Detail-oriented Financial Analyst with expertise in corporate and government finance, budgeting, accounting, and forecasting. Focused on streamlining procedures and identifying innovative, cost-effective solutions. Strong leader with excellent motivation and communication skills to build and manage high-performing teams.
· Financial Forecasting · Expense and Revenue Analysis · Variance Analysis · Cash Flow Analysis · Financial Reporting · Accounting | · Analytical Thinking · Data Interpretation · Process Improvement · Oracle Business Intelligence · Problem-Solving · Leadership |
· Develop and manage Detroit Fire Department’s budget of annual budget $135 million
· Create and track budget to actual across multiple years, executing a month-end close process that includes variance analysis and forecasting
· Manage and track $21 million in department contracts
· Perform cost-benefit analysis to compare operating programs, review financial requests, or explore alternative financing methods
· Generate financial reports to garner forecasting, trending, and narrative results analysis for management
· Partner with other city agencies to develop and monitor multi-year operating and capital plans, reserve forecasts, and long-range financial strategies
· Supervise finance team members while monitoring contracting, order processing, budgeting, and daily tasks to ensure operational efficiency
· Managed $20 million in capital projects for the Detroit Fire Department on facility renovations, upgrades and retrofits, process improvements, equipment, technology related equipment and software, utility installations, fleet replacement and modifications
· Managed $15 million in department contracts.
· Analyzes and reviews prior year expenditures, grant balances, and fund sources and prepares detailed financial forecasts, cost projections, and recommendations based on actual results
· Developed and trained team members on responsibilities ranging from budgetary development, year-end closeout, budget execution, revenue reconciliation, contract management, capital projects, fixed assets, journal entries, department metrics, procurement metrics, invoicing, and requisitions
· Managed Detroit Police Department training funds of $1.2 million dollars from state revenue sharing funds, grant and general fund dollars
· Performed annual state audit for revenue shared fund dollars
· Created and maintained internal travel and reimbursement process to align with State, Grant, and general fund allowable costs
· Managed Detroit Police Department Mounted Division, SRT & Bomb Squad division’s annual operational budget of $2 million dollars
· Draft simple instructions to describe internal accounting processes for a standard operation procedures manual
· Reviews and prepares regular and ad-hoc financial and operational reports
· Created oral presentations and conducted training seminars
· Worked with Detroit Police Department fiscal unit to create a new invoice tracking policy for accountability, verification of billing and prompt payment
· Managed Capital Improvements, Property Leases & Utilities
· Prepare departments for annual procurement planning for future expenditures, acquisitions, and contracts
· Managed all travel, training, and expense reimbursement for all department personnel
Perform accounts receivable invoice processing for department’s secondary employment operations
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