BRENDAN BOWERS

**** * ****** *** **-*, Denver, CO 80231 Phone: 720-***-**** E-Mail: ac1ixh@r.postjobfree.com CORE BRAND ELEMENTS

Strategic, intuitive and performance-driven finance/investment professional offering over 8+ years of experience in providing targeted financial advisement and consultation in highly-scrutinized, demanding and fast-paced environments for both the private and public sectors. Intentional about linking every activity to increased profitability and risk avoidance; demonstrating keen abilities in utilizing new technologies, innovating processes and easily establishing trust and rapport with clients. MBA graduate of the esteemed Daniels College of Business at Denver University. Core Competencies Include:

Market & Investment Research/Analysis Complex Valuations Data Visualizations

Financial Modeling Risk Mitigation/Analysis Competitive Intelligence

Accounting (GAAP) Expertise Process Reengineering Power User: MS Excel/Access PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Treasury Analyst – Global Treasury Settlement, VISA, (2014 – Present) Summary: Recruited to perform settlement for all VISA transactions. Routinely charged in supporting management by providing critical financial information to best determine policy advisements. Highlights Include:

Key participant in the management of daily Settlement of 10 Billion USD for VISA transactions. Spearheaded projects to redesign process flows for straight through transaction processing.

Performed liquidity, time of day, cash position, and ending balance analysis for settlement bank accounts. Utilized Tableau to create automated dashboard visualizations for reconciliation and intraday cash management.

Generated project ideas, wrote business requirements, managed the proposed technology projects and worked with development to manage scope, cost, and timeline to implementation.

Performed User Access management for VISA Treasury Applications.

Key participant in the redesign of the Canadian Nation Net utilizing the SWIFT application.

Designed and wrote highly scrutinized audited funds transfer procedures.

Bank relationship management.

SQL Queries and complex financial models.

Senior Accountant / Valuation Analyst- City & County of Denver/Assessment, Denver, CO (2/2010 – 12/2013) Summary: Recruited to perform complex equipment appraisals, property tax legal research, market research, valuation modeling for complex and unique assets, fixed asset valuations and general accounting for the City and County of Denver. Highlights include:

Key participant in the annual administrative management of a $1MM property tax levied on the valuation of business equipment in Denver. Individually spearheaded and redesigned work flows, utilized new technology and programmed database code to create increased automation and efficiency due to a significant 45% staff reduction.

Charged with representing the assessor’s office as an expert in legal matters concerning citizen appeals affecting over

$100K in revenue. Exposure has increased ability to effectively manage and mitigate intense conflict.

Conducted intricate fiscal impact studies for proposed legislation which could impact the tax base and city fund. Formally presenting findings to the Mayor, leading public officials and policy makers. Research Analyst - Aperta Asset Management, Long/Short Hedge Fund, (2007-2008) Mutual Fund Accountant- Alps Fund Services (2006 - 2007) ACADEMIC PREPARATION

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, Daniels College of Business (2008 - 2009) Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.): Concentration- Finance- GPA: 3.61 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER, Leeds School of Business (2002 - 2005) Bachelor of Business Administration (B.A.): Concentration- Finance. TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Microsoft Excel: Visual Basic, Vlookup/Hlookup, If Statements, Advanced Modeling, Pivot Tables & Advanced Functions MS Access: Module writing, Automation, Report Scraping, Queries, VBA, IBM DB2 Mainframe Queries SQL: complex mainframe queries in a mainframe environment, MS Access, and Hadoop Applications and Platforms: Bank of America’s Cash Pro, JPMorgan Access, Scotia Connect, SWIFT, SWIFT Messages, Attachmate, Visio, MFACT, Oasis, Bloomberg Terminal, Bloomberg API, FactSet, PeopleSoft, Tableau, Hadoop