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Stephanie Lange

Dallas,TX

Summary

Motivational leader and organizational problem-solver with advanced supervisory, team building and finance skills. The experience of stepping into roles and quickly making positive changes to ensure organizational success through establishing successful programs. A leader that is dedicated to driving teams towards transformation, process improvements and evolution while building a future forward mentality. With over 28 years of experience, possesses the knowledge to understand the details but visualize the big picture and impacts.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Associate Director - Financial Systems

AT&T
San Antonio, TX
10.2012 - Current
  • Established first Automation & Operational Improvement program within the Controller's organization to drive cost savings and efficiencies that has resulted in extensive savings in resource hours and future improvement of cash flow by billing automation to bring ~$100M back into the business.
  • Develop and drive strategies to align the corporate transformation program and project scope with Corporate financial objectives (e.g., Cloud transformation) which also includes developing the Business & Operational Readiness program for transformation initiatives.
  • Lead and drive collaboration with internal teams, IT and business partners to meet expected timelines, quality standards and financial goals for finance initiatives.
  • Development of senior leadership presentations and visualizations to communicate overall project strategies, benefits and impacts to the Corporate Controller.
  • Consolidation of business data into actionable metrics to simplify and highlight areas of concern and opportunity for financial system process improvements.
  • Partnered and established financial policies and procedures to set governance and standards for financial data including business and technical metadata.
  • Finance Lead, and subject matter expert, in project initiatives to migrate key financial reporting data to new data warehouses for company's strategic areas.
  • Continued development of team atmosphere to drive supportive and productive work environment along with facilitating knowledge-share opportunities to advance effectiveness of the team and company goals.

Lead Financial Analyst

AT&T
San Antonio, TX
11.2005 - 10.2012
  • Multiple roles including Budgeting and Management Reporting
  • Managed, analyzed and ensured accuracy of key strategic revenue streams for management reporting along with the related volumes (i.e., metrics) reporting that was published in a weekly activity report to CEO.
  • Worked cross functionally with internal departments to align and validate management reporting data inputs
  • Analyzed complex financial information to offer recommendations to management, driving decision making.
  • Supported project and analyses (as a data SME) to drive consistency and accuracy within management reporting financial sourcing and reporting.
  • Determined and tracked budget expense, along with monthly best views, for the Corporate Information Technology (IT) budget with accuracy and transparency.
  • Administrated and maintained data to facilitate tracking and trending analysis.

Manager - Financial Accounting

AT&T
San Antonio, TX
08.2000 - 11.2005
  • Multiple roles including Accounting and Auditing
  • In early Sarbanes Oxley establishment, transitioned to auditing role for corporate balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Conducted and managed complete audits and plans to report findings to facilitate research and resolution to accomplish objectives and policy requirements.
  • Identified risks and opportunities with management to improve business processes.
  • Completed month end and year end closings, kept records audit-ready and monitored timely recording of accounting transactions. Monthly processing of approximately 100 journals.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

The University of Texas At San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
12.1995

Skills

  • Team Leadership
  • Cross Organizational Collaboration
  • Management Reporting
  • Internal/External Communications
  • Project & Process Optimization
  • Strategic Visioning
  • Story Visualization
  • Governance & Standards

Core Strengths

  • Developing, implementing and leading new programs that work to adopt cloud based solutions and use new technology to drive modernization such as the Controller's Automation & Operational Improvements program and the Business & Operational Readiness program.
  • Identifying opportunities for process improvements and optimizations using strong business acumen to drive cost savings and apply vision to align with corporate strategy and transformation initiatives.
  • Collaborating and creating strong relationships between cross organizational teams, business and IT departments, by functioning as a liaison for communication and transformational project deployments.
  • Skilled in communicating to multiple layers of management, individually and in group settings, with ease and comfortability.
  • Proven leadership skills that focus on understanding and motivating individuals by providing clear direction, managing prioritizations and ensuring alignment to deliver solid results.
  • Ability to absorb detailed information from teams and create a summarized "story" for senior leadership in presentation form to assist in strategic decision making.
  • Deep understanding of Finance Management Reporting areas such as revenue and volumes and interpreting results for consolidated reporting.
  • Developed and implemented governance and standardization polices for key financial data.

Accomplishments

  • Top ranked Corporate performer and leader
  • Rockstar member in the Finance organization.

Application Knowledge

  • Microsoft Office suite
  • Teradata SQL
  • Essbase and Smartview
  • PowerBI

Timeline

Associate Director - Financial Systems

AT&T
10.2012 - Current

Lead Financial Analyst

AT&T
11.2005 - 10.2012

Manager - Financial Accounting

AT&T
08.2000 - 11.2005

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

The University of Texas At San Antonio

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