Business Performance Lead - PCS Wireless (PCSW) - Florham Park, New Jersey
(2023-12)
- Oversee and report on working capital ratios to ensure financial stability.
- Conduct detailed analysis of freight expenditures to optimize cost efficiency.
- Manage and provide insights on Amazon account activities, supporting the VP as needed.
- Train and mentor colleagues on FP&A reporting standards and departmental best practices.
Senior Financial Analyst: FP&A_Consumer Finance Operations - Verizon Wireless (VCG) - Bedminster and Basking Ridge, NJ
(2019-04 - 2023-03)
Developed and maintained sales volume forecasting process to support Verizon's Home broadband business (Fios/Wireline business driving $12B+ in annual revenue.
- Presented and led weekly result and forecast discussions to identify and address sales deficiencies quickly.
- Created presentations delivered to the VP of Sales and Marketing illustrating trends in volumes against the Budget, Outlook, and historical results.
- Performed financial analysis on a multitude of topics such as a Fixed Wireless Access device inventory scenario analysis which was leveraged to identify the depletion of assets and possible obsolescence/write off.
- Streamlined the consolidation process of sales results and initiatives from business partners through Google doc tools.
- Managed various models for decision making purposes for the department including allocating volume overlays to channel level forecasts for new promos or initiatives.
- Managed two/three direct and indirect reports and interns.
Senior Financial Analyst: FP&A_One Fiber and NT - Verizon Wireless (VCG) - Bedminster and Basking Ridge, NJ
(2017-07 - 2019-04)
- Managed NT penetration against new build analysis, which entailed converting ~ approx. 100 wire centers.
- Managed Wire center decommissioned and cost savings analysis which drove approx. $100M of annual savings.
- Owned circuit off copper monthly analysis reporting which was distributed to senior leadership which incorporated key metrics such as Cell sites, municipalities decision analysis.
- Analyzed deal with designated cities of offering fiber solution and provided insight of the deals to senior management for decision making purposes, provided various cost benefit analysis to determine the profitability of any given deal.
- Managed weekly deal status to provide to mission control team to upload in system for pertinent team for their analysis.
Senior Financial Analyst: FP&A_Payment strategy - Verizon Wireless (VCG) - Bedminster and Basking Ridge, NJ
(2013-11 - 2017-07)
- Managed Wireless only systems (Credit, Collections, POS, Prepaid, VZW instances of Vision), data analytics wireless portfolio with clarity, contracts and coordinate with our legal team to execute new contract/s within reasonable time frame for smooth transition and without interruption to the business.
- Managed PNC ATM terminal contract to ensure uninterrupted service to our company.
- Managed companywide relationships with credit card companies (VISA, MC, AMEX, DISCOVER) and payment processing vendors – Credit card center of excellence.
- Performed quarterly and yearly testing to ensure compliance with SOX 404; participated in various special projects as requested by management to ensure the company is in compliance with regulatory agencies, assisted internal audit with due diligence on SOX control and SEC regulations following GAAP.
- Managed a team of two.
Senior Financial Analyst: Financial Accounting and Consolidations - Verizon Wireless (VCG) - Bedminster and Basking Ridge, NJ
(2012-05 - 2013-11)
- Led the transformation of the multi-billion-dollar inter-company cash settlement process to create greater efficiencies, ensure the proper approvals are obtained and prevent duplicate bookings of transactions and discrepancies.
- Managed two/three direct and indirect reports and interns.
- Managed quarterly dividend distributions to partnerships, and ensured payments were approved and recorded on time and in accordance with company policy and GAAP.
- Managed all insurance policies including review of prepaid expense amortization journal entries, preparation of reports used for budgeting and audit committee meetings.
- Prepared balance sheet and income statement fluctuation analysis for FP&A and external audits.
- Enhanced the efficiency of preparing account reconciliations by enhancing Excel formulas, introducing pivot tables, V-Lookups, H-Lookups, and simplifying spreadsheets.
- Organized quarterly and yearly testing to ensure compliance with SOX 404.
- Managed all Treasury accounting including Treasury transactions interface, reconciliation of cash accounts, calculation of interest on domestic and foreign debt, calculation and amortization of premiums, discounts and loan origination fees and recording mark to market on interest rate swaps.
- Responsible for corporate tax accounting including transfer pricing, intercompany debt, assisting with income tax audits and ensuring activity is posted to the correct legal entities.
- Assisted internal audit with due diligence on M&A.
Senior Financial Analyst: Finance Department – Revenue Accounting - Verizon Wireless (VCG) - Bedminster and Basking Ridge, NJ
(2004-06 - 2012-05)
- Managed company wide revenue and Bad debt analysis to ensure revenue (VISION Billing system) was properly captured with integrity and compliance.
- Analyzed and calculated bad debt for consolidated legal entities and equity method investments.
- Prepared and used Monarch software models to analyze account fluctuations and various revenue trend analyses.
- Prepared presentation summarizing accounts receivable for senior management team with detail of bad debt and provisions, and managed bad debt area call.
- Responsible for data cost accrual and adjustment analysis.
- Managed team of two associates.
Financial Analyst: Finance Department – General Ledger - Verizon Wireless (VCG) - Bedminster and Basking Ridge, NJ
(2001-07 - 2004-06)
- Served as South Area Contact. Responsible for South Area Trend Analysis and oversight/review of the four South Area regions.
- Responsible for prepaid rent, accrued yearly allocation and other balance sheet account reconciliations.
