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Texas, United States

Chicago, Illinois, US

Irving, TX, US

• Managed ~$600M of detailed annual expense and headcount forecast with a 7-year outlook using budget, forecast modeling, rate versus volume analysis, vendor spend, and gross wages analysis.
• Communicated financial business stories in a concise and coherent way to corporate executive using complex data and financial modeling, performance, and trends in cross - functional collaboration with various business.
• Produced accurate reporting, budgeting and analysis based on OPEX, CAPEX, and headcount for leadership and business partners.
• Drove strategic budgeting and forecasting related to corporate-wide expenses, headcount, and vendor spend for all business units tying back to the financial system of record.
• Consulted with accounting team while massaging and cleansing large volumes of data pulled from the GL for monthly meetings discussing trends, variances, and future forecast changes.
• Oversaw month end close processes including headcount expense allocations, CAPEX spend, and vendor accruals based on company statistics and variance analysis.

Paris, France, FR

• Manage sales operations for Retail and Consumer Products unit - $500M annual bookings
• Consolidate and prepare monthly sales forecast for Business Unit Executive Sales Leader review for monthly sales averaged $40M across multiple sales platforms.
• Manage monthly sales close process with focus on forecast achievement, process compliance and auditability. Maintain understanding of varying process and close requirements across sales platforms so as to provide.
• Manage new business development funding process: assess opportunity eligibility for funding, recommend budgeted spend, track actual spend against budget, coordinate with partner units regarding resource participation.
• Responsible for regular and ad hoc sales reporting including sales pipeline, sales trends (annual and quarterly trends for analysis, forecasting, and budgeting), opportunity review, etc.
• Ad hoc support regarding organizational changes and system upgrades and changes.

Paris, France, FR

• Corporate Finance Team member, reporting to Assistant Area Controller and managing P&L for $20m book of business.
• Supported Account Executives with budgeting, forecasting of revenue, cost, sales, inventory, cash collection, and variance analysis.
• Work with accounting to process Accruals, AR, AP and time and expense entries for invoicing and month end close.
• Modeled and analyzed requested data into detailed Excel spreadsheets for upper management and presentations.
• Review P&L statements and GL detail for variance explanations to foster ongoing strategic planning.

Dallas, TX, US

• On the Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team whose role is to provide accurate and timely reporting to CEO, CFO, & Directors as well as coordinate financial processes within the company.
• Responsible for monthly and quarterly reporting with an emphasis on trends, opportunities, and performance measures versus budget, forecast, and prior periods. Prepare financial analysis to support the analytical needs.
• Consolidate business unit financials and key drivers and prepares of monthly operating review deck for CFO presentation.
• Prepare ad-hoc analyses to meet upper management financial requests and develop financial dashboards for weekly and daily performance of company key performance indicators.
• Participate in the month end close process by partnering with managers and accounting teams to ensure proper procedures are followed and close results are as anticipated.
• Monitor cost and capital spending for direct expenses, commissions and agent bonuses.

Dallas, TX, US

Recognized as Ebby’s Diamond Star Multi-Million dollar producerAn intermediary between sellers and buyers of residential real estate. Prepares and presents detailed market analysis for clients resulting in improved client satisfaction. Negotiates transaction terms with parties and professionals including appraisers, escrow officers, closing agents and.

Paris, France, FR

• Mentored, trained, and managed a team of 4 senior financial analysts supporting line management, client and project vice presidents and managers to determine project accuracy and profit margins of client engagements.
• Tracked and reviewed potential account exposure for risks and implemented solutions meet company key performance indicators.

Paris, France, FR

• Consolidated North America’s financials for accuracy of forecasts, annual budgets, and P&L review.
• Increased accuracy and reduced production times for financial reporting by implementing new financial systems and processes.