment improving leadership insights into key business drivers and risk sensitivity.
• Supported M&A initiatives, developing strategies, building synergies and diligence Models, and supporting integration activities resulting in optimized financial performance.
• Supported new product development activity through market opportunity assessment and developing pricing and costing models resulting in implementation of comprehensive end-to-end diabetes management solution.

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• Managed, mentored, and led a team of 5 finance professionals, establishing KPIs in alignment with company growth plans.
• Provided capital oversight for ~$400M in planned investment for Optum business.
• Collaborated with strategy teams and key stakeholders within the businesses, driving cross-functional enterprise investment strategies.
• Assessed new business opportunities, providing qualitative and quantitative input to executive leadership to inform company strategic decisions.
• Ensured consistent financial treatment and valuation across investment portfolio resulting in more informed business decisions.

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• Oversaw capital process from a finance perspective, including development of business cases, assisting with prioritization, presentation to Sr. Management, reporting, and tracking.
• Conducted extensive variance analysis to control costs and improve profitability.
• Managed budgeting, forecasting, and reporting on IT Development, Operational Maintenance, and Overhead expenses, identifying cost savings opportunities of 15%.
• Vetted and tracked projected project benefits for Quality Continuous Improvement program enabling annual productivity improvement of 12%.

Minnetonka, Minnesota, US

• Supported business financial planning and analysis through managing budgeting, forecasting, and monthly reporting of operating expenses for enterprise corporate functions.
• Supported P&L management by monitoring and analyzing business operations, creating reports to drive decision making for senior leadership.
• Participated in analysis around divestiture, both feasibility and disintegration to support business strategy.
• Analyzed competitor data and developed strategic market segmentation schemes based on internal customer and prospect information, capturing an increased market share.

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• Supported business financial planning and analysis by ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Oversaw revenue forecasting, cost of sales, and operating expenses in support of business growth objectives.
• Prepared annual budgets for Engineering Computer Group business unit.
• Prepared, reviewed, and analyzed cost and profitability reports for new potential products.

New York, NY, US

Mba, Finance

Ba, Business Administration