Fiserv

Pricing Director - Card Services

Finance Director - Card Services Revenue

Senior Finance Manager - Card Services Expenses

Finance Manager - Card Services Technology

Corporate Functions - 2nd Rotation
• Coordinated Synergy tracking across Corporate expense teams. 
• Used Power BI to enhance reporting for headcount and vendor savings.
• Managed expenses for multiple corporate teams.
• Converted and standardized Corporate allocations across multiple ledgers to standardize cost center vs account approach.

Card Services Business Unit - 1st Rotation
• Used Business Intelligence tools (primarily Power BI and Alteryx) to modernize financial analysis. 
• Created Dashboards for Capitalized Software, Technology Hours, Expenses, and Transaction modeling. 
• Enabled significant process improvements through utilization of system knowledge of SAP’s Business Warehouse and BPC tools.
• Lead Card Services expense transformation due to the merger of Fiserv and First Data.

Strategic Financial Consultant

AT&T

•	Recommended potential audit controls for AdCo (AT&T Advertising) to be implemented surrounding revenues, expenses, accruals, deferrals, prepaids, accounts payables, and accounts receivables. 
•	Presented strategies to the CFO of AdCo for programmatic advertising based on an analysis of the competitive environment, the cost structure, and the ad tech tax.
•	Compiled a construction in progress dashboard and analyzed results around capital spend, project completion dates, construction in progress, and conversion to assets in service.
•	Generated a PxQ attribution to analyze forecast variances for CPMs and impressions.

Finance Leadership Development Program Intern

Tyson Foods

• Performed operational audits of processes and controls, and analysis of related risks and controls surrounding production, quality assurance, procurement, billing, equity, etc., to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of processes. 
• Analyzed synergy savings surrounding the $7.7 billion acquisition of Hillshire in 2014, including procurement and contractual savings. 
• Provided direct guidance for PricewaterhouseCoopers external auditors, including testing over internal controls and quarterly and yearly substantive procedures.
• Traveled to multiple plants throughout the United States to perform audits to ensure financial and operational efficiency as well as consistency among Tyson plants.

Internal Auditor

J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc

• Performed testing over internal controls, ensuring company controls exist and are effective and efficient to mitigate risk.
• Provided direct guidance for Ernst & Young external auditors.
• Applied Sarbanes Oxley financial reporting requirements (SOX testing) to control testing.
• Performed operational audits of processes and computer applications using a risk based approach. 
• Led a team in an operational audit surrounding duplicate payments to vendors. Identified approximately $75,000 of possible duplicate payments and reported results to the CFO.
• Trained incoming staff and interns on department procedures and company processes.

Nesbit Lakes Swim Team

• Led 100 swimmers through summer league swim team using my competitive swim knowledge.
• Led daily swim team practices for multiple age groups; analyzed strengths and weaknesses of swimmers. 
• Learned MeetManager system to organize swim meets, assign tasks, and merge information with competitors.

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