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Kevin C. Tennon

Centerville,OH

Summary

Dynamic finance professional with a 25+ year track record of educating, consulting, and leading teams and stakeholders in financial management concepts and practices. Analysis: Extensive experience researching the needs and concerns of clients to determine potential problems and developing standard operating procedures to provide preventive measures for unsatisfactory results. Strong knowledge of technical specifications, workflow development, risk management, and QA. Fluent understanding of project management and software development life cycle (SDLC). Experience interfacing with IT development teams, conflict resolution, and problem-solving skills. Most impactful at contract negotiation, risk identification, and supporting IT project financials, focused on accuracy, efficiency, regulation compliance, and cost savings. Additional Strengths: MBA Degree, with a track record of quickly absorbing and applying new information and techniques. Superior interpersonal skills facilitate excellent supervision and collaboration with individuals of all backgrounds and personality types. Adjust rapidly to shifts in priority and manage multiple tasks simultaneously. Proficient with team building, leadership, analytical skills, risk assessment, and technology including:), PeopleSoft, Ecosys, Maximo, Cognos, tableau, looker, Python, PL-300, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Office (SharePoint, InfoPath Designer, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, Visio). Areas of Emphasis Include: Strategic Planning | Change Management | Stakeholder Engagement | Fiscal Planning | Budget Management Forecasting | Process Redesign | Resource Allocation | Financial Feasibility Analysis | Control Systems Design | Taxes Internal/External Auditing | Performance Improvement | Team Building & Training | Regulatory Compliance

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Cost Analyst

AEP
07.2023 - 04.2024
  • Facilitated seamless end-to-end project lifecycles by performing cost analysis, creating project breakdown structures, and adopting supporting technologies to impact efficiency across operations
  • Delivered training and guidance to lower-level employees as appropriate, demonstrating expertise in several areas with the ability to mentor their growth
  • Advised internal stakeholders on improvement strategies to enhance the role, project performance, and AEPs performance regarding service and product delivery as well as environmental and community stewardship
  • Provided analysis and verification for Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) activities while supporting decision-making on annual budgets, capital forecasts, 5-year plan development, and requisition improvements
  • Developed original baseline budgets, which are time-phased with dates from the system schedule, in collaboration with Project Management (PM), and other stakeholders
  • Recovered revenue by establishing and aggregating KPIs to bring value to the customer, identifying and eliminating poor transactions, ultimately getting the accounts back on track
  • Employed Agile frameworks to reduce redundancy in operational costs, including uncovering budget savings solutions to help reduce cost while maintaining business continuity
  • Created advanced formulas and functions to automate complex calculations, optimizing operational efficiency in budget analysis and aiding in financial forecasting using MS Excel features (PivotTables, Pivot Charts, V Lookups)

Academic Professor

Central State University
01.2006 - 12.2023
  • Educate undergraduate and master's level students in the Finance and Business departments of two universities
  • Among the courses taught are General Finance, Auditing, Financial Reporting, Managerial Accounting, Accounting Information Systems, Tax Preparation and Planning, Calculus, and Excel
  • Cultivate a robust learning environment, emphasizing hands-on practice so students can explore, learn, and apply with continual feedback, improving the effectiveness of the delivery of instruction
  • Develop targeted lesson plans for 50+ students in virtual classrooms, including reviewing syllabi, understanding students' needs, and providing relevant resources
  • Spearhead multiple technology initiatives to enhance student learning, such as introducing ACL auditing software, and guiding MS Access database development and SQL queries

