• Eliminated issues driving millions in cost for KC-46 by optimizing process to effectively procure material in advance of contract award, enabling our financial systems to flow cost held on Boeing books to be reimbursed by customers on control award occurs.• Deliver financial insights that enabled contract representatives and technical experts to negotiate upcoming contracts that maintained cost & performance visibility for customers while minimizing overhead cost and reporting burdens.• Aggregate estimates data across product teams to provide a detailed, dollarized matrix of a contract’s financial outlook by project task, which informs control account planning, enables cost visibility, and provides insights into how to capture contract-defined financial incentives.• Recommend all proposed finance (control account) plans to product directors for resolution.• Execute all financial set up tasks in the enterprise accounting system so all parties working on the contract start working once the contract is signed.• Lend financial insight to resolve financial audit/systems issues if they arise over the course of contract execution.

• Led all financial aspects of the Boeing Defense KC-46 Tanker portfolio of contracts tied to the Supplier Management product team, including quarter end processes (forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, risk/opportunity analysis).• Drove 4x increase in successful supplier reimbursement claims by overhauling KC-46 material forecast process to leverage inventory planning data that provides insight into supplier performance issues. • Collaborated cross functionally as KC-46 supplier management navigates rhythm of business challenges. Common examples include resolving financial system issues impeding procurement and ensuring material cost is collected according to contract standards to avoid significant financial penalties.

• Deliver financial insights that enabled contract representatives and technical experts to negotiate upcoming contracts that maintained cost & performance visibility for customers while minimizing overhead cost and reporting burdens.• Aggregate estimates data across product teams to provide a detailed, dollarized matrix of a contract’s financial outlook by project task, which informs control account planning, enables cost visibility, and provides insights into how to capture contract-defined financial incentives.• Recommend all proposed finance (control account) plans to product directors for resolution.• Execute all financial set up tasks in the enterprise accounting system so all parties working on the contract start working once the contract is signed.• Lend financial insight to resolve financial audit/systems issues if they arise over the course of contract execution.

o Led all financial aspects of the material accounts, including quarter end processes (forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, risk/opportunity analysis).o Uncovered previously elusive supplier performance insight and expedited forecast adjustments by building excel-based cost models that controlled for product mix.

o Proactively drove cost investigations to support KC-46 finance risk and opportunities processes. o Integrated the defense risk/opportunity profile and present recommendations to senior leadership to support quarterly earnings release.o Responsible for all BDS KC-46 weekly/monthly reporting to provide insight to product teams and their analysts to identify and navigate rhythm of business challenges.