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Peoria, Il, Us

Peoria Metropolitan Area

Peoria, Illinois

Peoria, Illinois

Led accounting & finance department of $48M business unit managing 4 employees in client billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, cost accounting, monthly close process, financial analysis, reporting, modeling, forecasting, and budgeting. Analyzed monthly entity, product, service, and client financial results and presented recommendations to increase profit via cost reduction, outsourcing, and productivity improvements to VP of Finance.Accomplishments:• Implemented cost accounting system to determine labor, manufacturing, and overhead costs for 57 products and services; used results to develop standard pricing that enabled faster sales response time to prospective clients.• Analyzed product, service, and client level profitability leading to actions to discontinue low-margin products, implement pricing changes during client contract negotiations, and outsource select operations which saved $727K annually.• Teamed with product management group and successfully launched five new products which generated $600K of new revenue.• Measured key revenue and cost metrics against budget and adjusted monthly forecasts, developed financial models to analyze complex business problems, and performed lease vs. buy analysis on fixed assets. • Worked with sales team on customized pricing proposals and multimillion-dollar RFPs for State Farm, Allstate, Farmers, GEICO, Progressive, and other companies. • Converted division’s billing system from Oracle to a proprietary system with zero negative impact to revenue, accounts receivable, or client satisfaction.• Optimized motivation of sales team by collaborating with Sales VP on customized commission plans tailored to individual experience, client portfolio, and product focus.• Consolidated three general ledgers into one. Absorbed accounting work of two eliminated locations into Peoria office with no staff increase via automation and process improvement.

Peoria, Illinois

Led account management team of 8 employees in daily interaction with external clients and completion of their marketing campaigns ($6M annual revenue). Responsible for coordinating work with multiple departments, managing conflicting priorities, and ensuring "right and on-time" execution of client projects. Additionally, managed 6 employees in operations department of collection agency business ($6M annual revenue). Accomplishments:• Won ChoicePoint's "Gorilla Award" for outstanding performance for successful effort to sign $2 million life insurance client.• Delivered significant improvement to “right and on-time” client project execution from 89% to 98%.• Increased number of completed client projects per year by 43% from 780 to 1,116.• Boosted efficiency of collection agency business while reducing staff by 50% by converting employee-answered inbound telephone calls to automated IVR and implementing scanning technology to electronically process 8K pieces of inbound mail per week.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance, 3.7/4.0

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Finance And Human Resource Management