Open To Work
Blake Stephens
Houston
Summary
Senior analyst with 10+ years of experience improving financial settlements, reconciliation, and reporting workflows. Delivers tactical automation, KPI frameworks, and data integrity controls that shorten close cycles, reduce manual touch points, and prevent revenue leakage across financial and operational environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Data & Automation Analyst
EDP North America
Houston
06.2022 - Current
- Built SQL- and SSIS-driven reconciliation and settlement pipelines to validate accruals and payment outputs.
- Automated workflows using SQL and Python, reducing month-end close from ~6 hours to under one hour.
- Accelerated post-settlement close from 180 days to 90 days, preventing multi-million dollar revenue leakage.
- Developed KPIs, dashboards, and forecasting models to support Finance & Operations.
- Eliminated 20+ hours/month of manual tasking through workflow automation and metric standardization.
- Modeled cost vs. headcount scenarios supporting modernization and procurement decisions.
Senior Data Analyst
Alliantgroup Tax Consulting
Houston
08.2015 - 08.2020
- Led analytics supporting calculation of multimillion-dollar federal credit claims.
- Developed internal tooling in Excel/SQL to enhance accuracy, audit trails, and repeatable reporting.
- Collaborated with attorneys and SMEs to interpret regulatory frameworks into financial models.
Education
BBA - Business
University of Texas At San Antonio
Skills
- Settlement & Reconciliation
- Financial Close
- KPI Modeling
- SQL programming
- Python
- Workflow optimization
- Power BI
- SSIS
- Data Integrity
- Variance Analysis
- Forecasting
- Automation
- Audit Support
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
Work Preference
Open to Remote/Hybrid
Core Capabilities
- Settlement & Reconciliation
- Financial Close
- KPI Modeling
- SQL
- Python
- Power BI
- SSIS
- Data Integrity
- Variance Analysis
- Forecasting
- Automation
- Audit Support
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
Timeline
Senior Data & Automation Analyst
EDP North America
06.2022 - Current
Senior Data Analyst
Alliantgroup Tax Consulting
08.2015 - 08.2020
BBA - Business
University of Texas At San Antonio