Dennis Danforth

Led bi-monthly meetings with 10 engineering teams to review cloud service spend and present spend optimization opportunities based on analytical findings.

• Investigated service spend anomalies and collaborated with account owners to remediate runaway spend where possible.
• Improved company efficiency by developing customized key performance indicator dashboards and tracking metrics.
• Developed and maintained comprehensive monthly trend analysis report to highlight high-spending/saving teams, accounts, services, and applications.
• Championed data-driven decision-making by transforming raw data into actionable intelligence for key stakeholders.
• Performed budget analysis to control expenditures and assist stakeholders with predicting future budget needs.

• Collaborated with numerous cross-functional teams to successfully deliver comprehensive results for internal stakeholders.
• Maintained approximately 95% track record of success in helping engagement teams meet or exceed target profit margins while adhering to contract budget restraints by providing accurate and timely cost-analysis reports.
• Conducted thorough employee, service, and materials cost/profit analysis via Excel (pivot tables; vlookups) to provide valuable insights for stakeholder decision-making.
• Partnered with Finance to create profit % baseline metrics per government contract to ensure team roster creation remained within budget.
• Performed monthly invoice reconciliation on all accounts to verify accuracy of employee hours, bill rates, and final balance.