Christian R. Layton
Houston,TX
Summary
Highly motivated finance professional with years of experience in financial management, budgeting, and analysis. Results-oriented professional who consistently meets deadlines and strives to enhance operational processes. Strong focus on improving company bottom line by increasing revenue and reducing costs.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Finance Manager
Entegra Procurement Services
11.2024 - Current
- Manage one of Healthcare’s largest clients consisting of over 2,000 members and total annual volume of $200M.
- Analyze and interpret extensive datasets to drive business decisions.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly payment files to ensure client and member locations receive accurate incentive payments.
- Manage, coach, and mentor Senior Financial Analyst.
- Created Escheatment standard operating procedure to establish a standardized process for identifying, reporting, and remitting unclaimed payments in accordance to state requirements.
Senior Finance Manager for Sodexo Senior Living
Sodexo USA, Incorporated
06.2021 - 11.2024
- Managed client’s portfolio consisting of 24 accounts in the US and $24M in managed volume.
- Concurrently monitored operational team’s performance against Client and Sodexo budgets and oversaw both annual budget preparations.
- Conducted monthly and quarterly financial reviews with the General Managers, District Managers, National Client Executive, and Client to grow business and foster client partnership.
- Developed and implemented new financial processes to increase efficiency.
- Identified $10-15k in additional billable items per month.
- Performed financial data research and analysis that resulted in unit reducing its monthly spending by 60%.
Segment Financial Analyst II for Sodexo Healthcare
Sodexo USA, Incorporated
01.2018 - 06.2021
- Built and ran queries for ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting.
- Monitored and analyzed financial, statistical, and operational data trends.
- Performed extensive financial data research to determine driving factors.
- Prepared period and year end close financial reports at the district, region, and segment level.
- Generated budget models and processed budgets for the region and segment.
Unit Controller III for Tenet Healthcare
Sodexo USA, Incorporated
04.2016 - 01.2018
- Provided unit financial support to 19- 22 Food and Environmental accounts for Texas, Tennessee, and Missouri areas. Book of business: $26M in revenue and gross profit of $58K.
- Performed ad hoc financial analysis to help drive unit and district performance.
- Assisted in the period, quarter, and year end close process to ensure financial data accuracy.
- Trained unit operators on various financial procedures and Sodexo reporting tools.
- Supervised district's fiscal year budget preparation.
Senior Financial Analyst in Bursar's Office
University of Texas Health Science Center
08.2014 - 04.2016
- Assisted with and adjusted student accounts within University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC), MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDA), and University of Texas at Tyler (GTYL).
- Prepared bi-weekly tuition and fees analysis for school system and remitted to Texas Comptroller.
Financial Administrator III in School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
10.2009 - 07.2014
- Promoted from Accounting Assistant (2009-2010) to Financial Administrator II.
- Promoted from Financial Administrator II (2010-2011) to Financial Administrator III.
- Managed and maintained multi- year, multi thousand- and million-dollar faculty project budgets.
Junior Audit Staff I
Deloitte LLP
09.2008 - 07.2009
- Performed substantive testing/ overall analysis on various sections of the income statement and balance sheet.
- Found significant error of $10K on company's income statement and performed extrapolation.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Georgia State University
08.2013
Bachelor of Science - Finance
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
05.2008
Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Office
- Financial Modeling and Reporting
- Trend and Variance Analysis
- Effective Problem Solving and Researching
Activities And Awards
- Management Leadership Training (MLT) Graduate, 05/01/24
- Higher Dimension Church Finance Team Volunteer, 2019 to Present
- GM Foundations-Finance SME Observer, 2017
- African American Leadership Forum (AALF) Member, 2017 to Present
- Profit & Loss Training, 2016
Timeline
Senior Finance Manager
Entegra Procurement Services
11.2024 - Current
Senior Finance Manager for Sodexo Senior Living
Sodexo USA, Incorporated
06.2021 - 11.2024
Segment Financial Analyst II for Sodexo Healthcare
Sodexo USA, Incorporated
01.2018 - 06.2021
Unit Controller III for Tenet Healthcare
Sodexo USA, Incorporated
04.2016 - 01.2018
Senior Financial Analyst in Bursar's Office
University of Texas Health Science Center
08.2014 - 04.2016
Financial Administrator III in School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
10.2009 - 07.2014
Junior Audit Staff I
Deloitte LLP
09.2008 - 07.2009
Master of Business Administration - Finance
Georgia State University
Bachelor of Science - Finance
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
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