Thomas Ritchey, M.B.A. Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

Eliminated unpaid supplier invoice amounts totaling more than $1,500,000. Translate business requirements into analyses for reporting, automating reports and implementing process improvements.• Report approved subcontractor time & expenses of more than $3mm monthly and distribute report to 25+ vendors/suppliers.• Analyze data to conduct second level, “receiving” stage of invoice processing to validate approved T&E for North America.• Calculate remaining PO funds, unbilled amounts by PO, and other actions essential for invoice validation and processing.• Act as first line of external vendor/supplier issue resolution; liaise with Supplier Data Management, A/P, Suppliers and more to circumvent and mitigate issues and assure timely invoice payment.• Review resource contracts to ensure compliance to corporate legal and team objectives.• Interact with executive management to gather requirements to create analytics and translate them into report form.• Maintain working relationships among PMs, Resource Analysts, Project Business Analysts, Finance, A/P, H/R, Legal, BI Reporting, and many other internal divisions.• Create and measure KPIs to track resource utilization.• UAT – User testing of new software programs designed to enhance business objectives and provide comprehensive feedback.• Consult with shareholders/stakeholders and traverse highly matrixed environment to produce actionable insights.• Designed and built pillar web site, including tools I created for and utilized by others in the pillar.• Use macros (Excel) to automate reporting analytics increasing efficiency, reducing time to create and error potential.• Developed dashboards to report operations to Senior Management• Created North America Cloud & Tech department web site in Oracle Cloud Experience tool.

Austin, Texas, Us

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Working on software migration project.

Houston, Texas, Us

•Tracked and reported weekly forecast of both labor and non-labor expenses across 20 data centers, covering the entirety of DCT global operations, creating both weekly forecast and analysis to actual spend and authorized spend on monthly basis, directly distributed to program leadership.•Created reconciliation of forecast to actual spend (including accrual and reversal $) of each data center by global region. •Enhanced the existing program-wide expense tracking report, providing extensive detailed labor and non-labor forecasts and forecast-to-actual variance analysis by geographic region and data center. Implemented process efficiencies which reduced the report prep time by approximately 36 hours per month.•Managed the oversight, maintenance and reporting of spend for multiple large European data centers in migration, with a combined annual forecast in excess of $25mm across 400 distinct expense streams. •Daily analysis and review of forecasted labor and non-labor expense amount, timing, risk and applicability; moderate weekly deep-dive walk-throughs by site; pre-authorize weekly system updates for all sites in the European region.•Facilitated the monthly, quarterly and year-end fiscal close process: combined expense actuals, accruals, reversals and cross-charges into a single forecast-to-actual reconciled report.•Supported the global finance director in optimizing forecasted expense to authorized spend limits; monitor split fiscal year spend associated with the spin-off/merger of the HPE Enterprise Services group into DXC Technologies.•Acted as the financial SME in working with Site Managers, PMs and FAs on the explanation and resolution of variances, forecasting techniques, and assurance that expenses adhere to the corporate spending rules.•Tracked high-level project spend to completion, including resource and vendor expenditure.•Mentored site Financial Analysts to align reporting practices with corporate design.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Worked closely with senior management to create 2016 and 2017 EPIC budget projection.• Month/Year end close activities; creating reports for submission to corporate accounting• Report amortization of prepaid expenses and maintenance of contractual obligations• Coordinate/reconcile with Highmark for EPIC expenses• Conduct presentation to Vice Presidents and other executives in order to provide a summary of analysis regarding financial results and trends.• Communication with Management as to project status and completion deadlines.• Extract, evaluate, analyze and interpret appropriate financial and statistical data.• Develop and/or document business policies, conduct special financial and business related studies and cooperate with other departments in the preparation of analyses.• Conduct financial and business related analyses and research including the preparation of forecasts and/or analysis of trends.• Create and analyze financial reports and records.• Provide reasoning for month to month and YTD variances and make recommendations relative to the accounting of reserves, assets, and expenditures.• Advise management of expected outcomes, and recommend ways to improve the outcomes.• Independently pursue fundamental problem solving and documents the recommendations to management.• Utilizes standard financial tools to input, retrieve or display accounting information.• Develops and maintains spreadsheets and databases.• Compile and prepares reports, graphs and charts of data developed.• Ad Hoc reporting and analysis

