• Dynamic Leader who offers a background in Financial Operations, Payment Processing, Strategic Analysis/ Planning, Trends Tracking, Research, and Data Reporting; contributes talent in Multi-Project Management, Process Improvement, and Regulatory Compliance; and exhibits an ability to see the big picture at all times.
• Top Performer who boasts above-average career results, and who can make decisions to reflect positively on operations in alignment with a compaxxxxxx s vision, value, and goals to attain a significant competitive advantage.
• Visionary Professional with commendable accomplishments across financial operations, and who can rise above challenges to increase revenue, streamline processes, improve overall efficiencies, and drive winning outcomes.
• Excellent Communicator who builds and sustains synergistic relationships with senior-level management, financial / business teams, and clients / customers; who excels in both autonomous and collaborative work environments; and who leads staff by example and with integrity within highly confidential banking operations.

Director Payment Card Compliance (2011 2016) ￨ Manager Payment Card Compliance (2008 2011)

  Capitalized on the opportunity to lead payment card compliance initiatives while mentoring and managing a top-performing team of three full-time associates and maintaining responsibility for analysis and wholesale billing of $300 annually in fees imposed by credit card brands and debit networks to exceed profit objectives.

  Ensured accuracy while monitoring and evaluating fees and fines billed by credit card brands and debit networks.

  Achieved promotion to Director role based on outstanding job performance.

  Designed new unit cost models to determine and validate wholesale billing rates.

  Developed and managed the team s entire transition from Melville, XXXXXX to Atlanta, GA.

  Conceptualized and developed multiple processes to allocate expenses to business channels.

  Reduced expenses by $100,000 annually by collaborating with Visa and MasterCard to refute charges.

  Reduced expenses by $50,000 annually by initiating and completing projects to eliminate redundant billing.

  Developed and led complex operational procedures to process, validate, and reconcile large volumes of data.

  Created sophisticated Excel spreadsheets to process and manipulate large volumes of fee billing data, including Visa APF, Visa FANF, Visa ROL fees, MasterCard NABU fee, and MasterCard Acquirer License Fees.

Assistant Vice President Finance

  Strategically steered forward-thinking finance operations while successfully adapting to multiple leadership changes to ensure consistent results across all aspects of incentive compensation using Excel-based software.

  Achieved promotion to Assistant Vice President based on superior job performance.

  Performed calculations for 50+ separate programs with a budget of $70+ million annually.

Senior Financial Analyst Finance

  Utilized broad scope of industry knowledge toward providing results-generating strategic analysis, research, and data reporting for senior-level management while developing models and completing ad hoc projects.

  Developed detailed financial models in Excel for performing What If analyses as required.

  Designed dynamic PowerPoint presentations and prepared written documents on diverse topics.

Senior Financial Analyst Finance

  Contributed sharp analytical abilities toward performing complex analyses, evaluating and recommending changes to banking fees, designing detailed profitability reports, and presenting results senior-level management.

  Achieved promotion to corporate officer based on outstanding performance.

  Improved efficiency and productivity by automating tasks using Excel and Monarch.

Senior Analyst Planning & Control (1998 2002) ￨ Senior Analyst Bank Examinations (1996 1998)

Additional Roles: Supervisor Statistics (1996 1996) ￨ Senior & Junior Analyst Statistics (1992 1995)

  Played a vital role in managing high-volume operating expenses while analyzing bank examination data for federal regulations compliance, and compiling and analyzing financial data submitted by banking institutions.

  Successfully remained under budget for four consecutive years.

  Achieved four promotions based on outstanding job performance.

  Recognized with President s Award for Excellence in 1999 and 2001.

  Continually delivered excellence in key services within extreme conditions.

Bachelor of Business Administration

Finance Major ￨ Accounting Minor ￨ Cum Laude Honors

Certified Microsoft Excel 2013 Expert (MOS Expert Certification Exams, May 2016)

Microsoft Word ￨ Microsoft Access ￨ Microsoft PowerPoint ￨ Datawatch Monarch

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