Senior Financial Analyst

Lowes
12.2021 - 10.2022
  • Partnered with tech owners to assess the governance capabilities to meet stretch goals, contributing to meeting 50% of goals in the 1st quarter of the fiscal year
  • Allocated the IT expense budget of $550M and provided variance analysis
  • Identified process improvement solutions for forecasting and monitoring on a $550M budget within 3% of the controlled amount, creating a reduction in 2022
  • Supported the monthly reconciliation and adjustment of over 723 DataKeys while monitoring their activities
  • Analyzed and cleaned divisional data to create insights for further analysis and created reports and dashboards that provided senior management with insights into divisional outcomes
  • Fostered cross-functional collaborations with sourcing and international teams to ensure the new demand was captured with justified and approved forecasted budgets and support data centralization to a single repository

Financial Consultant

Contractual Projects
04.2012 - 12.2015
  • Served in a consulting capacity, advising multiple companies on a wide variety of financial issues
  • Developed strategies for ensuring compliance with requirements, disaster recovery, audit policy, and documentation, improving accounting and operating procedures, creating internal fraud controls, and identifying improper spending
  • Secured and executed 4 contractual consulting opportunities for major corporations including NCP Finance, Messier-Bugatti, General Cable, and NCR Corporation
  • Guided stakeholders on compliance-related actions and processes to properly renegotiate contracts, manage supply chains, and control inventory and outsourcing
  • Minimized businesses' risk exposures and at-risk transactions by meticulously analyzing expenditures, leading to successful auditing of expense accounts despite challenging circumstances
  • Implemented policies and procedures aimed at reducing fraudulent activity within the organization
  • Documented internal processes and mapped them using the unified modeling language process to reduce training costs and processing time

Education

Master’s of Business Administration - Business Administration

Central Michigan University
05.2004

Bachelor’s of Business Administration - Finance & Accounting

Central State University
Wilberforce, OH
06.1994

Skills

  • Team building
  • Leadership
  • Analytical skills
  • Risk assessment
  • PeopleSoft
  • Ecosys
  • Maximo
  • Cognos
  • Tableau
  • Looker
  • Python
  • PL-300
  • Adobe Reader
  • Microsoft Office
  • SharePoint
  • InfoPath Designer
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Outlook
  • Project
  • Visio
  • Strategic Planning
  • Change Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Fiscal Planning
  • Budget Management
  • Forecasting
  • Process Redesign
  • Resource Allocation
  • Financial Feasibility Analysis
  • Control Systems Design
  • Taxes
  • Internal/External Auditing
  • Performance Improvement
  • Team Building & Training
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Property management
  • Asset allocation
  • Investment strategies
  • Maintenance scheduling
  • Procurement

Websites

Professional Development

  • Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Villanova University
  • Data Analytics Certification, Cornell University
  • Data Spreadsheet Modeling Certification, Cornell University
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), 2024
  • SAFE Certification, 2024
  • SCRUM Master, 2024
  • CISA, 2024
  • Tableau Certification
  • Project Management, Maximizing IS/IT Team Effectiveness, Villanova University
  • Contract Management, Villanova University
  • Corporate Governance Certification, Tulane University Law School
  • Leadership Training, Center for Creative Leadership
  • Negotiation Training, Notre Dame University

Affiliations

  • PMP
  • ISACA

Certification

Six Sigma Master Black Belt | Villanova University

Data Analytics Certification | Cornell University

Data Spreadsheet Modeling Certification | Cornell University

Project Management Professional (PMP) 2024

SAFE Certification 2024

SCRUM Master 2024

CISA 2024

Tableau Certification

Project Management, Maximizing IS/IT Team Effectiveness | Villanova University

Contract Management | Villanova University

Corporate Governance Certification | Tulane University Law School

Leadership Training | Center for Creative Leadership

Negotiation Training | Notre Dame University

Timeline

Project Cost Analyst

AEP
07.2023 - 04.2024

Senior Financial Analyst

Lowes
12.2021 - 10.2022

Financial Consultant

Contractual Projects
04.2012 - 12.2015

Academic Professor

Central State University
01.2006 - 12.2023

Master’s of Business Administration - Business Administration

Central Michigan University

Bachelor’s of Business Administration - Finance & Accounting

Central State University

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