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Chapel Hill, NC, US

Vienna, Virginia, US

• Led cross-functional teams to drive large-scale automation projects, ensuring alignment and achievement of critical goals across departments.Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Coordinated with Accounting, Finance, Business, and Tech teams to align on objectives and ensure the successful execution of large-scale automation projects.
• Documentation Ownership: Owned and managed Accounting Requirement Documents (ARDs) and Finance Requirement Documents (FRDs), with a strong focus on maintaining robust financial controls.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Served as the subject matter expert on data centers and related financial processes, providing guidance and expertise to project teams.

Seattle, WA, US

• Driving solutions, process improvements, and automation across AWS Infrastructure Finance, Accounting, and Business Departments. For scale AWS had $108.5B in assets and $24.8B in net additions to property and equipment.
• PO Coding & Fixed Asset Categorization Improvement: Exceeded the CFO’s goal for improving purchase order (PO) coding accuracy for fixed asset categorization. Led a comprehensive improvement initiative in, including.
• Large-Scale Project Recovery: Spearheaded the recovery of a high-visibility project with CFO-level oversight, collaborating with Finance, Tech, and Accounting leaders to realign the strategy and ensure the project’s.
• Strategic Vision Development: Authored and aligned a comprehensive vision document for the department, gaining approval from leadership. Utilized the vision to drive prioritization and influence architecture decisions.
• CFO-Level Documentation: Developed a strategic document outlining improvements to the allocation of AWS assets, capital expenditures, and depreciation processes, impacting all of Amazon

Seattle, WA, US

• Promoted from Finance Manager due to outstanding performance and increased scope of responsibility. Led finance operations for AWS’s multi-billion-dollar data center construction projects, with full controllership over.
• Leadership in High-Growth Environment: Managed financial operations at scale during AWS’s rapid growth, overseeing the US East region’s data center expansion, which was already the largest globally. Directed a period.
• Complexity Management: Oversaw the construction of data centers at the highest volume and fastest pace, while managing the launch of pilots and new initiatives, adding complexity to the financial oversight and.
• Global Scope Expansion: Broadened the role to include consolidation of global data center construction reporting, including KPIs, annual planning, and documentation for department leadership.
• Expanded Financial Responsibilities: Took on additional financial oversight for global site and shell construction, broadening team responsibilities to ensure comprehensive financial reporting across all data center.

Seattle, WA, US

• Full P&L responsibility for multiple services generating over $1B in revenue, including Elastic Load Balancing, NAT Gateway, PrivateLink, and several internal EC2 networking products. Partnered with the General Manager.
• P&L Management: Managed full P&L for multiple high-revenue AWS services, ensuring alignment between financial goals and business strategy.
• Pricing & Forecasting: Led pricing strategy for new products and regions, assessing internal product entitlements and managing both annual and multi-year financial forecasts.
• Cost Allocation & Methodology: Developed and implemented cost allocation methodologies to optimize financial performance and resource allocation.
• Business Reporting & Reviews: Prepared weekly CEO business review updates, providing insights and performance metrics for senior leadership.
• KPI Tracking & Goal Setting: Led team-level KPI tracking, setting clear financial and operational goals, ensuring performance against targets.

Seattle, WA, US

• Promoted to Senior Financial Analyst and Finance Manager Led a team providing comprehensive finance support for AWS's multi-billion-dollar procurement and international supply chain, including Annapurna.Key.
• Controllership & Financial Support: Managed controllership, forecasting, variance analysis, reporting, deal reviews, and system design for the server supply chain across AWS, driving financial insights and strategic.
• High-Visibility Proposal Modeling: Led the modeling and analysis of complex, high-visibility proposals, including a multi-billion-dollar server manufacturing initiative with a 10-year NPV return, highlighted in the.
• Cost of Complexity Analysis: Developed a cost of complexity model that provided new insights, guiding hardware engineering decisions and strategic roadmap planning.
• Value Stream Mapping & Risk Mitigation: Mapped the entire server supply chain, identifying key decision points for inventory management and forecasting. This initiative enhanced visibility, reduced risk, and promoted.
• Multi-Generational CPU Pricing Negotiations: Acted as the primary finance lead in multi-generational CPU pricing negotiations with large external suppliers, optimizing supplier relationships and pricing strategies.

