Project Management Financial Analysis
Resume:
Kimberly R. Tuttle
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Professional Summary
● Strong Analytical and computer application skills around accounting and financial analysis. Proven ability in Excel based management reporting, reconciliation, and GAAP analysis. Excellent written and oral skills, exceptional work ethic, independent, self-starter, presentation skills and unyielding integrity.
● Experienced dealing with Financial Institutions
● Excel Proficient
● Cash Flow Monitoring
● Reconciliation and operating budget experience
Professional Experience
Casey’s—Ankeny, IA September 2021—April 2025
Senior Treasury Analyst
Casey's General Stores, Inc. is a chain of convenience stores in the Midwestern and Southern United States. The company headquarters are in Ankeny, Iowa, a suburb of Des Moines.
● Lead on store banking and monthly store bank recs process assists Treasurer in bank selections.
● Project lead on Daily Smart Safe program oversight, eCATS, KOYUS process and monitoring.
● Coordinated with stakeholders to gather requirements and define smart safe project scope, resulting in streamlined processes and enhanced operational efficiency.
● Led a cross-functional team in the development and implementation of procedures for the Smart Safe project, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
● Primary liaison with Asset Protection, Bank Reconciliation Daysheets and field teams.
● Utilized project management tools to track progress, manage resources, and deliver milestones on time and within budget.
● Supports documentation of Standard Operating Procedures and Internal Control narratives related to the cash management functions with accuracy and completeness.
● Monitors the interface with external banking institutions by acting as an initial point of contact for issue resolution. Escalates issues to management for resolution when necessary.
● Daily overdraft management, tracking, cash forecasting, manage corporate debt facilities, investor relations and trend analysis.
● Financial analysis and research supporting Daily Cash Flash allocation, credit card transactions POS fees and bank fees.
● Provided training and support to team members, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
● AFP 2023 Pinnacle Award Recipient
Athene—West Des Moines, IA May 2021—September 2021 Senior Staff Accountant - Contractor
Athene Holding Ltd. and its subsidiaries are a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures, and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. Athene’s operating subsidiaries issue and reinsure these retirement savings products.
● Proactively researches and resolves variances and inconsistencies noted in settlements by investigating and analyzing results.
● Maintains and prepares complex reinsurance settlements for assigned agreements. Includes coordinating work requirements and deadlines for and from other teams, journal entry preparation, and analysis of the results of the settlements.
● Performs analysis and reconciliations of complex balance sheet accounts maintains and prepares complex reinsurance settlements for assigned agreements. Includes coordinating work requirements and deadlines for and from other teams, journal entry preparation, and analysis of the results of the settlements.
● Assists with timely and accurate preparation of month and quarter close activities.
● Assists with departmental projects assigned.
● Responds to other departmental requests involving reinsurance information.
● Proactively identifies and proposes process improvements.
● Identifying opportunities for process and control enhancements, including automation opportunities, to ensure risks are adequately mitigated.
● Performs advanced accounting and project management tasks including trend analysis, contract review and build-out, and settlement statement preparation.
● Assist with verification and documentation of tasks through journal entries, reconciliations, and account detail analysis.
Walgreens — Des Moines, IA February 2021—June 2021 Team Shift Leader
Walgreens, one of the nation’s largest drugstore chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., a global leader in retail and wholesale pharmacy.
● Opens and closes the store in the absence of store management, including all required systems startups and required cash handling are ready for the business day.
● Operations Responsible for holding store keys to open and close without management, as necessary.
● Assists with and coaches other team members to work with warehouse and vendor ordering process as the orders are created, reviewed, and received.
● Responsible and accountable for registering all related sales on assigned cash register, including records of scanning errors, price verifications, items not on file, price modifications, and voids.
● Assists manager or assistant store manager in reviewing order exceptions on order release days and assists in reverse logistics.
● Assists manager or assistant store manager in evaluating and developing displays, including promotional, seasonal, super structures, and sale merchandise.
● Ensures Team members uphold a high level of customer service.
● Assist with bookkeeping activities, including cash reports, cash counts, cash drops to the safe, ledgers, and bill payment as necessary or as requested.
● Maintain Leadership Training & Personal Development through continued online learning education classes.
Fidelity and Guaranty Life — Des Moines, IA November 2020—January 2021 Senior Treasury Analyst
Fidelity and Guaranty Life Ins is a provider of unique life insurance and annuity solutions to meet individual financial security needs through a network of financial professionals.
● Supports company-wide internal control objectives for Treasury by identifying key risks, adhering to controls, documenting controls for compliance and testing, assisting in the preparation of control self- assessments, and remediating any control gaps.
● Supports documentation of Standard Operating Procedures and Internal Control narratives related to the cash management functions with accuracy and completeness.
● Monitors the interface with external banking institutions by acting as an initial point of contact for issue resolution. Escalates issues to management for resolution when necessary.
● Engage knowledgeably and confidently with customers to satisfy requests in a timely manner within the confines of good judgement and the internal control environment.
● Processes cash disbursement requests, prioritizes, stages the item for payment, and records the cash impact for analysis.
● Operate the bank fee analysis in an automated and regular fashion, track and model bank fees and custodial fees for forecasting purposes.
● Proactively identifies and proposes process improvements.
● Track record of automating manual tasks and processes.
