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Washington, Dc, Us

Annandale, Va, Us

Financial Budgeting and Planning• Analyze and develop budgets for state funds, sponsored programs, and self-sustaining or auxiliary enterprises in excess of $15M.• Forecast expense, revenue, and student enrollment levels and participate in the planning of new programs. Analytics• Analyze raw enrollment data to support strategic and financial decisions.• Develop pricing models and conducts pricing analysis to optimize WD’s pricing strategy.• Quantify credit card and check payments to learn about students’ enrollment and payment habits.• Monitor, analyze, and report on student refunds. Supervision and Administration• Supervise, assist, mentor, and provide feedback and counsel to improve efficiency and effectiveness.• Prepare and oversee the preparation of financial reports. Assign, review, and evaluate work where applicable.• Apply knowledge of accounting principles, auditing standards, public administration, and/or regulatory compliance.• Maintain and grow internal and external relationships.• Adhere to legal rules, regulations, and guidelines. Ensure or evaluate compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations.• Review, update, and improve work processes and procedures, and prepare for internal audit reviews. Reporting and Analysis• Prepare specialized reports and evaluate programs through comparison of actual performance with budget/planned objectives. Prepare monthly, quarterly, staffing, expense, and revenue reports for divisions, and grants.• Summarize transactions for financial analysis and reporting.• Assess overall performance of departmental operations against objectives.• Perform daily payment reconciliation to ensure alignment among different financial systems.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Financial Reporting• Led reporting and forecasting for $30M BU.• Identified variance drivers, reconciled headcount, and designed customized reports. • Presented financial results to leaders and their direct reports on a monthly basis.Financial Analysis• Provided strategic guidance to business unit to self-fund $2M in 2018.• Modeled rate and volume analysis for compensation and tracked vacancy rate.• Quantified and monitored travel and entertainment expense for unit’s special initiatives.• Conducted scenario and sensitivity analyses to identify risks and opportunities.• Completed adhoc requests.Financial Forecasting and Budgeting• Consolidated business unit’s and division’s budgeting and forecasting process.• Collaborated with admin expense team to create variance explanations.• Reconciled gaps between different forecast versions and updated forecast assumptions.Monthly and Year-End Activities• Prepared and processed accrual, reclassification, and budget transfers.• Cooperated with Fannie Mae's Tableau team and validated reporting in Tableau.• Educated business partners on processes related to finance, payroll, and procurement.Administration, Process Management, and Special Projects • Introduced new hires to the team’s processes and business methodologies.• Built and maintained strong relationship with business unit’s chief of staff and leaders.• Collaborated with team members to maintain, update, and map Single Family Mortgage Division’s hierarchy.• Automated existing Excel based files and implemented waterfall visuals into team’s reporting structure.• Authored and updated unit’s procedures and redefined job aids and manuals to improve efficiency.• Reviewed and approved headcount, contractor, and purchase requisitions as budget level one approver.• Validated general ledger data, maintained access list for Tableau, and mapped divisional cost center hierarchy.• Planned and outlined finance workshop for leadership of $30M business unit.

Bethesda, Md, Us

Forecasting• Coordinated IT-wide monthly forecasting process in SharePoint for more than 500 departments with an annual budget of $1billion, consolidated forecast variances, crafted discipline-wide variance explanation and submitted results to enterprise level.• Extracted, analyzed, and communicated forecast compliance metrics to IT Executive Leadership Team.• Collaboratively ensured current forecast compliance of 95%.• Forecasted, presented, and reconciled multi-million dollar IT finance department.• Acted as liaison between forecasting participants and enterprise team, managed troubleshot requests and kept participants informed.Modeling and Analysis• Modeled, maintained, validated, analyzed and reported on IT department’s recovery mechanism. • Analyzed, reconciled, and communicated projected under/over recovery of the recovery mechanism to senior management.• Created Excel spreadsheets and tools for participants to aide the forecasting process.• Analyzed multi million-dollar time reclassification process. Collected, organized, and interpreted data to adhere with internal audit.Budgeting• Helped facilitate IT-wide annual budgeting process. Presented guidance at kickoff session to more than 500 department heads, participated in budget office hours, tracked budget submission and reported on financial results.• Facilitated Capital Budget review, Operating Budget review, and IT Fixed Asset review.Communication and Presentation• Conducted department-wide forecasting training for up to 20 associates, communicated updates and worked with teams to craft variance explanations.• Drafted process documentation summaries for the time reclassification review, the finance department’s P&L review, and the fixed register review.• Planned, outlined, and conducted Cognos training sessions for finance associates and solicited participant feedback to improve training in the future.• Assisted in the training and supervision of temporary department workers.

