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Henry Yau

Houston,TX

Summary

Dynamic finance and analytics leader with over a decade of experience driving business strategy, financial transformation, and advanced analytics across diverse industries. Proven expertise in leading cross-functional teams, optimizing financial operations, and implementing scalable data solutions that deliver measurable business value.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Advanced Analytics & BI

NRG Energy, Inc.
12.2021 - Current
  • Managed and executed Business Intelligence (BI) and Analytics projects, delivering actionable insights to drive value across the enterprise.
  • Developed the Revenue Synergies driver based model that provided initial smart home growth projections for senior leadership.

Manager, Services Strategy & Business Operations

NRG Energy, Inc.
08.2021 - 12.2021
  • Developed a financial growth model for our Home Services segment with the goal of achieving $95M in recurring EBITDA in the next five years.
  • Led a cross functional team that created the first ever Customer Lifetime Value model for Home Services.

Sr. Finance Manager (FP&A)

NRG Energy, Inc.
01.2021 - 08.2021

Sr. Finance Manager (Transformation)

Centrica
06.2018 - 12.2020
  • Helped build and scale Centrica's Finance Automation Centre of Excellence team that over the past 2 years automated 480 financial reports/processes using Microsoft's Power Platform saving the company over 3,000 man hours each month while delivering valuable insights for the organization.

Finance Team Lead

Direct Energy
06.2017 - 05.2018
  • Managed a team of 3 onshore and 5 offshore financial analysts.
  • Successfully led a special projects that outsourced over 300 finance processes to our team in Bangalore, India

Sr. Financial Analyst

Direct Energy
11.2015 - 06.2017

Supply Chain Finance

SYSCO Food Services
10.2014 - 11.2015
  • Developed economic feasibility analysis on proposed redistribution center and solar program expansion.

Sr. Accountant

Raytheon Technologies
08.2014 - 10.2014
  • Managed the accounting for weapon system contracts which included results analysis, ledger consolidation, quarter end exhibits and contract setup/closeout.

Financial Analyst II

Raytheon Technologies
05.2013 - 08.2014
  • Managed the budget for program contracts to ensure engineering efforts aligned with expectations on cost, schedule and performance.

Cost Estimator II

Raytheon Technologies
09.2012 - 05.2013

Developed cost estimates for routine and follow on proposals bringing in over $270M in domestic and foreign sales.

Accountant

University of Arizona
03.2011 - 09.2012

Served as administrator for research grants and contracts awarded to the College of Engineering, College of Agriculture and College of Optical Sciences.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Finance

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Master of Science - Accounting

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ

Skills

  • Power BI
  • Power Automate
  • Power Apps
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Databricks
  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
  • Essbase/Hyperion/SmartView
  • Excel (Certified Expert)
  • Tableau
  • SAP Business Objects

Timeline

Manager, Advanced Analytics & BI

NRG Energy, Inc.
12.2021 - Current

Manager, Services Strategy & Business Operations

NRG Energy, Inc.
08.2021 - 12.2021

Sr. Finance Manager (FP&A)

NRG Energy, Inc.
01.2021 - 08.2021

Sr. Finance Manager (Transformation)

Centrica
06.2018 - 12.2020

Finance Team Lead

Direct Energy
06.2017 - 05.2018

Sr. Financial Analyst

Direct Energy
11.2015 - 06.2017

Supply Chain Finance

SYSCO Food Services
10.2014 - 11.2015

Sr. Accountant

Raytheon Technologies
08.2014 - 10.2014

Financial Analyst II

Raytheon Technologies
05.2013 - 08.2014

Cost Estimator II

Raytheon Technologies
09.2012 - 05.2013

Accountant

University of Arizona
03.2011 - 09.2012

Bachelor of Science - Finance

University of Arizona

Master of Science - Accounting

University of Phoenix
Henry Yau