career objective                              

 

thorough and analytical professional seeking to leverage extensive experience financial experience into operations role within progressive organization.

 

profile                                                

 

ø  expertise in business analysis, corporate finance, and financial management as well as development of process and procedure optimization.

ø  effective leadership skills honed through progressive roles within high-paced, demanding environments that required balancing of numerous tasks with varying degrees of priority.

ø  talent for developing and maintaining long-term business relationships with employees, clients, vendors, regulatory boards, and auditors.

ø  excel in big-picture thinking while energizing teams and building consensus among disparate groups in order to make things happen .

ø  reputation for strong work ethic, exceptional commitment to customers, industry knowledge, approachability and ability to get the job done by focusing on priority tasks, responding to sense of urgency and tenacious commitment to results.

 

core competencies

business continuity plans	resource allocation	scheduling & timetables
account reconciliations	team leadership & training	reporting & analysis
regulatory compliance	documentation & presentations	dispute resolution
six-sigma principles	accounting plans	customer service
vendor & contract negotiations	general ledger	auditing procedures

 

accomplishments                              

 

  achieved operational expert (opex) bronze certification equivalent to six-sigma green belt for leading project to develop review process that identified deposit accounts on monthly basis; successfully reduced amount of unassigned deposit accounts from $900m to $1m.

 

professional experience                

 

washington mutual (now chase)-seattle, wa                                                                      1999 to 2009

project specialist, corporate finance (2006 to 2009)

  oversaw strategic implementation of daily projects within corporate finance business line, assuming accountability for analysis and development of current- and future-state approaches.

  enforced all regulatory compliance standards on application developments while engaging multiple departments and resources to ensure accurate and complete summarization of business requirements.

  aligned all business team activities with outlined project plans and identified and allocated resources to optimize functionality and profitability.

  successfully engaged and resolved all cross-team coordination issues, maintaining key performance levels and information disbursal.

  delivered project presentations to oversight entities at gateway meetings, providing comprehensive documentation, reporting, and analysis to reinforce communications.

 

finance systems & operations analyst ii (2003 to 2006)

  structured business continuity plans in accordance with wide range of partial and complete service interruption threats and formulated additional desktop procedures and accounting plans.

  redesigned corporate-owned deposit account reporting process and researched and determined ownership of unidentified accounts.

 

accounting support specialist i & ii, home loans & corporate finance (1999 to 2003)

  verified general ledger balances through reconciliation of daily reports and audited balance sheet accounts and employee expense reimbursements, providing adjustments as necessary.

  implemented procedural changes across company divisions and researched, analyzed, and resolved all vendor disputes and loan outages and discrepancies.

 

claremont east assisted living facility-bremerton, wa                                                                   1999

mor manufacturing-post falls                                                                                           1996 to 1998

bookkeeper

  performed all payroll duties for up to 200 employees and balanced daily cash transaction for two independent stores, ensuring compliance with all established federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.

  reconciled bank statements and company bank accounts and prepared daily deposits, invoices, and payments while managing check ledgers and petty cash tracking.

  accessed computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts; resolved all vendor inquiries in timely manner.

 

education & credentials                

 

seattle central community college-seattle, wa

associate of arts in business (adg: 2011)