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Kent, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, US

Seattle, WA, US

• With Corporate focus on Carbon output/impacts of operations, Seabourn had the need of meaningful insight of deployment and the impact it could make to meet Carbon goals of reduction by 2% fleet wide. Worked with Data.
• Scenario Analysis – Antarctica Bridge Program/Galapagos Program. Needed to understand overall viability of both programs for our Expedition product. Studied competitive offerings based on capacity and profit margins.

Seattle, Washington, US

• At the request of the VP of Revenue took over creation and ownership, under tight deadline, of 17% of the new Revenue Management Deck; resulted in accurate current year as well as same time last year reporting for.
• Worked with both internal and external parties to understand and correctly account for new “evergreen” promotion. Ensuring clear communication to upper management on impacts and reporting of dilutions to Net Ticket.
• Preformed over 20+ commission analysis detailing the impact to the Brand by protecting commissions during each of the pauses in operations. Allowing for clear communications of impact to both Brand upper management and.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Provides business intelligence and advanced analytics across two Carnival Brands, Holland America and our Luxury Brand Seabourn, to facilitate strategic planning and forecasting of Revenue Management.
• Preform high level Revenue opportunity analysis/synopsis for executive management. Most current project was for Sister Brand Chief Commercial Officer which proved insight on current revenue strategy within our brand.
• Create a new actionable report for Revenue Management to track current Yields, Fares, compared to Forecasted. Which is leading to more pricing actions in order to meet and exceed Forecast while at the same time extend.
• Acting Revenue Management Assistant Project Manager (PMO)/SME/Data integrity expert for Holland America and Seabourn on the Revenue Management System as we continue to update and bring on additional Sister Brands.
• Acted as the Revenue Management’s Data Integrity Expert and Product Subject Matter Expert (SME) on a Revenue Optimization project that included 6 of the Carnival Corporate Brands in North America, Australia and the.
• Conduct ad hoc data analysis/reporting to provide insights, identify optimization opportunities, and validate proposed changes in revenue strategy.

Seattle, Washington, US

• Built first ever Revenue Heat Map for Holland America and Seabourn Fleets which resulted in a fleet wide re-categorization of the staterooms in order to maximize revenue/yield potential.
• “IT Super User” for the Revenue Management, Operation, and Revenue Planning and Analysis Departments for both Holland America and Seabourn Cruise lines. The link between business units and IT, to translate business.
• Provided Technical/Product knowledge on a project that integrated 2 sister brands into an Oracle data warehouse. Communicated with the brands and IT to ensure data integrity and reporting requirements were achieved.
• Assisted in review and preparation of reports to Carnival Cruise Corporation, parent company of Holland America Line, one of which provided a new 360-degree view of business revenue and expenses.
• Supported month-end and quarter-end forecasting and planning by providing foreign exchange analysis for Holland America Group, Seabourn, and Carnival Corporation Finance departments.

• CRITFC is a technical arm of four Native American tribes; it is a tribal non-profit corporation to help bring fish back to the Columbia River Basin. Financial/Operational Highlights:
• Revised portfolio analysis: assessed impact, spend rates, infusion of new monies, and researched alternative investment parameters for maximum longevity of investment funds.
• Updated project analysis for start-up fish processing plant, wastewater analysis and timeline for permitting process; goal was to have clearer understanding between Tribes, Federal Agencies, and cities.es, Federal.

Dallas, TX, US

• CB Richard Ellis is the global leader in real estate services. Worked in Seattle on the WaMu account until WaMu failed and was taken over by JP Morgan Chase and CB Richard Ellis services were no longer required..
• Created and maintained a multi-year rolling forecast planning model utilizing Cognos for $600+ million, 3,000 site real estate portfolios.
• Served on a Multi-Account Benchmarking review team spanning all of CB Richard Ellis banking clients, responsible for aligning processes to enhance outputs for an accurate company to company comparison and sharing best.
• Developed strategic planning model to establish FTE demand for client’s 3,000 site real estate portfolio.
• Built financial models in Cognos/Excel (E.g. forecasting, variance, budget vs. actual).
• Mentored Jr. Financial Analyst in the use and understanding of SQL queries. portfolio.

• Financial/Operational Highlights: Financial Analyst · October 2006- August 2008Staff Accountant · August 2004 - October 2006
• Coordinated with department managers and Finance Director to assemble overall consolidated budget of $13+ million, for presentation to the Commission for final budget approval.
• Worked closely with Finance Director to monitor spend rates of the company and preformed variances analysis. Evaluated each individual department's budget on a monthly basis budget vs. actual.
• Served as an active member of the Request for Proposal (RFP) committee and recommended the changing of fund management resulting in over 3% savings per year.
• Performed internal audit of all employee travel to comply with Federal Travel Regulations (FTR).
• Participated in the yearly audit, providing information including but not limited to O&M Investment account, capital equipment, and maintenance of depreciation schedules to comply with A-87 standards.

Seattle, WA, US

• Safeco Insurance Corporation, now part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Family, was a full-service insurance company. Financial/Operational Highlights: Senior Accountant · September 2000 – November 2001Accountant · April.
• Automated six manual data entry processes to maximize efficiencies during critical reporting period by reducing the process by an average of 8 hours.
• Worked with numerous departments at every level to reach consensus to identify and resolve issues during multi-department project to consolidate 6 legacy databases and to integrate into the new systems.
• Trained and Mentored six members of varying responsibilities and skills in preparation of financial reports.
• Compiled and reviewed financial reports created by staff accountants; ensured data integrity at various checkpoints annually.
• Created standardized departmental procedures for month/quarter/year-end financial reports for the accounting department in the Retirement Services.

Masters Of Business Administration, Global

Bachelor Of Arts, Humanities & Social Science

Certificates, Financial & Investment Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social Science & Humanities