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• I am enjoying the privilege to lead a team of finance leaders at nine independent and geographically dispersed companies and creating an environment which has led to developing a highly collaborative team of leaders who problem solve together, share best practices, and flex to support each other’s teams as needed to meet requirements. We are building this through collaboration sessions, deploying a Lunch and Learn program, creating and hosting a development off-sites, and a leading variety of strategic objective events.

New York, Ny, Us

Achievements• Supported 8 VPs and their direct reports budgeting, monthly forecasting, reporting, cost controls and project management. This included the development of KPIs, control reporting and dashboard creation.• Developed and implemented monthly cadence of financial reviews with leader development through financial skill building, analytical training, root cause analysis training and developing the growth mindset.• Developed dynamic five-year projection model for executive leadership to run scenario analytics.• Enhanced budgeting and forecasting process to drive visibility to natural account level detail while reducing development and production time by 60%.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Supported two regional vice presidents in managing P&Ls through effective analysis, reporting and influence. Conducted analyses in all aspects of the business (consumer trends, employee behaviours and ops expenses). Achievements• Developed workforce labor analytics which effectively drove the realization of $40M in incremental sales, while improving controllable contribution rates by 500 bps in a single region.• Developed operational efficiency analytics that identified and realized $100M+ in sales opportunity with no additional expense beyond product COGS and waste.

Glendale, Az, Us

Analyze business and operations to implement efficiency measures through all departments within Public Works. Develop 10 year forecast service rate models and fleet analytics. Develop action plans and implement continuous improvement initiatives and innovative business solutions. Develop and conduct financial training for supervisory personnel.Achievements• Improved trash service revenue by 30% annually through rate and cost of service analyses, as well as presenting to both members of the public and City Council.• Slashed fleet replacement costs by 20% ($1M/yr) through utilization, service life and asset prioritization analyses.• Developed air space cost analysis and Landfill usage analysis to outline capital expense timing for $25M based on a variety of scenarios, along with mitigating external contract options.

Developed annual expense plans for various departments and conducted monitoring and control functions. Conducted financial analysis on projects, initiatives, products and events to help drive company profitability and customer satisfaction. Worked to identify, analyze and report key business indicators impacting the growth, profitability and achievement of strategic objectives.Achievements• Reduced over $500k in spend on operational investments through ROI and impact analyses.• Identified opportunities and created plan of action to reduce $400k in expenses due to new tax laws affecting specific business expenses.

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Responsible for sales reporting and analysis. Sales forecasting and planning for merchandise and services divisions ($7bn). Analyzing sales trends and creating forecasts for divisions. Analyze AUR, UPT, and transaction shifts within market categories to identify consumer purchase behaviors. Create and maintain sales forecast model, margin forecast model, regional reporting tool and weekly projections by business lines. Assess and model initiative and project profitability.Achievements• Developed the PetSmart sales forecasting model, which forecasted year-end sales within 0.5% at the 1st of the year.• Identified $150M risk in sales planning and inventory through recognizing customer trends and product cannibalization.• Created annual sales and expense plans for 1,500 stores.

Glendale, Az, Us

Analyze business and operations to implement efficiency measures through all departments within Public Works. Develop action plans and implement continuous improvement initiatives and innovative business solutions. Develop and conduct financial training for supervisory personnel.Achievements• Boosted commercial solid waste collection route efficiency by 15% through route restructuring.• Reduced cost of service by 5% by establishing data collection practices to in order enhance customer service and resource planning.

Chandler, Arizona, Us

Achievements• Conducted Operations financial analysis on department efficiencies and variances, and reviewed and updated budget/flex budget analysis.• Created an Operations Scorecard which included labor variance analysis, manufacturing efficiencies, capacity utilization, and actual cost compared to standard cost analysis.• Conducted SWOT analysis, root cause analysis, and process analysis for Finance and Operations.

Houston, Texas, Us

Maintained and updated annual plans and objectives and reported quarterly status. Also conducted quarterly reviews with the manufacturing facilities to established context on status and variances. Conducted fixed expense and variable expense reporting for the economic and financial planning analysis team, as well as budget, variance, and regression analysis. Produced and presented weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual presentations and presentation to corporate leadership.Achievements• Expanded KPIs and proactively identified leading and lagging indicators within HSE data to help drive positive culture shift and information awareness.• Streamlined Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) reporting through process improvement, and reporting tool improvements, resulting in 50% time reduction for report generation, allowing more timely and accurate reporting.

Houston, Tx, Us

Created and maintained two year operational budget forecasts, and conducted quarterly refreshes along with monthly variance analysis, as well as risk and opportunity evaluations. Conducted operational planning and scheduling of work crews in Louisiana for the Deepwater Horizon response, as well as all associated reporting to ensure operational requirements and leadership objectives were met. Operational costs exceeded $200 million over 18 months and involved over 2,000 personnel, 450 vessels, 5 staging areas, and 43 areas of operation. Developed presentations and responses to requests for information from the Leadership Team, other business units, and external entities (federal and state representatives, community leaders, external counsel). Managed state-wide planning team, and ensured their continued professional development and delivering excellence to those we engaged with, and emphasized the need for safe operations. Streamlined the Louisiana planning organization within the Deepwater Horizon response through the consolidation of activities, deliverables and the identification and elimination of redundancies, while improving quality and developing best practices.Achievements• Developed the defining metric used to determine end points for areas to be moved out of the response. • Promoted to progressively high positions 7 times over the course of the response.• Developed an Excel based dashboard to generate reports used for Operations performance analysis and forecasting operational triggers based on trends, regression analysis and operational input.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Conducted Search and Rescue training and operations.• Mobilized for the Deepwater Horizon Response and functioned as a Situation Unit Leader and Operational Planner for 2,000 personnel, 450 vessels, 3 staging areas, and 18 geographic areas.• Participated in maritime law enforcement operations.• Conducted facility safety and security checks.

B.A., Political Science

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