Constance Casto
Fredricktown,OH
Summary
Results-driven professional with a proven track record in delivering quality work and exceptional service. Recognized for strong communication and teamwork skills, consistently contributing to the achievement of company goals. Committed to continuous learning and professional development to enhance overall performance.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Analyst
American Electric Power
Columbus, OH
11.2021 - Current
- Prepared detailed analyses of proposed legislation or regulations impacting the organization's operations related to supplier diversity and small business requirements for government contracts.
- Maintained an up-to-date understanding of relevant laws and regulations for reporting information and data related to state and federal contracts.
- Developed and implemented government relations strategies to support organizational objectives related to the State and Federal contract requirements.
- Collaborated with internal stakeholders to develop position papers outlining the organization's views on current legislation, to present to suppliers and other stakeholders.
- Created and fostered relationships with Procurement and Category Managers to achieve company objectives related to small business and diverse spending.
- Maintain a diverse supplier database, capturing potential suppliers to American Electric Power.
- Developed compliance reports and provided ad-hoc queries associated with supplier diversity spend.
- Maintain, analyze, and interpret supplier diversity data, and perform industry benchmarking studies.
- Propose qualitative and quantitative metrics based on best practices and American Electric Power's strategic goals.
- Optimized use of reports through efficient automation and streamlining.
- Register prime suppliers in the American Electric Power diversity spend program to track contract compliance.
- Collect, manage, and retain all required documentation for supplier self-certification.
- Directed community outreach efforts focusing on increasing procurement from diverse suppliers.
Budget Analyst
American Electric Power
Columbus, OH
09.2019 - 11.2021
- Support the planning and budgeting activities of the O&M and/or Capital resource allocation process
- Prepare monthly, quarterly financial, and variance reports.
- Prepare ad-hoc reports as required.
- Support decisions affecting operation and maintenance activities, capital investment, customer service levels, and profitability objectives.
- Assist with the routing and approval process for Improvement Requisitions, ensuring that the authorization levels are accurate.
- Engage in developing and improving standardized processes surrounding budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and improvement requisitions.
- Perform special studies, analyses, investigations, and assignments.
- Provide assistance in responding to regulatory, and other data requests.
- Troubleshot and test PeopleSoft Finance for IR routing solutions
Business Operations Analyst II
American Electric Power
New Albany, OH
06.2018 - 09.2019
- Company Overview: Aston Carter – Contracting Firm.
- Analyze and investigate internal and external market conditions while preparing reports to support recommendations on trends, best practices, and performance.
- Analyzed market insights alongside leadership to identify continuous improvement strategies.
- Proposed alternative strategies to optimize savings measures and achieve financial objectives.
- Liaison with business and integrated technology teams, identifying and mitigating potential business risks.
- Coordinate the communication of relevant data supporting the direction of the organization to leadership and appropriate business units.
- Maintain, interpret, and analyze pertinent data, delivering presentations to internal and external customers.
- Monitored organization efficacy by establishing Key Performance Indicators for ICP.
- Aston Carter – Contracting Firm.
Regulatory Control Operations Business Process Associate
JP Morgan Chase
Westerville, OH
10.2016 - 11.2017
- Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Lead for Regulatory Controls and Processes.
- Facilitated workshops focused on improving adherence to RCSA procedures.
- Led strategic advancements in products designed for merchant services industry.
- Regulatory Controls firm representative for the Voice of Risk and Controls Assessment.
- Oversaw scheduled review sessions of internal audit documents with subject matter specialists, ensuring compliance with federal requirements.
- Utilized software solutions to extract insights for enhancing product development processes.
- Provide market and financial industry analysis for developing business unit strategic initiatives, along with the development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Performance Metrics (KPMs), allowing executive management to identify growth and areas of opportunity.
- New product implementation controls auditor.
- Project lifecycle process owner.
- Analyzed business unit performance metrics to assess industry competitiveness.
Vendor Manager Central Technology Operations
JP Morgan Chase
Westerville, OH
06.2014 - 10.2016
- Metrics and Controls Auditor for money movement outsource suppliers.
- ATM and retail banking services logistics coordinator.
- Predicative forecasting models for ATM usage flows for scheduling maintenance, cash replenishment, and settlement services.
- Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Lead for ATM and Retail Banking Services.
- Extract financial data to ensure budget splits are correctly identified or updated, per regulatory requirements for upgrades or new venture projects.
Business / Predicative Financial Analyst Acquisition Services
JP Morgan Chase
Westerville, OH
02.2011 - 06.2014
- Benchmark the business unit’s performance against competitors in the financial market.
- Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Lead for Retail Banking Services and Branch Banking.
- Established a working partnership with senior leadership to analyze industry trends for cash movement.
- Established and maintained work relationships within the organization, concerning internal and external partnerships.
- Full understanding and ability to create complex working spreadsheets (workbooks) using advanced formulas (i.e.,
- V-lookups, pivot tables, macros, and IF statements.
- Provide strategic growth plan acquisition services.
- Identified and reduced risks and gaps in the business process of customer cash movement.
Education
Master’s Degree - Business Administration
01.2016
Skills
- Effective Team Engagement
- Adaptability in Challenging Environments
- Strategic Leadership
- Statistical Analysis
- Data Transformation
- Strategic Decision-Making
- Thorough Quality Assurance
- Conflict Management
- Empathy Development
- Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Operational Efficiency Enhancement
- Strong Interpersonal Skills
- Creation of Engaging Presentations
- Collaborative Facilitation Expertise
- Lifecycle Project Experience
- Problem-Solving Expertise
- Effective Problem Analysis
- Collaborative Interaction
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Project Execution
- Analytical Report Development
- Market Research
- Statistical research
- Quantitative Research
Timeline
Supply Chain Analyst
American Electric Power
11.2021 - Current
Budget Analyst
American Electric Power
09.2019 - 11.2021
Business Operations Analyst II
American Electric Power
06.2018 - 09.2019
Regulatory Control Operations Business Process Associate
JP Morgan Chase
10.2016 - 11.2017
Vendor Manager Central Technology Operations
JP Morgan Chase
06.2014 - 10.2016
Business / Predicative Financial Analyst Acquisition Services
JP Morgan Chase
02.2011 - 06.2014
Master’s Degree - Business Administration
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