Kenya Jett
Pleasant Hill,CA
Summary
Strategic and detail-oriented treasury analyst with over six years of experience leading cash operations, liquidity forecasting, and payment processing across complex financial structures. Proven track record of optimizing treasury workflows, enhancing regulatory compliance, and automating core processes using GTreasury and JPMorgan Markets. Passionate about bridging traditional finance with crypto innovation, backed by a strong foundation in cross-functional collaboration and data-driven decision-making.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Treasury Analyst 2
Farmers Insurance Group
Woodland Hills, CA
12.2023 - Current
- Reduced dormant cash balances in state deposit accounts by approximately $700 million, contributing to achieving our cash yield KPI.
- Evaluate and authorize $200M–$300M in wires for daily cash positioning.
- Improve cash positioning process by automating transfers and simplifying payment flow.
- Spearheaded redesign of transaction assignment rules in GTreasury, minimizing complexity from 1,200 to 250 rules.
- Oversee intracompany loan management for 40+ entities, ensuring compliance and timely execution.
- Conduct variance analyses, integrating daily comparisons of prior day vs. current day, and budget vs. forecast.
- Built a semi-automated 44-month rolling forecast to assist leadership with capital management.
- Evaluate target balances, bank transactions, and cash flow projections to uncover liquidity opportunities and formulate investment action plans.
- Create account trees and positioning worksheets in GTreasury to support acquisitions, sales, business rebranding, and forecasting.
- Oversee annual budgeting for net investment and other income categories.
- Support capital structure by assisting in the issuance of $300M surplus notes.
- Assemble supporting documentation for audits and regulatory reports.
Treasury Analyst 1
Farmers Insurance Group
Woodland Hills
12.2020 - 12.2023
- Executed daily cash positioning activities, including Fed wires, book transfers, ACH payments, money market fund purchases and redemptions, custody payments, custody transfers, free-form wires, and international wires through JP Morgan Markets, ICD, and GTreasury.
- Executed account openings and closures, along with KYC updates.
- Reviewed months of transaction data to determine effective transaction assignment rules for the newly acquired business, MetLife.
- Oversaw bank resolutions and aligned updates with executives.
- Created hundreds of payment templates in GTreasury and implemented a streamlined naming convention.
- Performed liquidity stress tests and analyzed counterparty exposure.
- Supported comprehensive analysis of bank fees to optimize expenditure.
- Assessed new master service agreements and offered insights on critical changes.
Treasury Associate 2
Farmers Insurance Group
Woodland Hills, CA
04.2019 - 12.2020
- Investigated wire failures, ACH rejects, and BAI file issues with GTreasury and banking partners.
- Assisted accounting with reconciling out-of-balance accounts.
- Oversaw transaction assignment rules and conducted audits of transactions in GTreasury.
- Managed bank portal administration across more than 12 banks, including Bank of America, Citibank, JPMorgan, Bank of New York, and Wells Fargo.
- Processed bank fee accruals and reversals.
- Managed ACH debit and credit filters.
- Created walk-throughs for various treasury processes.
Finance Manager
Burnish Creative
Hollywood, CA
07.2018 - 04.2019
- Created 12-month cash flow statements and aged payables reports for company owners.
- Analyzed legal documents, including master service agreements and corporate contracts.
- Designed weekly and monthly revenue reports to assess financial performance.
- Constructed project proposals and budgets for networks such as Fox, Netflix, and CBS.
- Generated month-end reports for upper management, highlighting low-performing departments.
- Conducted horizontal, vertical, and ratio analyses on monthly financial statements.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Silver Cinema Acquisition Corp
Santa Monica, CA
07.2017 - 07.2018
- Constructed statement of cash flows alongside the accounting manager.
- Executed monthly financial statements, including operations, P&L, balance sheet, and income statement.
- Created a three-month accrual process for virtual printing fees totaling $300K monthly.
- Investigated and reconciled variances against the budget to ensure accuracy.
- Organized amortization schedules for shareholder loans and related expenses.
- Collaborated on monthly P&L reviews with upper management to evaluate performance.
Financial Services Student Assistant
California State University Channel Islands
Camarillo, CA
05.2016 - 05.2017
- Executed monthly trust fund and payroll reports, generating journal entries for accounting.
- Performed system-wide maintenance on Hyperion, producing EPM data warehouse reports.
- Established member hierarchies across 12 dimensions in Hyperion.
- Developed comprehensive walk-throughs for budgeting in Hyperion Cloud.
- Trained staff to create effective reports using Hyperion.
Education
MBA - Global Innovators
California State University, East Bay
Hayward, CA05-2026
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration; Finance
California State University, Channel Islands
Camarillo, CA05-2017
Skills
- Liquidity and Cash Management
- Treasury Operations & Banking Relationships
- Payment Processing & Fed Wire Management
- Financial Forecasting, Variance & Liquidity Analysis
- GTreasury, JP Morgan Markets, and ICD
- Audit Preparedness & Regulatory Compliance
- Cross-Functional Communication & Vendor Collaboration
- Internal Controls & Risk Mitigation
- Financial Modeling & Data-Driven Decision Support
- Power BI (Basic Proficiency), Reporting Tools
- Systems Integration and Automation
Certification
- Certified Treasury professional (CTP) since 2023
Crypto Affiliations
- Ether Guild (Active)
- Bankless DAO (Inactive)
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Treasury Analyst 2
Farmers Insurance Group
12.2023 - Current
Treasury Analyst 1
Farmers Insurance Group
12.2020 - 12.2023
Treasury Associate 2
Farmers Insurance Group
04.2019 - 12.2020
Finance Manager
Burnish Creative
07.2018 - 04.2019
Accounts Payable Specialist
Silver Cinema Acquisition Corp
07.2017 - 07.2018
Financial Services Student Assistant
California State University Channel Islands
05.2016 - 05.2017
MBA - Global Innovators
California State University, East Bay
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration; Finance
California State University, Channel Islands
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