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Albany, Ny, Us

Worldwide, Oo

* Providing leadership for a team advising on regulatory strategy for an energy project finance initiative, utilizing strategic insights to shape financial and regulatory outcomes. Responsibilities include implementing advanced financial models, advising on sector-specific loan regulations, and developing an evaluation rubric.* Proactively spearheading diverse business development initiatives, including contributing to the authoring of firm whitepapers, leading various proposals, and vigilantly monitoring the business development pipeline to promptly identify and address emerging regulatory issues, particularly those related to higher education and AI.* Facilitated strategic decision-making and enhanced operational efficiency as a key member of the practice's operations team by ensuring prompt and accurate communication of critical metrics and operational reports to firm leadership. Additionally, regularly spoke to new hires on deployment best practices.* Assisted with a multinational corporate restructuring initiative, maintaining financial models to accurately calculate and validate payment timings for precision and efficiency.* Strengthened project management efforts for an extensive overhaul and modernization initiative involving a state Medicaid agency's welfare management system's transition to a dynamic cloud-based solution. This included coordinating client updates, scrutinizing project deliverables, and contributing to the development of the project work plan and software development lifecycle methodology section of the project management plan.

New York, Ny, Us

* Provided leadership in the development and implementation of audit programs, protocols, and tools for the New York State Department of Health's HFCAP performance audits. Utilized expertise in the audit process and regulatory compliance to create efficient and effective workflows, while ensuring adherence to industry leading practices and audit standards.* Managed a team of 6 compliance review processors and helped facilitate the administration of $200 million in federal stimulus funding to the Kentucky Housing Corporation's Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), delivering rental assistance payments to 51,000 households in need.* Utilized analytics tools to monitor and evaluate the pace and volume of ERAP application deliverables, achieving an average turnaround time of 5 days and identifying and implementing several process improvements that resulted in a 33% increase in efficiency.* Contributed as a member of the Technical PMO team for the New York State Department of Health’s HCRA and HFCAP performance audits, playing a key role in streamlining engagement management processes. Oversaw training and documentation of workpapers and facilitated productive working group meetings to ensure timely and accurate completion of deliverables.* Served as a Senior Audit Reviewer for the New York State Department of Health's FQHC performance audit engagement, providing expert guidance to the audit team and addressing technical inquiries. Played a pivotal role in managing the audit progress to ensure compliance with established protocols and standards.* Developed and executed client pursuit strategies, including market analysis, stakeholder outreach, and contributed to the successful completion of 6 proposal responses. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of sales objectives and delivered presentations to senior leadership on progress and opportunities.

Boston, Ma, Us

I was hired as a Senior Healthcare Program Specialist and promoted in September 2018 to a Medicaid Program Advisor. My primary client was the NYS Department of Health.* Reviewed financial operating reports of Medicaid providers on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and accurate financial reporting. To keep up with the evolving regulatory landscape, I collaborated with IT programmers to develop and implement changes to managed care operating reports, effectively communicating changes, and ensuring that all team members were trained on new reporting procedures. Additionally, I took charge of thoroughly testing software to confirm accuracy and ensure that the reports were error-free.* Conducted in-depth analysis of past trends and forecasted future revenue and expenses per member per month, cross-referencing reported member cost and utilization to claims data using SQL queries and the NYS Medicaid Data Warehouse.* Reviewed administrative and management services contracts for risk transfer and reasonable financial/payment terms, and evaluated applications for service area expansions, mergers, acquisitions, and asset transfer using pro forma financial models to assess feasibility and forecast operational impact.* Provided oversight of Medicaid program reform initiatives to shift Medicaid plan contracts to an outcome-focused, value-based payment system, replacing the traditional fee-for-service model. * Conducted on-site or focused reviews to ensure compliance with Part 98 regulations for Managed Care Organizations, issuing Statements of Deficiency and reviewed corrective action plans as needed to ensure adherence to regulatory standards.

Albany, Ny, Us

Analyst for the Housing and General Government budgets from 2013-2017, Analyst for State Fiscal Aid for Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Education in 2012.* Negotiated and prepared New York State budget bill copy and memoranda for consideration by the Members of the Assembly* Provided crucial assistance in the drafting, development, and analysis of the Rent Act of 2015, which extended and refined rent regulation throughout the State for 1.2 million rental units, primarily in New York City.* Created financial models for School Aid distribution throughout New York State for consideration by Members of the Assembly* Negotiated $285 million in additional support for public schools beyond the Governor’s proposal.

Silver Spring, Md, Us

Developer on the firm’s natural gas and wind project portfolio. This included assisting lead developers with land option agreements; responding to RFPs’ issued by local utilities; permitting on a federal, state, and local level; and other project management duties.* Leveraged pro forma financial models to project revenue and expenses for prospective energy projects* Analyzed risk of contract commercial terms, e.g. negotiated water supply agreement for a natural gas power plant the firm was developing in Maryland. This negotiation successfully averted potential project shutdown in the event of drought, saving the firm approximately $18 million over 6 years.* Conducted a competitive analysis of our target natural gas development markets, which was presented to the directors of a private equity firm with a significant investment in the firm. This analysis and presentation contributed to CPV raising $500 million in additional equity from this firm.* Collaborated with lobbying firms to obtain an exemption from a state regulation that would have cost the firm’s St. Charles project in Maryland an additional $150 million.

Mpa, Public Finance And Economics

Ba, International Relations

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