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Julia Neal

Chicago,IL

Summary

Highly motivated and goal-driven FP&A Analyst with a focus on financial planning, forecasting, and performance analysis. Skilled in budgeting, financial modeling, and utilizing tools like Excel, OneStream, and NetSuite to drive accurate financial reporting. Proven ability to collaborate with leadership to support business decisions and optimize financial processes.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

FP&A Analyst

Unifi Aviation
05.2024 - Current

Responsibilities in addition to role with Scrub, LLC

  • Manage and evaluate financial performance for over 80 contracts across 30 airports in the Central Region, providing essential support to station managers on billing, financial software's, contracts, and new service implementations
  • Create and present comprehensive monthly forecasts of financial outcomes using OneStream and Excel, incorporating variables such as contract rate adjustments, flight schedules, and emerging trends to align forecasts with corporate objectives and budgets
  • Review and validate sales orders before customer billing, ensuring accuracy in flight data and necessary documentation while conducting monthly revenue and expense analyses for consistent reporting to upper management during business reviews

Financial Analyst

(Formerly) Scrub, LLC, a Unifi Aviation Company
10.2023 - Current
  • Collaborate closely with the CFO to maintain accuracy of more than 70 contracts at ORD, analyze monthly financial reports, and develop monthly forecasts, and budget for the upcoming fiscal year
  • Review and approve daily invoices from vendors, advancing prompt payment processes to ensure financial efficiency
  • Assist in collecting data for retroactive billing to customers in response to rate increases, while securing the accuracy of sales orders through verification of flight data and service counts

Tax Analyst Intern

American Tower Tax Department
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Calculated cash tax rates, accounting for trends, over a 10-year range of 27 countries
  • Created comprehensive Excel reports, utilizing Tableau, with actual and forecasted cash tax and effective tax rate data
  • Interpreted and analyzed REIT Asset Tests from 2012-2022, built dashboard to reflect findings, communicated and presented findings to upper management
  • Attended weekly meetings with manager and colleagues regarding project statuses and next steps

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Science

University of Colorado, Boulder
05.2023

Skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office
  • NetSuite
  • OneStream
  • Revenue and Expense Management
  • Financial Analysis and Reporting
  • Financial Forecasting
  • Contract and Billing Management
  • Technical Support
  • Variance Analysis

Awards

Unifi CEO Values Champion Award Recipient Q2 2024 – Recognized for demonstrating Unifi’s core values of Passion, Integrity, and Empathy, contributing to a positive corporate culture and operational excellence.

Timeline

FP&A Analyst

Unifi Aviation
05.2024 - Current

Financial Analyst

(Formerly) Scrub, LLC, a Unifi Aviation Company
10.2023 - Current

Tax Analyst Intern

American Tower Tax Department
05.2022 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Science - Information Science

University of Colorado, Boulder
Julia Neal