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Skills

  • Cash flow management
  • Supervision
  • Invoice processing and reconciliation
  • Contract win rate optimization
  • Schedule oversight
  • Operational improvement
  • Detailed expense tracking
  • Historical cost trend analysis
  • MS Excel (PivotTables, VLOOKUPs) for financial oversight
  • Financial statement analysis

Work Experiences

  • Adjusted resource allocation for category.
  • Brought standard within budget.
  • Analyzed existing spend for operational activities and proposed vendor renegotiations that saved $4 by 2021.
  • Had an excellent attendance record and was always on time for work.
  • Achieved results over the past year.
  • Achieved a 72% reduction.
  • Assisted in the development of a financial model for operations, facilitating the allocation of a $13 budget efficiently.
  • Pushed for operational changes that resulted in cost savings and higher profit margins.
  • Collaborated with finance on quarterly forecasts.
  • Collected, synthesized and analyzed cost data for 7 past projects to improve future financial planning accuracy.

Summaries

  • Conducted expense audits.
  • Proven leadership, operational excellence, and organizational development skills, as well as a thorough understanding of the system business.
  • Committed to professional development in cost management.
  • Awarded contracts with a 68% overall savings.
  • Achieved $8 in cost savings.
  • Collaborated with engineering.
  • Within Miscellaneous, senior Cost Trainee and outstanding performer in quality assurance and performance reporting.
  • Overall morale and productivity are boosted by experience in policy development and staff management procedures.
  • Adept at ensuring compliance with all budgeting standards and auditing requirements, avoiding potential financial penalties during audits.
  • Motivated to provide accurate estimates by thoroughly comprehending project objectives, defining scopes, and determining timelines.

Accomplishments

  • Enhanced visibility of financial performance by generating detailed cost analysis reports that informed leadership decision-making and savings of $6.
  • Prepared and reconciled monthly financial reports for category that consistently aligned within a 30% error margin.
  • Identified cost-saving opportunities within product by reviewing expense reports and vendor contracts, saving $18 annually.
  • Utilized Tableau to forecast cost variances and avoid overspending in framework by 83% during initial phases.
  • Collaborated with procurement teams to renegotiate vendor contracts, yielding annual savings of 14%.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Partnered with engineering teams to align production costs, leading to a streamlined budget and cost reduction of 53% in framework project.
  • Analyzed budget-to-actual variances and reported findings, leading to corrective actions that kept project costs down by $11.
  • Implemented a new expense tracking process that improved cost visibility across departments, reducing budget deviations by $6.
  • Documented and resolved procedure which led to metric.

Affiliations

  • American Society of Safety Professionals
  • National Contract Management Association (NCMA)
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • Cost Engineers of standard
  • Expense Management Association (EMA)
  • Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
  • Rotary International
  • Technical Cost Estimators Group
  • Project Management Institute
  • Engineering Cost Society for the Midwest

Certifications

  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  • Certified Management Accountant (CMA) – Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) – Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
  • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • Accounting for Decision Making and Control – framework
  • Certified Cost Estimator/Analyst (CCEA) – International Cost Estimating and Analysis Association (ICEAA)
  • Certified Budget Manager (CBM) – category

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