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Winter Park, Fl, Us

Winter Park, Florida, United States

• Manage monthly Capital Review Committee comprised of system COO, CFO, and VP of Finance for projects requesting more than a $500,000 capital investment • Improve, document, and communicate process and policy for submission, review, and record of capital requests for the Capital Review Committee• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders from Clinical, Hospitals, Purchasing, Facilities, IT, Strategic Planning, and Property Accounting to ensure financial accuracy of projected ROI• Draft Capital Allocation Budget and assist in forecasting Depreciation for each fiscal year’s budget• Create Excel-based tools to assist data loads for FICA, Pension, and PTO into EPSi (budget software)• Develop Excel-based report to analyze Corporate Budget and NOI for C-Suite leaders through the budget creation process• Perform ad-hoc analyses, forecasts, variance reports, and dashboard creation• Manage and administer labor productivity application, LaborLytics• Create processes and controls to ensure data security, user access, data transfers, and target updates• Collaborate with labor productivity consultants and hospital finance leads to maintain targets and resolve issues as they arose• Analyze and package a nursing labor productivity analysis for Finance and Nursing Leaders to review areas of opportunity• Create reports within LaborLytics to address ad hoc questions from users across the system

Southfield, Mi

• Manage a three-person team to deliver credible, timely, and quality reports, analyses, and services• Establish and maintain multiple client relationships to acquire, transform, and process data • Lead Account Receivable, Denials, and Point-of-Service analysis, forecasting, operational and performance reporting, and change improvement across Revenue Cycle Departments• Create and improve upon established reporting within Excel and Tableau to provide visibility into areas of improvement and areas of opportunities for ongoing and new initiatives within various Revenue Cycle Departments

Southfield, Mi

• Performed ad-hoc analyses to provide data-driven recommendations to hospital revenue cycle management and on-site consultants• Developed reporting analysis tools to identify training opportunities to affect change in operations and increase monetary efficiencies• Established data acquisition with four hospitals, ensuring data accuracy and comparability• Strategized with multiple operational teams to ensure alignment and achievement of mutual objectives• Communicated operational drivers and opportunities to hospital management and site leads from detailed and in-depth data analyses

Southfield, Mi

• Conducted ROI analyses for C-suite stakeholders• Translated business requirements from cross-functional teams into technical specifications for dashboard creation in Tableau and Excel• Implemented and performed monthly metric and KPI reporting for multiple sites and audiences• Strengthened client relationships through knowledgeable, accurate, and timely reporting and analysis• Led data quality and reporting initiatives over various revenue cycle functional areas• Managed the Analytics team work plan prioritization, communication, and understanding of analytical process from data acquisition to report creation

Southfield, Mi

• Developed and presented C-Suite Dashboard to report periodic expense results, updates, and risks• Analyzed monthly Revenue Cycle payroll and vendor expenses against targets for synergy tracking• Facilitated client work groups tasked with documenting current processes and process improvements• Created and managed work plans to achieve goals, mitigate risks, and manage resources

• Assisted Project Managers in periodically reviewing project financial positions using Cognos and PRESTO, drafting subcontracts, and writing monthly progress reports • Collaborated with a 3-member team to organize, generate, and validate reports for internal consistency and timely client delivery • Researched expenditure and utilization trends, effectiveness of current and past payment systems, and clinical knowledge to assess new payment policy options• Managed the development of a web-based survey for an indirect cost study data collection • Drafted report sections describing the project’s analytic methodologies, analyses, and results• Studied the theory and practice of binary recursive algorithms to explore complex relationships in large data sets using CART (Classification and Regression Tree) software• Analyzed various provider network structures, enrollment systems, and practice ownerships to inform project screening tasks• Consulted with colleagues to write an abstract and accepted presentation for the 2013 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

-Led weekly review sessions using numerical and conceptual examples to explain material-Addressed students’ concerns about course material in weekly office hours and one-on-one sessions-Assessed and provided feedback on students’ work through weekly graded problem sets-Communicated with instructor regarding course topics students found difficult to grasp

Waltham, Ma

-Entered prices and descriptions from DePiles classifications of the Old Masters’ Artists for resale data-Managed data sets using STATA and Excel to statistically prepare them for regression analysis-Researched theory and empirical studies regarding grade inflation in U.S. Universities-Investigated the determinants of grade inflation through regression analysis

-Researched Asian and European markets’ economic and political environments for future trade missions-Coordinated with the Data Center to identify potential Florida-Export Markets using Microsoft Excel-Updated Metro-Orlando statistics for International Meetings and Presentations-Compiled a database of over 100 Foreign-Based companies in Metro-Orlando-Prepared Country, company, and executive profiles for Colombia’s Export Trade Mission

Master Of Science - Ms, Finance, General

Ba, Economics

Activities and Societies: Waltham Group General Tutoring, Business Club, Economics Undergraduate Department RepresentativeBusiness Minor.