Megan Hudson

• Provided valuable insights by leading monthly variance analysis reviews between actual results and budget/forecast expectations.
• Enabled informed decision-making by presenting key findings from complex data sets in clear, concise formats for Resort leadership operators and partners.
• Analyzed key drivers and financial trends in order to measure the impact of new resort operations initiatives.
• Facilitated accurate expense tracking through diligent maintenance of general ledger accounts and reconciliations.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and increase operational efficiency.
• Streamlined financial reporting processes, resulting in more efficient delivery of critical information to stakeholders.
• Enhanced profitability by identifying opportunities to reduce costs and optimize resource allocation.

• Responsible for planning, analysis, and consolidating the DVC P&L for DVC businesses
• Coordinating and consolidating DVC financial planning for Long Term Plan, Annual Operating Budget, and Forecast processes
• Collected data and developed detailed spreadsheets to identify trends and create revenue, profitability, and expense forecasts
• Developed presentations and reports to inform and educate stakeholders and financial teams on growth possibilities
• Developed and maintained positive rapport with key business partners to ensure accurate data and timely deliverables

Key Accomplishments:

• Streamlined data collection procedures with key business partners via improved input templates to simplify Long Term Plan and Annual Operating Plan processes

• Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
• Handled customer complaints, resolved issues, and adjusted policies to meet changing needs.
• Monitored workflow to improve employee time management and increase productivity.
• Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
• Enhanced internal control systems and procedures to mitigate risk and support opportunities.
• Improved resource utilization with data management systems, reducing costs through strategic coordination and contract analysis.
• Checked vendor payments and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.

Key Accomplishments:

• Worked with developers / IT to implement several system upgrades to improve data accuracy and vendor invoicing process. Reduced month end close time by five hours.

• Assisted with billing conversion data grooming efforts to scrub various out-of-sync accounts across all billing regions resulting in additional recovered monthly revenue
• Identified various IT root cause issues creating approximately $20K of unbilled monthly revenue as project lead for Unbillables process
• Cultivated relationships across various business units to aid in systematic root cause identification and correction
• Investigated and corrected out-of-sync customer accounts for root cause errors to drive bottom-line profit through revenue recovery
• Created and upkept numerous Manual and Procedure process documents for Revenue Assurance Analysts working out-of-sync billing queues ensuring standardized procedures and overall better customer experiences

Key accomplishments:

• Eliminated, automated, and shifted service order work from outsourcing center to Lake Mary employee base delivering $1 Million in bottom line revenue
• Supported the Reverse IRB project as the Data Grooming lead for Revenue Assurance in the NYNE billing regions, collaborating with Business Units to implement 4 Million+ account corrections

• Primarily analyzed month-over-month bill period revenue data in Verizon's main billing system Vision 5 (V5) via trending and balancing against 6-month baseline
• Continually developed process improvements and efficiencies to improve deliverable quality
• Collaborated with various business units to fix data table logic and billing issues that may cause business line items to become out of historic trend thresholds
• Proactively identified and prevented potential billing out-of-syncs from occurring to avoid possible losses to revenue and overall bad customer experience
• Reactively put in place new revenue data thresholds and practices after billing out-of-sync has been identified
• Sampled various customer accounts that bounce outside of preset perimeters to isolate possible billing out-of-syncs

Key Accomplishments:

• Identified $4.5 Million Fractional adjustments issue resulting in billing table fix and thousands of corrected customer accounts

• Financial statement review based between supporting documentation in accordance with GAAP/GAAS and SEC reporting
• Adhere to numerous company and regulatory compliance regulations and controls
• Tests of details and controls for AR, AP, fixed assets, inventory, other asset additions, interest income/expense and dividends including: understanding policies, auditing procedures, and evaluation of qualitative items
• Prepare analytic spreadsheets that deal with year-over-year analysis, budget versus actual analysis, forecasting, and expenses
• Perform various bank, fund, and account reconciliations (quarterly and yearly)

Key accomplishments:

• Secured 100+ hours of audit work to the firm by increasing good client relations via time management skills, leadership, and transparent communication with the client on realistic expectations of their audit budget

• Educated new students/parents on benefits of student Checking account and credit union services
• Demonstrated knowledge on financial products and services
• Helped students/parents make best financial decisions that transitions them into a successful first year in college

Key Accomplishments:

• Successfully met, or exceeded, weekly goals of 20 new credit union members by actively engaging with potential new members about the various products/services Fairwinds could provide for both student and parent