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Birmingham, Mi, Us

Detroit, Mi, Us

Lead program management and change management for multi-million dollar, multi-year CFO transformation effortServe as product manager for ongoing development and enhancement of the OneStream EPM platform

Detroit, Mi, Us

Business line CFO of Ally Bank’s $125B Retail Deposit and Consumer Strategy team, leading all financial forecasting, reporting and analysis while supporting the business in achieving strategic objectivesResponsible for management and oversight of business line financial statements, ensuring accuracy and completeness of results while supporting decision making through thoughtful and detailed analyticsEnsure prudent management of retail deposit pricing and noninterest expense through effective review and challenge of key business decisions while driving accountability for financial results across the businessLead evaluation of strategic initiatives through thought leadership and development of detailed profitability and business case analysis, providing senior leadership with guidance in order to make effective decisionsPromote an effective risk management framework through robust controls as well as development, reporting and analysis of KPIs, KRIs and other internal risk metricsServe in multiple leadership roles for the Generational Employee Resource Group, driving diversity and inclusion efforts and activities across the enterprise to strengthen the culture of the companyOversaw financial reporting, forecasting and analysis of multiple support areas within the Consumer Bank including Digital, Customer Care & Experience, Analytics and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) business lines

Detroit, Mi, Us

Managed the production of a daily cash flow forecast, utilized to ensure that the parent and bank entities have adequate levels of cash and other liquidity in order to satisfy internal and external metricsAssisted management with funding decisions through sound analysis by utilizing understanding of balance sheet and cash flow behavior as well as the corporation’s funding and investment strategies Collaborated with liquidity risk team to improve understanding of forecasted daily cash flow activity in order to produce accurate forecast of liquidity metrics, specifically the liquidity coverage ratioOversaw the Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) framework, methodology and operational processes while leading improvements and developing an enterprise wide FTP Policy and StandardSupported various levels of senior and executive leadership with decision making through the production of detailed standard and ad hoc reporting and analysis on the company’s liquidity positionLead team of three analysts and one manager in multiple geographic locations and with varying levels of skills and experience in order to meet team and professional development goals

Detroit, Mi, Us

Produced periodic and ad hoc reporting to senior management and Ally’s Asset and Liability Management Committee focused on the company’s interest rate risk exposure, including earnings at risk, economic value of equity and assumption sensitivity analysisWorked closely with business partners to understand forecast activity, recommended capital actions and hedge strategies in order to ensure impacts and risks were accurately measured and reportedSupported the enterprise stress testing processes by producing financial results and supporting analysis for all stress scenarios related to CCAR, DFAST and Resolution Planning, as well as ad hoc stress testsLed project to redesign the Balance Sheet Management financial reporting structure to allow for improved analysis and to increase the efficiency and accuracy of results

Detroit, Mi, Us

Developed forecast for the results of the Corporate and Treasury segments in the support of periodic, consolidated long-term forecasts, annual planning and stress testing including CCAR and DFASTProvided external financial reporting as it relates to the Treasury segment, including the consolidated net interest margin, cost of funds and available liquidity, as well as related analysis Created and presented internal management reporting around the Treasury segment results, including an in depth analysis of the Treasury residual net interest income, detailed variance reporting and summaries of debt, investments and non interest expenseManaged the consolidated funds transfer pricing (FTP) process, including the review and completion of pricing models, posting of entries, reporting of results and support of business segment analyticsSupported various levels of senior and executive leadership with decision making by providing sound analysis and completing ad hoc data requests in a timely mannerUtilized understanding of corporate debt pricing and benchmark rate curves to continually evaluate FTP methodologies for existing products and lead initiatives to redesign pricing methodologies as neededContinually analyzed and reviewed the results of the Treasury segment to ensure accuracy and completenessLed project to redesign the reporting structure of the Corporate and Treasury segment and to build out the necessary general ledger detail in order to improve the quality and efficiency of reporting through automation Managed team of four analyst in multiple geographic locations and with varying levels of skills and experience in order to meet team and professional goals

Detroit, Mi, Us

Responsible for the development, enhancement and maintenance of a complex financial model in order to analyze and report the results of the Treasury segment residual Net Interest Income to senior managementAssisted in the management of the corporate cost of funds and overall liquidity profile by preparing and analyzing the treasury segment forecast and by presenting forecast assumptions and results to key members of managementUtilized understanding of asset and liability behavior, their related yields and cost of funds, as well as the corporation’s funding and investment of its assets and liabilities to assist management in the understanding of Treasury segment resultsContinued to assist in the enhancement of the corporate FTP cost of funds methodology and overall reporting of the Treasury segment results through the understanding of benchmark rate curves and other drivers of the corporation’s consolidated cost of funds

Detroit, Mi, Us

Assisted in the enhancement of the corporate FTP cost of funds methodology and overall reporting of the Treasury segment results through the understanding of benchmark rate curves and other drivers of the corporation’s consolidated cost of fundsWorked collaboratively across Business Segments in order to understand product pricing and related profitability as well as data availability to allow for the enhancement and development of models in support of the corporate Funds Transfer Pricing process

Detroit, Mi, Us

Assisted with the development and implementation of a global automated reconciliation tool while primarily being responsible for training and providing technical, policy and accounting based guidance to end users

Detroit, Mi, Us

Led the development of an international reporting process and worked cohesively with a project team to assist in developing a global regulatory reporting process in order to meet certain requirements as a result of becoming a Bank Holding CompanyCompleted and supported the completion of numerous regulatory reports to a variety of federal regulators to include the FR Y-9C, FR Y-11 & 2314, Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting, FFIEC 009, etc.

Collaborated with counterparts at acquiring institution to determine best practices for intercompany accounting for the consolidated organization and to ensure transparency of intercompany activity and balances through the transition processMonitored and reconciled intercompany account balances and elimination activity on a daily basis in order to reduce the potential risk of exposure to the financial statementsResponsible for the accounting of investment in subsidiary and equity for entire legal entity structure consisting of over 800 legal entities and over 150 consolidationsWorked cohesively with both local, domestic and foreign based business units to resolve accounting practice issues as well as intercompany variancesAutomated manual processes in order to improve efficiencies within corporate accounting groupProvided reporting on intercompany account balances and transactions for regulatory, external and various other forms of reporting as well as both internal and external audit when requestedMonitored and reconciled corporate wide intercompany receivables and payables on a daily basis and settled those balances between entities monthly

Mclean, Va, Us

Responsible for reconciling monthly accounting balances and activity for Non-Performing Loans, Credit Loss and Real Estate Owned operations on multiple corporate accountsPosted standard, adjusting, and statistical Journal Entries to the general ledger on a monthly, quarterly and annual basisResponsible for the accounting and correction of monthly variances between source systems and the general ledger Worked closely with team to ensure that monthly accounting close goals are met and exceededAssisted management team in developing a monthly accounting close calendar and other projects as neededEnsured a effective monitor and control process by organizing Journal Entries and reconciliations completed by other team members and responding to internal control questions

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance, Minor In Economics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Communication, Public Relations