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Portland, Or, Us

Provide monthly reporting and forecasting on a Strategic project portfolio of $50M+ and 20+ efforts. Actively offer financial guidance and support on a $10M+ budget for the internal Project Management organization. Communicate results on a monthly basis to Project Management and Strategic Finance leadership on financial performance. Assess historical trend data to provide guidance for clawback opportunities in pursuit of optimal project fund utilization. Conduct ad-hoc research for real-time project and resource variances and one-off issues. Contribute analytical support for project business case builds and ROI assessment. Assure performance metrics are met including productivity, accuracy, and spending targets. Act as primary liaison between Project Management, Project Accounting, and Strategic Finance teams.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Developed, planned, helped implement, manage, and provide analytic support for the recurring worldwide device forecast consolidation process for the Regional Operations teams, which has allowed us to speed up the review process by up to two weeks in most cases. Contributed to developing the standards and procedures, as well as improving communications, that have helped the forecast teams consistently remain within a +/-5% variance to actuals globally, versus up to +/-10-12% ranges that occurred prior to these changes. Have devised the scope of and guided three major updates to the forecast process since its' original launch in 2012 in order to accommodate frequently changing data parameters and to continue to further drive efficiency into the system. Led the project to reduce the forecast data points required per submission by 15-20% in an attempt to better leverage available resources and improve the quality of each submission. Conduct market research to build reports and/or presentations on key areas of focus or to do a deeper dive on a particular area of interest in the wireless segment. Compile both qualitative and quantitative data related to the wireless device forecast in order to derive the key regional trends and story lines into a succinct story for executive review. Lead in-person and remote training sessions pertaining to either the system or specific processes for members of the Regional forecast team. Support and regularly interact with a geographically dispersed, cross-functional team.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Supported the international Marketing unit with forecasting, budgeting, and performance metrics. Prepared messaging and presented to the team's senior leadership regarding actual expenses and headcount versus targets. Coordinated with five segment managers regarding planning, target-setting, and tracking against quarterly goals. Booked month-end and quarter-end accounting entries. Developed an Excel-based schedule to improve visibility into the public relations costs and contracted obligations on both a monthly and quarterly basis.

Lohr Am Main, De

Observed and participated in the receiving and shipping processes in a time-sensitive, online retail warehouse environment. Actively evaluated and suggested ways in which to improve efficiencies in the pick/pack processes. Resolved payables issues, due to date, quantity, price, shipment, or data entry, to ensure that vendors were paid according to the agreed upon terms. Contributed to a 65% decrease in the backlog of payables on payment hold through problem resolution techniques. Implemented a process to more aggressively track and resolve payables issues for vendors offering payment incentives, so the company could improve upon its discount capture ratio.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Provided ad hoc financial, subscriber and business driver analysis for Regional, Divisional and Corporate groups. Constructed monthly forecast for Programming expenses for Philadelphia, which totaled around $40 million annually. Managed the Billings and Receivables processes for Leased Access accounts, which totaled around $600,000 per year. Utilized SQL, Access, Essbase, Monarch, and Excel programs on a daily basis to build queries, pull and format essential data, design relevant reports and conduct Subscriber and P&L analysis. Employed a number of techniques and processes to reduce the weekly and monthly subscriber reporting timelines by one-half and two days, respectively, while ensuring accuracy of the data. Instituted a collections process for the Leased Access accounts, which previously had not existed. Developed weekly Contract Labor and Box Inventory tracking and forecast models that were used to provide a greater level of detail and clarity to each area's respective Director.

Coordinated the administrative and reporting functions of a project that saved the plant $135,000 in 2004.Orchestrated the weekly payroll process for 700+ hourly employees, which averaged $900,000 per week.Supervised the product ordering, inventory tracking, and daily cash receipt processes of a company store, as well as directing a small staff of two.Analyzed Expense accounts to determine trends and provide detail on the root cause surrounding each item.Prepared and proposed the preliminary 2006 Fixed Operating Expense budget for the bakery.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

Oversaw the billing and collection of $25 - $30 million annually, stemming from the Home Delivery, Single Copy, Carrier, and Newspapers In Education functions of the newspaper.Compiled, analyzed, and reported upon the daily, weekly, and annual circulation and revenue figures.Supervised the development of 10 direct reports, as well as coordinated employee resource deployment based upon workflow needs.

New York , Ny, Us

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SKILLSGained exposure to a number of the concepts and techniques involved in financial modeling, trend and ratio analysis, capital project evaluations, product costing, sensitivity analysis, and cost of capital calculations.

M.B.A, Supply Chain Management Emphasis

B.S, Business Administration/ Finance

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