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Southfield, Mi, Us

Southfield, Mi, Us

Auburn Hills, Michigan

• Manages monthly reporting/close, quarter forecasting, and Annual Operating Plan for Corporate Expenses and their allocations to Business Units. • Analyzes internal financial information (profit loss accounts, financial statements, working capital, costs, prices, expenses, revenues, rates of return, etc.), providing key insights on trends in key performance indicators. • Assists in long-range financial planning processes and drives associated financial modelling. • Leads capital expenditures financial analyses presented for the Investment Review Committee. • Creates financial models to analyze various business opportunities and cost savings initiatives. • Serves as a financial business partner to senior leaders for their budgets (IT, COO, Financial Operations, HR, etc.), helping create an informed decision-enabling environment, effectively communicating financial information, and driving continuous improvement and process transparency. • Performs additional duties and ad-hoc analysis as directed. • Manage portfolio 400+ headcount supply and demand throughout year, for quality, capacity and within budgeting constraints and opportunities.• Create and present yearly IT project portfolio to senior management for approval. Work to assure IT capacity is valid and achievable. • Manage team of 10+ employees and 5+ vendors relationships• Managed over 500 contracts annually to ensure accuracy, timing and execution. Complete contract process owner from conception to execution with outside vendors on business and legal matters. • Met with top IT Senior Management (CIO and CTO) to obtain contract approval. Performed numerous ad hoc analyses as backup validation. Assured all department approvals were validated and appropriated.• Created contract administration official processes, training program and publications. Self-created workgroup approved by Executive Management.

• Managed over 500 contracts annually to ensure accuracy, timing and execution. Complete contract process owner from conception to execution with outside vendors on business and legal matters. • Met with top IT Senior Management (CIO and CTO) to obtain contract approval. Performed numerous ad hoc analyses as backup validation. Assured all department approvals were validated and appropriated.• Created contract administration official processes, training program and publications. Key Accomplishments• CIO requested to integrate key aspects of processes developed into other areas of Service Company.• Increased the quality of legal standards by accelerating learning curve on risk and desired legal coverage with staff of 3.• Promoted in 2008

Auburn Hills, Michigan

Self-created workgroup approved by Executive Management• Worked with high exposure financial situations (business cases, offers, contracts, ad hoc, etc) to create proper analyses. Consistently presenting results to Senior IT Management.• Created Vendor Management department to report to CIO quarterly on vendor spend and relationship status. Key Accomplishments• Consistently proven as “go to” person for IT Senior Management in financial ad hoc analysis. i.e., outsourcing modeling, audit compliance cost analysis, and Next Generation Network solution analysis.• Analysis used by CIO / CTO to present to CEO for approval, i.e. Microsoft $12m offer, Video Conferencing savings.• Expanded area in scope to cover other Senior Management request, i.e. new print chargeback model.AVP Forecasting and Planning 2006-2009• Worked on Comerica’s IT +$200m budget, including forecasting, variance reporting, cost reductions, and ad hoc analysis.• Introduced creative new process for variance reporting. Created department with “one stop” shopping for financials.• Participated in vendor selection process for new IT spend. Key Accomplishments• 100% timely and accurate submission rate • Chosen by CTO to run yearly cost savings initiatives based.

Dearborn, Michigan

Forecasting, planning and actuarial work for Ford’s $3B a year Healthcare Expense• Forecasted consolidated financial spend for 1 and 5 year cash spend. Work included in annual report.• Forecasted FAS106 actuarial expense. Worked with internal and external actuaries to calculate 1-15 year financial obligations expense.• Worked with internal Ford doctors and medical experts to calculate measure and launch cost savings initiatives worth over $500M.• Integrated Hyperion Essbase. This system is Ford’s standard forecasting and planning 3D database and tool. Due to success of products, personally asked to integrate other areas of Ford benefits i.e. workers compensation, pension, disability, etc.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting