Motivated individual with strong professional background in environmental research, writing, data analysis, and sustainability programs. Passion for social justice solutions.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Water Protector Internship and Further Policy Work
Save California Salmon
Remote
01.2023 - Current
Policy researching and writing for comment letters, petitions, protests, oral arguments, and other legal materials
Attending key hearings and meetings regarding tribal water rights
Research for and creation of social media posts and action alerts
Tabling, event assistance, and lobbying
Senior Coastal Planner, North Central Coast Team
California Coastal Commission
04.2019 - 05.2021
Reviewed coastal development proposals for conformity with the Coastal Act including through a racial equity and sea level rise lens.
Prepared written recommendations and oral presentations for Commission hearings.
Tribal liaison. Assisted consultation with local tribes to ensure protection of cultural resources.
First planner to use Commission's newly adopted Environmental Justice Policy.
Collaborated with lawyers, scientists, local governments, and community members.
Building Energy Saving Program Technician
City Of Berkeley
01.2018 - 03.2019
Handled the Building Energy Savings program by processing energy efficiency applications.
Tracked progress towards meeting Climate Action Plan goals via data analysis and promoted energy efficiency and emission reduction strategies to residents and businesses.
Conducted energy efficiency GIS mapping project through racial equity lens.
Trained two additional interns and managed the entire program in my managers absence.
Clean Energy Intern
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
11.2018 - 01.2019
Helped create California energy narrative by analyzing data from CPUC, CEC, Cap & Trade.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
2017
Timeline
Water Protector Internship and Further Policy Work
<ul><li>Profile: Record to Reporting (R2R)</li><li>Performing financial reporting and controlling for across all the entities (in Hyperion and Oracle = JD Edward).</li><li>Performing End to End P&L finalization (Review of accruals, Negative Cash Accrual, prepaid amortization schedule, FX Adjustments, creation, deletion and capitalization of fixed assets, posting of depreciation etc.) & taking calls with Controllers during Months end for further review of P&L.</li><li>Banking process includes positive pay exceptions, stop payment, voiding checks with AP team. Checks movement to unclaimed property. Payment proof, remittance details.</li><li>IFRS lease computation complying with IFRS 16 in CoStar – Real Estate Manager system (this is only for lease).</li><li>Preparation of webforms and variance analysis report and sharing with stakeholders with detailed information.</li><li>Performing Balance sheet reconciliation with adherence of policy and clearance of open items along with relevant details of lines which is overaged however will be staying for long time (i.e.- Bonus and dividends, Common Stocks, Security Deposits).</li><li>Facilitating team operations by discussions through the sharing of information and knowledge, identification of teamwork issues, development of problem-solving recommendations, and recommendations of standardizing team operations.</li><li>Cross train resources in order to have backup of each other to help team synergy helping team members to take leaves when required without bothering of work/process deliverables.</li><li>Conduct weekly, biweekly and monthly meetings with stake holders as per their agreement.</li><li>Create opportunities for team members to provide input on procedures/processes and share their expertise with other team members.</li><li>Working knowledge of ERP systems People Soft, ART (Reconciliation software of Oracle), JD Edward, Teradata, Cetova, Hyperion (HFM), Cadency, Blackline, SAP, NetSuite, Workday Adaptive, Coupa, Tableau, CoStar, Alteryx.</li><li>PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS</li><li>Given 12 lean ideas in area of Month End Close journals, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, and Bank Reconciliations.</li><li>Part of a green belt project on quality of reconciliations and BOT implementation (work in progress) – controllership impact</li><li>Bring automation & Marco enabling dash board MIS reporting for monthly SLA, KPI, IC balances, Cash forecasting etc.</li></ul> at Genpact India Pvt. Ltd<ul><li>Profile: Record to Reporting (R2R)</li><li>Performing financial reporting and controlling for across all the entities (in Hyperion and Oracle = JD Edward).</li><li>Performing End to End P&L finalization (Review of accruals, Negative Cash Accrual, prepaid amortization schedule, FX Adjustments, creation, deletion and capitalization of fixed assets, posting of depreciation etc.) & taking calls with Controllers during Months end for further review of P&L.</li><li>Banking process includes positive pay exceptions, stop payment, voiding checks with AP team. Checks movement to unclaimed property. Payment proof, remittance details.</li><li>IFRS lease computation complying with IFRS 16 in CoStar – Real Estate Manager system (this is only for lease).</li><li>Preparation of webforms and variance analysis report and sharing with stakeholders with detailed information.</li><li>Performing Balance sheet reconciliation with adherence of policy and clearance of open items along with relevant details of lines which is overaged however will be staying for long time (i.e.- Bonus and dividends, Common Stocks, Security Deposits).</li><li>Facilitating team operations by discussions through the sharing of information and knowledge, identification of teamwork issues, development of problem-solving recommendations, and recommendations of standardizing team operations.</li><li>Cross train resources in order to have backup of each other to help team synergy helping team members to take leaves when required without bothering of work/process deliverables.</li><li>Conduct weekly, biweekly and monthly meetings with stake holders as per their agreement.</li><li>Create opportunities for team members to provide input on procedures/processes and share their expertise with other team members.</li><li>Working knowledge of ERP systems People Soft, ART (Reconciliation software of Oracle), JD Edward, Teradata, Cetova, Hyperion (HFM), Cadency, Blackline, SAP, NetSuite, Workday Adaptive, Coupa, Tableau, CoStar, Alteryx.</li><li>PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS</li><li>Given 12 lean ideas in area of Month End Close journals, Balance Sheet Reconciliations, and Bank Reconciliations.</li><li>Part of a green belt project on quality of reconciliations and BOT implementation (work in progress) – controllership impact</li><li>Bring automation & Marco enabling dash board MIS reporting for monthly SLA, KPI, IC balances, Cash forecasting etc.</li></ul> at Genpact India Pvt. Ltd