Alliyah Sands
Davie
Summary
Dedicated professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing efficient and effective practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Director physician & ancillary contracting
HCA Healthcare inc.
01.2023 - Current
- Strategically negotiate managed care contracts
- Utilize pivot tables to provide an analysis on opportunities within pricing and participation in products
- Review contractual language to identify exposure, one-sided language, and operational language that can be improved
- Negotiated a contract worth $17.4M and achieved an overall 17.6% increase on the total book of business from the previous year
- Spearheaded a process improvement project that created an efficient and effective contract/document management system for the department.
- Leveraged professional networks and industry knowledge to strengthen client relationships.
Business Analyst
HCA Healthcare inc.
09.2022 - 01.2023
- Developed a rate grid to identify prospective opportunities within pricing across markets and our participation in products
- Developed and implemented a credentialing mailbox to provide a streamlined place for all payers to submit applications and questions to resulting in a reduction of late and missed applications.
- Lead bi-weekly meeting with the analyst infrastructure team to identify challenges, provide solutions, and create an inclusive environment where all team members feel comfortable sharing their ideas on improving the business
- Interacted with internal team to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
Logistics Coordinator
Healthtrust workforce solutions
06.2021 - 09.2022
- Manage and oversee operations for three divisions including Mountain Division (generates ~$1.63M in revenue), Far West Division (generates ~$4.05M in revenue), and Continental Division (generates ~$4.27M in revenue)
- Orchestrated logistics and successfully led the operations of nurse training residency programs across 7 domestic markets contributing to the 3,744 graduated nurses
- Developed and implemented tracking system to highlight key metrics of logistics teams output enabling the business to increase their understanding of the importance of the logistics team
- Lead bi-weekly meeting with the logistics infrastructure team to identify challenges, provide business updates, and create an inclusive environment where all team members feel comfortable sharing their ideas on improving the business
- Responsible for managing a monthly budget of $100,000 for the nurse residency programs
- Identify areas to measure efficiencies and cost reduction increasing the number of nurses we can support
Admissions Counselor
St. Thomas University
04.2020 - 06.2021
- Enrolled 149 students for Fall 2020 term generating ~$2.2M in new revenue
- Enrolled 56 students for Spring 2021 generating ~$840K in new revenue
- Contributed to STU’s record enrollment of 700 new undergraduate students for second year straight
- As the Tele-counselor Supervisor, led support team comprised of full-time staff and grad students performing marketing actions and upcoming events for prospective students
- Developed a logging system to identify prospective nursing students with missing admission requirements
- Reduced stress associated with admissions process improving moral and reducing errors in the application process
- Led efforts to create a modern orientation registration site
- Orchestrated efforts with IT staff to establish an online site to both register and track registration
- Increase in orientation attendance by ~20%
Assistant Store manager
Lowe’s Home Improvement
08.2019 - 06.2021
- Responsible for management of ~225 associates
- Responsible for managing inventory of ~$10M worth of merchandise
- Identified areas to measure cost efficiencies and reduce shrink
- Contributed to ~1.1M in weekly revenue
- Implement procedures to reduce shrink and revenue generating marketing on products
- Interned the summer of 2019 as an ASM, developed new process to increase revenue for storage department by ~10% weekly
Accounts payable specialist
Cooseman Tampa
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Summer job of 2018, responsible for ensuring payments were paid to companies when due
- Identified cost efficiencies and reduced expenses
Data Entry Specialist
Liberty Counsel
06.2017 - 08.2017
- Summer job of 2017, responsible for inserting confidential information into various systems and collecting and reporting donations
Education
B.A. - Business Studies – Economics Specalization
St. Thomas University
08.2021
Skills
- Effective Communicator
- Tenacity of Purpose
- Self-Motivator
- Crisis management
- Goal setting
Accomplishments
- Athletic – Recipient of 2019 Sun Conference Champion of Character Award – The Sun Conference
- 2019 Most Valuable Player Award – St. Thomas University
- 2019 STU Softball Silver Bobcat for Character – St. Thomas University
- 2018 STU Softball I Am Second Award – St. Thomas University
- 2017 Recipient of Coaches Award – St. Thomas University
- 2016 Second Team All-Conference Player – King University
- 2015 Player of the Year Award – Two Rivers Conference
- 2015 Female Athlete Of The Year – Cleveland High School
- 2015 Most Valuable Player Award – Cleveland High School
Timeline
Director physician & ancillary contracting
HCA Healthcare inc.
01.2023 - Current
Business Analyst
HCA Healthcare inc.
09.2022 - 01.2023
Logistics Coordinator
Healthtrust workforce solutions
06.2021 - 09.2022
Admissions Counselor
St. Thomas University
04.2020 - 06.2021
Assistant Store manager
Lowe’s Home Improvement
08.2019 - 06.2021
Accounts payable specialist
Cooseman Tampa
06.2018 - 08.2018
Data Entry Specialist
Liberty Counsel
06.2017 - 08.2017
B.A. - Business Studies – Economics Specalization
St. Thomas University