● Prepare ad-hoc analyses promptly and accurately in response to management requests. Crosstrain within all areas of Treasury department, acting as a backup where segregation of duties allows and primary backup and support for the Treasury Manager. Wells Fargo—West Des Moines, IA February 2016—October 2020 Investor Portfolio Analyst 4
Wells Fargo is a provider of banking, mortgage, investing, credit card, insurance, and consumer and commercial financial services.
● Oversee and support processes for opening and closing of Custodial, Operational and Servicing bank accounts, titling changes, and bank title verifications process.
● Monitors the interface with external banking institutions by acting as initial point of contact for issue resolution. Escalates issues to management for resolution when necessary.
● Engages knowledgeably and confidently with customers to satisfy requests in a timely manner within the confines of good judgement and the internal control environment.
● Proactively identifies and proposes process improvements.
● Track record of automating manual tasks and processes.
● Supports company-wide internal control objectives for Finance by identifying key risks, adhering to controls, documenting controls for compliance and testing, assisting in the preparation of control self- assessments, and remediating any control gaps working with SOX Auditing. o Acted as SME for from start to finish executing SOX framework for a risk and compliance project.
o Plan and execute audit assignments which include assessing the design and operating effectiveness of the internal control structure and compliance with policies and procedures. o Documenting and evaluating entity, general computer, and application controls. o Creating detailed work products such as audit analysis, correspondence, memoranda, and other working papers that document the procedures performed, presenting findings, and the results of those procedures.
o Recommend preventative internal standard controls for management’s review to ensure effective and efficient reporting delivery from Investor Services applications and operational databases validation.
o Proactively identifies and proposes initial analysis of problem areas or issues relating to the implementation of policies, procedures, administrative systems, and performance standards. o Performing walkthroughs to test control design and operating effectiveness. o Coordinates the review and formulation of policies, procedures, and systems across the organization.
● Prepares ad-hoc analysis promptly and accurately, and provide presentations, reports, and documentations for management requests.
● Oversee and support Cash Forecasting, Analysis, Budgeting and Forecasting of Investor Bank Accounts
● Provides analytical support to the Finance business units and enterprise functions in the preparation of financial proposals, submissions, and projected costs to be included in budgets and allocations.
● Promotes adherence to standards of service and provides overall direction regarding financial management practices.
Global Atlantic Financial Group—Des Moines, IA January 2015—December 2015 Senior Financial Analyst
Global Atlantic Financial Group Limited is a financial services company focused on the annuity, life insurance and reinsurance markets.
● Provide internal/external customers with appropriate file feeds and reports.
● Process daily reconciliations of Reinsurance General Ledger accounts and Analyze General Ledger upload process for Third Party Administrator data feeds.
● Assisting with requests of both internal and external auditors
● Evaluate and report internal control deficiencies/status to senior management and executive management.
● Identifying opportunities for process and control enhancements, including automation opportunities, to ensure risks are adequately mitigated.
● Communicate gaps in internal controls and make recommendations for improvements to processing methods, workflows, procedures, and reporting efficiencies.
● Assist the Statutory financial reporting team with preparing and/or reviewing components of the GAAP and SEC financial statements and reporting packages as assigned, including related footnotes, schedules, and analysis.
● Assisting with ad hoc requests, special projects and other duties related to financial reporting and analysis, as assigned.
● Coordinates all audit efforts with business process owners, senior management, and audit staff.
● Assist with strategic direction of the Reinsurance Administration Department through active participation in company committees and new product implementations. Marsh & McLennan—Urbandale, IA January 2014—December 2014 Senior Financial Accountant
Marsh & McLennan Companies is a professional services firm like no other — a global network of 57,000 experts in risk, strategy, and people, united by an unusually collaborative culture that transcends business units and borders.
● Manages the month end close process including review and approval of various journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations supporting over 10 operating companies.
● Communicates results and prepares written documentation/reports as it relates to SOX.
● Ensure that all revenue is recorded in accordance with GAAP.
● Effective organizational and time-management skills to handle multiple tasks.
● Assists departmental managers in the preparation of ad-hoc analyses and data gathering for comprehensive audit.
● Prepare Internal and External Audit requests and executive financial summaries Reviews the analysis of the general ledger and balance sheet reconciliations. Athene—West Des Moines, IA November 2007—January 2014 Accounting Specialist II
Athene Holding Ltd. and its subsidiaries are a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures, and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. Athene’s operating subsidiaries1 issue and reinsure these retirement savings products.
● Develops, monitors, and evaluates processes and tools to ensure that financial policies, procedures, Systems, and standards.
● Responsible for ensuring parts of SOX audits were submitted for project documentation to management.
● Assist manager in completing timely and accurately detailed research on Monthly outstanding Federal and State Withholding items.
● Prepare Federal and State Tax Withholding reconciliations.
● Monitors and evaluates overall policies, procedures, systems, and standards of the organization.
● Prepare and Audit Oracle 11i month end journal entries Conduct Suspense Account reconciliations monthly.
● Collaborate with Agency, Claims and Finance Departments for Tax Withholding research.
● Prepare Internal and External Audit requests and executive financial summaries Cash Application Process System project, Finance Transformation project and Tax Withholding Project – Team Leader. Education
Simpson College—Indianola, IA
● B.A. Accounting
Buena Vista University—Storm Lake, IA
● B.A. Finance
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