SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCEDriven professional with over 34 years of experience specializing in Regulatory Compliance and Audits, Business Financial Management, Process Improvement and Tax. Skilled at driving productivity and efficiency through collaborative cross-team communication and evaluation of existing analytical tools. Build consensus for the implementation of process improvements. Strong leadership and business acumen skills, with success managing and mentoring highly skilled financial professional teams. Areas of specialty include: • Audits, Compliance and Business Reporting• Financial Planning and Budget Management• Business Process and Technology Solution• Program and Project Management • Billing Operations (Dispute and Resolutions)• RELEVANT EXPERIENCE • Directed cross process team in end-to-end annual FUSF certification activities including initial campaigning – receipt and validation of certificates – customer issue resolution – linkage to regulatory filings and applicable surcharge turn up on non-exempt accounts. Assured receipt, accuracy, and timely processing of over six hundred annual FUSF reseller certifications across various legal entities.• Managed $1.2B of annual FUSF Business Unit expense and Contra expense. Activities include budget development – results reporting and financial understanding and assessments to senior management. Prepared detailed schedules and attribution assessments across business units and legal entities. Assured maximum O/I by mitigating assessable revenue exposure and non-recovery of eligible USF surcharge. • As part of AT&T’s Tax and Finance Organizations responsible for the annual Federal Universal Service Fund (FUSF) Certifications processes per statutory guidelines. Prepared over 200 FUSF certifications annually identifying exempt and non-exempt assessable services. Assured wholesale reseller billing on non-exempt accounts was accurate. Professional History:Eliassen Group 2022 - 2024Regulatory Consultant AT&T Corporation 1988 - 2022Director of Tax (2019 - 2022) Director of Finance and USF Compliance (2001 - 2019)Manager – AT&T Access Management (1988 - 2001)