Kurt Bauer Email & Phone Number

Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

Ownership and management of CVS Media Exchange team's P&L and financial operations, including operating and capital plan, budgeting/forecasting, billing/accounts receivable, resource management and purchase order/statement of work development.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Manage multiple financial management operations, such as budgeting/forecasting, financial operations, billing, planning, resource management, PO/SOW management, and project management system administration. Administer.
• Created the Agency’s client billing process and developed an internal chargeback model. Integrated billing with the project management system, and trained staff and clients on the process.
• Developed KPIs which led to operational effectiveness. Reduced client deliverable turnaround times by 15% and minimized project completion times, resulting in chargeback cost savings to internal clients.
• Created and implemented end-to-end strategic procedures from project intake through invoicing. Created KPIs supporting operational excellence, business results and financial efficiency that improved year-over-year.
• Lead execution of the Agency’s Operational Business Plan resulting in cost avoidance savings of $15M per year.
• Successfully manage the Agency’s multi-million dollar budget through annual planning and quarterly forecasting cycles including resolving operating budget issues during a period of double-digit team growth.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

• Spearheaded the billing and accounts receivable (AR) processes for $21B of revenue. Owned and managed multi-million dollar department budget covering 800 employees. Oversaw multiple functions, such as.
• Reduced A/R balances by 20% and improved DSO results by 15% by heading a team of 60 regional staff and ensuring accountable execution of billing and accounts receivable functions.
• Minimized expenses by $2.0M through business process redesign.
• Mitigated 10% of vendor expenses and improved operating efficiency by 15% by building and maintaining onshore and offshore vendor relationships spanning 700 employees.

• Directed the department by steering budget development, project management, and process improvement activities. Planned and executed department discipline through regular meetings and standardized reporting as a.
• Developed and implemented an effective framework for delivering PSS with an optimal structure to improve decision making and project management, while serving as a program management capabilities initiative leader.
• Led a team of project managers to ensure execution and delivery on departmental and enterprise initiatives, including accountable care organization projects, implementation of healthcare reform, and systems migration.

• Oversaw the project management of supplier relationship portal strategy and implementation. Led Aetna to nomination as a Finalist in the Procurement Leaders Organization annual competition for Best Use of Technology.
• Created financial budget and established value-added reporting and forecasting.
• Played an integral role as a business and financial leader by heading the department in metrics, modeling, reporting, budget development, process improvement, and project management.

Business and financial leader managing team of seven in production and continuous process improvement around divisional sales reporting. Financial oversight (including modeling, budgeting and forecasting) of multi-million dollar employee incentive compensation and producer rewards programs. Development and oversight of $3.4 billion in-force book of.

• Developed financial dashboard metrics enabling senior leadership to make informed business decisions. Prepared, analyzed and reported quarterly financial and operational metrics.
• Identified control opportunities within the short- and long-term disability claim processes; implemented controls to mitigate risks.
• Developed department budget, provided variance analysis, reforecasted expenses and identified cost reduction opportunities.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance, General

Bs Of Science, Accounting