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Denver, Colorado, United States

• Lead and manage automation team to monitor and maintain existing automation portfolio
• Identify quality technology project options and facilitate the development of business cases, including requirements gathering and planning process while engaging all key stakeholders
• Responsible for integrating enterprise business strategies into business area initiatives and tactical plans
• Partner with leaders within the business area to recommend and identify goals to be achieved by departments
• Define appropriate project scope, align with corporate strategies, ensure coordination with key initiatives, and assure dependencies are identified/addressed
• Lead and manage the performance, development and priorities of staff who apply continuous improvement/lean methodologies, process assessments, automation tools, and other technologies

Denver, Colorado

• Led the development of forecasting and risk assessment proposals and regulatory filings for executive leadership
• Developed models of complex business problems, using statistical, mining and visualization techniques
• Prepared strategic statistical analysis, reports, and actionable recommendations on the electric and gas load characteristics within all state service territories as input to rate cases, system planning, and compliance
• Initiated forecasting and risk assessment proposals and analyses to support various business unit objectives, which include cross-departmental requests for analyses and for regulatory filings

Greater Denver Area

• Research, analyze and provide information, benchmark comparisons and recommendations to management regarding key industry assumptions in order to influence the corporate strategy
• Lead the organization in development, implementation and management of the business planning process
• Provide strategic and tactical guidance to senior leadership on industry and best practices.
• Perform analysis and effective diagnosis of end to end processes to identify and recommend objectives and courses of action that align with corporate and business unit goals
• Ensure successful development and implementation of supporting system applications for effective workflow management and reporting processes
• Evaluate, develop, and recommend a consistent and value added managerial performance reporting system and ensure such system is properly implemented, utilized and maintained, as well as appropriately communicated.

Denver, CO

• Lead project teams in developing and preparing jurisdictional Capital ($300+ million) and O&M ($100+ million) budgets across 5 states and 3 Operating Companies for gas utility projects
• Create operational and financial reports using SAP Business Objects universes for gas utility cost recovery mechanisms for use in regulatory filings and business unit planning to ensure accurate and timely cost.
• Provide technical and regulatory expertise to the various levels of gas leadership to support Xcel Energy’s financial, operational, and safety objectives via data exploration, predictive modeling, and statistical.
• Develop sensitivity models, as needed for changing circumstances or for analysis of various proposals, either initiated by management requests or during rate case proceedings
• Extract, load, and analyze data from operational systems and reporting databases using Business Objects suite and Access in order to perform quality assurance reviews and tests to ensure validity of provided data and.
• Document and/or cross-train other team members to support recurring processes in generating and/or modifying SAP Business Objects queries and reports

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Monitor fiscal compliance for a business area with a $35 million annual budget and over 400 employees
• Conduct on-going budget adjustments, variance analysis, and internal and external reporting
• Collaborate with 11 Regional Directors to analyze financial data, identify adverse trends and recommend solutions to mitigate financial impact
• Participate in and support month, quarter, and year-end accounting close cycles with development of subsequent financial statements, required regulatory federal reporting forms and tax filings
• Spearhead operational development and implementation of multi-million dollar capital projects

• Analyze metrics for monthly financial reports, forecasts, working capital needs, and capital expenditures
• Provide recommendations to Senior Executives for fiscal performance and operational development
• Perform valuation analysis and due diligence in potential business acquisitions and mergers
• Conduct research across various software systems and databases to identify and resolve problems
• Create, link, refine, and maintain database features of all systems (accounting and patient databases)
• Enhance and automate data flow capabilities from external sources into and among internal database systems

Master Of Science - Ms, Organizational Leadership

Activities and Societies: Member - National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS)

Master Of Science - Ms, Business Analytics (Business Intelligence)

B.S., Business/Finance

Activities and Societies: Finance Club