Michelle Vick

Experience

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  Richmond American Homes

  Mar 2004 - May 2006

  Led all aspects of budgeting, including accurate backlog gross profit reports, activity-based cost analysis, and variance analysis. Reviewed estimates to complete monthly and reported discrepancies. Processed HUD-1 settlement statements for the current month before month-end. Managed multi-millions in Land, Land Development, Architecture, and Marketing budgets and two staff. Managed a large budget; prepared buyer lot status reports per construction work orders and processed bi-monthly inspection-paycheck run. Reviewed and audited base house and option budgets at the lot level to ensure profitability per pro forma model.

  • Budget Manager

    Apr 2005 - May 2006

  • Accounts Payable Specialist

    Mar 2004 - Apr 2005
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  JTS Communities

  Apr 2006 - May 2008

  Budget Supervisor

  Recruited to lead financial reporting and analysis on direct and indirect cost of goods sold for five communities. Performed recurring tasks such as bid analysis, awarding of contracts, and issuance of purchase orders. Conducted gap analysis and led project management to ensure accuracy of financial calculations. Managed one direct report employee.

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  Health Net

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2017

  Oversaw all day-to-day financial management, planning, and analysis for the IT organization, including variance explanations. Created financial models and forecasts; prepared and presented forecasts, trends, and insights to the executive team. Drove change management during the acquisition, which scaled to 10k+ resources. Managed a team of four direct and six indirect reports. Managed reporting and analysis on a large annual marketing budget across two regions. Built reconciliation, journal entry, and amortization schedule for the Accounting organization. Prepared technology business case financial models with benefits forecast. Performed end-to-end financial management of select IT portfolio projects.

  • Finance Manager

    Sept 2013 - Jul 2017

  • Senior Business Analyst

    Jul 2008 - Sept 2013
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  Rutan Environmental Safety Services, Inc.

  Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

  Controller

  Brought accounting in-house to reduce costs and oversaw day-to-day and month-end accounting and HR operations. Led full-cycle accounting functions, including account and balance sheet reconciliations; analyzed month-end financial statements and adjusted and corrected entries. Provided financial reporting and key business insights for management. Managed and mentored one direct report.

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  Fayus, Inc.

  Apr 2018 - Aug 2018

  Accountant

  Managed full-cycle accounting operations up to hand-off to CPA for income tax preparation. Supervised and mentored one indirect report. Analyzed and improved warehouse operations to ensure correct translation into financial transactions. Audited prior financial transactions to ensure GAAP compliance and worked with CPA to file revised returns. Reduced company overhead and tax liability.

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  Centene Corporation

  Aug 2018 - Apr 2024

  Director, IT Business Planning

  DIRECTOR, IT BUSINESS PLANNINGSet direction, develop, and drive financial reporting and risk management for the 8,000-person global IT organization; own financial analysis on the budget, including capital investments. Work closely with the CIO and eight Regional VPs to ensure alignment on business strategies, annual operating plans, and procedures through goals for performance and growth. Create policies that promote company culture and vision and lead employees through relationship management and mentorship. Drive ongoing maturation and automation of systems, processes, and teams. Build custom reports and dashboards to enable data-driven decision-making. Review and analyze IT financial statements and disclosures. Lead a team of 15, scaled to 40 national staff and offshore resources. Show less

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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Apr 2024 - now

  Sr Director of Strategy, Planning & Governance, Office of the CIO