Michael Walter Email & Phone Number

Morristown, New Jersey, Us

Directing finance functions including planning and reporting, revenue cycle, supply chain, and investments.

Baltimore, Md, Us

Directing all financial functions for one of Metropolitan DC/Baltimore area's largest system-owned health plans. Operations include Medicaid, Medicare and ACO.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Directed all enterprise financial planning and analysis functions for one of the country’s five largest Blues plans – $15 billion in annual revenues; including Commercial, Medicare, Dental, and Vision; and over 5 million health plan members. Established annual and multi-year financial plans and managed and reported performance against them. Led external financial interactions, including investor relations and regulatory filings. Performed all Chief Financial Officer functions for KHP West, Highmark West Virginia, and West Virginia Family Health, including reporting to respective boards and serving as Treasurer.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

Directed all enterprise financial functions related to Information Technology (IT) and Accounts Payable for this Fortune 200 Global Health Services company. Partnered with IT professionals to leverage multi-year strategy to create annual and multi-year financial and capital plans and monitor performance against them. Prepared and presented these plans to the Board and Finance Committee. Utilized or created workforce management models, both fixed and variable, and infrastructure and software replacement models to track $1 billion of annual spend and headcount, both employee and consultant. Performed build/lease versus buy analysis for hardware, software, and processing functions to support strategic and financial decision-making. Responsible for establishing accounting policies and internal controls related to IT assets and labor and testing compliance with these policies and controls to support Sarbanes Oxley certification by CIO.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

Responsible for developing and conveying a consistent message that defined Cigna’s value proposition to The Street. Developed and maintained effective working relationships with both sell side analysts, who covered Cigna’s stock, and buy side analysts, including institutional shareholders. Prepared quarterly earnings press release, CEO and CFO earnings call script, and coordinated aspects of the quarterly earnings call and post-call question and answer sessions. Prepared CEO and CFO for investor conferences and road shows meetings, and participated in question and answer sessions, both public and one-on-one.

Bloomfield, Ct, Us

Directed all accounting functions to produce quarterly and annual financial statements on both a GAAP and Statutory Insurance basis for Cigna’s Domestic Life Companies – $10 billion in annual revenue and 10 million members. Reviewed quarterly Statutory results with the Domestic Life Company CFO and prepared related Board presentations. Conducted quarterly meetings with the Connecticut Insurance Department to discuss results and address their questions. Identified, established and tested internal controls to support quarterly and annual Sarbanes Oxley certifications by CEO and CFO. Directly managed a group of 30 people.

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Responsible for planning and managing financial statement audits based on identified inherent and control risks. Coordinated these audits by managing other PwC units including Tax, Actuarial, and Information Technology Audit to ensure seamless service was provided to the client. Presented audit results and internal control recommendations to client Boards and Audit Committees. Provided operational, financial, and risk management consulting services to clients. Strong knowledge of internal controls, GAAP and Statutory Insurance accounting, analytical and communication skills were integral to success.Clients served include: Highmark, GEICO, T Rowe Price, BCBS National Capital Area, BCBS Florida, BCBS North Carolina, Harvard Pilgrim, and Christiana Care Health Plan