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Chattanooga, Tn, Us

Portfolio manager for $21M digital transformation portfolio for Unum and Colonial Life products. Own governance, reporting, and annual planning for the portfolio, and drive coordination across three involved organizations.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Owned key Internal Audit processes and projects while identifying and delivering improvements, enabling informed and effective decision-making, and creating a change mindset within the team.• Led various strategic and operating projects and assigned teams for the department, including the build, implementation, and rollout of a new audit management platform.• Led teams in successfully completing bi-annual planning and resourcing process within defined timelines, and implemented… Show more Owned key Internal Audit processes and projects while identifying and delivering improvements, enabling informed and effective decision-making, and creating a change mindset within the team.• Led various strategic and operating projects and assigned teams for the department, including the build, implementation, and rollout of a new audit management platform.• Led teams in successfully completing bi-annual planning and resourcing process within defined timelines, and implemented significant improvements and new solutions in those processes to reduce cycle time and improve quality of deliverables.• Enabled and influenced decision-making by the leadership team through defining operational measurements, providing analysis and recommendations, and translating discussions into actionable steps and deliverables.• Owned key department reporting and communications for a variety of internal and external stakeholders, including quarterly Board-level reporting. Show less

Risk management professional focused on mitigating potential risks, identifying forward-looking insights for improvements, and owning several key strategic projects for the department.• Drove risk assessment, information gathering, stakeholder interviews, scope and testing design, root cause analysis, and action plan development for audits across a wide variety of internal departments.• Led Learning & Development project team of 5 to upskill the department in key competencies, including… Show more Risk management professional focused on mitigating potential risks, identifying forward-looking insights for improvements, and owning several key strategic projects for the department.• Drove risk assessment, information gathering, stakeholder interviews, scope and testing design, root cause analysis, and action plan development for audits across a wide variety of internal departments.• Led Learning & Development project team of 5 to upskill the department in key competencies, including a heavy emphasis on digital and data analytics skills.• Delivered strategic projects for the department, including defining “Auditor of the Future” to outline critical competencies our department needs to develop in the near future, and developing a guidebook on “Auditing Culture” and leading workshops to upskill department on this topic. Show less

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Performed risk reviews for internal departments and provided forward-looking insight for improvements in potential risk areas. Developed and delivered soft skill training program on project management to the department. Developed and delivered guidebook on Auditing Culture to the department.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Handled Unum's Life and AD&D products on the Group Business Planning and Analysis team. Produced premium and risk plans for those products and tracked progress towards those plans throughout the year. Owned the Group Segmentation process after managing the transition of that process to the team early in this role. Other areas of focus included documenting the team's processes and procedures to improve efficiency and identifying opportunities for optimization.

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

Actuarial Internship:Learned and utilized the Prophet actuarial modeling system to complete a Risk Adjusted Return on Capital analysis for a variety of Unum's products. Assisted with Economic Capital work and other projects as needed.Finance Internship:Transitioned the Segmented Income Statements project to the planning team. Created extensive documentation around the team's processes and consolidated our file structures.

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Processed transactional work for Service Operations and learned new procedures for completing work, such as bank drafting, IPNing, and imaging applications.

Nashville, Tennessee

Organized, planned, and managed fundraising events, ran social media accounts, and developed Public Relations for the foundation.