Senior Financial Analyst

• Jan 2022 - Present

Global Financial Crimes Compliance Investigator

• Jul 2020 - Jan 2022

Senior Finance Analyst

• Mar 2015 - Jul 2020

• Support sales by being responsible for merchant pricing and profitability determination, building business cases, and assisting in pricing strategy for Large Corporate, Commercial and Canadian deals. • Deliver timely, relevant, and precise information to assist senior management in deal review decisions. • Implement enhancements for US and Canada Pricing Tool, including adding new products or third party relationship fees, updating unit costs and annual industry/market data, providing fee schedules used for merchant contracts, streamlining input/output, testing and documenting revisions. Show less

Financial Acquisitions Analyst

• Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

Assisted with tying out historical financial statements from acquisitions utilizing Excel, SAP & BW. Assisted with tying out historical financial statements from acquisitions utilizing Excel, SAP & BW.

Business Systems Analyst

• Mar 2014 - Dec 2014

Assisted during conversion to Oracle Release 12. Assisted during conversion to Oracle Release 12.

Consultant - Finance

• Aug 2013 - Nov 2013

Financial Analyst role assisting with various duties of staff, small projects, along with ad hoc reporting and analysis requests during an associates medical leave. Financial Analyst role assisting with various duties of staff, small projects, along with ad hoc reporting and analysis requests during an associates medical leave.

Consultant - Finance

• Oct 2011 - Mar 2013

• Analyzed Third Party Vendor billing which included contract review and comparison, validating fees were being passed through to merchants, balancing to GL, comparison of billing methodology and rates between vendors, and identifying potential margin enhancement opportunities. Reported on findings and created presentation for senior management. • Assisted with Residual System conversion and audits of ISG’s billing to contracts. • Analyzed Third Party Vendor billing which included contract review and comparison, validating fees were being passed through to merchants, balancing to GL, comparison of billing methodology and rates between vendors, and identifying potential margin enhancement opportunities. Reported on findings and created presentation for senior management. • Assisted with Residual System conversion and audits of ISG’s billing to contracts.

Consultant - Revenue Accounting / Regulatory Accounting & Reporting / Property Accounting

• Aug 2009 - May 2011

• Ad hoc reporting requests and analysis used to improve processes. ME close: running reports, validating data, preparing and reviewing JE’s and supporting schedules. Account reconciliations. Utilize CCS/BW/SAP, Oracle including ADI, IPM, and Discoverer Viewer. • Successfully completed original assignment to perform account and report analysis and reconciliations to validate data after conversion to new billing system. Found and documented various discrepancies and validated corrections. • Ad hoc reporting requests and analysis used to improve processes. ME close: running reports, validating data, preparing and reviewing JE’s and supporting schedules. Account reconciliations. Utilize CCS/BW/SAP, Oracle including ADI, IPM, and Discoverer Viewer. • Successfully completed original assignment to perform account and report analysis and reconciliations to validate data after conversion to new billing system. Found and documented various discrepancies and validated corrections.

AVP Portfolio Analyst - Global Product Solutions

• Oct 2004 - Jun 2008

• Created, expanded and maintained monthly reporting package for National merchant portfolio consisting of over 500 merchants processing over 6 billion transactions generating over $121MM net operating profit. • Developed process to provide National portfolio data for monthly consolidated reporting package, assisted in review of package and provided details to explain results. • Created, expanded and maintained monthly reporting package for National merchant portfolio consisting of over 500 merchants processing over 6 billion transactions generating over $121MM net operating profit. • Developed process to provide National portfolio data for monthly consolidated reporting package, assisted in review of package and provided details to explain results.

Senior Princing/Financial Analyst - Business Strategy and Planning

• Oct 1996 - Oct 2004

• Prepared pricing on major deals that were won or retained which include Wal-Mart, Target, Walgreens, BP, Exxon/Mobil, Conoco/Phillips, YUM Brands, Starbucks, Subway, Safeway, and USPS, to name a few.• Evaluated and calculated impact of all Card Association release increases for National discount rate merchants, and Debit Network rate increases bundled debit rate merchants.• Prepared business case and developed International pricing models for both credit and debit card processing.• Updated pricing models for third party expenses, unit cost analysis of services, and new processing methodologies.• Created pricing database for comparative purposes to assist in pricing decisions and merchant profitability analysis.• Prepared business case, performed market analysis, and priced internally developed products.• Budgeted and forecasted revenue for National platform. Show less

Bankcard Financial Analyst II - Merchant Card Finance

• Apr 1995 - Oct 1996

• Mapped and constructed GL plan for the acquisition of Financial Alliance from high-level five year projection.• Part of team that developed ongoing review of functional area expense variance reporting/forecasting package that interfaced with budget system for ease of access by managers to explain budget variances.• Reviewed procedures for billing and recording of revenue that resulted in greater efficiencies for month end estimates.

Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate Accounting

• Jun 1993 - Apr 1995

• Responsible for month end close process which included consolidating seven independent business units. Review of P&L’s for validity and completeness. Modified and created scripts in Paradox used to prepare P&L’s.• Prepared balance sheet for budget by developing trend analysis models, forecasting models, relationship analysis, gathering historical, current, and budgeted data from varied sources as well as conversion into needed formats.• Assisted in developing product line balance sheet and cash flow statements.• Part of team that developed new budget system: design of input screens, report output, instruction manual, testing and debugging system, and organizing/teaching training classes.• Played major role in re-designing monthly P&L statements to line up more closely with responsibility center reports and NPC’s organizational structure which required restating prior year, budget, and current year data and verifying accuracy.• Increased efficiencies by constructing interface to automate accruals, streamlining monthly elimination process with affiliates, and developing file upload for mass input into fixed asset system used for acquisitions. Show less