Senior Financial Analyst

KRISTINA BERNAL

*** ****** ** • Denver, Colorado 80220

*******@******.*******.*** • 720-***-****

Accomplished, detail-oriented professional with progressive, hands-on experience providing consulting services, analysis, process reengineering, and research to enhance business/financial systems.

FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process Reengineering

• Benchmarking

• Innovative Leadership

• Financial Planning

• Strategic Business Planning

• Trend Analysis

• Operational Analysis

• Project Management

• Ad-hoc Analyses

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Highway Technologies – Denver, CO 2008-2009

Regional Financial Analyst

 Managed, presented and communicated the regional annual operating budgets and various analysis to executive-level management.

 Worked as a business partner with six regional business directors.

 Created a new strategy template to kick off the annual budget.

 Designed a complex market analysis template.

 Researched and compiled a Northern California funding analysis and expansion recommendation.

 Instrumental in analyzing the cost benefit of maintaining a portion of manufacturing.

 Reported on KPI’s and issues on a consistent basis and various ad hoc analyses.

 Designed, prepared and presented reports with fact-based information to help drive business decisions.

Wyndham Worldwide – Orlando, FL 2007-2008

Senior Financial Analyst

 Managed and trained analyst on a daily basis to generate various reports.

 Consolidated responsibilities and functions from various areas of the organization into a new department.

 Created new and improved monthly reporting processes.

 Responsible for the $40M annual Developer Obligation budget process for over 180 Associations. The process included modeling the impacts of Maintenance Fees, Sales Mix and Rate Volume.

 Prepared and presented fact-based information to help drive business decisions.

 Recognized business drivers and complex financial models to get to desired results.

Publix Super Markets – Lakeland, FL 2005-2007

Senior Business Consultant

 Measured and communicated the financial and operational impact of improvement efforts, strategic projects, as well as overall business unit performance for a Fortune 500 Company.

 Supervised the work of multiple analysts

 Designed business plans utilizing various financial analyses models such as NPV, Payback Period and IRR.

 Performed pricing and trend analysis on numerous key projects.

 Represented the Business Analysis and Reporting department as the financial consultant on cross-functional project teams.

 Designed a new methodology to track sales for a retail unit.

 Provided support and consulting services to all levels of employees.

 Processed requests for information and developed standard reporting.

 Prepared Financial Summaries, Business Planning and other necessary documentation.

Kissimmee Utility Authority – Kissimmee, FL 2001-2005

Financial Analyst/ Accountant

 Identified and resolved major issues regarding financial reporting and charging, which resulted in $1.2 Million in surplus funds.

 Instrumental in the development of the Authorities $196M annual budget.

 Researched various utility companies, government policies, performed cost of service studies and calculated new electric tariff rates.

 Monitored competitors pricing movement to ensure that the Telecom business stayed competitive.

 Liaison for the IT department; conducted analyses on operations and new business opportunities.

 Lead Finance representative in the research, development, launch and price setting of three nationwide business ventures and partnerships.

 Managed financial, statistical and accounting requirements for the Telecom segment.

 Developed financials that allocated costs to three separate business segments within the Telecom business which identified areas of profit and loss.

 Compiled and analyzed data for the Authority’s CAFR, Bond Disclosure and Annual Report.

 Instrumental in company attaining highest rankings ever received from the Governmental Finance Officer Association for budget document.

City of Colorado Springs – Colorado Springs, CO 2000-2001

Budget Financial Analysis Intern

 Instrumental in multi-million dollar Streetlight project; managed research, analysis, and calculated purchase price of streetlights from the city utility company.

 Coordinated services and project tasks with various city groups, units, boards, committees, task forces and external organizations.

 Member of the User Fee Committee that calculated and set city wide fees in order to recover city expenses.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Emphasis in Management, April 2005

Rollins College, Crummer Graduate School of Business – Winter Park, FL

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), Major in Corporate Finance, June 2001

University of Colorado – Colorado Springs, CO

Active Member of Delta Sigma Pi – Professional Business Fraternity

Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice, June 1996

Pikes Peak Community College – Colorado Springs, CO

Member of Phi Theta Kappa – International Honor Society

RECOGNITIONS AND HONORS

Employee of the Quarter • Member of the Employee Organization Committee • How’d We Do Cards

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

Microsoft Word • Excel • Outlook • PowerPoint • Access • PeopleSoft • HTE Accounting Software • COGNOS • MicroStrategy • Showcase • AS400

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