A. Kendell Davis
Salt Lake City,UT
Summary
Data Scientist familiar with gathering, cleaning and organizing data for use by technical and non-technical personnel. Advanced understanding of statistical, algebraic and other analytical techniques. Highly organized, motivated and diligent with significant background in Finance.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Financial Data Analyst
Progressive Leasing
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Collected data and developed detailed visualizations to identify trends and create revenue, profitability, and expense forecasts
- Ensured accuracy and relevancy of 3 databases by updating with new information from third-party sources
- Analyzed and explained data for financial status of customer accounts providing 5% improvement of decisioning process for lease applications
Reporting and Analytics Specialist
Discover Student Loans
08.2017 - 04.2022
- Optimized efficiency and accuracy of workload and performance reports by simplifying design and refining formulae to reduce completion time by over 75%
- Slashed payment history analysis time by 99% through implementation of customized VBA program
- Founded and trained new Control Reports team with automated reporting system for tracking and processing workload of over 150 employees with compliance for internal and external regulations
- Built documents, sites, workflows, and code to process and track reporting workload with 95% automation
- Advised management of work performed by 9 back office teams to facilitate people management and improve workload completion by 20%
Collector
Discover Personal Loans
01.2017 - 08.2017
- Provided personalized solutions to customers concerning their financial issues, averaging 6 such solutions per hour
- Built VBA program to track metrics of whole Collections department, optimizing employee reviews with 100% automated system
Contract Worker
Perelson Temporary Staffing
12.2015 - 07.2016
- Contracted with Goldman Sachs & Co. for Latin America AML/KYC, reviewing 3 or more companies per week
Collector
Deseret First Credit Union
11.2014 - 12.2015
- Established enhanced recording method for charged-off accounts through collection, analysis, and presentation of data each month, reducing recording time by 40%
Education
Master of Science - Data Science
Bellevue University
Bellevue, NE01.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT05.2014
Skills
- Advanced Mathematical Abilities
- Data presentation, explanation, and evaluation
- Creative problem-solving
- Python (NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, Keras, Pickle, Caffe, Matplotlib)
- R
- Tableau
- SQL
- Microsoft Office (including VBA and SharePoint Designer)
- Data Operations
- Data Quality Assessment
Work Availability
monday
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morning
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Timeline
Senior Financial Data Analyst
Progressive Leasing
05.2022 - 07.2023
Reporting and Analytics Specialist
Discover Student Loans
08.2017 - 04.2022
Collector
Discover Personal Loans
01.2017 - 08.2017
Contract Worker
Perelson Temporary Staffing
12.2015 - 07.2016
Collector
Deseret First Credit Union
11.2014 - 12.2015
Master of Science - Data Science
Bellevue University
Bachelor of Arts - Mathematics
University of Utah
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