Functional Skills
Procurement
Risk Management
Accounting
Budgeting
Business Planning
Statistical Analysis
Financial Modeling
Strategic Sourcing
Supply Chain Integration
Finance Transformation
Search Advertising / SEM
Forecasting / Projections
Business Intelligence
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Software Skills
SQL
SAP CRM
SAS
Python
Microsoft Excel
Sector Experience
Business Services
Financial Services
Life Sciences & Pharma
Media & Entertainment
Technology
Fortune 500
Top Consulting Firms
Experience
GEP
Management Consulting
Sr. Director – Consulting, BFSI vertical lead, Category Advisory lead
1/2021 - 5/2025
• Design, deliver and lead Fortune 500 client engagements focusing on significant ROI creation through sourcing, operational excellence and planning.
• Build, train and retain winning delivery teams
• Perform category planning from sourcing waves based on opportunity assessments and spend analytics.
• Should cost modeling for various subcategories
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, ongoing governance, risk management and contract negotiations
• Experience in building AI agents, process automation, prompting
• Built and expanded Category Advisory capabilities, including collateral, white papers and Market Intelligence.
• Build, train and retain winning delivery teams
• Perform category planning from sourcing waves based on opportunity assessments and spend analytics.
• Should cost modeling for various subcategories
• Manage strategic supplier relationships, ongoing governance, risk management and contract negotiations
• Experience in building AI agents, process automation, prompting
• Built and expanded Category Advisory capabilities, including collateral, white papers and Market Intelligence.
Accenture
Operations
Indirect Spend Expert
1/2013 - 1/2021
• Zero Based Budget initiatives, RFx and competitive bids.
• Managing transformational projects, from financial and business planning to implementation.
• Assist Fortune 500 leaders with supply base rationalization, development of negotiation strategy for strategic relationships.
• Category planning, detailed spend analytics ❖ Select achievements
• Lead highly strategic sourcing initiatives that generated significant value and financial impact, across all industries.
• Lowered risk associated with 3rd party providers, and aided leadership decision making.
• Managing transformational projects, from financial and business planning to implementation.
• Assist Fortune 500 leaders with supply base rationalization, development of negotiation strategy for strategic relationships.
• Category planning, detailed spend analytics ❖ Select achievements
• Lead highly strategic sourcing initiatives that generated significant value and financial impact, across all industries.
• Lowered risk associated with 3rd party providers, and aided leadership decision making.
Dow Jones Inc
Finance
Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
1/2008 - 1/2013
• Budgeting, forecasting and ongoing analysis and reporting of performance to leadership.
• Ad hoc special projects and financial modeling - ROI (IRR, NPV), break even analyses, capital planning.
• Leading M&A deals including DCF valuations. Lease vs. Buy.
• Supervise month end accounting process (journal entries, accruals, re-classes, reconciliations). ❖ Select Achievements
• Simplify business decision making through advanced financial modelling.
• Enhance financial forecasting which greatly improved business outcomes.
• Improved speed of month end reporting by introducing automation and continuous improvement methods.
• Ad hoc special projects and financial modeling - ROI (IRR, NPV), break even analyses, capital planning.
• Leading M&A deals including DCF valuations. Lease vs. Buy.
• Supervise month end accounting process (journal entries, accruals, re-classes, reconciliations). ❖ Select Achievements
• Simplify business decision making through advanced financial modelling.
• Enhance financial forecasting which greatly improved business outcomes.
• Improved speed of month end reporting by introducing automation and continuous improvement methods.
American Express
Data Science / Analytics
Sr. Financial Analyst, Metrics, Planning & Strategy
1/2006 - 1/2008
• Leading Merchant Side revenue analytics and forecasting
• Strategic and analytical support for merchant rate negotiations and new industry entry strategies.
• Impact of investments and value recapture initiatives on revenue.
• Develop financial planning and business understanding tools (key drivers & metrics based forecast models). ❖ Select Achievements
• Investment activity and new industry entries increased by 17%.
• Cut global reporting and consolidation times by 25% which enabled faster / more accurate decision making.
• Strategic and analytical support for merchant rate negotiations and new industry entry strategies.
• Impact of investments and value recapture initiatives on revenue.
• Develop financial planning and business understanding tools (key drivers & metrics based forecast models). ❖ Select Achievements
• Investment activity and new industry entries increased by 17%.
• Cut global reporting and consolidation times by 25% which enabled faster / more accurate decision making.
Procter & Gamble
Finance
Financial Analyst
1/2004 - 1/2006
❖ Budget and ongoing performance; Financial Planning, ZBBs, profitability and variance analyses vs plan. ❖ Cost and Pricing development for a variety of products and business processes (Activity Based Costing). ❖ Comprehensive supply chain and pricing knowledge and expertise.