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Colleen Richner

Pleasant Mount,PA

Summary

Financial professional with comprehensive experience in financial data analysis and strategic forecasting. Known for strong collaborative efforts and delivering consistent results in dynamic environments. Skilled in financial modeling, data interpretation, and strategic planning, with proactive approach to adapting to changing business needs.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Financial Analyst IV

FirstEnergy
04.2024 - Current
  • Creates and distributes monthly invoices to other utilities for shared transmission lines and substations
  • Ad-hoc and weekly/monthly reporting for support groups, as well as other teams and upper management
  • Facilitated smooth month-end close processes by efficiently reconciling accounts and addressing discrepancies promptly.
  • Streamlined financial reporting for better decision-making with clear, concise analysis and presentation.
  • Initiated process improvements that increased the efficiency of budgeting cycles while maintaining accuracy standards.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize budgets, resulting in improved resource allocation.
  • Enhanced forecasting accuracy through the development of sophisticated financial models and tools.
  • Streamlined financial reporting processes, significantly reducing time required for monthly close.

Program Leader Cost Control

NORDEX
04.2023 - 04.2024
  • Analyze wind construction cost and communicate to leadership
  • Budget/Forecasting, tracking actuals, communicating to site level and executive leadership
  • Works with Project Management, ensuring projects are scheduled and on budget
  • Internal Controls - Independently ensures that the financial functions performed in the business unit are properly aligned and comply with corporate strategic plans, policies, procedures and internal controls in order to contribute to the achievement of corporate goals
  • .Effectively managed time-sensitive projects delivering results within deadlines without compromising quality standards.
  • Improved program efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing best practices.
  • Monitored program performance through regular evaluations, identifying areas for improvement and implementing necessary changes.
  • Cultivated a culture of continuous improvement empowering team members to share ideas and suggestions for program optimization.
  • Managed program budgets responsibly, ensuring optimal allocation of resources for maximum impact.

Cost / Data Analyst supporting Facebook

GAEA GLOBAL
11.2021 - 01.2023
  • Creates and produces forecasts, reports, ad hoc requests, dashboards, etc. in order to provide insights to determine operational impact, trends, and opportunities
  • Data analysis, spotting data trends, generating reports, and recommending improvements to current business metric collection process
  • Monitor and document actual and estimate reports
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and accuracy, resulting in better-informed decisions.
  • Analyzed data to identify root causes of problems and recommend corrective actions.
  • Developed customized reports, summarizing and presenting data in visually appealing format.

Business Analyst

WANZEK CONSTRUCTION
09.2019 - 04.2021
  • Position supports Renewable Services and Wind groups, analyzing spend to find efficiencies, which impacts profitability (the end goal) and financial reporting. Position works to improve the budget/forecasting process, as well as providing support to all teams.
  • Actively participated in team meetings to share knowledge, exchange ideas, address challenges, and collaborate on potential solutions.
  • Improved business processes by analyzing current practices and recommending optimization strategies.
  • Optimized workflow processes to enhance overall productivity and achieve operational excellence.
  • Developed financial models to project future growth scenarios, assisting in long-term strategic planning.
  • Reduced costs through meticulous budget management and cost-benefit analysis for each project phase.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to identify business needs and data sources.

Business Analyst - Cost & Strategy

NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES
01.2010 - 08.2019
  • Position controls $300+ million annual budget, comparing actuals to forecast/budget, reporting variance to upper management and executives.
  • Six Sigma Green Belt certified – June 2017
  • Strong source of support for business technicians as well as business leaders
  • Created Process maps, SIPOC (Visio) for new and improved processes
  • Communicate monthly financial performance to central organization as well as provide plant specific performance indicators to site leadership.
  • 6-year budget plan using past actuals, algorithms; researching variance year to year to create accurate budget
  • Tracks $30 million budget monthly and reports to upper management weekly on favorability/unfavorability for wind fleet/transmission/battery storage/PV solar
  • Led month end close process, including leading the accrual process for all Power Generation sites (+200 sites), while ensuring deadlines and SOX Compliance policies are met
  • WBS (Work Breakdown Structure), allocations to fleet, Transmission, PV, and/or creation or changes to WBS on a daily/weekly/monthly basis as needed
  • Trend analysis for financial, operational, technical, and support areas
  • Support wind fleet consisting of +200 wind/storage/transmission sites by analyzing and reporting financials
  • Daily use of SAP, BPC, BOBI for accurate reporting, as well as PowerBI dashboard
  • Actively monitored O&M an Capital in order to reach budget and forecast goals
  • Led numerous special projects (Pre-existing conditions, outside services, construction/repower, etc.) accounting set-up, cost tracking, etc.
  • Support and drive business excellence in the Wind portfolio through internal controls, analysis, automation, quality tools, and cost management techniques
  • Project analysis for financial, operational, and technical areas
  • Internal Controls - Independently ensures that the financial functions performed in the business unit are properly aligned and comply with corporate strategic plans

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration -

KEYSTONE COLLEGE
LAPLUME, PA
12.2018

Associate of Finance - undefined

KEYSTONE COLLEGE
LAPLUME, PA
12.2015

Skills

  • Skilled at balancing immediate demands with routine obligations
  • Detail-oriented financial reporting
  • Strong problem-solving abilities
  • Financial variance analysis
  • Budget oversight
  • Budgetary support expertise
  • Integrated financial and operational analysis
  • Comparative evaluation
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite
  • Advanced financial modeling

Timeline

Financial Analyst IV

FirstEnergy
04.2024 - Current

Program Leader Cost Control

NORDEX
04.2023 - 04.2024

Cost / Data Analyst supporting Facebook

GAEA GLOBAL
11.2021 - 01.2023

Business Analyst

WANZEK CONSTRUCTION
09.2019 - 04.2021

Business Analyst - Cost & Strategy

NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES
01.2010 - 08.2019

Associate of Finance - undefined

KEYSTONE COLLEGE

Bachelor of Business Administration -

KEYSTONE COLLEGE

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