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Irving, Texas, United States

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Managed the gathering, creation, reconciliation, and delivery of monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports for a 6.7 billion enterprise.Collaborated with stakeholders cross functionally developed and managed operating budgets of $100M+ across 30+ local government agencies (i.e. Broward County Courts, Resilient Environment) resulting in an increase of savings by 23% .Provided strategic insights to long-term and short-term operating and capital budget requests. Utilization of Cost Benefit Analysis to showcase recommendations on budget approval/rejection to Senior Leadership. Monitored monthly revenues and expenses against budget and forecasts for assigned agencies. Provided recommendations to Senior Leadership if analysis revealed unsustainable projections.Onboarded and trained personnel to utilize new PBCS and PeopleSoft, a new software system that enabled budget and performance reporting which increased workers productivity by 24%.Analyzed various data sets (traffic tickets, arrest data, new construction, historical revenue, etc.) to construct accurate forecasts within 5% of actuals.

Bedford, Texas

Successfully managed a team of 30+ individuals at a client facility to meet productivity and cost goals set by the client.

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Arlington, Texas

Collaborated with Procurement, Software Engineer team and Administration departments to redesign the procurement process resulting in reduced bottlenecks in procurement workflow and reduced purchase orders time by 85%.Constructed project plans for process review and documentation by collaborating with Accounting, Transportation and Procurement departments.Collaborated with the Transportation and Engineering Team to design and implement an automated Asset Tracking System that enabled organization’s stakeholders to review and report on metrics mandated by Federal agencies for grant compliance.Created 1295 Form for successful integration into the procurement process. Resulting in 100% compliance with Texas legislature House Bill 1295.Created bid tabulation procedure and form in Excel and Adobe, reducing vendor purchase orders costs by 10% to 35%.Coordinated with the Technology Department to gain feedback on requirements the agency met and establish an action plan to implement an “Achieve-All” requirements by researching Controlled Unclassified Information regulations for government entities.Trained, provided troubleshooting and best practices documents for using CostPoint software for financial management resulting in increased productivity and workflow efficiency across 10+ functional areas in the organization.

Lewisville, Texas

Carrollton, Texas

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Local Government Management

Activities and Societies: ICMA, PASA, BGSASpecialize in: Finance, Economic and Community Development, Local Government Management.

Bachelor'S Of Arts And Sciences, Political Science And Government