Experience

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  Alliant Energy

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

  • Finance Lead

    • Jun 2022 - Present
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

    Leader of Financial Operations and Maintenance for:Wisconsin Power & Light Energy DistributionWisconsin Power & Light Renewable Generation

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  General Mills

  • Finance Manager

    • Aug 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Asst. Financial Operations Manager -(SFA)

    • Mar 2016 - Feb 2022

    Own $90MM+ manufacturing budget for Fruit Snacks and Frosting across production plant. Point person for forecasting, cost structure, productivity savings, and performance regarding each business.

  • Senior Financial Analyst - Trade Marketing Finance

    • Jul 2015 - Mar 2016

    Provide merchandising strategy guidance for Yogurt operating unit.

  • Financial Analyst II - Investment Finance

    • May 2013 - Jul 2015

    Provide investment management support for alternative assets to Chief Investment Officer and Investment Finance Department. Manage cash flow, market valuations, and performance analysis for $1B+ private equity and private real asset investments. Highlights of role included: researching private industry and performing due diligence for new fund and co-investment recommendations. Monitoring private asset allocation and providing recommendation to reduce alternative asset exposure. Creating a Public Market Equivalent (PME) model to analyze alternative asset performance vs. the public mkt. Establishing investment philosophies for secondary funds and co-investments.

  • Financial Analyst I-Worldwide Sourcing Finance

    • Aug 2011 - May 2013

    Highlights of role included: producing raw materials budgets and financial forecasts for 4 large divisions exceeding $2.5B. Supporting commodities buys for corn and chocolate/cocoa. Analyzing and articulating raw material cost performance and inflation outlook to division, supply chain, and executive stakeholders. System development experience includes Hyperion and SAP. Assisted in developing and integrating a new YTD and YTG system to optimize variance reporting, indentify streamlining opportunities, and improve usability.

  • Financial Analyst- Green Giant Division Finance

    • Jul 2010 - Aug 2011

    Highlights of role included: supporting new product innovation by developing costings to achieve volume, maintain margins, and provide a high level of incrementality for successful product launch in-market. Creating NPV, IRR, and ROI models for evaluating financial implications of >$5MM capital investments. Conducting a competitive review to analyze a main competitor’s product launch and margin strategy, which led to optimization of business model.

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  The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

  • Iowa City, Iowa Area

  • Financial Student Clerk Supervisor

    • Aug 2007 - May 2010
    • Iowa City, Iowa Area

    Highlights of role included: researching payor documents for hospital claims, interpreting plan details, and reconciling claim discrepancies. Supervising 11 student employees which included training, shift scheduling, payroll, project ideation/prioritization, performance management, and intervie...

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  City of Cedar Rapids

  • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

  • City Development -Intern

    • Jun 2006 - Aug 2006
    • Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area