Results driven senior financial analyst and experienced project manager who consistently delivers tangible financial and operation improvements:

• Identified $1M in billings through deep analysis of a consulting engagement’s billing and collection history.
• Reduced average DSO by 60% (90 to 35) by establishing a bill draft and review process.
• Avoided exceeding project budget through analysis of client financial data.

Software Guru, Chicago Illinois                                                                       2004 – 2005, 2008- present

Financial Operations Specialist

2007- present

• Process billings for multiple companies.
• Track AR/AP for multiple companies.

Senior Financial Services Consultant

2004-2005, 2007-Present

• Implemented new GL, Service and Inventory Management system for multiple clients.

Deloitte Consulting. Chicago Illinois                                                                                          2006 –2007

Project Controller Manager

2006-2007

• Composed and ran billing procedures through the interpretation of contracts and policies.
• Documented and supervised inventory and receivables tracking procedure.
• Forecasted revenue and costs.
• Produced project financial reports for Deloitte project management.
• Supervised a total of 8 staff resources, spread over 5 office locations and 7 client engagements.

CNA Insurance, Chicago Illinois                                                                                                2005 –2006

Senior Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst

2005- 2006

• Reported on daily income statement entries, using PeopleSoft and Sybase.
• Researched and reported expense variances, using PeopleSoft and Essbase.

Accenture, Chicago, Illinois                                                                                                        1993 –2004

Client Financial Management Senior Specialist

(for Exelon, Constellation, and Best Buy engagements), 2001- 2004

• Composed client-billing procedures through the interpretation of contracts and policies.
• Documented Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Crafted accounting treatment memos per client contracts and GAAP requirements.
• Documented inventory and receivables tracking procedure.
• Produced project financial reports for Accenture project management and forecasted revenue and costs.
• Trained and mentored new analysts.

Client Financial Management Specialist

(for Commonwealth Edison),  1998- 2000

• Prepared client billing,/ monitored inventory/receivables and client budgets and payables.
• Created financial project status reports for ACN and client management.
• Monitored project financials in PeopleSoft.
• Built and tracked project workplan.
• Communicated financial policies to project management and staff.

Engagement Management Services Analyst

1996- 1997

• Customer Information and Marketing (CIMS) project administration.
• Advised project management through financial and work management reporting.
• Created client budget reports using Cognos cubes.

FS90 Project Administration

1993- 1995 

• Assisted project management by maintaining financial and administrative processes.
• Performed detailed analysis on budget and expenses, administrate evaluation and housing control.

Council for Disability Rights, Chicago, Illinois                                                                       1991 –1993

Office Manager

1991-1993

• Administered payroll, benefits, and accounts payable; supervised reception.

Financial Operations                                Financial Systems                      Office Productivity

Accounts Payable                                       PeopleSoft                                    Microsoft Word

Accounts Receivables                                SAP                                                Microsoft Excel – Certified Expert

Project Accounting                                      QuickBooks                                  Microsoft Access

Work Planning                                                                                                     Microsoft Power Point

Financial Reporting                                                                                             Essbase

Profit/Loss Analysis                                                                                            Cognos

Revenue Recognition        

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Bachelor of Arts in English (1989), GPA: 3.5/4.0