ENVOLVE PEOPLECARE (CENTENE CORPORATION), Chesterfield, MO Jan '16 to PresentSenior Finance Manager - Specialty Accounting and Financial Planning Mar '19 to PresentFinance Manager - Specialty Accounting and Financial Planning Apr '18 to Mar '19Financial Analyst IV - Specialty Accounting and Financial Planning Jan '16 to Apr '18 Lead, manage, and coach a team of finance professionals. Focusing on continued improvement of the accounting and forecasting processes, as well as the evolution of the business unit’s product pricing models. Accountable for timely, accurate, and documented execution of multi-year rolling forecast and processes for contribution to corporate and P&L activity for all lines of business within EPC. Led the team to standardize methodologies, forecast timeframes, and deliverables/reporting, including collaboration with business finance leaders to ensure all parties fully understood and agreed on final forecasts. Responsibilities during month-end close to ensure all of team’s accounting entries were recorded by business day +3, write commentary on monthly operating highlights for senior business leaders, and use extensive knowledge of P&L to identify risk and opportunities for monthly financial outlook. Serve as owner of company’s product pricing models, managing all pricing assumptions, metrics, and outputs, while collaborating directly with entities corporate and state-based health plan teams on continuous pricing applications.  Participated as team lead of business unit-wide product and client profitability initiative, driving key business decisions focused on improving net margins and re-aligning of operational resources for enhanced efficiency. Developed executive level presentations for EPC senior leadership for business town halls and CEO meetings focusing on long term financial and metric performance as well as short term trends.

BJC HEALTHCARE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DIVISION, St. Louis, MO Dec '09 to Oct '12BJC Healthcare is a nonprofit health care organization based in St. Louis Missouri. They provide inpatient/outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice, which comprises a portfolio of over $5.7 billion in annual net revenue.Staff Accountant – Field Accounting/Financial Planning and Analysis Dec '09 to Oct '12 Accessed suitability and accuracy of all financial entries in division’s general ledger, including the research, interpretation, and analysis of data collected from various business systems to deliver results on business performance to executive team monthly. Managed the financial and capital administration of several multi-million dollar federal and state funded healthcare programs by constructing standardized reporting tools related to key performance indicators, client demographics, and funding trends.  Participated as member of developmental focus groups regarding company’s design and implementation of new enterprise resource planning (ERP) and electronic medical record (EMR) systems.