Telecom expense analyst with focus on inventory update and maintenance, expense management, and billing. Monitors contractual commitments, renewals, billing accuracy, etc.

Independent consultant/1099 employee. Participated in multiple successful client-focused projects in the telecom industry, including telecom bill audit, contract analysis, cost bench-marking, and cost forecasting. Also complex financial business-case analysis, including recommendations to senior executives. All projects included close coordination with clients start-to-finish, including results readout and executive summaries.

Complex analytical and operational achievements include matching network cost to customer revenue, identifying unused/under-utilized assets, increasing asset utilization metrics, and improving profit margin on enterprise contracts. Significant successful project management experience. Participated simultaneously in multiple projects, with focus on identifying cost-savings opportunities, creating plans and implementing initiatives to achieve cost savings, and reporting results to executive management.

Tier 2 Manager with two groups, in GA and TX, totaling +/- 25 employees.Managed purchasing/contract analysis and presentation/recommendation to executive management.Audit and payment of $500 million annual 3rd party vendor costs.Delivered $30 million annual savings via filing and resolving billing disputes with 3rd party vendors.Implemented new controls and procedures to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.Consistently met or exceeded all annual key performance metrics.