Athena Pexton
Clayton,NC
Summary
Skilled Financial Developer with a gift for prioritizing and managing several milestones of various projects simultaneously. Talented at code writing, using automated systems and performing thorough testing protocols. Focused and driven collaborator proficient in robotic process automation and the financial landscape.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Financial Systems Developer
Macy's
Clayton, NC
09.2022 - 02.2024
- Created and maintained user forms, macros, functions and queries using VBA programming language.
- Successful implementation of a streamlined process for Licensed and Gross Margin teams using Power Automate
- Reduced documentation time from 2 weeks to 5 minutes
- Responsible for helping to enhance centralized accounting functions using RPA to eliminate / minimize manual financial processes
Healthcare Finance & Strategy Analyst Intern
UNC Health Care
Raleigh, NC
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Developed a model and process for UNC Rex food and nutrition metrics compared to the national benchmarks in order to reduce food costs
- Analyzed dashboards for multiple departments to effectively update all service line and financials for month end close
- Constructed forecasting models for proposed ideas within the hospital and providers, such as ENT Allergy testing
Finance Graduate Research Assistant
Appalachian State
Boone, NC
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Assisted finance department faculty with ongoing research and collaborating on ideas and prompts
- Preparing presentations, speeches and other research items for upcoming research projects
- Compiled financial spreadsheet of gross revenue for the Top 20 best performing companies of the year
Education
MBA - Interdisciplinary Studies
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC05-2023
BSBA - Finance & Banking
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC12-2021
Skills
- Microsoft Power Automate
- Google BigQuery
- Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
- SQL
- Microsoft Excel
- Data Analysis
- GAAP
- International Finance
- Computer Information Systems
- FinTech
- Tableau
Certification
- Introduction to SQL
- Intermediate SQL
- Introduction to VB
- SAS Programming 1: Essentials
- Tableau Desktop Developer
- Markstrat Certified
- Microsoft Excel (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019)
- Data Science Tools
- IBM Blockchain Essentials V2
Websites
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Financial Systems Developer
Macy's
09.2022 - 02.2024
Healthcare Finance & Strategy Analyst Intern
UNC Health Care
05.2022 - 08.2022
Finance Graduate Research Assistant
Appalachian State
01.2022 - 05.2022
MBA - Interdisciplinary Studies
Appalachian State University
BSBA - Finance & Banking
Appalachian State University