Contract Consultant Resume
Chantilly, VA
SUMMARY:
Decisive, detail - oriented, and highly analytical executive with progressive leadership experience in finance and operations management. Expertise encompasses P/L, G/L, HR, and audits / forensic audits within startups and billion-dollar organizations. Enthusiastic self-starter and resourceful problem-solver approaching challenges from new direction and negotiating middle ground to build strategic partnerships and achieve corporate objectives. Articulate communicator with exceptional presentation and training skills with proven abilities working at all levels of organization.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
- Team Building
- Regulatory Compliance
- Staff Development & Training
- C-level Executive Presentations
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Management & Analysis
- Client Contract Negotiations
- New Business Development
- Re-bid Costing & Investments
- Client Relationship Building
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Chantilly, VA
Contract Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Worked as educator and a catalyst for change as well as a resource or facilitator.
- Reviewed and revised accounting systems, hierarchy, and duties for clients that are unfamiliar with the financial aspect of their business.
- Set up chart of accounts, P/Ls, cash flow systems and reports. Establish monthly procedures for close, account reconciliations, receivables (DSO’s).
- Established KPI’s for quick indicators of performance issues.
- Set up cash controls, inventory procedures. Prepared clients for upcoming audits.
Confidential, Clifton, VA
Sr Director of Financial Analysis & Business Development
Responsibilities:
- Conceptualized building the Deal Desk, as a founding team member, driving costing, pricing, and pricing tools of new business nationwide, and securing $7.6B in new business in 5-years.
- Championed 100 deals on average for K12 and 40 University deals per year, achieving average hit rate of 90.6% for K12 and 35% for Universities, and overall hit rate of 49.9%.
- Established procedures, timelines, and flowchart for deals from inception to submission of bids for the Deal Desk driving cost and pricing for all division sales.
- Secured $100M+ per contract for University revenue with average GP of 11.5% and $50M per contract for K12 with 12.8% GP, attaining approval 75 days from inception for University, and 31 days for K12.
- Mentored up and coming managers in formal and informal mentoring programs, resulting in multiple promotions of mentees to successful Manager and Director Positions.
Director of Finance
Confidential, Clifton, VA
Responsibilities:
- Developed teaching materials and trained Confidential and Unit Confidential in P/L interpretation, cash control, and inventory control, championing 2 managers to move on to Director levels.
- Built and trained Sales team on proforma model, adding back end to upload data directly to budget system, saving weeks of upload and review time.
- Served as key player on team upgrading financial system to ADP, implementing compliance for Sarbanes Oxley regulations for K12 division.
- Recommended approved budget procedures for K12 division and monthly processes for Confidential, client communication, and reconciliations, giving solid goals and direction to attain deliverables.