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FreeStyle, LLC dba The FreeStyle App (www.GetFreeStyled.com)Tech Start-up Founder / CEO
Nov. 2016Washington D.C. Metro AreaF R E E S T Y L E, LLC
Mission. Vision. Creed. At FreeStyle, LLC , our Mission is to educate, empower, and uplift communities by using Technology to connect us to the people and information we need and love! Our Vision is to use technology to expand the ways people are able to connect to the information and services they need to feel more confident , so you can Live your BEST LIFE! We believe when communities are able to connect and share information it's "social currency ," and creates a Win Win for us all. So we've set out to combine technology, information sharing, trust, and relationships in order to create products and services that empower you to live out your best life.
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THE FREESTYLE APP The FreeStyle App is our answer for the hair and beauty industry. At FreeStyle, LLC we believe in the power and impact of "Word of Mouth." It's social currency! When you’re new to a city or trying out a new look, finding the Right hair or beauty professional can be overwhelming. We all know that when you look good you feel good, so going to the WRONG stylist is costly. It can cost you more than the money in your pocket – it can cost you your confidence. But if you’ve ever stopped someone on the street to ask, “Who did your hair?!” or reached out to your friends for a recommendation on a stylist or a barber, then The FreeStyle App is for YOU! We get it. You’re tired of spending time browsing through anonymous reviews only to still feel unsure. You only want to spend your time browsing referrals that are Relevant and Trusted. The FreeStyle App was created with Your hair and beauty concerns in mind.
Now you can - Book the Hairstylist, Barber, and Beauty Professionals You Need, Recommended by the Faces YOU Know and Trust! The FreeStyle App by FreeStyle, LLC ___________________________________________
THE FREESTYLE APP ACADEMY I teach creative entrepreneurs how to turn their ideas into app. Learn how at The FREESTYLE App Academy.
WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart DiseaseDirector of Finance
Apr. 2016 - Dec. 2017Washington DC-Baltimore Area• Created personnel forecast to analyze salary, taxes and benefits expenses related to current year vs projected future year staffing in order to highlight budget vs actual staffing variances, to determine vacancy savings and to recommend future actions to aid senior management in the decision-making process regarding future staffing requirements •Lead the annual budgeting and planning process as part of the senior management team; administer and review all financial plans and budgets; monitor progress and changes; keep senior leadership team abreast of the organization’s financial status
• Managed the planning and administrative duties related to new hire onboarding and orientation, organize and maintain effective management structure while managing transitions thus demonstrating an ability to provide effective leadership to team/staff
• Served as a coach and mentor to assigned staff, overseeing the professional development of direct reports to not only manage staff, but work beside them as needed
• Analyzed and presented financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; consolidate and clearly communicate monthly and annual financial statements for all donor segments, and oversee all financial, project/program and grants accounting
• Prepared and presented monthly, quarterly and annual financial management reporting including analysis of actual revenue and expenses vs. prior years, and actuals vs. forecast and budget reports which informed decision making and the creation of interdepartmental program spending plans
• Aligned staff interests and expertise with projects and organizational needs.
• Carried out ongoing and end-of-year performance appraisals for assigned staff, seeking input from other managers and staff who have worked with the staff member
• Recommended staff for promotions based on their performance during the end- of-year appraisal process
• Participated in the recruitment and hiring of new service area staff
DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)Fiscal Operations Manager
Mar. 2012 - Apr. 2016Washington D.C. Metro Area• Serve as fiscal operations manager thus leading the day to day finance operations, coordinating a budget of $255Mil and leading the work of a 4 member team to support a division of over 40 staff during fiscal year budget closeout and upstart of a new Fiscal year • Develop and maintain the Fiscal Scorecard Report, a standardized template of reports used to organize, analyze, and graphically display a burn rate snapshot for reviewing the rate of spending on various Federal Grant budgets, thus helping to set new records for performance and growth by building accountability and monitoring ~$19Mil in expiring federal funds to prevent lapsing of funds during Fiscal Year closeouts • Work closely with the senior leadership team, Directors, and Managers to ensure compliance and consistency in all financial matters in accordance with the established strategic approach to business operations
• Utilize team lead role to facilitate a new approach to budgeting and forecasting of ~$149Million in division’s federal funds and assist colleagues in implementing and planning using the new process to align fiscal budget with the agency’s goals and performance metrics Fiscal Management Analyst (March 2012)
• Work collaboratively with program managers and staff to devise spending plans to ensure the proper alignment of various federal grant budgets in accordance with departmental spending goals, thus helping to ensure the timely drawdown of federal grant funds
• Review A-133 reports for various sub-recipients such as educational entities with federal expenditures in excess of $500K in order to ensure compliance with OMB – A-133 requirements, to identify critical concerns, and to assist program staff in designating a sub-recipient risk status and corrective action plan
• Modified, implemented and maintained a Payment Tracking System Action Report Scorecard report, thus helping to decrease division’s overdue reimbursement orders from RED rating to GREEN in alignment with agency’s goals
Discovery CommunicationsSr. Compliance and Finance Analyst
Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2012Silver Spring, MD• Demonstrate initiative in finding and creating efficiencies for team as senior team member, through the use of Excel formulas, v-lookups, pivot tables and macros in order to create reconciliation templates that expediently display and resolve day to day responsibilities
• Increase accounts receivable by approximately $1,028,114 through collection efforts on accounts analyzed and identified for contractual non compliance
•Support US Nets Affiliate Finance accounts receivables by reconciling payments received in SAP system versus invoice payments tracked in AMS (Affiliate Management System) in order to effectively identify, track, manage and resolve any contract compliance issues for approximately 300 small affiliate accounts
• Review and analyze executed affiliate contracts and agreements in order to effectively discuss complex terms and conditions with affiliates and or senior management when resolving compliance disputes
Ford Motor CompanyFinancial Analyst ( Ford Leadership Rotational Program)
Dec. 2008 - Jan. 2011Dearborn, MichiganFord Customer Service Division- Extended Service Business
• Organize information from Business Objects queries which display earn out of historical and outstanding service contracts, in order to analyze and update the earned revenue model used for monthly forecast projections
• Work with pricing team & Marketing/Sales managers to develop monthly forecast and budgets based on assumptions for contract sales volumes, dealer claims, earnings ratios, & sales promotion expenses, thus ultimately analyzing actual vs assumptions & presenting business variances & areas for growth to management
• Perform various monthly, quarterly & annual accounting related to Extended Service Contract Business in Canada; queried ledgers and various databases and prepared all journal entries (in excess of 40/mo.)
• Provide monthly reconciliation of over ninety U.S. and Canadian accounts and subdivisions netting to over $100mil, thus explaining and validating account transactions to management
• Review,verify, and present to senior management financial accuracy of proposed Variable Marketing
programs in order to assess validity of proposal Ford Purchasing- Supply Risk Management
• Analyze company financial data provided by potentially distressed suppliers in order to identify and present to management financial risks which influence Purchasing stay or exit strategies
• Manage and facilitate the workflow of distressed supplier cases by working with Ford buyers, lawyers i.e. Grant Thornton, and representatives from supplier company, in order to implement financial support or resourcing strategies needed to ensure continued part production and shipment to Ford facilities
• Work with analyst team to compile weekly "Hot Sheet' displaying updates on all high profile distressed supplier related cases, which presented weekly to executive management
• Reconcile all monthly PeopleSoft ledger activity with monthly settlements in lump sum payments database thus supporting the forecast process
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