Experience

Activision Blizzard

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Manager, Treasury

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  Treasury leader at Activision Blizzard with a focus on foreign exchange risk management.-Subject matter expert and global lead on all FX activities for Activision, including exposure identification, forecasting, reporting, hedge execution, and advising leadership on market and commercial best practices with regards to FX-Lead FX cash flow hedging program using forwards and other hedging instruments and partner with Accounting to ensure accurate hedge accounting-Monitor balance sheet FX exposures and execute FX trades (spot, forward, swap) to hedge exposures and manage liquidity-Manage relationships with eight FX counterparties-Negotiate ISDAs and lead Dodd-Frank/EMIR compliance-Support daily Treasury activity, including cash positioning, investments, and bank account administration

• Treasury Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Feb 2022

  Led execution and continuous improvement of FX risk management program.-Redesigned global FX cash flow exposure model to better align with evolving business trends, resulting in revamped approach to identifying and hedging exposures-Implemented improved FX balance sheet hedging process, resulting in the identification and hedging of new exposures-Developed robust counterparty credit risk monitoring process to identify notional exposures to global banking, investment, and derivative counterparties and measure credit risk using CDS, equity performance, and credit ratings-Reduced FX conversion costs by implementing new approaches to FX payments and collections to leverage lowest-cost conversion mechanisms



Hilton

• United States
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, Liquidity & Capital Markets

  • Aug 2018 - Jul 2020

  Managed Hilton's FX, IR, and credit risk by identifying exposures and recommending and executing hedging strategies.-Daily management of net monetary asset hedging program in 33 currencies. Identified FX and money market position in 33 currencies and executed spots, forwards, and swaps to manage exposures and liquidity-Managed FX cash flow hedging program for 6 currencies, including identifying exposures, determining optimal hedge portfolio, and executing forwards; doubled hedged notional over 24-month horizon resulting in 23% CFAR reduction-Produced a monthly FX rate forecast for over 100 currencies-Provided Treasurer and senior leadership monthly and quarterly reporting on FX and IR exposures, hedging portfolios, FX results, and counterparty exposures

• Senior Analyst, Liquidity & Capital Markets

  • Jul 2016 - Aug 2018

  Member of front office treasury team responsible for liquidity, intercompany funding, and financial risk management. My primary responsibilities included:-Liquidity Management• Forecast global liquidity and provided a weekly update to Treasury leadership• Maintained 12-month daily liquidity forecast model and conducted analysis for improvement• Managed Hilton’s cash investment portfolio by executing investments in money market funds and commercial paper within policy guidelines-Intercompany Funding• Maintained global intercompany funding portfolio of short term notes and in-house banks• Partnered with Legal to maintain appropriate documentation for all STNs and IHB accounts and executed STN transactions in treasury management system• Analyzed IHB activity and confirmed that overdraft limits were adhered to and recommended changes when appropriate-Financial Risk Management• Daily management of net monetary asset hedging program for 33 currencies including identifying exposures and executing spot, forward, and swap transactions to manage balance sheet exposures and liquidity positions• Supported the growth of Hilton’s foreign exchange cash flow hedging program• Provided analysis and transactional support for interest rate swap portfolio

• Financial Analyst

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  I was part of the Financial Analyst Rotational Program, intended to give new analysts in Hilton's finance organization experience in multiple disciplines. My first seven-month rotation was with the Financial Planning & Analysis Budgets & Forecasts team. My second rotation was with Global Operations Finance.Accomplishments during my first rotation include:-Provided granular analysis of Hilton's foreign exchange impacts to EBITDA, showing impacts by currency, region, and segment as well as macroeconomic background to give context-Contributed to the Monthly/Quarterly Business Review process by updating an executive dashboard of Key Performance Indicators-Prepared detailed budget reviews for Sales and Revenue Management to provide management with greater insight into G&A costsAccomplishments during my second rotation include:-Contributed to monthly and quarterly reporting processes by creating a new quarterly KPI report-Provided an Operations Finance summary of Hilton's planned REIT, including historic RevPAR and EBITDA margin performance analysis, views of revenue segmentation, RevPAR Index by property, and RevPAR, ADR, Occupancy, and EBITDA performance by market



Hilton Grand Vacations

• United States
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Planning & Analysis Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Contributed to the Financial Planning & Analysis Departments' monthly forecast updates, reporting processes, and implementation of a new budgeting and forecasting software, as well as other ad hoc analysis. Contributed to the Financial Planning & Analysis Departments' monthly forecast updates, reporting processes, and implementation of a new budgeting and forecasting software, as well as other ad hoc analysis.



Cbeyond

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Co-op

  • May 2012 - Dec 2013

  Contributed to the Finance Departments' monthly forecast updates, financial modeling of major projects, financial process improvement, and other ad hoc analysis. Over a three-semester co-op experience, I developed my skill set and understanding of the business and it's processes to construct my own financial model of revenue dynamics, which was used by senior management to understand revenue variances at the customer level. Contributed to the Finance Departments' monthly forecast updates, financial modeling of major projects, financial process improvement, and other ad hoc analysis. Over a three-semester co-op experience, I developed my skill set and understanding of the business and it's processes to construct my own financial model of revenue dynamics, which was used by senior management to understand revenue variances at the customer level.