Planning Process Integration - leading the future state planning, forecasting and budgeting process design for the merged entity as part of a large M&A transactionZero-based Budgeting - contributed to the development of EY's Zero-based Budgeting approach, framework and tools for helping clients implement ZBB within their budgeting processes to enable sustainable cost reduction

Financial Planning and Analysis Process Design - helped a leading, global CPG company evaluate their current planning and forecast processes against leading practice and identified opportunities for improvement; advised the client on the implementation of a rolling forecastFinancial Operating Model Design - advised a diversified chemicals company on developing a more efficient and scalable Finance organization to help reduce cost and improve process efficiencyBusiness Case Development - helped create a business case model and presentation for senior management to evaluate several Finance operating model design options (e.g. Shared Services, Business Process Outsourcer)

Financial Modeling: crafted a new project budgeting model that tracked and dissected project expenses real time and automatically differentiated between capital and operating expenses for the clientPresentation: designed several project update PowerPoint presentations that identified and defined critical success indicators and important milestones for the project lifecycle moving forward that the client reviewed weeklyInternal Research/Business Development: worked on a multidisciplinary team to identify and present key areas of opportunity to develop new business within the consumer products industry sector by conducting external research and interviews with subject matter experts

Performance Management: managed two under-performing hotels and increased market share within two months by utilizing various data reports to adjust pricing strategy. Led to an increase of 5% in room revenue through rate increasesBusiness Development: Identified under-performing hotels in the market and provided an initial analysis and recommendation for revenue improvement, leading to an addition of 20 new hotels to the center and $250K in revenueFinancial Modeling: Realized an inconsistency in revenue forecast accuracy and developed a new model, which improved accuracy to within 3% of total revenue

Worked as an analyst intern to shift through data using Microsoft Access, identifying key components for use in a client meeting. Helped prepare key data set analyses for proposals in meetings with potential clients.

Asset Valuation: worked as an intern with the CEO to analyze previous market share and revenue performance of a potential acquisition in order to find the appropriate market value for purchase Accounting Reporting: Created and analyzed profit/loss statements for portfolio of 20 hotels, comparing data with the past three years to identify trends, areas of opportunities, and strengths within each hotel market