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Florida, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Managed one direct report, led cross-functional team projects and served as In-Flight Service Finance team lead until Senior Manager role was filled
• Oversaw $85M in annual catering operations spend, serving as controller for 4 service providers across food production and logistics facilities in Boston, Raleigh and Salt Lake City
• Modernized forecasting and reporting process of $130M annual Material & Logistics budget, resulting in agile reforecasting of shipping and product costs throughout Delta's system amidst global supply chain challenges
• Led transformation of airport P&L reporting process using SAP HANA data model, creating on-demand reporting of expenses across dimensions like airport, service provider, time period and scenario
• Published Tableau dashboard to analyze $300M of annual labor expense and inform staffing decisions, overtime usage and wage impact cost pressures across 7 Delta hubs and 8 service providers

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Concentrations: Entrepreneurship and Finance

Atlanta, Georgia

• Directed finance team through annual budget cycle while Manager of Finance role was vacant, achieving record budget cycle completion time by reducing process time from roughly 8 weeks to 6 weeks
• Designed Accounts Receivable Power BI dashboard during COVID-19 pandemic to provide weekly bad debt updates to management team on $20M+ of at-risk receivables to mitigate financial impact of delayed payments
• Achieved highest possible employee rating in each business competency category including technical and leadership skills by leading finance team’s audit partner renegotiation, resulting in audit fee savings of $40K
• Led 8-person team’s implementation of Vena FP&A software to redesign firm’s budgeting processes and build five-year rolling forecast of company financial statements, leading to more accurate and robust FP&A functions

Atlanta, Georgia

• Managed $150M+ annual budget preparation and monthly tracking for commercial business unit through customer, gross margin, and expense forecasts, contributing to 30% annual increase in commercial business contribution.
• Selected as one of nine employees for Gas South’s High Potential Program as a result of budget process improvements and Sage Intacct accounting system implementation, each saving 80+ labor hours annually
• Replaced 20+ outsourced financial reports using Power BI, SQL and Azure Analysis Services, driving annual savings of $100K+ in reporting fees and providing on-demand reporting on over 100M financial records

Atlanta, Georgia

• Prepared financial analysis and recommendation for Gas South’s negotiation of $80M credit facility, driving a 30% reduction of interest expense
• Automated company-wide expense reporting with Power BI and trained 45 end users for self-reporting resulting in labor savings of roughly $50K annually

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Reconciled and prepared year-end financial statements with external audit team
• Performed ad-hoc analysis as requested by CFO and executed daily and month-end accounts receivable duties

Atlanta, Georgia

• Tested Prelude Onboard Sales devices during development period
• Helped organize shipping of roughly 20,000 Prelude devices to 16 Delta bases
• Distributed Prelude kits to flight attendants in Atlanta and trained them on device operation
• Participated in company-wide conference calls to report rollout progress and troubleshoot complications

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance, Corporate

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha

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