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Austin, Texas Area

Finance head for Financial Services (FS) and Canada Sectors. Responsible for 150M+ P&Ls (account revenue and cm). Accountable for recognizing revenue, closing the monthly books, interacting with audit, and producing the financial reports for FS and Canada Sectors. Lead onshore account controlling team and manage offshore finance back office team. Finance head for Business Development and Support Functions (Finance, HR, Executive Management, & Facilities). Responsible for business development cost management, investments, new logo pursuit analysis, sales (bookings) targets, and employee remuneration. Accountable for managing support cost management and cost reduction initiatives.-Created target operating model (staffing, processes, etc..) which reduced finance costs by 20%-Managed account transitions to ensure they were under budget and exceeded financial targets-Transformed finance by shifting work to off-shore locations, changing processes, & adding tools-Led the implementation of billing system-Instituted financial controls which led to 10%+ BDC savings and 15%+ SFC cost reductions-Drove costs down and optimized revenue to achieve financial KPIs

Manage $180M operating budget and $15M capital budget. Oversee the IT project cost accounting, processes, and business rules. Develop and govern the return on investment (ROI) analysis. Create and implement financial metrics for IT.-Created a financial planning and consolidation tool that reduced planning cycle time from 1 month to 2 weeks. Additionally, it reduced budget variances from 15% to less than 2%.-Developed project cost accounting template, process, and business rules that standardized project costs which improved project budget estimates and reduced project overruns by $10M.-Instituted return on investment analysis for IT projects which generated cost avoidance of $5M by eliminating projects that had a negative ROI.

San Marcos, Texas

Developed resource plan and operating budget to align with business plan. Provided budget variance and management reports. Performed root cause analysis on budget variances. Forecast resource needs and operating expense.-Created a MS Access database that increased labor forecast accuracy by 10%.-Developed labor forecasting model that reduced labor costs by 15% and overhead by 5%.

Austin, Texas Area

Drove business development and performed sales activities. Recruited, interviewed, and hired consultants. Developed consultant pay rates and calculated customer bill rates.-Increased gross profit for management resources consultants from 82.5% to 85%.-Grew the number of billable consultants by more than 25%.

Austin, Texas Area

Managed $250M operating budget and planned $5M capital budget. Led finance and accounting teams (15+ FTEs). Oversaw financial and management reporting. Directed revenue and expense forecast activities. Owned return on investment analysis and project portfolio prioritization.-Implemented a general ledger system to replace manual spreadsheets which reduced the close time from 3 days to 1 day thus allowing staff to focus on other value-add activities.-Eliminated 40% of the non-value added reports which reduced the number of staff by 20%.-Improved cost effectiveness by accounting for administrative costs and setting overhead rates which resulted in shifting $10M of budget from overhead to core business functions.-Outsourced mainframe operations which saved $1M in annual IT operating spend.-Consolidated and standardized hardware/software purchases which led to a savings of $500K.-Led an IT services portal project which lowered processing time and improved delivery.

Bachelors, Economics

Masters, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: -Outstanding Graduate Business Student of the Year -Beta Gamma Sigma Member (National Business Honor Society).