Raisa West

Senior Finance Manager @ Microsoft

Greater Seattle Area

About

Experienced Financial Analyst with a diverse background in performance reporting, resource forecasting, estimating and project management. Excels in developing relationships with customers, peers and leaders by displaying my adaptability and commitment to quality work.

Experience

  • Senior Finance Manager at Microsoft
    Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Senior Financial Analyst - Corporate Services at Nordstrom
    Jan 2022 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    o Reduced $M HR cost by decentralizing various nonlabor programs to business units o Partnered with HR Talent to reduce hiring costs by $M by providing financial information to various recruiting options and providing recommendations o Communicate cross-functionally and externally to update and track Relocation financials and provide quarterly forecast recommendations/guidance o Act as Finance integrator for all Corporate teams and Partner with HR teams to: • Track financial performance against plan; Present variance analysis to leadership monthly; Identify any risks and develop plans to resolve; Create quarterly labor and nonlabor forecasts o Update multiple financial tableau dashboards monthly

  • Boeing (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Financial Analyst - Supply Chain Operations
      Oct 2020 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

      o Tracked a multi-million dollar project focused on improving productivity by tracking performance against plan, presenting updates to leadership monthly, and working with cross-functional teams to understand future planned spend o Supported non-labor cost reduction initiatives across all Everett airplane programs o Provided monthly deep dive analysis into Everett airplane programs labor/nonlabor variance and provided recommendations towards improvement o Coordinated with cross-functional organizations (Manufacturing, Engineering, Finance)

    • Financial Analyst - Supply Chain Resources/Airplane Programs
      Jan 2018 - Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      o Project managed a multi-million dollar cost recovery project; Recovered $10M within a few months of initiating the project; Created workflows, presented monthly updates to leadership, worked cross-functionally (Procurement, Estimating, Contracts) o Extracted, transformed, and developed reports to track team performance o Documented and managed nonlabor basis of estimate, and variance analysis o Developed strong working relations with the Employment team to validate and report monthly/quarterly employment o Coordinate with cross-functionally with Accounting, HR and Finance o Provided estimates and recommend pricing for various airplane interior custom options based on historical options and updated labor requirements o Provided net price impact for custom accepted/rejected options to a customer specific selection o Provided estimates for new customer option specific business cases; Coordinated cross-functionally with Mechanics, Engineering, and Pricing teams.

  • Accounting Analyst - Accounts Payable at Costco Wholesale
    Dec 2016 - Jan 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

    o Managed accounting of approximately $50M in annual vendor incentive programs o Experience problem solving through root cause analysis and solution development/implementation o Conducted data entry into AP system, audit entries for accuracy o Utilized accounting system to analyze and reconcile all accounts payable records