St Louis, Us

Took lead on the corporate wholesale program, having extensive bearing on corporate financials.• Identified pain points and urgent issues while developing and defining best methods for resolution.• Mined and analyzed data, reporting findings to management.• Developed predictive analyses of revenue based on historical trends and services provided.• Documented standard operating procedures as best practices shared with corporation.• Improved processes by defining proper methodology for business practices.• Created and maintained internal and external contacts to facilitate issue resolution.• Ad-hoc analysis by request from corporate management.• Trained and mentored new employees.

Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, Us

Developed multi-year budget with scenario planning, thereby supporting the VP of Finance in formulating a strategically planned balanced budget that maximized return on investments and enhanced expense management.Resolved question of complex formula for state subsidy, ultimately shared with other 13 universities in the state system of higher education.• Provided support and oversight of the university budget of almost $120 MM.• Supported the Vice President of Finance in achievement of balanced budget by cutting expenses by $7 MM.• Enhanced supporting calculations and information to present a defensible budget which was approved by the Board.• Conducted detailed evaluation of the costs and validation of expense assumptions leading to $5.8 MM in savings.• Streamlined complex reporting and use of spreadsheet applications and models to increase process efficiency.• Maintained PBM (Position Budget Management) system, a leading industry SAP/Business Intelligence application.• Created analytical framework of predictive scenario planning to assess impact on individual divisions and university leadership.• Evaluated budget savings and incorporate them into the ongoing budget monitoring.• Forecasted future enrollment and revenue based on extensive research, providing best/worst/probable case scenarios.• Advised on mitigation strategies to lessen potential budget shortfalls and excessive spending.• Developed new methods for revenue generation.• Supported the VP Finance in preparing budget communications and conducted presentations to senior executive committees.

Studied business trends based on location, agent and agency, including historical and current data, to make future predictions. Managed projects of varying size, complexity and duration, including the realization of potential for, researching, instigating and directing a corporate expansion program, bringing company into 25 new states as well as Washington, D.C. • Analyzed business written periodically to formulate market color report for senior executive strategic planning.• Detailed quarterly and annual revenue forecast based on market share, prior performance, and corporate expansion.• Created performance measurement benchmarks and key performance indicators (KPIs) to dissect business drivers.• Assesses actual versus predicted performance and leveraged variance analysis to fine-tune predictive analytics.• Conducted business performance analysis (including SWOT analysis) to refine business strategy recommendations.• Managed regulatory reporting as well as agent and agency licensing.• Implemented new analysis tools and automation practices, effectively bringing organizational change via analytics.• Managed, mentored, motivated and directed finance team in reporting, analysis and software functionality.• Participated in scouting, interviewing, hiring and on-boarding process of new employees.• Created annual corporate budget with use of prior year financials and anticipated expenses.• Gathered and documented requirements from internal and external clients.• Made presentations to Board of Directors and Shareholders during scheduled meetings.

Conducted account reconciliation, cash receipts/disbursements, income statement, balance sheet, general journal, and general ledger activities, including adjusting entries and accruals.• Maintained books, handled invoicing and recorded receipts. Enhanced quarterly and annual statements of accounts.• Submitted filings for various states, municipalities, and parishes in business footprint.• Participated in internal audit and pre-audit for state examination.• Prepared financial statements and account analysis of banking and other investment activity.• Assisted in filing annual company reports and budget projections of roughly $40 MM.• Interacted with various sectors of the Federal and State governments, including the NAIC on regulatory issues.ose);

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Certification, Oracle R12 & Pl/Sql

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration

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Certification, Visualization With Tableau