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Senior Financial Systems Analyst | Project Manager: Designed a real time foreign exchange hedging solution that allowed the company to make payments to suppliers in their local currencies. Developed report framework to support reconciliation of journal (GL) and payment (AP) entries generated and posted by the back office system into Oracle Financials to assist a two-day month-end close process.  Saved the company in excess of $2.5 million per year by consolidated multiple methods of credit card processing and implementing a failover used by all sites on the Orbitz platform Generated $2 million annual revenue by implementing an automated single-use credit card solution to facilitate payments to hotel suppliers with authorization of funds and reconciliation of charges

Lead Financial Systems Analyst: Led support and maintenance of an information repository built from multiple source systems, used to consolidate data needed for all P&L-related financial/ claims reporting and balanced scorecards. Performed cost-benefit analysis of all incoming projects to determine project prioritization. Compiled balanced scorecards and key indicators to measure performance and progress. Maintained and archive database to store ten years of historical premium and loss data used by actuaries to calculate IBNR (incurred but not reported) Produced savings of $550,000 by developing automated claim management reports to analyze claim data Standardized and developed line of business reports for the organization, using information repository

Financial Systems Analyst: Managed preparation of a comprehensive monthly package that outlined vital financial performance statistics and comparable company valuation metrics for distribution to the CFO.  Negotiated transaction terms for ten acquisitions with enterprise values ranging from $1.5 to $15.0 million; Effectively performed valuation analysis and due diligence activities Increased operating profit an average of 20% in the first year after delivering high-impact business consulting and partnership ventures Expertly drafted S-1 in preparation of the company’s initial public offering Designed annual budgeting template tool and long-term projection model for presentation to investors and lenders