Northbrook, Il, Us

Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting• Analyzed, forecasted, and presented historical performance metrics in the Homeowners and Commercial/Household Line segments for the State of Texas.• Consolidated, adjusted, and analyzed daily, weekly and monthly forecasting results.• Led Homeowners’ Insurance segment through annual budgeting process. Followed company-wide guidelines, planned, analyzed, submitted, and explained budget rationale to senior management.Modeling• Outlined and created complex spreadsheets to forecast metrics in the Homeowners’ Insurance segment.• Set up, maintained and updated model to track risk exposure for homeowners’ insurance segment in the coastal zones of Texas.• Utilized the company-wide initiative model to run sensitivity and scenario analyses, tracked impact on profit and loss, and communicated results to senior management.Reporting, Communication and Presentation• Prepared, reviewed, and distributed daily and monthly financial performance reports to senior management.• Verified report data, trouble shot formulas, created and maintained Power Point presentations and crafted variance analyses for forecast submissions.• Summarized and presented Homeowners’ Insurance forecast and communicated monthly business results to leadership team.

Essen, De

Strategy Development • Developed and set up complex market model in Excel to derive primary target market and to perform revenue recognition analysis/revenue forecasting. • Prepared German and English PowerPoint presentations to summarize market model for executive management.Mission Statement Implementation• Assisted in developing English and German workshops for mission statement implementation. • Consolidated (i.e., English-German) and translated feedback from workshops.• Communicated findings to ThyssenKrupp AG’s Project Office and ThyssenKrupp System Engineering’s management. Event and Project Management• Planned and executed two-day employee workshop in Essen and Duisburg for 20 people. Booked hotels and restaurants, arranged transportation for participants and scheduled meetings.

Berlin, Berlin, De

Budget and Contract Management• Categorized and analyzed communication service expenses and entered data into databases. • Negotiated new business contracts with major U.S. telecommunication providers.• Responded to telecommunication companies’ invoices, and identified and corrected billing errors.• Assisted in year-end budgeting reports and annual budget estimates.Business Development• Drafted internal and external communication procedures to improve the speed and flow of information between providers and primary and secondary users.Management and Leadership• Supervised up to five soldiers and arranged daily workflow to ensure seamless delivery of communication services. • Provided ongoing disaster preparation drills to all soldiers to comply with yearly certification requirements. Administration and Project Management• Ordered workplace supplies, prepared and proofread correspondence and drafted meeting minutes.

Berlin, Berlin, De

Employee Orientation and Motivation• Initiated new recruits through orientation and assisted with their placement into the existing work teams according to individual strengths and weaknesses. • Supported unit supervisors with mentoring and coaching of employees.Project Management• Advanced the team’s primary task of deciphering, classifying, and prioritizing encrypted documents and messages by analyzing and simplifying the daily workflow and delegating secondary tasks, which increased efficiency.Motivation and Employee Assessment• Fostered a well-balanced, open work environment that encouraged supervisees to stay motivated and focused during moments of high stress.• Monitored employee work performance on a daily basis and conducted annual performance evaluations.Leadership and Compliance• Led the nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons detection team with up to five soldiers and participated during NATO military exercises. • Briefed team and managed employees according to strict procedural guidelines and deadlines.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Corporate Finance & Real Estate

Bachelor Of Science, Finance

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration