Shannon Parrish
Clearwater,FL
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Pricing Consultant
PSCU
St. Petersburg, FL
06.2021 - Current
- Organized and analyzed primary and secondary research to understand industry, market and company trends.
- Collaborated with sales and account executives to analyze financial position and competitor pricing to optimize pricing strategies.
- Designed and delivered presentations to senior stakeholders outlining pricing impact on business outcomes, facilitating informed decision-making.
Senior Financial Analyst
PSCU
St. Petersburg, FL
09.2017 - 06.2021
- Supervised and mentored a team of junior analysts and accountants fostering professional development and ensuring high-quality deliverables.
- 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 senior leadership team members.
- Trained new analysts on corporate policies and procedures and implemented mentoring program, reducing onboarding time.
- Reviewed statistical information to determine financial trends for use in investment planning.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements and increase operational efficiency.
- Facilitated accurate expense tracking through diligent maintenance of general ledger accounts and reconciliations.
- 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.
Senior Financial Analyst
FIS
St Petersburg, FL
10.2011 - 09.2017
- Supervise the management reporting process for the Loyalty Product operations
- Review and analyze financial results for accuracy according to US GAAP
- Calculate loss reserve estimates for SOX compliance
- Manage month-end closing process and variance reporting
- Prepare forecast & budget variance reporting
- Oversee Financial impact of Capital business cases
- Create Management reports for monthly, quarterly and annual review
- Oversee revenue forecast tool preparation and month end report preparation.
Senior Accountant
FIS
St Petersburg, FL
08.2008 - 10.2011
- Prepared monthly journal entries and account reconciliations
- Supervised the close process for the Loyalty operations
- Reviewed and analyzed financial results for accuracy according to US GAAP
- Reconciled the inter-company conversion and consolidation process
- Managed month-end closing process and variance reporting
- Created Management reports for monthly, quarterly and annual review
- Presented and explained balance sheet variances
- Prepared and reconciled account payable process also worked with Sales team to consolidate vendors and cost saving analysis.
Senior Accounting Specialist
Fidelity National Information Services(FIS)
Jacksonville, FL
06.2006 - 08.2008
- Monthly bill production including billing uploads, maintenance of exception files, validation of bill via balancing routines
- Prepare and review team general ledger entries
- Prepare monthly billing exception reporting
- Prepare pricing analytics for new and existing client contracts
- Administered month-end closing process and variance reporting.
Strategic Support Analyst
Fidelity National Information Services
St. Petersburg, FL
03.2001 - 08.2008
- Quality assurance for written and phone disputes customer service
- Prepared monthly quality and compliance audits
- Maintained flow charts for Call Center processing and documentation of Best Practice exceptions
- Supervised and provided training in areas below audit standards.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting Concentration) -
University of South Florida
Tampa, FLSkills
- All Microsoft Office products
- Oracle GL
- Great Plains
- Hyperion Reporting Platforms
- Excel; Advanced formulas and MACRO usage
- Microsoft Access; Database queries and management
Significantaccomplishments
- Financial analyst with 13 years of success in domestic and international operations, possessing a demonstrated ability to adapt in high paced and volatile environments with shifting priorities.
- Consolidated FIS Loyalty reporting for $175M for 7 different operations
- Created new revenue models to improve accuracy of Forecast/Budget to 98% accuracy
- Prepared and executed beginning balance reconciliations for five companies at FIS
- Created Capital Committee Business case financial reviews
- Developed templates to reduce required time for variance reporting
Timeline
Pricing Consultant
PSCU
06.2021 - Current
Senior Financial Analyst
PSCU
09.2017 - 06.2021
Senior Financial Analyst
FIS
10.2011 - 09.2017
Senior Accountant
FIS
08.2008 - 10.2011
Senior Accounting Specialist
Fidelity National Information Services(FIS)
06.2006 - 08.2008
Strategic Support Analyst
Fidelity National Information Services
03.2001 - 08.2008
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting Concentration) -
University of South Florida