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Columbus, OH, US

Tampa, Florida, US

Merrillville, IN, US

Responsible for utility finance across six operating companies.

Merrillville, IN, US

Lead gas control operations and gas system planning across six states, serving ~3.2 million customers. Also supporting safe operations in the field through the gas Clearance Coordination Center.

Merrillville, IN, US

I established and matured an organization with the goal of ensuring that the appropriate documentation exists to support safety and compliance programs so that employees and contractors can access the ‘right document’ for the ‘right information’ at the ‘right time’.​Through strong collaboration between the business, IT and 3rd party contractors we.

Merrillville, IN, US

Merrillville, IN, US

• Influenced change across five departments impacted as the initiative lead of the FP&A organization redesign that led to full adoption of the proposed design and achievement of cost savings targets
• Gained support from cross-functional leaders to allow my team to build advanced excel models to improve tools used within their teams and enable consistent analytical capabilities to all operating companies for rate.
• Balanced relationships between Finance and New Business as my team conducted a post-mortem analysis of new business projects; required a balance of challenging assumptions from original decisions without driving a.

Merrillville, IN, US

• Led change management effort to implement Hyperion Planning as part of team who was accountable for designing, building, testing, and launching the new system and processes to drive efficiencies in FP&A
• Challenged business case assumptions to ensure the right investments were being made for shareholders and customers; support of the Construction & Engineering team on one project led to an alternative investment that.
• Partnered with operations to rewrite the capital governance policy to establish a framework that provides a balance of internal controls and capital allocation flexibility in the new matrix operating model
• Restructured the group to better meet business partner needs and align team members to leverage their strengths

Merrillville, IN, US

• Led a team of subject matter experts in the development of a dynamic scenario-based Excel model that integrates operational, financial and regulatory inputs to optimize rate case timing; first optimized plan added.
• Provided all financial analysis to support a $1.8 billion infrastructure enhancement program that was the first filing of its kind in Indiana and the first plan approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
• Developed a risk survey that was completed by a cross section of leaders, prioritized the risks based on the average risk score provided, and used the results to support the organization in mitigation planning

Merrillville, IN, US

• Facilitated the annual capital budgeting process and maintained the long term capital plan as the business unit grew from a $250 million budget to $575 million annual budget
• Developed the business case for a $500 million electric transmission capital investment, largest ever undertaken by NIPSCO, which was approved and earned the highest regulated return on equity at the company of 12.38%
• Assisted in the development of long term strategic plans presented to executive leadership and Board of Directors
• Analyzed new legislation to understand the potential impact to NIPSCO and modeled the financial plan impact

Merrillville, IN, US

• Calculated NPV, IRR, MIRR, and ROIC on many strategic projects to assist management in decision making
• Considered real option value of projects when examining and presenting on optionality of investment opportunities
• Performed analysis of electric and gas projects subject to state commission and FERC regulation
• Interacted with several internal groups to gather the input data needed to produce companywide financial analysis
• Maintained current knowledge of industry in order to anticipate how macroeconomic trends may impact the business

New York, NY, US

· Performed audits and reviews in accordance with GAAP/GAAS of private entities in various industries, such as mutual funds, higher education, and government · Assisted in the development and documentation of audit plans encompassing all phases of the audit, including scoping analysis, internal control evaluation, coordination with specialists, substantive.

· Facilitated the billing cycle· Assisted in month end procedures· Reconciled daily bank deposits and made million dollar bank deposits on a daily basis

· Assisted in preliminary work, field work, and drafting the report · Completed all work papers assigned· Interacted with clients to attain information· Converted Lotus Notes files to Caseware

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Managerial Analytics, Finance, Management & Organizations

Bachelor Of Science, Accounting