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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.

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.

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.
• 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

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.

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

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

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.
• 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

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

Bachelor Of Science, Finance

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration