SPECIALIZATIONS

Strategic Finance | Budgeting | Forecasting | Corporate Financial Strategy | 3-Statement Financial Modeling | P&L Management | Strategic Modeling/Planning | Financial Reporting | Equity/Capital Raising | Asset Analysis/Purchase | Financial Audit | Financial Process Improvement | GAAP/SOX Compliance | Financial Policy & Procedures

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Finance & Administration – Saranas, Inc

Jan. 2022 – Present

Streamline the corporations entire Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) process through the creation of a 3-Statement Financial Model with a 10-year view for short/long range planning to implement and lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and process improvements with executive/senior leadership.

• Implement financial processes and systems to efficiently streamline the company headcount, revenue assumptions, departmental expenses, capital expenditures, asset management, and depreciation schedules to keep executive/senior leadership team abreast of the organization’s financial status monthly, quarterly, and annually

• Strategic partner to CEO in raising venture debt and Series B funding through leveraging current investors and seeking out venture capital totaling $17M to extend to company’s cash runway

• Implement robust financial reports and dashboards for executive leadership and board of directors on strategic asset purchases, planning, key performance indicators, personnel planning, cash savings opportunities and forecast

• Maintain audit readiness through coordination with the Controller on month-end activities, cost of goods sold analysis, budget vs actual analysis, inventory management and banking activities

• Manage the equity position and valuation of the organization through 409a submissions, making updates to the cap table as the company attains new investors, stock options request and/or venture funding, while maintaining accurate shares outstanding and accurate stakeholders

• Work closely with corporate stakeholders such as HR, Legal and third-party vendors to build relationships, implement administrative processes, streamline contract management, contract billing, compensation, and personnel training

Sr. Finance Manager – Alaunos Therapeutics (formerly ZioPharm Oncology)

Nov 2019 – Oct 2021

Managed the Houston division’s ($12M+) financial position with strategic budget preparation, quarterly forecast, month-end financial statement close, capital expenditures and procurement duties for the Research and Development (R&D).

• Implemented planning activities such as budget/forecast models for the Houston division to assist with strategic planning, working capital and tracking day-to-day operations

• Streamlined core financial processes, including tax exemption submissions, vendor management, operational expense tracking and account reconciliation

• Prepared financial reports comparing actuals to budget or to forecast across various time horizons

• Coordinated with the Controller on month-end, audit, and financial activities for submissions of 10Q and 10K statements

• Strategic business Partner for Senior Vice President(s), General Manager(s), and partnership institutions like MD Anderson Cancer Center providing financial or business advice based on robust analysis

• Strategized with the CFO in Long Range Planning to determine the divisions cash run rate to help foresee capital raising requirements

Sr. Financial Analyst – The Menninger Clinic

Apr 2018 – Nov 2019

Implemented and analyzed pro-forma statements for strategic initiatives for the CEO/CFO to present to the board of directors with financially backed recommendations based on EBIT, revenue, or to align with Corporate Social Responsible (CSR).

• Streamlined budget initiatives across all departments that generates excess of $55M in revenue

• Forecasted cost projections on the current financial status by trending anticipated and actuals data

• Strategized with the CFO on investment options, asset purchases and present risk and opportunities to the fiscal budget

• Prepared quarterly bank reconciliations including cash analysis/position, income statement, balance sheet, cash flows, liquid assets, debt service ratio, and loan interest

• Capitalized on process improvements by decreasing month end close timeline through implementing effective spreadsheet automation resulting shortening the review of variance analysis by 1 business day

• Collaborated with CFO and Accounting team during month end close activities to assist in variance analysis, bad debt analysis, and ad-hoc financial reporting

• Prepared monthly review of financials while consulting with department managers communicating financial standing, variances, labor developments and EBIT contribution in laymen’s term

Sr. Financial Analyst – McKesson

Dec 2015 – Apr 2018

Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and performing month end analysis on a book of business that generates more than $125MM revenue monthly. Negotiated over 40% of the department’s clinical trial budgets.

• Compared actual periodic expenses to budget and forecasts and provide leadership with variance analysis

• Implemented financial models, analyze return on investment (ROI), and determine monetary impact to the business

• Maintained a 9% average standard deviation from plan on forecasting during the current fiscal year

• Interpreted financial results and assist in preparation of management presentations

• Streamlined the preparation of annual operating (AOP) budget to strategically align organizations fiscal goals

• Negotiated more than $42MM in revenue for clinical trials with average budget valued at $2MM

• Evaluated financial proposals contributing over $2.5MM in revenue to bottom line through margin analysis

• Maintained average EBIT contribution of 13% on negotiated budgets with fair market value of no more than 15%

Analyst, Pricing & Contract – Gordon Food Service

Sept 2014 – Dec 2015

Implemented, designed, and established an ad hoc reporting process uncovering $1.5MM of at-risk inventory to the business.

• Analyzed advanced pricing models for strategic initiative leading to accurate forecast

• Developed analytics and reporting to strengthen pricing recommendations by more than 15%

• Negotiated, prepared, and loaded pricing deviations accurately for over 50+ non-commercial and sales contracts

• Implemented a new pricing mark-up using various metrics to increase gross profits (GP)

• Recovered at risk inventory with a realized savings ratio of 80%

• Recognized for innovative efforts with net cost, profit and loss, supply chain and procurement analysis

• Saved over $300K in account receivables (A/R) through leveraging vendor product returns and bill backs

• Tracked profit and loss data month over month and presenting on variances to plan

Lead Teller – Capital One Bank

Dec 2009 – Sept 2014

Top 50 Associate in the Company

• Prepared monthly and daily bank reconciliations and financial reports of general ledger and cash recap

• Conducted business unit reviews of balance sheets, income statements, and sales trends

• Ranked 39th company wide by enhancing the financial centers Operational Assessment score to 98% as well as the Audit score to 96%; company expectation was 85%

• Developed and administered a branch scorecard forecast with SMART action plans to meet 115% of pace

• Managed and coached a staff of 4 to meet customer service standards and KPI’s while demonstrating complex and accurate teller transactions

Government Relations Intern – Shell Oil Company

Aug 2007 – Aug 2008

• Gathered statistical data on oil reserves to generate reporting to senior management

• Reconciled executives and department travel reports

• Assisted in developing presentation of confidential materials for use by company

• Conducted research and compiled files pertaining to oil and gas market, using dynamic techniques such as exploration and production marketing, competitors research, oil & gas magazines, and social media

• Organized and managed senior executive expense reports, identifying issues with unmatched expenses and resolving at a deadline.

EDUCATION

TECHNICAL SKILLS & SYSTEMS

• Financial Software

  • NetSuite (Oracle)

  • Adaptive Insights (Workday)

  • EssBase (Oracle / Hyperion)

  • Great Plains (Microsoft Dynamics)

  • QuickBooks

  • BILL.com

  • TM1 (IBM Cognos)

• ERP Software

  • Salesforce

  • SAP

  • Concur

  • PeopleSoft

  • SmartView

  • SharePoint

• Microsoft Suite

  • Excel

  • Word

  • Outlook

  • PowerPoint

• Google Suite

  • GMail

  • Google Drive

  • Google Sheets

• Payroll Software

  • ADP

  • Insperity

  • UltiPro