Ryan Vargas, CPA

Experience

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  Northwestern Mutual

  May 2004 - Aug 2004

  Financial Representative Intern

  As a financial representative, I offered guidance and solutions to help clients meet financial goals and objectives.

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  FirstCare

  Sept 2005 - Jul 2012

  As a manager of FP&A (Financial Planning and Analysis), I supervised the process of timely and accurately reporting of the complete financial position of FirstCare, its departments, and business activities for various constituencies – including legislators, government agencies, rating agencies, auditors, creditors, and owners. Key accomplishments: • Identified, recommended, and implemented a comprehensive budget and financial reporting system that improved accuracy of financial data and significantly lowered audit findings • Initiated cost saving activities through effective management of accounts payable department; through vendor and contract analysis reduced administrative expenses by $.2M • Designed a new cost allocation system based on cost driver analysis to produce more accurate and rational assignment of costs; resulted in adjusted product line targets Show less As a Senior Financial Analyst in the FP&A group, I delivered timely, accurate and relevant financial analysis of both the health insurance industry and the financial position of FirstCare to support executive-level strategic decisions. Key accomplishments: • Produced annual budgets exceeding $500M and forecast models on a department, segment and consolidated basis working with functional department leaders and senior management • Analyzed specific in/out-of-network cost trends and identified cost drivers with recommendation of strategies to manage both in/out-of-network costs of $.4M • Created excel-based financial models and diagnostic tools to facilitate regulatory compliance and advanced healthcare expense analytics Show less As a senior accountant, I prepared financial statements and statutory filings under GAAP and Statutory Accounting Principles. In addition, I generated journal entries, performed monthly general ledger (G/L) account reconciliations, prepared audit schedules, and provided analysis for external auditors and state examiners.Key accomplishments: • Prepared comprehensive set of statutory financial statements and pro-forma income statements for large third party contract with sales in excess of $50M • Standardized account reconciliation process to improve operational efficiency. Reduced month-end reconciliation of financial data by approximately 30% • Composed internal summary memos on health insurance industry concepts and GAAP to SAP comparisons; resulted in request to train 8 junior accountants Show less

  • Manager of FP&A

    Dec 2010 - Jul 2012

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Jun 2010 - Dec 2010

  • Senior Financial Accountant III

    Sept 2005 - Jun 2010
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  University of Virginia Darden School of Business

  Aug 2012 - May 2014

  MBA Candidate
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  GE Intelligent Platforms

  May 2013 - Aug 2013

  MBA Finance Supply Chain Intern

  Summer intern as a financial analyst within the Global Supply Chain FP&A group. I led a project to develop a supplier risk assessment model, providing insight into potential supply chain disruptions caused by supplier instability. In a separate project, I led investigative analysis of internal operational trends and suggested strategies to improve internal service levels, reduce inventory costs, and improve supplier performance.

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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Oct 2014 - Oct 2020

  • Sr. Finance Manager (Controller)

    May 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Senior Financial Analyst

    Oct 2014 - May 2018
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  Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  Oct 2020 - now

  Sr. Manager, Sales Strategy