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Kirkland, Wa, Us

• Create overall sales budget ($1B+), operating/ non-operating expense budget and capital budget ($10M+) for the company that includes 7+ divisions, 20+ cost centers, 35+ depts to present to senior leadership and the Board.• Analyze financial performance and identify variances. Present findings and review monthly financials with division leadership including suggestions for course correction. Prepare Quarterly Management Discussion and Analysis document (MD&A) to Finance leadership.• Built shared service expense allocation model and conducted time-study to allocate costs appropriately with shared services partners.• Calculate quarterly EBITDA bonus payout for eligible employees using a financial model based on KPI's and other criteria. •Analyze acquisitions and bids by working with senior leadership to prepare presentations for board and banks.• Maintain daily sales executive dashboard for senior leadership to make informed decisions.•Build ad-hoc financial models and reports to support business decisions using Power BI, VENA and Excel.• Improved accounting & finance team efficiency by more than 20% by spearheading the migration of financial planning and reporting system to VENA. •Provided budget training to dept managers, trained and coached FP&A team members.

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

• Responsible for accounting related to cost of goods sold (COGS) and supply chain (inventory).• Prepared journal entries related to inventory, freight and supply chain. • Closed books each period and ensured accuracy of accounting in accordance with GAAP.• Automated and distributed monthly flash reports that included forecasts, financial trends and recommendations to senior business leaders.• Built P&L in Cognos for sourcing leadership to review monthly performance of various sourcing channels.• Provided requirements and validated new account codes for the new ERP system.

Greater Seattle Area

• Updated and maintained the tuition schedule database and published annual and quarterly tuition tables.• Assisted with quarterly tuition revenue projection and was responsible for distribution of revenue to colleges. • Developed tableau dashboards to visualize data and helped deans and finance administrators make informed decisions. • Monitored Biennial and Supplemental State funding in Washington for Higher Education with focus on UW’s funding. Performed detail analyses on compensation costs of UW against both chambers budget proposal.• Communicated and presented fiscal information of economic revenue forecast using a variety of media, including briefs, blog posts and power point presentations.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Coordinated the development and management of the University’s $ 300 M operating budget. Support University decision makers through development and management of data, and assisted with annual budget presentation. • Updated and Managed the University’s operating budget and maintained position control(staffing) to assist business managers and assistant deans with their favorable/unfavorable budget balance available details.• Developed monthly fiscal and staffing reports using Cognos and SQL tools from Banner System and closely monitored and approved large transactions of the colleges.• Recorded annual salary increase and benefit rate change adjustment entries and ensured salary allocations are in compliance with University policies.• Reconciled budgets to ensure appropriateness, accuracy, and auditability of transactions.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Served as interim business manager for Enrollment Management, University College, and the President’s Office.• Updated quarterly budget to actual for all 9 colleges. Developed operating fee reports, personnel funding reports, and quarterly budget to actual reports using Cognos.• Allocated funds for promotions and tenure faculties.• Trained new business managers in preparation of monthly budget reports, reconciliation of procard statements and purchase requisitions, and approval of travel expense reports.• Spearheaded an initiative to reduce time spent on generating ad hoc reports by automating reports. Collaborated with CATS to test the reports using Cognos Query Studio. As a result monthly reports were generated using Cognos which reduced response time.

Dayton, Ohio Area

Prepared the annual spending budget for 4 manufacturing facilities (Columbus, Maryland, Salt Lake City and Coldwater). • Compared yearly budget to the actual financial results, performed variance analysis, and prepared monthly operating reports.• Prepared income and expense statement for manufacturing facilities.• Completed month-end close and reconciliation and balancing of general ledger. Recorded revenue and expenses for professional service offerings.

Approved and processed purchase orders (POs) based on customers’ credit limits. • Improved the response time of completing purchase order processing by 80% (from 5 days to 1 day) by streamlining the process flow.• Trained 5 new employees on purchase order processes and procedures.

Master'S Degree

Bachelor'S Degree