Dean Tiwald
Omaha,NE
Summary
High-caliber, fast-learning finance leader with over 7 years of experience delivering value and leading teams for a multibillion-dollar company. My early career started in commercial banking and credit underwriting before eventually growing into finance and treasury leadership roles within the financial services industry.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Finance
First National Bank Of Omaha
02.2022 - Current
- Supported the valuation, due diligence and negotiation processes for 3 buy-side M&A transactions, totaling $250 million in transaction value across the home improvement lending, agricultural equipment financing, and capital markets industries.
- Leads the development of the bank's M&A strategy, including target identification and, more importantly, developing the investment thesis for each target.
- Leads industry and peer benchmarking efforts, providing thoughtful analysis and discussion of industry trends and company performance relative to the industry.
- Partnered with CFO to provide the Board and Senior Leadership with a post-mortem of the Regional Banking Crisis. Additionally, led the development of financial materials that were provided to the front-line to facilitate candid conversations with corporate clients regarding the bank's capital and liquidity position.
Treasury Manager – Capital Markets
Great Western Bank
05.2021 - 01.2022
- Led GWB’s treasury capital markets teams which included responsibility for the investment portfolio, liquidity and funding needs, secondary mortgage market activity, and interest rate derivatives/hedging activity.
- Managed commercial loan pricing & relationship profitability model, leveraging it to create data-driven insights that drove improved profitability and revenue growth.
- Executed interest rate risk hedging activities by trading $175MM+ notional of interest rate swaps, helping preserve the bank's Net Interest Margin in a challenging interest rate environment.
Treasury Manager – Asset Liability Mgmt.
Great Western Bank
11.2019 - 04.2021
- Led GWB’s treasury analytics team, which was primarily focused on interest rate risk management, capital planning and stress testing, liquidity stress testing and funds transfer pricing.
- Responsible for modelling all large-scale balance sheet/capital transactions such as M&A, sale-leasebacks, capital raises, share repurchases, and loan portfolio sales.
- Implemented enterprise-wide Funds Transfer Pricing framework to optimize market-level margins across a diverse nine-state metro and rural footprint.
- Enhanced GWB's liquidity stress testing framework by developing stress scenarios that helped the Board and executive team prepare for possible outcomes brought on by the pandemic
Senior FP&A Analyst
Great Western Bank
02.2018 - 10.2019
- Led company-wide budgeting and forecasting process for 200+ business units, $12B of assets, and $0.5B of revenues.
- Finance business partner to Mortgage, Wealth Management and Information Technology businesses
FP&A Analyst
Great Western Bank
04.2017 - 02.2018
- Key finance business partner for lines of business responsible for $50 million of revenue and $30 million of expenses.
- Developed analysis to support strategic planning including peer analysis, benchmarking, and financial evaluation of strategic initiatives.
Finance Leadership Development Program
Great Western Bank
06.2016 - 03.2017
- Selected for post-graduate rotational assignment across accounting, FP&A and Treasury functions.
- Matured bank's liquidity position by leading a project to establish Discount Window access at the Federal Reserve, leading to an additional $1.8 billion of contingent liquidity for the bank.
Education
Master of Investment Management & Financial Analysis -
Creighton University
Omaha, NE01.2021
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Benedictine College
Atchison, KS01.2016
Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, Bachelor of Arts in Finance -
Benedictine College
Atchison, KS01.2015
Skills
- Asset Liability Management and Interest Rate Risk Management
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Business Partnering
- Capital Management & Capital Allocation
- Data Analysis (including SQL and Power BI)
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Funds Transfer Pricing
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Accomplishments
- Selected for GWB's inaugural Finance leadership development program.
- Great Western Bank Service Award winner, recognized for having a significant impact on the organization's success in 2019.
- Partnered with the CEO to develop board-level business line updates, which helped foster strategic alignment between the business, the CEO and the Board.
Timeline
Director of Finance
First National Bank Of Omaha
02.2022 - Current
Treasury Manager – Capital Markets
Great Western Bank
05.2021 - 01.2022
Treasury Manager – Asset Liability Mgmt.
Great Western Bank
11.2019 - 04.2021
Senior FP&A Analyst
Great Western Bank
02.2018 - 10.2019
FP&A Analyst
Great Western Bank
04.2017 - 02.2018
Finance Leadership Development Program
Great Western Bank
06.2016 - 03.2017
Master of Investment Management & Financial Analysis -
Creighton University
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Benedictine College
Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, Bachelor of Arts in Finance -
Benedictine College