Seattle, WA, US

• Key contributor in streamlining financial processes and reporting systems, supporting senior leadership in decision-making, and driving efficiency across financial operations.Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Weekly Business Review: Designed a system to consolidate inputs from 35+ teams, producing weekly reviews for senior executives, including AWS CEO Andy Jassy. The new approach reduced processing time by 90%, improving.
• T&E Compliance & Reporting: Engineered a T&E compliance system to reduce OPEX and meet high-visibility goals.
• Business Planning Support: Assisted the Finance Director and SVP with near- and long-term planning, continuously updating financial models as new information became available.
• Variance Analysis & Forecasting: Analyzed variances between actuals and forecasts during monthly close, OP, and R&O cycles, ensuring accurate forecasting.
• P&L Improvement: Improved and maintained the AWS P&L with an adjustment layer for modeling changes, reducing cycle time and enhancing accuracy.

Seattle, WA, US

• Led the establishment of a Global Business Intelligence team, delivering online analytic dashboards and ad hoc reporting for global coverage (nine countries). Focused on driving data-driven insights, operational.
• Global BI Team Leadership: Established a Global Business Intelligence team with a clear mission, customer segmentation, ticketing process, and prioritization structure. Provided global coverage across nine countries.
• Greenbelt Project Leadership: Led a Greenbelt initiative targeting Returned Returns by analyzing large data sets with SQL, creating Pareto charts, identifying root causes, and gaining stakeholder buy-in. Collaborated.
• Metrics Reviews: Hosted weekly metrics reviews with AR Directors and Global Managers, providing key performance insights and recommendations for improvement.
• Operational Metrics Design: Partnered with Country Managers and Program Leads to design, implement, and track operational metrics focused on driving free cash flow, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
• Ad Hoc Reporting & Analysis: Delivered ad hoc reports using Excel, SQL, OBIEE, OBIA, and OFA to support decision-making and operational goals.

Seattle, WA, US

• Led the development and implementation of scalable best practices for processing vendor disputes, managing the transition of vendor dispute work to an offshore team in India. Oversaw training, escalations, and work.
• Team Transition & Management: Successfully planned and executed a tiered transition of North America vendor dispute work to a team in India, improving dispute resolution efficiency by over 50% and increasing customer.
• Leadership Development: Strengthened leadership skills by leading a Kaizen initiative in Germany, utilizing German language proficiency to enhance processes and support the German team in managing their contacts.
• Global Metrics & Reporting: Expanded responsibilities to include producing weekly metrics for North America retail programs, and later, global operational and financial metrics. Provided visibility into write-offs and.
• OLAP Dashboard Development: Designed and managed the creation of OLAP dashboards using Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE), providing financial and operational insights to support decision-making.

Dallas, TX, US

• Led full-cycle project coordination, ensuring seamless execution and compliance throughout all project phases.Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Project Documentation & Coordination: Managed project documentation, including funding sources, routing approvals based on cost and sensitivity, issuing purchase orders, verifying contract compliance, and tracking.
• Vendor Relations: Communicated with vendors to resolve payment, invoicing, and documentation disputes, ensuring timely and accurate processing.
• Site & Space Management: Coordinated operations across 3,010 sites, managing a total of 23.6 million square feet.

Seattle, WA, US

• Provided operational support and leadership to achieve daily production goals, ensuring efficiency and compliance.Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Labor Allocation & Team Coordination: Assisted Area Manager in allocating labor, leading team meetings, assigning job duties, and communicating with suppliers to meet daily production targets.
• Operational Issue Resolution: Diagnosed and resolved operational issues, ensuring minimal disruption to production and maintaining workflow efficiency.
• Training & Compliance: Trained Associates, verified compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and revised SOPs to improve process efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement: Actively participated in Lean/Kaizen, Black Belt, and other Operational Excellence initiatives to drive process improvements and operational effectiveness.

Seattle, Washington, US

Reconciled client portfolios against custodian statements using Argos and Advent software

Tampa, FL, US

Implemented inventory management system at GE Nuclear Energy in Wilmington, NC.

• Conducted in-depth research and analysis to support strategic decision-making in the American and Brazilian automotive industries.Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
• Competitive & Market Research: Researched and organized detailed information on competitors, suppliers, customers, and potential customers within the American and Brazilian automotive sectors.
• Regulatory & Tax Explanation: Explained federal social programs, payroll taxes, and the advantages and disadvantages of various business structures to stakeholders.
• Cost Analysis Tool Development: Created an Excel spreadsheet to compare the comprehensive labor costs of American and German workers, facilitating direct cost comparisons for decision-making.

Accounting Certificate, Accounting 505

Bsba, International Business

English Literature