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Overland Park, Ks

Provided financial leadership and direction for a team of 6. Audited and approved $1B in payments to external cellular phone providers. Managed monthly forecasting, analysis of month-end and annual spending budget.Identified and recovered over payments to other telecommunication vendors by implementing sound controls and ensuring compliance with contract terms and conditions.Redesigned forecast process to incorporate newly identified business drivers that improved accuracy and insight to forecasts.Implemented new financial tools such as rate / volume analysis that quickly identified underlying issues around drivers of the business.

Lenexa, Ks

Delivered financial analysis services to businesses. Completed market research and due diligence for business purchase. Researched financing options, legal counsel selection and performed cash-flow modeling. Developed program management costs and bid submission for major telecom equipment manufacturer.Avoided wrong business purchase and overstated asking price by catching business model flaw through due-diligence and cash flow models.Reduced sales tax liability, which allowed client to re-file previous tax returns, by identifying methodology and data flaws in sales tax reporting process. Developed new processes for fiscal project authorization policy and defining steps necessary for correct project costing set-up.Designed organization structure and preliminary processes and procedures for start-up project costing and analysis function.

Overland Park, Ks

Led staff of 17 engineers. Authorized equipment purchases of $65M annually. Continuously audited processes while keeping expenditures low and equipment utilization levels high.Secured negotiated 30% vendor discount, a $10M net-present value to Sprint replacing equipment soon to be obsolete. Managed delivery and installation of new equipment and removing old equipment in a nationwide initiative. Saved $28M in annual capital spending by recognizing need for more efficient equipment deployment method, redesigning forecasting and deployment process for critical and high-priced equipment.Uncovered $33M of equipment assets, previously not recorded or tracked, by making on-site nationwide inventories and designing new centrally managed database for tracking and deployment ensuring inventory accuracy.Cut $31M in avoidable equipment purchases by spotting an engineering assumption error for annual equipment forecast that caused equipment purchases earlier than needed, correcting guidelines and applying redesigned modeDrove unprecedented process across multiple department to cut $21M off vendor’s equipment prices. Gained executive authorizations.

Overland Park, Ks

Led finance process for annual capital spending budget for multi-year construction projects. Managed 24 financial professionals, completing project costing, economic analysis for new technology and cost structure improvements.Selected for Sprint’s Leadership Development Program and fulfilled prestigious executive program.Received Finance Annual Excellence Award, a monetary award, given for defining and implementing valuation model for assessing new cell sitesGathered, analyzed and submitted monthly capital spending forecasts and provided month-end capital accruals. Clearly and crisply communicated financial implications for easy understanding by Engineering ExecutivesSlowed capital spending, aligned purchases more closely with equipment demand forecasts by initiating and expanding nationwide spending guidelinesEliminated $50M balance sheet misstatement and prevented future errors by catching design flaw within month-end project costing accrual process for network equipment. Implemented new solution in correcting error and redesigning processSpearheaded critical design and implemented a new month-end reporting package for executives. Clearer insight gained from new package which provided business drives for variances against plan. Directed an annual 3-year capital spending for estimated network capacity demand by developing novel analytical framework, stating results in understandable terms for complex capital spending