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Delaware, Ohio, Us

Delaware, Ohio, Us

Delaware, Ohio, Us

Delaware, Ohio, Us

Delaware, Ohio, Us

• Finance Team Restructuring: Redesigned the financial operations of the largest business unit within Greif. Improved communications to leadership, developed financial processes and reporting, and hired a team of five employees. Efforts led to proactive vs. reactive decision making from leadership due to an increased understanding of business performance drivers, including the initiation of a $1.5 million overtime reduction effort.• Finance Team Leadership: Led a team of five employees ranging from new graduates to tenured employees. Coached employees on technical and soft skill development through one-on-one meetings and group presentations. Resulted in an engaged team, development of business acumen, and active cross-training / skill sharing among the team. • Executive Communication: Developed core monthly reporting packages and meeting cadence to communicate results to plant managers, regional VPs, and SVP of Global Operations. Collaborated with internal customers to understand reporting needs, acquired data previously thought to be unavailable, and led meetings to understand areas of business concern. Resulted in dynamic reporting packages and meaningful commentary delivered directly to executive leadership.• Business Strategy: Modeled multiple business case scenarios including capital expenditure reviews, efficiency improvements, and customer gains / losses. Projects required cross-departmental collaboration and sound financial assumptions. End result included more than $1M in approved capital spending and $500k annual savings from product location optimization.• Financial Analysis: Reviewed monthly P&L and balance sheet accounts as well as key performance indicators for 30 plants, including plants in Mexico and Canada, on a monthly basis. Initiated mid-month calls and end of month touch bases with plant managers to review performance which increased plant manager involvement in reviews and created a collaborative month-end close process.

Dublin, Oh, Us

• Financial Process Improvement: Redesigned core monthly financial reports to accommodate an evolving organization. Initiated cross-business collaboration to develop a thorough understanding of future reporting needs, data availability, and potential limitations. Resulted in dynamic, flexible reporting packages and meaningful commentary delivered directly to key stakeholders.• Teamwork: Continuously work alongside teammates and business partners to complete monthly and ad hoc requests while sharing experience and knowledge to assist in the development of others. Willingness to adapt and include others has created the reputation of being approachable when seeking advice and answers to business-related questions.• Financial Analysis: Researched and prepared an analysis on the financial impact of an industry acquisition. Led cross-departmental meetings to obtain necessary inputs to model multiple scenarios. Final deliverable was used to brief executive management and guide further analysis.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

• Leadership: Reduced processing time in primary system up to 90% leading to quicker analysis and reduced turnaround time during critical periods of company-wide forecasting and stress testing. • Team Work: Collaborated with and supported PNC’s lines of business by creating standardized reports for all of the major balance sheet and income statement items to increase clarity and reduce error. • Communication: Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with departments providing inputs to PNC’s stress testing process and clearly articulating expectations and results to individuals at all levels. Ensuring departments have a point of contact has helped eliminate missed deadlines and created open channels for feedback.• Data Modeling: Built balance sheet and income statement forecast models to offer a detailed look at account breakouts, current market trends and the drivers of revenue. Models allow preparation for questions from executive level management and provide guidance during the monthly forecasting process and bi-annual stress testing.• Financial Analysis: Evaluate PNC’s income statement monthly, making recommendations on forecasting methodology and noting key variances. Analysis includes month over month and year over year evaluations and sensitivity analysis.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Dates: June 13, 2011 – July 22, 2011Department: Merchant Services Assignment details:• Monthly journal entries and account reconciliations• Credit Card Fee forecasting before/after Durbin Amendment• Trained a new employee on monthly reconciliations Dates: July 25, 2011 – November 9, 2011Department: Financial Reporting Optimization ProjectAssignment details:• Mapping of PNC Financial Statement numbers from beginning to the point of filing• Responsible for Note 6: Purchased Impaired Loans, Note 13: Capital Securities of Subsidiary Trusts and Perpetual Trust Securities, and Note 21: Regulatory Matters• Communicating with the lines of business, SEC Reporting, SOX, and having an understanding of PNC systems and outside vendors to properly trace the numbers published in our financial statementsDates: November 14, 2011 – February 17, 2012Department: Staff Services Assignment details:• Built an Access Database to provide organization and ease of tracking Risk departments’ head count• Helped to build financial reports and track forecasts for various projects and Risk departments• Ran analysis on problematic accounts and cost centersDates: February 21, 2012 – May 10, 2012 Department: Capital Markets Assignment details:• End of month financial updates and variance analysis for Prelim, Prefinal, and Final Book• Forecast variance reports and thorough analysis• Various ad hoc requests that required explanations by use of Hyperion, PeopleSoft, Excel, and direct contactDates: May 14, 2012 - August 5, 2012Department: Asset and Liability Management Assignment details:• Assisting with model and assumption validation• Learning and contributing to the quarterly Stress Test• QRM experience

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategy, Finance

Bachelor Of Science, Finance, Focus In Analytical Finance