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Houston, Tx, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Katy, Texas, Us

Partner with C-Suite execs to transform functional data into revenue growth or cost reduction stories to investors- Team up with sourcing to create analysis that was instrumental in realizing more than $8M of annual resin savings- Digitize spend reports while creating self-service tool for deep dives resulting in ~ $100K savings- Direct collaboration with CFO to develop strategic 5-year plan (revenue, cost, capital, product mix, channels) - Meet with budget owners to assess resource needs, create and standardize budget templates for approximately 120 cost centers

Houston, Tx, Us

Led team of 4 in providing budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and strategic analysis for ~ $700M of cost• Created calculation methodology and executive reporting highlighting ~ $25M of cost mitigation• Responsible for creation and distribution of inbound logistics dashboards• Developed and led company-wide finance training for new reporting tool linking operational metrics to P&L• Created monthly Logistics Earned Income results deck and read out at Officer level - achieved company record annual earned Income prior to COVID-19• Automated repetitive processes including Functional Opex reporting• Provided tailored coaching to team members

Dallas, Tx, Us

Provided Direct Sales Channel finance support for call centers • Complete 5 year forecast, annual budget, and monthly accruals for $300M business unit• Provide monthly results variance analysis to sales leaders to enable strategy shifts in changing markets• Drive efficiency through establishing variable (vendor)/fixed (internal) cost makeup as well as off shore labor mix resulting in a $10M+ savings in 2017.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Empowered sales leaders with outstanding visibility into seller and product performance• Partnered with sales orgs to create monthly production deck for Mobile & Business Solutions CEO• Created semi-automated performance management analytics that forced leadership to manage performance more rigorously • Developed scorecard for high growth initiatives thereby providing executives “at a glance” visibility into nurtured products• Produced Funnel and New Sales Revenue Control Totals for entire Mobile & Business Solutions organization

Dallas, Tx, Us

Developed cross-BU analysis to help determine future investment mix relative to industry trends and competitive dynamics• Prepared Mobility cost per GB analysis that aided Corporate Development in preparing bids for upcoming spectrum auction• Identified Legacy vs IP margin gap drivers and created normalization process to compare product ARPU’s at different scale • Modeled churn reduction value of integrated wireless/broadband/video offer, a key component of larger strategy• Derived product and segment level Direct TV financials and incorporated into Integrated Model, thereby completing first overall company-wide product level view

Dallas, Tx, Us

Developed business cases authorizing capital spend for new mobility products and services as well as other ad hoc analysis• Quantified cloud-product benefits in order to help determine future AT&T cloud strategy• Identified line items inconsistent with WHP wireless service revenue & restated plan and outlook figures accordingly• Created Wireless Home Services scorecard in order to quickly identify successes and areas ripe for improvement• Developed analysis that was instrumental in the renewal of the Nuance Prepaid IVR contract (at significant cost savings)

Houston, Texas, Us

Improved process efficiency and accelerated timing of monthly financial close through journal entry analysis and forecasting.Created a model for volume analysis of manual SAP entries and distributed it to Continuous Improvement team.Identified opportunities for regional accounting managers to move non-critical close entries earlier in the month.Standardized and updated over 100 close processes and disseminated to entire organization via internal finance website.Instituted more efficient method of providing supporting documentation to accounting processes.Determined size and variability of largest vendors’ payments in order to more quickly forecast account payable accruals without a loss in accuracy.

Managed finances and made purchasing and financing decisions for family's farm.Negotiated rates and terms for over $2M in credit from local bank and ag credit union.Delivered purchasing decisions on sorting and packaging equipment based on projected increases in cost efficiencies associated with capital improvements achieving 15% savings over one year.Successfully lobbied local bank to waive account maintenance and penalty fees on depository accounts, saving company tens of thousands of dollars.Decreased average duration of accounts receivable outstanding by approximately 25% through use of discounting for early payment.Managed $1.5M payroll over three-month harvest season.

Contributed to preparation of low-income students towards successful entry into future secondary education programs.Taught English preparation portion of college readiness exams, achieving 91% pass rate in 10th grade English Language TAKS.Petitioned local college to modify summer intake enrollment policies to admit higher percentage of students from smaller school districts including Lasara ISD.

San Angelo, Texas, Us

Placed bids, secured and maintained profitability of over $600M of public depository relationships (counties, etc.)Increased total public fund assets on deposit by $60M while decreasing deposit rates paid.Drafted terms of over 25 depository contracts ensuring mutually beneficial agreement between both parties.Secured authority to acquire up to $50M of State Comptroller Funds from presentation to Executive Loan Decision Committee at bank.

San Angelo, Texas, Us

Rotated through Bank's different organizational structures, thereby gaining department-specific as well as holistic knowledge of bank operationsInstituted new file management system for community loan responsibilities, decreasing the occurrence of lost filesDetermined credit worthiness of 1 million dollar construction loan at branch level, credit review was cleared at corporate level by credit department

Master, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Finance