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Chicago, Il, Us

Naperville, Il, Us

• Oversee and manage financial activities for the Nicor Gas Strategic Projects organization. • Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports, including standard financial reports, and budget vs. actual reports • Support Management and FP&A on the development and analysis of annual budget & Forecast.• Evaluate performance of team and contractors to ensure company’s financial/procedures are delivered and accurate. • Prepare and present project financial metrics and activities to monitor project health.• Collaborate with business area to ensure financial forecasts are accurate and up to date. • Communicate changes in Company’s financial policy/procedures to department & stakeholders. • Develop and provide monthly departmental statistics on performance and trends.• Gather lessons learned for each project financials and identify opportunities for improving tracking, reporting, and processes.• Ensure financial results are communicated clearly, effectively and presented to business owners and upper management

Naperville, Il, Us

• Perform advance level financial analysis, modeling and planning to support business activities. • Analyze both quantitative and qualitative information into actionable insights and results. • Member of the business, partnering closely with cross-functional teams, focused on providing support and insight to decision makers. • Supports business areas in plan creation (budgets, forecasts and strategic)• Provides business area value added analysis and reporting (monthly variance reporting, trending, projections, presentations and ad-hoc analysis) to support business decision makers.• Develop automated internal reporting and presentation for senior management.• Analyzes financial and non-financial data to help drive business decisions• Create scenario models and propose recommendations and alternatives to meet objectives• Collaborates with business area to understand trends and initiatives (current and future)• Communicates effectively with all levels of the business area supported• Support business user needs for FP&A system tools and templates• Monitors results versus plan and works with business leaders to achieve desired results• Implements or drives process and/or profit improvements

Elk Grove, Il, Us

• Produce ad hoc financial analysis on financials and operating metrics to support corporate functions and Executive leadership team needs.• Review monthly financial operating results for each assigned business unit, identifying key trends, variances, and areas of improved performance. • Complete and provide analysis on monthly and quarterly P/L and cash flow statements. • Provide information to management by assembling and summarizing data; preparing reports; making presentations on findings, analyses, and providing recommendations on capital investments and detail P/L items .• Report financial status by preparing and analyzing financial plans, forecasts, and reports.• Consolidate monthly reporting for corporate and plant locations.• Provide support to business units/departments through analyses and analytics on current processes, actual performance vs. budget and prior year. • Work with department managers and senior management team to develop the budget and maintain accuracy of forecasts.• Analyze and manage capital investments projects, including creating financial spend model reports on expense dollars and IRR model. • Improve financial status by initiating analysis identifying variances; identifying trends; recommending actions.• Collaborate with business analysts to deliver accurate and timely results, including relevant variance explanations.• Collaborate with the FP&A team to identify opportunities to enhance stream-line and more effectively analyze and reports on metrics and trends to improve results. • Construct monthly benchmark and inventory analysis on plant locations• Evaluates and investigates financial and operational reporting of high dollar or high profile transactions• Developed and automated key reporting tools on operations and acquisition/merger reporting.• Performs ad hoc analysis and forecasts for internal management team and external customers.

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*Laid off*• Provided financial reports on business drivers and P&L items to maximize the branch’s returns on business.• Created dynamic financial models to evaluate and support business functions and operations. • Performed data analysis to identifying gaps and providing solutions to operations productivity. • Prepare Ad-hoc reporting and dashboards, encompassing the P&L and KPI data.• Preformed analysis and complex reporting models on accounts payables and receivables. • Key contributor and assisted with acquisition/merger reporting. • Performed monthly forecasting and analysis on branch’s cashflow.• Developed complex financial models to support management decision-making related to new investments.• Assists in the development of the long-range financial plans and growth. • Evaluated operational performance and provided suggestions for areas of improvement.• Performed monthly detailed client/customer excel-driven reports to support the various internal processes and operations.• Created ad-hoc project templates business to aid in the process of discovering new business and merger opportunities. • Developed and automated key reporting tools on operations and acquisition/merger reporting. • Prepare trend analysis, business metrics, and ad-hoc reporting to measure success of activities and new initiatives• Partners with clinical or other teams to support cross-functional analyses.• Designs and creates charts, graphs, tables and reports to support findings.

Master Of Science - Ms, Advertising

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communications