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Baltimore, Maryland Area

Financially manage all client's regional capital construction projects, totaling approximately $180M. Provide technical training and assistance to new capital analysts. Budget, forecast, investigate variances, validate business partner invoice aging statements and ad hoc reporting. Partner with Engineering and Sales teams to improve forecast inputs..

Baltimore, MD Serving MD, VA, DC, DE And WV

• Ensured availability of funds for all capital construction projects. Monitored, forecasted and budgeted material and labor costs. Developed and delivered presentations to senior management for access to extra capital.
• Grew available funding by $10M and ensured continuity of all construction projects by building and obtaining approval for $92M monthly region construction forecast.
• Guided project funding, meeting full $176M financial… Show more Ensured availability of funds for all capital construction projects. Monitored, forecasted and budgeted material and labor costs. Developed and delivered.
• Guided project funding, meeting full $176M financial forecast.
• Initiated funding allocation process by crafting $82M annual construction budget.
• Created proactive analysis approach with new tools for analyzing construction spend, including new ROI model, resulting in additional funds being available when needed. Show less

Baltimore, MD Serving MD, VA, DC, DE And WV

• Supervised 1 analyst tasked with performing CPE maintenance in billing system. Ensured that proper warehouse procedures were followed for CPE handling, corrected CPE inventory system errors, and ran monthly CPE.
• Led regional implementation of new CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) inventory system in spoke warehouses, increasing accuracy from 95% to 99% for inventory of 943K pieces.
• Slashed duplicate serial numbers in billing system 50% by… Show more Supervised 1 analyst tasked with performing CPE maintenance in billing system. Ensured that proper warehouse procedures were followed for CPE.
• Slashed duplicate serial numbers in billing system 50% by constructing new sorting and decision-making Excel templates.
• Simplified regional reconciliation processes for all CPE reconciliation types while re-writing all procedures, achieving compliance with new inventory system.Reduced lost inventory 60% by developing new inventory.

Charlottesville, VA Serving Western VA And WV

• Directed 2 analysts in internal statistical and financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis for system of 288K subscribers.Accomplishments:
• Led integration of 39K subscribers into financial and subscriber reporting, ensuring seamless experience for all end users.
• Improved regional subscriber reporting by serving as area lead for 4 rate code simplification projects.
• Simplified divisional reporting by acting as area lead for initializing divisional… Show more Directed 2 analysts in internal statistical and financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting and variance analysis for system.
• Simplified divisional reporting by acting as area lead for initializing divisional revenue database and subscriber automated reporting catalog. Show less

Johnson City, TN Serving East TN And Southwest VA

• Managed staff of 24 employees in budgeting, forecasting, accounting, reporting, MIS and warehouse functions for system of 100K subscribers in 3-state area (TN, VA and WV).Accomplishments:
• Integrated 50K former Adelphia subscribers into system, ensuring seamless continuity of customer services, billing and financial reporting.
• Converted billing system, achieving uniformity throughout area.
• Decreased administrative workload by streamlining warehouse operations to 1 main… Show more Managed staff of 24 employees in budgeting, forecasting, accounting, reporting, MIS and warehouse functions for system of 100K.
• Decreased administrative workload by streamlining warehouse operations to 1 main warehouse in TN servicing 8 locations. Show less

Morrisville, NC Serving Eastern NC

• Guided 2 team members in developing the monthly financial forecast and annual budget for a system of 510,000 subscribers for video, data and voice products. Conducted financial variance analysis to monitor trends and.
• Raleigh area lead for implementing company’s PeopleSoft budgeting system, easing budget compilation for finance organization.

Master Of Science - Ms, Applied Economics

Mba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Duke Chapel Choir, Duke Chorale Teaching assistant for Microeconomics, Managerial Accounting and Statistics.

B.S, Physics, History

Activities and Societies: Duke Chapel choir, Wesley Fellowship, Symphony Orchestra Cum Laude. Dean’s List multiple semesters. Received.