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Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Provide superior business partner support to commercial, marketing, and talent acquisition teams. Responsible for producing revenue, expense, headcount, and business review materials. Create the company’s first team of.
• Manage month-end close/accrual process, variance analysis, headcount tracking, forecasting, and annual operating plan of ~$50M Sales & Marketing operating expenses.
• Execute quarterly variable compensation process by designing process timeline, modeling plan components, performing calculations, variance analysis, and coordinating leadership reviews
• Evaluate new business opportunities by collaborating with project teams to gather assumptions, model expected return, and propose go forward actions
• Drive cross functional efforts to prepare for international marketing growth, development and tracking of Marketing KPIs, and mid-year variable compensation plan revisions

Greater Denver Area

• Design and create complex financial models which function as the main data warehouse for a national clinical laboratory specializing in toxicology testing. Lead all downstream internal and external transactional.
• Built financial models to produce line of business productivity dashboards and metrics, reducing redundant headcount and unprofitable accounts by 67% between 2017 and 2019.
• Organized, planned, and managed Power BI reporting project, on time and within budget.
• Managed a government and private payer network credentialing project, delivering 58 complete contracts in less than 18 months.
• Constructed market model representing Medicaid and managed care market strategy, resulting in a more targeted sales approach and 50% reduction in credentialing project costs.

Denver, CO

• Specializing in analytical & financial resource solutions, tailored to your individual business needs. www.thewavelengthgroup.comFinancial Budgeting and Forecasting
• Revenue, Expense, Profitability
• Develop divisional annual budget, strategic plans, and restructuring effortsFinancial Reporting
• P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash FlowsData mining and Modeling
• Microsoft Excel and Access proficient
• Consolidating data from multiple source points, resulting in clear and actionable information Automation of manual processes, leveraging VBA for Excel/OfficeCommission calculation and process development

Denver, CO

• Managed day-to-day sales operations for a national clinical laboratory and compounding pharmacy. Led monthly commission processing cycles across multiple business lines, while reconciling rapidly changing commission.
• Analyzed commission advance and repayment scenarios during restructuring effort, resulting in the most effective use of the limited advance pool.
• Condensed commission cycle by 3 days (21%) by building an innovative Excel model, using Microsoft V.B.A., to automate the creation and distribution of 300+ commission statements.
• Assembled database and designed actionable task reports to sales teams for resolution of un-filed medical claims, which increased cash flow $2.9M over a seven-month period.

Arvada, CO

• Lead and execute strategic plan, annual plan, and quarterly/monthly P&L forecasts
• Direct monthly financial close & reporting
• Manage compliance contract analyst & financial analyst
• Perform territory and sales rep acquisition NPV analysis
• Partner with VP of Sales on all Senior Leadership business updates
• Actively provide ongoing feedback and guidance to company leadership on lines of business and regional performance

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Expense and Revenue Forecasting
• Monthly and quarterly financial and headcount reporting - actuals and variance analysis
• Maintain all Excel based reporting and data models
• Drive annual budget process
• Market research and forecasting
• Account Targeting & Penetration execution

• Manage and drive annual plan, 5 year strategic plan, and quarterly forecasts of revenue, R&D expense, and CapEx by partnering with the Peripheral Interventions Research & Development, Clinical Sciences, and Sales &.
• Spearhead all monthly NPV Model updates for new product investments chosen for review by internal Project Investment Board as well as participate in evaluation of external business acquisitions or alliance partnerships.
• New Product Launch revenue reporting and variance analysis
• Maintain prospective worldwide market models for the Infrainguinal & Carotid disease beds; derived from overall market procedures, share, competitive landscape, new product launch cadence, and price
• Process Month end close transactions for Research & Development and Clinical Sciences functions in accordance with GAAP; prepare period variance analysis and attend divisional close meetings
• Build and maintain several financial dashboards, revenue and expense tracking, as well as allocations, inventory builds, and other reporting models which enable our department to have a positive impact on increasing.

• Lead analyst for transition of Canteen National Accounts from SAP accounting system to JD Edwards accounting system, responsible for system setup and integrity, accurate client reporting, and troubleshooting system.
• Develop, maintain, and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages for all clients; highlighting sales, commissions, product pricing, and analyzing client profitability
• Develop and own Inventory Turn / Poor Volume Vending data mining /analysis and successful interpretation and communication of monthly sales results to account directors

• Established financial models and processes surrounding accurate multi-year budgeting, forecasting, and Reporting/Analysis of $200MM+ Co-Op Advertising Income/Expense budget spanning 100+ merchandising departments
• Successfully budgeted and forecasted $30MM+ Community Relations Marketing budget
• Promptly and effectively delivered meaningful Marketing /Sales Effectiveness analysis of weekly circular, seasonal marketing, and Vendor Income collections to all levels of management
• Supervised and developed non-exempt Senior Accounting Coordinator
• Initiated technology enhancements for Marketing Finance team monthly forecast and annual Goal process

• Accurately and timely produce Capital Project Request Budgets through partnership with cross company departments
• Develop and manage evolution of eSourcing financial savings/construction goal reporting package process, coordinating monthly data collection, data entry, and issue resolution
• Ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting to management of project budget over-runs, potential material surcharges, eSourcing results, and annual geographic cost study/impacts

• Senior Financial Analyst, United Resource Networks
• Financial Contract Rate modeling of physician/patient organ transplant procedure costs, development, ongoing maintenance and support of Excel-based modeling tool
• Financial reporting and analysis of Profit and Loss, Financial Highlights, FTEs, Budget vs. Forecast; develop and support of reports for finance department
• Finance department participant on Facets medical claims processing software implementation
• Financial accountant backup; prepare journal entries, age receivables, reconcile profit and loss accounts, process customer billing, and assist Director of Finance with month-end close processBusiness Analyst.
• Planned, documented, and executed reporting testing and tie out process on PeopleSoft 8.0 Upgrade