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Amanda Croft

Pittsburgh

Summary

Results-driven Senior Financial Analyst with extensive experience at MedExpress Urgent Care, specializing in forecasting, budgeting, and variance reporting. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional Senior Leadership to develop accurate departmental forecasts, including headcount planning, labor costs, and operational expenses. Skilled in delivering actionable monthly insights, variance analyses, and strategic financial updates to support data-driven decision-making.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Financial Analyst

MedExpress Urgent Care
07.2016 - Current
  • Develop detailed forecasts encompassing workforce costs, chargebacks, and a broad range of SG&A expenses. Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple Senior Leaders to build accurate departmental forecasts, including headcount planning and labor-related costs.
  • Prepare and share monthly financial results with Senior Leadership, highlighting forecast variances and key metrics to support their department's strategic decision-making.
  • Prepare the month-end estimate results for consolidation, including variance comments comparing to the current forecast cycle.
  • Track and analyze administrative headcount, including total workforce costs, maintain weekly logs of position requests, cost savings and variance analyses vs. forecasts and budget.
  • Collaborated with Operations on a weekly basis to evaluate center position requests, aligning them with current staffing metrics and projected volumes to assess whether the positions were justified for achieving center results.
  • Review monthly expenses, including chargeback items from other Optum areas, to identify potential savings opportunities.
  • Administrator for internal forecasting and reporting software (TM1), handling tasks like adding new general ledger segments, updating mappings, managing security settings, and adjusting calculation rules.
  • Managed multiple TM1 upgrades and integrations, including a complete re-design conversion to align with the PeopleSoft GL structure.


Senior Accountant

MedExpress Urgent Care
03.2009 - 07.2016
  • Handled monthly journal entries, performed reconciliations, and managed month-end close processes.
  • Worked with the Finance department on forecasting and budgeting cycles.
  • Partnered with multiple departments to analyze expenses and forecasts, calculated bi-annual Center Manager bonuses based on various metrics, and supported annual 401k audits.
  • Automated payroll entries due to changes in ADP payroll data.
  • Participating in testing upgrades for accounting systems.
  • Tasked with completing and reviewing monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Streamlined accounting processes to accelerate month-end close by two business days.

Accountant

American Dental Partners
08.2004 - 02.2009
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) internal control procedures, developed process flowcharts and control documentation, and conducted bi-annual internal audits utilized by external audit firms.
  • Managed daily accounting tasks to ensure accurate financial records.
  • Balanced bank accounts alongside revenue and accounts receivable figures.

Education

Finance/Accounting

Univeristy of Pittsburgh
Greensburg
04-2004

Skills

  • Financial Forecasting & Budgeting
  • Headcount & Labor Cost Analysis
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Financial Reporting
  • Month-End Close & Consolidation
  • TM1 System Administration

Timeline

Senior Financial Analyst

MedExpress Urgent Care
07.2016 - Current

Senior Accountant

MedExpress Urgent Care
03.2009 - 07.2016

Accountant

American Dental Partners
08.2004 - 02.2009

Finance/Accounting

Univeristy of Pittsburgh

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