andrew showalter

senior consultant

About

Driven consultant that enjoys delivering value to internal and external stakeholders allowing the utilization of process, analytical, and solution oriented skills in a stimulating and intellectual environment. Experience in working with agile development writing user stories, test cases, performing data analysis, and coordinating with stakeholders discovering and defining opportunities and proposing solutions.

Country

united states

City

arlington

Industry

information services

Skill

scrum, agile web development, business analysis, change management, market research, project management, analysis, process improvement, research, financial analysis, microsoft office, microsoft excel, sharepoint, sql, leadership, analytics, visio, requirements gathering, salesforce.com, financial modeling, statistics, business intelligence, team management, user acceptance testing, data analysis

Experience

content manager

snl financial

2012-10 - 2013-10 · 1 yr 1 mo

* Align a newly acquired company and its content to SNL’s best practices and reporting standards. * Design, test, and write requirements for content collection forms and processes to implement new entry systems. * Create detailed progress reports to measure goals, communicate targets, and obtain stakeholder approval.

process specialist

snl financial

2011-4 - 2012-9 · 1 yr 6 mos

Mapped critical processes, shadowed others executing the processes, participated in workflow, and conducted data analysis to ensure that processes were properly documented and adhered to organizational best practices. Partnered with content team members and product stakeholders to identify problems, understand root causes, write clear problem statements, and quantify the value and impact of solutions. Participated in regular development/training opportunities related to various process disciplines and initiatives in order to become familiar with business process management concepts, practices, and procedures. Supported of all aspects of process ownership and continuous process improvement for aligned content groups, including new process roll-out and change management implementation.

senior analyst

snl financial

2009-6 - 2011-3 · 1 yr 10 mos

* Worked towards and became the first analyst in a hiring group of five analysts to be promoted to senior analyst, due to consistent and quality work while working with historically the most challenging data set in the company. * Established and maintained business relationships with company contacts to ensure receipt of product price differentiating information which allowed for competitive advantage in our pricing model. * Operated as project manager during final stages of the department’s transition to European coverage. This entailed a six month scheduled plan for the collection and ongoing maintenance of capital markets data on over 900 companies. * Moved the department towards more efficient data collection by utilizing a third party source. The shift in data collection increased output by more than 250% when compared to the manual collection of data. * Delegated tasks and worked as an integral part of a largely South Asia based team of thirty-eight analysts. * Wrote and communicated data collection procedures and performed targeted audits to ensure process observance.