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Skills

  • Regulatory compliance
  • Relationship development
  • Advanced financial modeling
  • Team management
  • Activity-based costing
  • Advanced Excel Skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, Macros)
  • Multi-year financial forecasting
  • Project coordination
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Cost-benefit analysis

Work Experiences

  • Achieved a $12 reduction in administrative hours.
  • Collaborated with Austin-based vendors to conduct pricing negotiations, resulting in significant cost savings without compromising quality.
  • Authored detailed cost performance summaries for 4 high-impact projects, offering spot-on recommendations to reduce future budgeting discrepancies.
  • Avoided overbudget issues by $2.
  • Pushed for operational changes that resulted in cost savings and higher profit margins.
  • Looked for industry trends on social media and through online sources.
  • Authored detailed cost performance summaries for 13 projects.
  • Analyzed and reduced product costing for Salesforce by 67%, driving a significant increase in profitability across 11 divisions.
  • Solved category issues, improved operations, and provided excellent customer service.
  • Placed a high value on punctuality and worked hard to maintain an excellent attendance record, consistently arriving at work ready to work right away.

Summaries

  • Clear understanding of team leadership and vendor management as well as project management training.
  • Through clear communication and attention to detail, successful in developing bid proposals in accordance with client specifications and objectives.
  • Achieved a successful, discrepancy-free outcome in 2018.
  • Achieved 74% improvement in profitability.
  • Overall morale and productivity are boosted by experience in policy development and staff management procedures.
  • Strengths in data analysis and strategic planning backed up by Accounting and Finance training.
  • Adept at collaborating across departments.
  • Achieved 22% precision in projections.
  • Accomplished in evolving cost-tracking systems.
  • Recognized for motivating management team members to achieve their goals and fostering innovative work environments.

Accomplishments

  • Reduced direct and indirect manufacturing costs by 19% by introducing process efficiencies within production workflows.
  • Led root cause analysis for cost variance patterns, reducing Tableau production costs by $4 through strategic process changes.
  • Streamlined cost allocation methods across 11 departments, contributing to 26% accuracy improvement in operational cost reporting.
  • Managed monthly variance analysis process that identified $14 in unapproved expenses, improving budget adherence by 41%.
  • Collaborated with procurement team to negotiate supply contracts, achieving a 37% reduction in unit prices and securing long-term cost savings.
  • Led the cost reconciliation and financial forecasting process for metric, keeping project expenditures within 38% of projected budget.
  • Collaborated with IT to automate data collection for cost reports, reducing report preparation time by 43% and achieving instant access to real-time data.
  • Directed finance teams in assigning appropriate cost drivers within activity-based costing framework, refining overall cost allocation precision by 79%.
  • Led the development and refinement of standard costing procedures, improving consistency and cost predictability across 18 manufacturing sites.
  • Independently produced detailed cost analysis reports for 18 multi-million-dollar projects, reducing unexpected overruns by 40%.

Affiliations

  • American Society of Cost Estimators and Cost Analyzers
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Member, Financial Planning Association (FPA) – Relevant for Long-Term Cost Structure Optimization
  • Jaycees
  • Attendee, Annual Cost Management Conference, 2017
  • Professional Pricing Society (PPS)
  • Member, National Association of Business Economists (NABE) – Finance and Economics Specialization
  • International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA)
  • Society for Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA)
  • Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Finance Focused Membership

Certifications

  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • Power BI Data Analyst Associate by Microsoft
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Supply Chain Contract Management Certification by Brightline
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Advanced Excel Certification by category
  • Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) by Vantage

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