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Travis Roth

Parkville,MO

Summary

Executive with broad experience in business operations and technology in the areas of financial analysis and
forecasting, profitability metrics and benchmarking, expense management, strategic business planning, strategic sourcing, and vendor management.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Director, Expense Management & Reporting

Security Benefit Corporation
09.2018 - Current

Responsible for strategic oversight of all operating expenses across the organization.

  • Oversees an annual expense budget exceeding $450M.
  • Works closely with organizational leadership to review monthly and YTD financials, budget variances, and remainder-of-year forecasts.
  • Consults on areas of potential improvements and formulates and executes financial improvement projects.
  • Responsible for the annual budget process and the quarterly forecast update reporting.
  • Partners with Project Management Office to review and approve all capital projects.
  • Implemented new Cost/Benefit Analysis tool for use across all project requests to accurately and consistently compare and track project financials and deliverables.
  • Managed the Accounts Payable department for the organization.

SVP - Finance Manager of Bank Product & Healthcare Services

UMB Financial Corporation
04.2017 - 02.2018

Finance Manager supporting all Bank Product & Service & Healthcare Services.

  • Partnered with the President of Bank Product & Service and the CEO of Healthcare Services on new product initiatives, customer pricing, manage revenue and expense budgets, and built, maintained and reported on strategic financials.
  • Represented Finance on a project to evaluate, bid on and win an agent bankcard product with an MLB team as partner.
  • Worked with the Product Management team on product profitability and pricing with a focus on loan products and commercial & retail credit card products.

SVP - Finance Manager of Operations & Technology

UMB Financial Corporation
0 2008 - 03.2017

Finance Manager supporting the Operations and Technology areas of the Bank.

  • Led a team supporting an associate base exceeding 1,400 FTE's, $300M of expense and dozens of vendor relationships.
  • Led an internal team in the process of vendor selection and individually led the vendor negotiation and business case preparation on an outsourcing effort projected to save $25M+ over the following 10 years.
  • Led a negotiation with the incumbent vendor upon contract renewal to lower pricing, saving $750k annually starting in 2017.
  • Partnered with the CIO and Director of Operations to develop and execute business plans, manage expenses and budgets, build ROI's around decisions, and negotiate with external partners on purchases and service agreements such as outsourced arrangements.
  • Led a team in building a cost allocation model to drive towards LOB, product and customer profitability.
  • Drove efficiency gains through unit cost, productivity, and fixed vs. variable cost analysis.

Corporate Tax Officer

UMB Financial Corporation
12.2005 - 01.2008

Supervisor - Taxation of Financial Institutions

RSM McGladrey
01.2002 - 12.2005

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting & Finance

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
2001

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
2000

Skills

  • Adept at taking complex financial analytics and presenting that information to executives in a manner that frames the decision at hand in a clear, concise manner
  • Skilled negotiator in dealing with external partners on deals ranging from one-time purchases to multi-year service agreements
  • Strong presentation and interpersonal skills in dealing with all levels of associates, both internal and external
  • Highly creative in developing business strategies to improve performance and profitability
  • Proven ability to develop and execute business plans

Application Experience

  • Oracle Hyperion Essbase Smart View (10+ years)
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • Oracle Profitability and Cost Management (PCMCS)
  • Oracle Hyperion Workforce Planning
  • Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise
  • Microsoft Excel, Word, & PowerPoint

Community Involvement

CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties

  • Board President from January 2015 to January 2017
  • Board Member from January 2013 to January 2019
  • Advisory Board Member from January 2019 to Present

Red Shoe Society at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City

  • Board Member from June 2011 to January 2015

Timeline

Sr. Director, Expense Management & Reporting

Security Benefit Corporation
09.2018 - Current

SVP - Finance Manager of Bank Product & Healthcare Services

UMB Financial Corporation
04.2017 - 02.2018

Corporate Tax Officer

UMB Financial Corporation
12.2005 - 01.2008

Supervisor - Taxation of Financial Institutions

RSM McGladrey
01.2002 - 12.2005

Bachelor of Science - Accounting & Finance

University of Kansas

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

University of Kansas

SVP - Finance Manager of Operations & Technology

UMB Financial Corporation
0 2008 - 03.2017
Travis Roth