David Houck Email & Phone Number

Mount Juliet, Tn, Us

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Responsible for the development and oversight of the Enterprise Tiger Team, dedicated to solutioning and delivering high-volume and high-impact through Automation. -Accountable for exploring new tools and capabilities to accelerate the identification of automation opportunities as well as the delivery of the most efficient and robust automations.-Accountable for expanding the group's automation tool set beyond RPA to include Python, API's, various OCR Tools as well as citizen development based automation platforms-Accountable for continuing to exceed automation goals year after year-Responsible for the coaching and development of nine Automation Engineers and two Technical Project Managers

Riverwoods, Il, Us

-Accountable for the prioritization and delivery of cross functional RPA projects-Responsible for supporting and developing RPA Engineers-Consultant to identify opportunities for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) throughout the company-Serve as a trusted partner to identify the business process, make recommendation for automation and implement the solution

Riverwoods, Il, Us

-Leverage the Blue Prism platform to deliver automations in line with industry best practices-Participate in the RPA Center of Excellence to help spread the RPA Program throughout the company-Research and implement new technologies including Optical Character Recognition, Automated Process Discovery and Artificial Intelligence

Riverwoods, Il, Us

-Supported Financial Reporting and Planning for payment services contributing $16 Billion in annual volume-Implemented SharePoint for the annual Budget-Achieved a 98% process time reduction for monthly invoicing through the use of Microsoft Excel macros-Created dashboards using Microsoft Power BI for better real time business insights

Riverwoods, Il, Us

-Manage relationships with business partners for all Business Technology for $130 Million annual capital requests-Revamp, consolidate and document reporting, forecasting and budgeting process to return additional bandwidth to the group-Continually compile and develop materials for Executive and VP monthly meetings-Leverage Microsoft Access and SharePoint to consolidate all reporting processes

Schiller Park, Il, Us

-Managed comprehensive Financial Reporting distributed to the C level Executives as well as SVP’s responsible to $1.2 Billion in annual Revenue-Became Subject Matter Expert and Project Lead for implementation of Anaplan for Budgeting, Forecasting and Budgeting-Played an integral part in complete revamping of Financial Reporting which leveraged collaboration with all levels of the organization-Formulated, disseminated and led discussions around metrics used to revamp the way the entire company forecasted its labor force-Work with business partners on Contract Approvals to ensure a timely Approval Process-Conduct multiple investigations on ad hoc requests from front- line Sale Personnel to help them better understand their business results

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Reported directly to the Director of Strategic Guidance, Forecasting and Planning, to provide reporting of technology and customer trends, competitor analysis and internal product tracking generating viable data for driving better business decisions for optimal marketing, growth and profit opportunities-Proactively developed ground-up models on National Retail, Web, and Small/Medium Business channels-Collaborated with Bain Consulting to develop customer forecasts for test markets to determine whether products should be added-Provided monitoring and insight for performance of business segments compared to models and reported directly to segment business partners-Spearheaded a quality control project ensuring data integrity between Finance and Accounting

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Revamped monthly reporting package-Produced a quarterly company/competitor analysis -Lead upgrade to Oracle Hyperion Planning and Strategic Finance systems from Essbase-Prepared ad hoc analysis and hip-pocket materials for executive leadership

Chicago, Illinois, Us

-Led compliance audit teams for a health & welfare and pension benefits administrator, which oversaw approximately $30 Billion in assets-Guided staff in the successful and timely completion of engagements ranging from small businesses to nationally recognized, publicly held corporations-Served as a front line representative between the Audit Department and Employers who owed contribution-Successfully communicated, negotiated and reconciled settlements where steep opposition was present-Initially hired as a Staff Auditor and rapidly promoted to Senior Auditor due to demonstrated professional and mentoring abilities-Researched labor contracts to ensure benefits were administered within the four corners of the document and recorded any material differences-Investigated client claims of inability to pay audit fees with analysis of cash flows and balance sheets

Mafm, Finance

Bachelor’S Degree, Finance

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