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Greater Chicago Area

• Led the financial ambition process for the U.S. by forecasting our macroeconomic and industry outlook, collaborating across functional teams to ensure accurate modeling reflective of strategic direction, and receiving.
• Delivered accurate and consistent business performance narratives through quarterly business reviews, Board of Directors briefings, and investor relations updates; improved processes to allow for greater insights
• Oversaw the target setting process for the U.S. Field Offices, receiving Zone President endorsement of methodology enhancements and delivering greater support to Field Office leadership for 2023 strategic planning
• Onboarded and coached direct report, supporting workstreams across several team members

Greater Chicago Area

• Remotely onboarded and mentored direct report into newly-created Pricing Supervisor position; provided coaching; supported overall team objectives by designing and overseeing Supervisor workstream
• Uncovered strategic pricing insights by developing and executing advanced analytics, research, and testing
• Developed strong relationships with both internal and O/O leadership; created compelling narratives to obtain critical support of strategic direction; presented and facilitated discussions with O/O on a recurring basis
• Partnered with marketing, operations, and field team to ensure seamless execution of strategy
• Received the Presidents’ Award and the Q3 Finance Excellence Award for evolving our McDelivery pricing strategy, resulting in gains of $42M+ in annual restaurant gross margin across 10K+ locations

Greater Chicago Area

• Acted as the subject matter expert and U.S. Finance team lead, bringing menu and experience strategies to market across 13K+ US locations by overseeing full project lifecycle, from quantitative forecasting and business.
• Received the “Making a Difference Award” from the US Finance & Insights department for developing the strategy and business case of the McDonald’s mobile app, securing endorsement from leadership

Greater Chicago Area

• Worked with partners in US marketing, business insights, consumer insights and operations as well as US leadership to provide innovative solutions that increase restaurant profitability
• Developed financial models to assess the costs and profitability over a variety of new menu initiatives
• Redefined mobile offer strategy by utilizing transactional data and consumer research to forecast offer returns

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed, trained and supervised teams of associates to deliver financial statement and internal control audits for large public and private clients in deadline-critical environments
• Selected as Senior-In-Charge over the manufacturing segment of office’s largest manufacturing client

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Norwalk, Connecticut

• Worked as a member of the North American Financial Planning & Analysis team
• Received the 2011 Early Identification Award, recognizing the top 3% of GE interns for their outstanding contributions and exemplification of leadership values

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Performed a variety of tasks for a pension actuary including simplifying Excel databases and organizing files

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Selected and provided piano accompaniment for all Sunday services and choir performances

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Performed store operations through cashier work and inventory stocking

Certificate In Data Analytics For Business Professionals

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Accountancy, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: The Band of the Fighting Irish (Core Band) • Vice President, Morrissey Manor Hall Council • Fundraising Chair.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Executive Editor, The Statesman (student newspaper) • Drum Major, Jaguar Marching Band • Varsity Cross-Country •.