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Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for financial analysis team focused on the evaluation of capital investment for the company's enterprise business (Spectrum Enterprise). This includes the review of new business opportunities (e.g., new customer growth and fiber network expansion) as well as providing strategic, financial and tactical support to a variety of operational teams (sales, product, service delivery, engineering, legal, etc.) and senior leadership. Decision support efforts aid in the development of competitive pricing and effective negotiation of financial elements included in customer contracts. Team is also responsible for accounts receivables as well as collections and bad debt activity (day-to-day management and ongoing reporting and analysis). In addition, decision support provides oversight of government subsidized programs, working closely with sales, regulatory and other internal teams as well as with external customers.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Transitioned to Charter Communications following its acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House in May 2016. Primary responsibilities of the new role involve oversight of deal review efforts for Charter's enterprise business (Spectrum Enterprise). This includes the evaluation and approval of new business opportunities (e.g., new customer growth and network expansion). Similar to the Time Warner Cable role, this involves close interaction with senior leadership as well as the sales, product, market development and engineering teams.Also assisted with a number of merger integration efforts focused on streamlining activities in the new, larger company. These efforts relate primarily to the standardization of various review and oversight processes.

Charlotte, Nc

In connection with a broader operational reorganization to a fully centralized structure, created Business Services Decision Support team to provide finance support for the company’s commercial business (~$3B annualized revenue)Manage two teams (Deal Support and Product, Sales and Marketing Support), consisting of approximately 20 finance professionals in multiple geographic locationsDeal Support: evaluation and approval of new business investment opportunities (e.g., new customer growth and network expansion), including working closely with the senior leadership, sales, product, market development and engineering teamsProduct, Sales and Marketing Reporting and Analytics: assist senior and operational leadership in making day-to-day and longer-term strategic decisions (e.g., development of standardized compensation plans, analysis and support for new marketing offers and pricing decisions, analysis of customer and product-level details)Oversee and assist with various standardization projects for commercial financial processes (e.g., signature authorization levels for new customer contracts and investment opportunities, development of new opportunity review process, compensation plans)

Charlotte, Nc

Directed commercial finance organization for the East Region, consisting primarily of operations in North and South Carolina, New York City, upstate New York and MaineResponsible for financial planning and budgeting for the East Region commercial business, a rapidly growing business with annual revenue exceeding $750MProvided financial and other support to the commercial executive team, East Region leadership team and a variety of corporate groupsManaged team of approximately 30 core finance, specialized billing and collections employees in multiple geographic locationsReorganized the finance team as part of a broader company realignment. Moved from a geographic structure to one functionally aligned with the operational teams (customer care, field and business operations, sales and marketing)

Columbus, Oh

Responsible for financial planning and budgeting activities for the Midwest Region, including the monthly outlook processManaged subscriber reporting efforts for the region (~3M customers), including beginning to standardize and regionalize reporting processesProvided financial analysis, management reporting and other support to the regional management team and divisional teams (finance and operations)Worked closely with other regional (commercial, sales, marketing, operations) and divisional (finance, marketing and operations) teams to evaluate business activities and trends as well as make decisions to drive the businessSupported various corporate departments to evaluate business trends and opportunities to enhance the value of our company, including the corporate accounting, finance and mergers and acquisitions teams

New York, Ny

Provided financial support to the senior corporate executive team and other groups throughout the company, including Investor Relations and Mergers & AcquisitionsManagement reporting responsibilities included developing detailed monthly summaries focused on financial and operational comparisonsDeveloped financial communications to the Board of Directors (supporting the Chief Financial Officer), including monthly and quarterly memos and presentationsInvestor Relations support includes tracking and evaluating Wall Street analyst expectations, analyzing peer and competitor information and assisting in the quarterly earnings process through the development of detailed trending analyses for the company’s operational and financial resultsDeveloped the company’s long range plan and assisted with the development of annual budget targets (worked closely with the financial planning team)

New York, Ny

Developed financial communications for the company, including quarterly earnings and other investor presentationsAssisted in the evaluation of risks and opportunities related to potential mergers and acquisitions as well as the development of financial communications for these activitiesWorked closely with equity and debt investors to help analysts and fund managers develop a better understanding of the company and its underlying businessesPromoted twice during role (associate director to director and then to executive director)

New York, Ny

Worked with senior analyst to provide research on several cable TV and broadcast TV companies, including Comcast, Cox Communications, Cablevision and AdelphiaDiscussed information and research with internal institutional salespeople and institutional clients (analysts and fund managers)Developed financial models to evaluate the intrinsic values of publicly traded cable operators; used these models to formulate buy/hold/sell stock recommendations

St. Louis, Mo

Assisted senior analyst to provide research on several cable TV and entertainment companies, including Comcast, Cox Communications, Charter, Time Warner and ViacomWorked closely with retail and institutional brokers to answer questions related to companies and industry coverageAlso worked closely with the telecom and cable TV/telecom equipment analyst early in role, providing research on Scientific-Atlanta, Arris/Antec and Lucent

Mba, Finance

B.S., Finance