Dynamic Risk Management Consultant with extensive experience at Wells Fargo, adept at financial modeling and risk assessment. Successfully designed innovative financial models that enhanced market share growth while minimizing risk exposure. Proven project management skills, leading critical initiatives and fostering collaboration among diverse teams to achieve strategic objectives.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Risk Management Consultant
Wells Fargo
Saint Louis
09.2002 - 05.2025
Identified, analyzed, and reported on the financial impact of proposed strategic business initiatives that created and maintained a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Designed multifaceted financial models for comprehensive economic assessments of risks, products, and customer bases.
Managed loan-level cumulative historical database, critical for business decisions, operational enhancements, and regulatory compliance.
Prepared accurate and timely analyses for management that maximized market share growth and minimized other risk exposure.
Provided key support roles on a $4 million Tier 1 project. Assisted in the re-engineering of a loan-level cumulative historical database to increase visibility into cash flow calculations, utilizing a newly developed data model that provided improved reporting and querying capabilities.
Reviewed design deliverables and facilitated communication among diverse groups throughout the project life cycle to ensure complete and continued understanding of the requirements, and availed myself as a subject matter expert to convey this understanding.
Conducted an analysis of the legacy system code to determine the propriety of previous cash flow calculations, and validated the accuracy of the new system's cash flow calculations.
Experienced Staff Accountant
Arthur Andersen Accounting Firm/ Ernst & Young LLP
Saint Louis
09.2000 - 09.2002
Performed, reviewed, and analyzed financial statements and related footnote disclosures for public manufacturing and privately held retail companies.
Identified and assisted in the resolution of complex accounting issues through research of accounting literature, and communication with company management.
Critically assessed risks in accounting areas, and designed tests to mitigate these risks by examining clients' systems of internal controls and observing business operations.
Created opportunities for accounting process improvements.
Interviewed client personnel and documented internal accounting processes.
Supervised and trained staff accountants.
Assisted in the recruitment of company resources.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Millikin University
Decatur, IL
05-2000
Skills
Financial modeling
Risk assessment
Data analysis
Regulatory compliance
Project management
Problem solving
Certification
Certified Public Accountancy Exam, Missouri 2002
Timeline
Risk Management Consultant
Wells Fargo
09.2002 - 05.2025
Experienced Staff Accountant
Arthur Andersen Accounting Firm/ Ernst & Young LLP
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