Cheryl Chan Hardee

Experience

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  Accenture

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Intern

  • Consulted with a team of 15 on a CIMB Bank project.• Assisted in writing, developing and executing a $25 M contract for the improvement of call centers.• Mystery shopped and collaborated with a range of clients for the call center.• Edited PowerPoint presentations.

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  Academic Support

  Aug 2009 - May 2010

  Supplemental Instruction Leader

  • Tutored 15- 30 students on the principals of financial accounting.• Developed and constructed study guides and lesson plans relevant to students' needs.• Received positive feedback and saw improved performance in text and homework results.

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  Washington Initiative

  Jan 2010 - May 2010

  Tax Preparer

  • Gained practical experience in interviewing and tax preparation through Community Tax Aid (CTA), a non-profit organization that provides free income tax preparation services to low-income individuals and families.• Professionally trained in tax law and Tax Wise software.• Volunteered at the tax site to complete federal and state income tax returns for clients.

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  American University Housing and Dining Programs

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Summer Management Assistant

  • Guest and Public Relations.• Assisted with intern operations, group and intern billing, guest card distribution and inventory, and staff communications.• Provided administrative support to the Guest and Public Relations Coordinator and other summer staff personnel working in the Housing and Dining Programs office.

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  Cvent

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Finance Intern

  • Reconciled monthly credit card statements with backups and contacted venues regarding missing discrepancies.• Recorded expenses as journal entries into Microsoft Great Plains.• Reviewed and approved expense reports and created checks for reimbursement.

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  American University

  Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Campus Host
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  KPMG US

  Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

  Audit Associate

  • Interacted with clients to help ensure the information flow from the client to the audit team was efficient.• Identified and communicated accounting and auditing matters to seniors, managers and partners.• Executed the day-to-day activities of audit engagements of various clients including Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants tasked with multiple assignments including Quarterly Form 10-Q Review; Integrated Audit in connection with the Form 10-K; and Compliance Audits.• Performed control walkthroughs and testwork for areas in substantive testing and performed substantive procedures for material non-significant accounts. Show less

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  Opower

  Jul 2013 - Jan 2016

  Opower's technology is transforming the way utilities relate to their customers. By combining data management, insightful analytics, and behavioral science, Opower's customer engagement platform positions utilities as trusted energy advisors to the customers they serve.Founded in 2007 and publicly traded on the NYSE under the stock ticker OPWR, Opower has been named a Bloomberg New Energy Finance Pioneer, EURELECTRIC’s Company of the Year, and among the 20 fastest growing tech companies in North America. Today, Opower's client base includes more than 95 utilities in more than 9 countries, helping engage more than 50 million homes and businesses. Opower's technology platform analyzes more than 300 billion meter reads to deliver its services, and has created enough energy savings through behavior change to power all the homes in a city of 1 million people for a year. Show less • Managed and initiated multiple company-wide and internal department projects such as rolling out Corporate Credit Cards to the entire company including Singapore, Japan, UK and Ukraine, identifying problems to the process and providing and performing solutions.• Compiled and analyzed large data sets for month-to-month analysis and to create monthly trend calculations.• Investigated and explained monthly, quarterly, and yearly variance for accounts on the Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet.• Managed and helped streamlined the Travel and Expense (T&E) portion for the company, including writing the T&E policy and working closely with Concur (our T&E system) to prioritize cases. Implemented the T&E system internationally, coordinating with banks, implementation teams and dealing with contracts. Also worked across functional teams to train employees and all new hires.• Coordinated and juggled many projects concurrently, while dealing with difficult clients and effectively communicating between cross-functional teams and among my team members. Show less • Launched an IPO (Initial Public Offering) with a small agile team, stepping up to new responsibilities. Managed work between external sources, prioritizing IPO deadlines with day-to-day operational work, delivering quality results on tight deadlines.• Helped design, maintain, and improve accounting policies, procedures, and guidelines.• Worked closely with all employees to implement company-wide systems (such as Coupa and Concur) and implement automation of accounting processes by using complex formulas and macros within Microsoft Excel.• Part of the Accounts Payable Team, working closely to manage third-party vendors to cut checks and pay bills timely. Show less

  • Senior Accountant II

    Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Senior Accountant

    Oct 2014 - Oct 2015

  • Staff Accountant

    Jul 2013 - Sept 2014
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  Discovery Inc

  Aug 2016 - Oct 2018

  Senior Financial Analyst

  • Forecasting the Global Technology and Operations (GT&O) division’s annual and monthly budgets of post-production, broadcast operations, and IT functions to support Discovery businesses around the globe and their long-range strategic planning processes.• Analyzing large volumes of data sets to manage a budget of $280+M across 270+ cost centers worldwide. • Monitoring and tracking the financial performance of the organization, including the Olympics and Eurosport, analyzing variances and investigating drivers, identifying risks and opportunities, and streamlining processes to meet deadlines faster. • Producing and maintaining a suite of department, consolidated, and division/region reports for all levels of GT&O management and Discovery stakeholders while also maintaining a relationship with 40 budget managers around the globe.Worked full-time while also attending graduate school at night. Show less

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  Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)

  Oct 2018 - Nov 2022

  • Directs all agency performance efforts, including the development, rollout, and management of each annual Performance Management Plan and its strategic initiatives, key performance indicators (KPIs), and workload measures to ensure impactful outputs and outcomes.• Provides constant strategic analysis of performance data and compliance trends for agency leadership, creating dashboards to visualize data that informs operations and impact.• Partners with the Executive Office of the Mayor (EOM), Deputy Mayor for Operations and Infrastructure (DMOI), and Office of the City Administrator (OCA) to align organizational objectives with individual and team goals reflected in DOEE’s Performance Accountability Report.• Leads the tracking and completion of all compliance audit activities by liaising with external auditors and managing all required corrective action to completion. Show less • Established and launched the inaugural DC Green Bank, an independent agency, by designing the entirety of its mission objectives, policies, organizational structure, performance measures, budget, and operating procedures.• Simultaneously managed multiple contracts and grants for professional support services by developing the initial RFAs, managing the full lifecycle from award to closeout. • Created a comprehensive onboarding process to orient the DC Green Bank’s Board of Directors and to transition work to the DC Green Bank staff. Coordinated and organized all Board meetings until the hire of the Executive Director. • Completed a 6-month detail to the Mayor’s Office of Budget and Performance Management (OBPM) to develop daily COVID-19 performance dashboards for Mission Support and Modified Operations, with the goal of creating and maintaining a highly efficient, transparent, and responsive District government during the COVID-19 pandemic response.DC Green Bank is a quasi-public financial institution whose mission is to advance the goals of the Clean Energy DC Plan by using public purpose capital to leverage private investment and enable access to financing for energy efficiency and clean energy projects that otherwise would not get done. The District of Columbia is the first city in the United States to establish a green bank. Show less

  • Chief Performance Officer

    Jan 2021 - Nov 2022

  • Green Bank Program Analyst

    Oct 2018 - Jan 2021
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  Washington State Department of Commerce

  Nov 2022 - now

  Deputy Assistant Director, State Energy Office