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Denver, Co, Us

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Driving the monthly strategic planning cycle by partnering with business leaders at HQ, Division and Regions to develop robust financial forecasts and reporting. Translating financial results into operational recommendations to optimize business results. Analyzing performance to identify areas of risk or opportunity and create options to respond to the findings. Building Tableau dashboards and other visualizations to deliver insights that are easier to consume and are easily accessible to a broader audience. Conducting financial, business, and profitability analysis to determine significant variances from planned results. Directing the preparation of all modeling and creation of financial reports related to proposed changes to the business. Leading the preparation and review of materials related to the yearly Budget process for the executive review and managing ongoing reporting and analysis against the planned objectives. Participating in various financial projects such as financial systems development and revenue/expense management programs. Developing ways to continually improve processes to ensure that daily information is accurate and available on a timely basis.

Greenwood Village, Co

Driving the strategic planning cycle by partnering with business leaders at HQ, Division and Regions to develop robust financial forecasts and reporting. Translating financial results into operational recommendations to optimize the business. Analyzing performance to identify areas of risk or opportunity, and create plans to mitigate or accelerate those. Building Tableau dashboards and other visualizations to deliver insights. Conducting financial, business, and profitability analysis to determine significant variances from planned or forecasted results. Directing the preparation of all modeling and creation of financial reports related to proposed changes to the business. Serving as a channel for senior management to relay their financial planning and business needs/issues. Leading the preparation and review of budget materials for the executive leaders and manages ongoing reporting against budget and plan objectives. Participating in various corporate financial accounting projects such as financial systems development and currency management programs. Developing ways to continually improve processes to ensure timely and accurate budget analysis for management team. Performing extensive data interpretation and communicating insights and findings to senior management and stakeholders in a clear, compelling way.

Greenwood Village, Co

Leading Sales & Marketing forecasting and budget process for subscribers across all lines of business in the West Division. Collaborating with HQ, Division, and Regional Sales and Marketing Leaders as well as cross-functional business partners. Coordinating across functions on the impact of new tactics and/or initiatives that will impact subscriber trends. Reviewing and analyzing recurring and ad hoc forecasts for various subscriber products and metrics, including forecast vs. budget variance analysis. Providing analysis to understand key drivers of business trends and supporting strategic decisions. Providing recommendations to management/Marketing Leads for additional reports, tracking tools and other metrics. Analyzing data to identify risks and opportunities Partners with leadership to support business planning and operational processes throughout the year. Ensuring operational plans are consistent with business objectives. Analyzing financial and operational reports and communicating risks as well as making suggestions to improve processes.

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Managing the activities of Comcast Business Operations department. Ensuring customer unit, profitability, pricing, revenue & expense budgets are tracked, monitored and reported on according to company financial standards. Developing and implementing annual expense budget and assuring coordination/ tie-in with Comcast Business operational and business objectives. Supporting and coordinating regular forecasts as required by management. Responsible for Headcount, Commission, bonus calculations and tracking and execution of the business plan. In conjunction with the Divisional Business Assurance group, responsible for the monitoring and implementation of Region internal controls to ensure the functional areas are conducting operations in accordance with established guidelines, policies, procedures, and governmental and legal requirements. Ensuring Regional process alignment with Division and Company standards. Supporting the development and implementation of performance metrics and tools.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Managed 7 different financial functions including $140M in refunds, $650M in intercompany transfers, $24M in third party settlements and $160M in write-offs annually. Coordinated financial activities for millions of domestic and international customer accounts that span consumer, business and government lines of business. Reducing annual refund processing costs by $350K by converting disbursement to an electronic format. Coordinated the consolidation of 6 stand-alone financial applications into single web based solution. Supported quarterly and yearly financial audits conducted by both internal and external auditors.Restructured and consolidated Accounts Receivable Operations as a result of the Verizon and MCI merger. Maintained $11M divisional budget consisting of salaries, pensions, benefits, and contractor expense. Audited and accounted over $14B in payments annually across 12 subsidiary ledgers from the point of receipt to the month end close of corporate general ledger. Streamlined operations and reduced cost by $1.8M annually through the consolidation of applications, vendors and banking relationships.

Denver, Colorado

Audited and accounted over $19B in payments annually across 16 subsidiary ledgers from the point of receipt to the month end close of corporate general ledger. Managed $22 million IT contract related to the outsourced development of customized financial systems. Negotiated and managed $12M contract for outsourced payment processing services. Maintained operational and financial relationships with 3 commercial banks servicing 130 bank accounts. Reduced annual credit card processing costs by $1.1M through enhanced data capture.Played key role in assisting MCI WorldCom emerge from bankruptcy through the restatement of five years of accounting activity . Audited and accounted over $20 billion in commercial revenue and $4 billion in residential revenue annually. Managed the financial operations aspect of a $35 million partner relationship that coordinated the sale, fulfillment and billing of an expanded product set offered to new and existing customers. Managed operational and financial arrangements with Banking institutions and Credit Card vendors for the collection, audit and posting of over $10M in residential payments daily.

Denver, Colorado

Compiled and communicated $250 million revenue analysis of North American operations to the executive leadership team on a monthly basis. Created financial, operational and sales reporting for over 70 projects across 19 North American facilities. Assisted Sales department on setting up contractual and financial arrangements for new clients. Developed and managed corporate website used to gather and report financial data. Produced client reporting used to evaluate each project's success and verify contractual obligations. Managed a team of local and regional analysts who provided statistical analysis on all facets of operations.Managed financial aspects of a multi-site 2,000 employee startup project and an existing 500 employee project. Produced sales forecasts, staffing projections and operational infrastructure needs based off Marketing plans. Managed department of analysts who produced client billing, cash flow analysis and financial reporting. Designed and maintained a reporting server that distributed operational, sales and billing information.

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Developed and maintained $55 million regional budget for call center operations. Provided all internal reporting used for analysis of operations and work force management. Compiled and communicated all operational statistics to Executive Management. Developed real time Workflow Management reporting tools used by Call Center leaders to guide day to day operations. Produced financial reporting for customer care division producing $35M in revenue annually. Coordinated all financial and operational aspects of each third-party outsourcing relationship. Managed quarterly budget reviews and provided analysis of expenses and outsourced relationships. Forecasted Workflow Management needs such as employee head count, new hire acquisition, and scheduling of workforce based on marketing projections and resulting Call volume.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Finance, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Association, National Society Of Leadership and Success

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance, General