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Krista Joiner

Krista Joiner

Canton,GA

Summary

Highly motivated and goal-driven Financial and Business Analyst skilled in collecting, monitoring and studying data to analyze financial status and recommend business strategy. Experienced in qualitative and quantitative analysis, contract management and forecasting. Tech-savvy in use of spreadsheets, accounting and financial management software.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Financial and Business Analyst

The ReThink Group
08.2013 - 08.2023
  • Create reports to equip key leaders with information necessary to make informed decisions
  • Monthly P&L review for multiple key products. Identifying variances to budget, forecast, and prior periods as well as identifying main variance drivers
  • Building and maintaining customer analytics of key product lines
  • Creation of monthly analytical book for all curriculum, products, events and internal publishing
  • Building P&L trending models to assist Accounting in budgeting
  • Primary financial contact for all Directors over marketing campaigns
  • Primary contact for processing all sales and marketing related merchant payments reports to equip key leaders with information necessary to make informed decisions

Financial Operations Manager

MarketSource
12.2012 - 07.2013
  • Business / Finance partner to operations and sales teams
  • Finance Manager for the company’s most profitable program with one of the nation’s largest retailers
  • Partner with sales and operations teams in building pricing for new potential clients
  • Partner with operations and project leaders in building compensation and variable plans for all program field members
  • Managing a team in the monthly financial process; budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, reporting, invoicing clients and managing customer aging balances
  • Presenting monthly financial results to the executive team along with presenting recommendations toward increasing financial profitability and program growth

Finance Operations Manager

UtiliQuest LLC
06.2012 - 12.2012
  • Business / Finance partner to the Operations management team
  • Managing financial results and partnering with the business to assist with cost management for sixteen regional areas throughout the country
  • Presenting financial results and providing financial support to the executive team

Senior Financial Analyst

LexisNexis, Inc (Previously ChoicePoint)
09.2007 - 06.2012
  • Finance Support for multiple business leaders within LexisNexis
  • Managed approximately $130M in Labor and Communication expenses for the Technology teams
  • Prepare monthly Consolidated P&L analysis for Management review
  • Forecasting , Budgeting and Restatements – Includes support preparation, system input and presentation preparation
  • Perform all Month End Close processes, including Journal Entries and Balance Sheet Reconciliations

Accountant III

MCI
08.2003 - 02.2006

General Accountant

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwCES, LLC)
01.2002 - 08.2003

Education

BBA - Accounting

Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
08.1997 - 12.2001

Skills

  • Analyze Financial Records
  • Data Research and Analysis
  • Data Trending
  • Chart and Graph Preparation
  • Project Planning
  • General Ledger Journal Entry
  • Account Reconciliation
  • Strategic Financial Planning
  • Sage Enterprise Intelligence
  • Authorizenet
  • PeopleSoft
  • Oracle
  • Hyperion
  • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Timeline

Financial and Business Analyst

The ReThink Group
08.2013 - 08.2023

Financial Operations Manager

MarketSource
12.2012 - 07.2013

Finance Operations Manager

UtiliQuest LLC
06.2012 - 12.2012

Senior Financial Analyst

LexisNexis, Inc (Previously ChoicePoint)
09.2007 - 06.2012

Accountant III

MCI
08.2003 - 02.2006

General Accountant

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwCES, LLC)
01.2002 - 08.2003

BBA - Accounting

Kennesaw State University
08.1997 - 12.2001
Krista Joiner