Featured Talent

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MBA with over 6 years of financial analysis and consulting experience, including 3 years as a Senior Consultant at a Big Four accounting firm and 4 years of experience at various Fortune 500 financial institutions. Expertise in financial modeling and budget/forecasting. Known for attention to detail and communication skills. A natural teacher and former college professor. Seeking mid-to-senior level finance positions in the St. Louis area.

Career Highlight 1: Provided recommendations for cloud budgeting and forecasting for a Fortune 500 finance company, estimating savings of over 1.2 million dollars per year

Career Highlight 2: Analyzed spans and layers for a life science company, employing over 2000+ staff and contingent staff, and highlighted sub-optimal reporting relationships, restructuring and offshoring to save the company an estimated 5+ million over the next two years

Career Highlight 3: Created and led over 15+ workshops with a Fortune 500 telecom company to develop a financial strategy and cloud operating model, assessing roles, capabilities, and costs for a desired future state

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): With over 6 years of professional finance experience and 7 years of education and leadership experience, I bring a unique mix of finance and communication skills needed to bring transparency to junior, senior, and c-suite leaders. Not only do I excel at financial analysis and modeling, but I can explain and present the analysis to all stakeholders.

Strengths: Financial analysis, modeling, budget and forecasting, data analysis, communication (written and oral), management, leadership

Hobbies & Personal Interests: All-American College Swimmer, Published author, Orange Theory, Reading

Education: BA (English), Master’s and MBA

Credentials: Scrum Master I (PSM 1)/FinOps Certified Practitioner/Six Sigma Green Belt/Securities Industry Essentials Exam (SIE)

Industry Experience: Banking, Business Services, Capital Markets, Education, Financial Services, Fintech, Healthcare, Insurance, Life Sciences and Biotech, Technology, Telecom

Company Fit: Medium and Large

Management Experience: Three years of Management experience. 2 years of managing 20+ graduate students in a non-finance role, 1 year of managing 3-5 junior Consultants/analysts in a finance consulting role

Software Experience: Workday, Oracle

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote