Thomas (Whit) Edwards Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

- Develop and prepare quarterly earnings materials including slide deck and script to capture corporate vision, strategy, and messaging, and present them to the market.- Analyze and evaluate sell-side equity research reports and sum-of-the-parts models to advise corporate strategy and ensure accurate valuation.- Manage relationships with equity investors through direct meetings and fielding questions about Sempra and subsidiary financials, operations, and strategies.- Conduct market research and reporting on equity valuation, earnings multiples, price performance, and operational metrics of Sempra and industry peers for comparative analysis.- Lead creation and development of the business performance and strategy section of Sempra’s proxy statement.

San Diego, California, United States

- Prepared monthly and quarterly reporting regarding Sempra and subsidiary credit ratings, cost of capital, fair value of debt instruments and receivables, and debt authorizations.- Developed internal pricing models for upcoming debt issuances, providing management with guidance in discussions with lead banks which resulted in optimal pricing outcomes on deal days.- Researched and analyzed new debt instruments and strategies, providing senior management with a practical understanding of a variety of tools at their disposal to fund capital plans.- Streamlined reporting through creation of several new, dynamic PowerBI dashboards to automate and replace older excel reports, saving over 100 hours of repetitive tasks done annually.- Led creation of new Treasury Rates Dashboard, providing senior management with a summary of FX swaps, Treasury forwards, SOFR, and other relevant short-term and long-term rates to advise funding strategy.

San Diego, California, United States

- Led development of O&M budgets, forecasts, and variance analysis, which identified areas of cost savings efficiency and optimization, achieving final spend within 5% under plan.- Led divisional budget meetings with directors and operational managers, providing analysis and recommendations that enabled them to better understand their results and plan future projects.- Conducted research and analysis for CPUC regulatory filings and audits, including GRC, RAMP, and RSAR, resulting in timely and accurate reporting of costs related to proceedings.- Constructed, reviewed, and processed journal entries and accruals, ensuring accuracy in AP transactions.

San Diego, California

- Managed bookkeeping of firm operating costs - Performed monthly and quarterly cost reporting and analysis- Analyzed settlement budgets to generate optimal allocation of funds- Utilized past trends in negotiation outcomes to project likely results and select useful strategies- Negotiated settlement of medical bills and financial obligations utilizing a variety of leverages- Actively managed settlement funds of up to $2M on as many as 30 separate cases weekly

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon

Master Of Business Administration - Mba