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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

➤ Manage diverse financial modeling and analysis projects to help strategic decision-making. Recognized for accurate financial models incorporating cost savings, revenue projections, operational changes, and long-term performance.➤ Prepare and present budget analysis to CFO, COO and senior management team; ensure pricing strategy aligns with organizational strategy while highlighting key risks and opportunities.➤ Perform variance analyses comparing budget to actual costs incurred while understanding impacts of operational processes on financial accounting systems and processes. Develop and review quarterly budget reports that analyze financial performance vs budget and prior forecasts with finance leaders and project management team.➤ Direct funds request process by performing detailed financial analysis of study budgets; determine financial drivers of budgets, and forecast all relevant costs. ★ Key achievement: Streamlined site payment process by leveraging VBA code and consolidating financial reports, which increased operational efficiency by 100%.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts

Somerville, Massachusetts

➤ Oversaw portfolio of 30+ federal and non-federal grants totaling $10 million+ in annual revenue. Collaborated with CFO, President and Senior Program Directors to prepare annual budget and quarterly reforecast.➤ Delivered guidance as subject matter expert on broad range of policies and procedures such as budgeting, cost share requirements, funder code setup, federal regulations, contract interpretation, and grant closeout.➤ Created and developed comprehensive financial models of budget, forecast, revenue, and cost to drive effective business decision and profitability.➤ Implemented process to monitor and centralize reporting deadlines for 70+ grants, communicating priorities to team members on a monthly basis.➤ Directed grant financial reporting, planning and performance analysis; ensured understanding of actual performance; proactively identified risks/opportunities and supported business unit leaders.➤ Oversaw monthly financial meetings with program directors; resolved issues of overspent and underspent grants, budget modifications, and pending extensions.★ Key achievement: Automated and upgraded grant financial reporting using advanced Excel functions such as pivot tables, VLOOKUP, IFERROR and MATCH, which increased efficiency by over 80%.

Somerville, Ma

(formerly Partners HealthCare)➤ Delivered strategic guidance to C-level executives by demonstrating expert knowledge of capital budgeting and spending, equipment life, depreciation expense, and variance analysis.➤ Led meetings with senior managers of 6-10 business units to review depreciation forecast, ensuring understanding of actual performance against projections.➤ Authored detailed financial analysis of depreciation for business units, collaborating with budget directors to determine current and projected spending.➤ Participated in leadership responsibilities: interviewed new candidates, attended high-level meetings, and trained new team members on department practices and workflow.➤ Prepared audit schedules, financial statement footnotes, and detailed records of transactions during annual audit. Performed month-end close processes, posted journal entries, and reconciled fixed asset subledger to general ledger.➤ Served as key member of financial team that oversaw implementation of new Blackline software; collaborated with several departments to ensure data integrity.★ Key achievement: Developed financial model for $450 million project, presenting detailed financial analysis to VP, Controller and senior management team.

Roslindale, Ma

➤ Prepared budget-to-actual reports for 30+ assigned grants with total revenues over $20 million. Led monthly close process by communicating deadlines, posting journal entries, and reviewing monthly financial reports. Provided guidance as subject matter expert on broad range of research policies and procedures such as budgeting, agency regulations, conflict of interest, contract interpretation, and grant closeout. ★ Key achievement: Improved time and effort reconciliation process by 50%, establishing process to quickly identify and resolve variances.

Boston, Ma

➤ Prepared analysis of revenue and expense variances, providing senior management with explanations for current and prior year changes. Assisted preparing variety of recurring financial transactions, reports, and analyses related to hospital operating financial statement. Supported annual audit by managing all records and backup related to journal entries, budget reports, account reconciliations, and other schedules.

Boston, Ma

Master Of Business Administration - Mba Accounting Concentration

Bachelors Of Science, Accounting