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Chicago, Il, Us

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Deerfield, Illinois, Us

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Directing an FP&A team comprising of forecasting, month-end close, strategic planning, and business partner advisory for Discover Card Proprietary Network including $3Bn in Revenue, $0.3Bn in Expenses and, 1K HeadcountConstructed data visualizations of financial data that are used by both FP&A team as well as internal customers to highlight trends and anomalies both within and across departments to provide engaging & intuitive reporting and mitigate inaccuracies Partnered with internal customers to determine root causes of forecast inaccuracy and developed a solution that included enhanced tools, enhanced processes, and increased education yielding significant, sustained accuracy improvements

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Managed a team of 5 with full P&L responsibility for Diners Club International and other Network Partnerships ($100M+ Revenue) and ensuring accurate and timely monthly invoicing of Diners Club feesConsolidated billing information from hundreds of documents into a single billing tool that allowed internal customers to see which fees were billed to each client and the corresponding revenue and conduct scenario planning for revenue optimizationCreated a visual dashboard of volume and revenue metrics for actuals and forecast, which immediately yielded new insights into trends, such as mix and seasonality, driving informed decision making

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Demonstrated versatility by leading various teams; cost optimization program, $100MM+ annual capital project analysis, budgeting and governance, and financial planning $250MM department with 500 headcountPartnered with IT leadership to optimize cost structure and implement transformative strategic initiatives, yielding over $60M in sustainable cost reduction over two yearsImproved quality of financial analysis and streamlined capital governance process to fast-track 80% of initiatives that comprised 10% of total spend allowing IT leadership to focus more time on small subset of critical projects

Chicago, Il, Us

Financial Planning and Analysis for $6B United Express (regional partner airline) divisionPlanning duties including monthly close, forecast and management reportingAnalysis work on capacity purchase agreements for 570 aircraft with 11 different regional partner airlinesFuel strategy work to increase conventional jet fuel efficiency with regional partner airlines and explore alternative fuel optionsCollaborate and leverage best practices with regional partner airlines to reduce aircraft maintenance costs

Chicago, Il, Us

Development and tracking of performance against annual financial plans for the $3.3B-$3.5B Tech Ops Division.Coordination of the long-range and annual planning processes, as well as the monthly forecasting process.

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for corporate strategy development, enterprise risk management, integration of strategic initiatives into divisional planning, business development (M&A, joint ventures, equity investments, divestitures, and strategic alliances)

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), General Management & Corporate Strategy

Bs, Computer Information Systems

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