Assistant Director, Aviation Financial Services
CurrentDirect the planning and structuring of financial activities to ensure the Aviation Department is positioned to capitalize on business opportunities and minimize loss of business during economic fluctuations. Manage six direct reports and a financial unit of 17 people across six facilities.• Develop and execute the annual operating budget of $2.5 billion in revenue and $1.5 billion in expenses to effectively advance the Department’s goals and vison.• Reduced, and aggressively monitored, direct operating expenses by $80 million through alignment of spending with passenger and flight activities in response to loss of revenue due to COVID-19 pandemic.• Increase Department's financial awareness by implementing Power BI financial dashboards resulting in easier access of the financial information and greater focus on the underlying drivers. Increase the business managers' accountability to align their unit's financial performance with the Agency and Department's goals. • Direct and coordinate the development of financial models to evaluate the application of $450 million CARES Act funding and its impact on the Agency and airlines partners.• Optimize the use of revenues, expense recovery and federal funds (including Passenger Facility Charge and Airport Improvement Plan grants) to achieve the ideal investment program for the Department.• Improve the annual budget process using Microsoft Lists to track and organize the data by providing standardized data entry options and categorizations.• Align the Department's long-range forecast assumptions supporting the Agency's strategic plans.
