Alessandra Bulzomi

Senior analyst with over eleven years of experience in finance and accounting for large public organizations (with varied sources of funding) including annual budgeting, revenue forecasting, revenue analysis, long-term strategic planning, fiscal management, and oversight of multiple cross-functional departments’ financial reporting.

Expert level experience and skill in accounting, internal controls, budget development, financial planning, scenario creation and analysis, auditing, business process mapping and documentation, rate modeling, operations analysis and management, and variance analysis.
 

Professional Experience
Program Financial Analyst         09/2022 – Present
Fiscal Services Center, Foster School of Business (FSC)
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Manage the reconciliation of 31 operating budgets totaling over $5M annually:
o Identified $39K discrepancy in salaries across three budgets. Made recommendation and collaborated with budget owners to confirm required solution. Trained budget owners on and set-up system to prevent issue from occurring in the future. Performed expense transfers to correct budget discrepancies.
o Continually train non-finance staff on the reconciliation process and related compliance policies and procedures.
• Assist in the monthly review of Procard transactions for 12 cardholders. Train non-finance staff on reviewing process and related compliance policies and procedures.
• Act as FSC finance and accounting subject matter expert for both internal and external stakeholders and partners.
• Helped develop university wide policy regarding newly required waiver for missing supporting documentation.

Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Analyst      03/2021 – 01/2022
Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Sound Transit, Seattle, Washington
• Achieved ST Board approval of the Fare Ambassador Pilot Program budget ($200K) for FY 2021-2022. Worked with program manager to build budget from the ground up based on market research, information gathered from correspondence with other agencies, and analysis of similar expenses in ST capital projects. Developed long-range budget plan ($1M) for Fare Ambassador Program (post pilot), to be reviewed and approved by ST Board of Directors after completion of pilot. In support of the long-range plan, created ad hoc scenarios analyzing various outcomes based on projected growth of program FTE, pilot budget actuals YTD, etc. Presented ad hoc analysis and long-range plan to cross-departmental management and other internal stakeholders. 
• Developed monthly OpEx & CapEx forecasts for the Executive department’s 13 division budgets (totaling $45M) and 9 capital project budgets (totaling $127M), maintaining monthly forecast to actual accuracy of 18% (on average) for FY 2021. Prepared, distributed, and presented monthly variance commentaries to the FP&A team and Executive department, providing recommendations when appropriate.
• Worked with Executive department partners to carry-out FY 2021 yearend fiscal activities, ensuring actions taken followed ST board and WA state legal and budgetary regulations and obligations.
• Designed and executed baseline audit of FTE data between current and future CPM software. Employed accounting and investigative skills to uncover inconsistencies. Collaborated with IT and CPM vendor to identify and correct errors in coding, improving data accuracy from baseline by 30%.

University of Washington         07/2011 – 02/2021
Asset Accounting Analyst         01/2020 – 02/2021
Equipment Inventory Office
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
• Performed various tasks (e.g., technical analysis, equipment policy consultation), as part of the year end close out process, to ensure that the annual depreciation expense for all the University's fixed assets (e.g., buildings, infrastructure, intangible assets, equipment) were accurately reflected in the University's annual financial statements.
• Supported cross-departmental teams by identifying and recommending process improvements in accordance with kaizen and Lean practices.
• Quickly shifted gears when needed, to help team catch-up on various backlogs. Assisted team with getting three backlogged duties up to date in a month, with each duty previously being behind six months. 
Budget Analyst (Functioning as Finance Manager)      01/2018 – 01/2020
Commuter Services
University of Washington, Bothell, Washington
• Created FY 2019-2030 budget used to acquire $30M loan for construction of new parking structures and developed scenarios to determine rate increases needed to maintain a healthy bottom-line after principal and interest payments on loan.
• Served as the primary resource for financial questions, training, and recommendations for all stakeholders (with various levels of financial knowledge/experience).
• Performed comparative analysis of current to proposed CRM software. Switch to proposed software resulted in an annual savings of 17%.
• Conducted internal audit of reported sales tax for FY 2016-2018. Discovered and corrected $47K worth of under reported and $53K worth of over-reported sales tax transactions.
• Developed accounting policies and procedures for updated inter-agency MOU with Cascadia College to ensure compliance with UW policies and procedures and Cascadia College requirements.
• Continued to direct, review, and approve the work of Fiscal Specialist.
Budget Analyst (Functioning as Finance Manager)      10/2015 – 12/2017
Institutional Planning and Budget
University of Washington, Bothell, Washington
• Developed and implemented operational improvement process for capturing revenue. Resulted in 44% increase of captured revenue.
• Introduced more efficient accounting, financial and operational systems. Resulted in 25% reduction of operating costs from FY 2016 to FY 2017.
• Created process flow maps for all Commuter Services financial activities. Made statement adjustment that resulted in a decreased turnaround time for monthly financial reports by 400%.
• Developed Commuter Services permit rate increase scenarios, created operational and salary budgets, established procedures for internal and external auditing, and managed internal controls best practices.
• Continued to direct, review, and approve the work of Fiscal Specialist.
Budget Analyst (Functioning as Finance Manager)      11/2013 - 09/2015
Commuter Services
University of Washington, Bothell, Washington
• In collaboration with Director, developed and managed a $3M annual budget.
• Recommended operational improvements based on tracking and analysis of staff schedules.
• Led monthly meetings with UW Bothell executives to analyze spending and provide financial recommendations.
• Directed, reviewed, and approved the work of Fiscal Specialist.
Budget Analyst          07/2012 – 11/2013
Auxiliary Services
University of Washington, Bothell, Washington
• Created and maintained precise and accurate models, charts, and reports.
• Consolidated financial data and materials for key leadership meetings.
• Monitored and analyzed financial, statistical, and operational data trends.
• Budgeted active and proposed projects by accurately determining pricing and margins.
Fiscal Specialist          07/2011 – 07/2012
Auxiliary Services
University of Washington, Bothell, Washington
• Guided the development and promotion for all financial aspects related to rate increases for parking permits and Student Housing.
• Prepared accurate quarterly financial statements and compiled ad hoc financial reports for leadership.
• Collaborated with Auxiliary Services Finance Manager to develop annual expense plan goals.
 

Education

Bachelor of Arts: Business Administration, Marketing, 2011
University of Washington - Bothell, WA