Resume

Qualifications

• Professional with MBA and broad experience in strategy development, new initiative launch, project management, financial analysis, and business needs analysis.
• Proven leader, who quickly builds relationships and takes partners. Equally comfortable forming and leading teams of mangers, staff or indirect reports. Experienced teacher, mentor and coach.
• Effective communicator, talented in building compelling business cases, influencing without authority and combining bottom line analytics with qualitative information to tell the whole story.
• Trusted advisor to clients, using strong analytical skills to aid client decision-making and to help clients execute their vision.
• Skilled in project management, with bias for action and ability to drive change when appropriate.
• Consistently awarded for outstanding performance, including two prestigious SVP Achievement Awards, two VP Execution awards, and  State Achievement award.

Professional Experience

Fortune 50 Company  2002 – Present

10/07+               Manager, Finance Business Intelligence Projects
10/06 – 10/07    Manager, Finance Business Intelligence Strategy
6/05 – 9//06      Lead, Finance Business Intelligence Strategy

• Led cross-functional management team to develop foundational cross-company business intelligence strategy, supporting rapid company growth. Synthesized complex ideas and financial analysis into compelling business case, directly resulting in sponsorship of strategy by senior executives. Developed variety of core communications.
• Led diverse set of stakeholders to launch company-wide data governance organization. Developed standards, best methods, support materials; drove adoption across 7 functional areas.
• Managed and developed teams of 3 – 5 direct reports, including performance assessment, coaching and staffing growth. Effectively delivered both positive feedback and tough messages. 95% positive results on upwards feedback survey.
• Oversaw business project management for complex, high-visibility data & reporting projects ($10M).
• Provided leadership, communication & strategic decision making to stabilize two failing projects. Helped team re-establish milestones, get buy-in from steering committees and deliver results.

1/04 – 5/05      Sr. Financial Analyst, Leadership Program
7/02 – 12/03    Financial Analyst, Leadership Program

• Managed cross-functional team of staff and senior leaders to deliver $134M in bottom line tax savings by analyzing, designing and executing complex large-scale real estate strategy.
• Developed analyses, business cases & strategic messaging for over $100M in project requests, store closure proposals and capital investment special projects.
• Managed annual site valuation process, analyzing and interpreting results ($34B NPV). Crafted and presented actionable messages to executive decision makers.
• Managed two seasons of financial planning process for President and revenue organization ($44B Sales, $12B Gross Margin).
• Finance consultant to revenue-generating division, helping drive strong financial & business decisions, supporting vendor negotiations ($12M+ savings), and assessing forecast risk.

State Government 1998 – 2000

3/98 – 8/00    Grants Financial Analyst

• Finance consultant to grantees, helping them budget, forecast and diversify funding sources. Assured accountability in grants ($9M+) through financial review & on-site inspection.
• Forecasted funding needs throughout the state and analyzed optimal project mixes. Solved a key funding issue, allowing first base funding increase in ten years for 33% of clients.
• Managed grant reviews for executive decision makers & stakeholders. Analyzed and recommended applications for strategic fit, viability, and financial health.

Other Experience

• Treasurer & executive cmte. member, nonprofit board of directors
• Recruiter & mentor to incoming analysts & interns, Fortune 50 Co.
• CFO, National Association of Women MBAs Carlson School chapter
• Panelist, National Association of Women MBAs National Conference
• Mentor & regular event panelist, Carlson School of Management
• Assistant director & bookkeeper, nonprofit
• Assistant manager, retail

Education

2002   MBA, Carlson School of Management – Finance and Strategy

• Academic honors (Beta Gamma Sigma)
• Finalist, Kidwell Leadership Award

1995   BA, Oberlin College – Writing