Truong T. Le

BECU Director Finance

Woodinville, Washington, United States

About

Proven Business Strategy, Finance and Process Improvement leader committed to continuously improving business performance, delivering measurable results by using strategic thinking, global perspective, business strategy, and finance skills. Multi-lingual with keen cultural awareness and international work experience. Managed broad business initiatives, from process and systems analysis through launching and running a business operation. Proven collaborator and performer seeking new challenges to become part of a team that shares my passion for technology, and acknowledges the value of creativity and innovation to develop products and services that have a meaningful impact on people and the world.

Experience

  • Director Finance Business Partner at BECU
    Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

    Responsible for providing finance leadership support and services to the assigned Credit Unions business units.

  • Premera Blue Cross (Full-time · 4 yrs 9 mos)
    • Finance Business Partner
      Jul 2020 - Apr 2021 · 10 mos

      - Collaborates with all levels of company management to identify key business issues, outline strategic alternatives, build consensus and recommend action plans around core operations or strategic initiative planning. - Participate in strategic business planning and drives continuous process improvements in both core operations and within the project lifecycle. Develop and maintain complex models to capture total financial impacts of desired project. Provide forecasting and analysis expertise to executive management and program management. Actively participate and lead financial discussions during executive steering committee meetings, staff meetings and team meetings. Make recommendations based on results. - Partner with senior management and cross-functional teams to drive the completion of quality and timely financial projections and budgets. - Analyze financial results and provide meaningful variance analysis to support business decisions. Evaluate financial and operational performance and provides suggestions for areas of improvement. - Synthesize data and provide analyses for a broad array of issues across disciplines and functional areas. - Evaluate analysis conducted by other departments and/or outside consultants and evaluate accuracy of assumptions and financial impact. - Identify and recommend suggested action steps to senior management based on analytic results. - Prepare and deliver presentations to all levels of management as necessary. - Seek opportunities for process improvement or to gain efficiencies and takes lead role to build consensus and implement.

    • IT Financial Management
      Aug 2016 - Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      • Engage customers, community and managers at all levels to identify and understand key business issues and objectives, evaluate changes for organizational impacts and recommend an action plan. • Understand process analysis, cost versus benefit analysis, and apply these skills routinely. • Positively influence stakeholders towards achieving the right outcomes. • Leverage Technology Business Management Cost Transparency to help Leaders manage the business of IT and deliver actionable business information and insight across IT.

  • Senior Business Process Manager at Microsoft
    Feb 2013 - 2015 · 2 yrs

    • Led development team of MS Cloud companywide corporate reporting solution that provides insight on Cloud online revenue, primarily focused on Office 365 Revenue Summary Division • Managed operations team and delivered recommendations that led to action • Developed road map and system strategy initiatives for data and reporting services

  • Boeing Commercial Airplanes (14 yrs 7 mos)
    • Sr. Manager Finance Processes & Systems
      Apr 2007 - Feb 2013 · 5 yrs 11 mos

      • Led management team to develop and deploy Common Charge Line / Data Structure and Data Management tools in support of Finance Transformation Program and Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) Initiatives • Responsible for influencing the development of program objectives related to data management and ensuring that program long range goals are achieved • Developed key business strategies for implementing Finance Transformation data structures into BCA upstream and downstream systems • Developed and implement BCA Data Warehouse/Reporting Strategies that support Finance requirements • Partnered with BCA Finance site leadership to define data requirements and integrate requirements with Enterprise Finance Transformation Team and BCA IT • Key interface for defining data requirements needed by BCA Finance and Enterprise collaboration • Scope included all BCA business units, subsidiaries and international operations

    • Manager Finance Transformation & Lean
      Apr 2005 - Mar 2007 · 2 yrs

      • Supported Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC) Controller and CFO with company-wide activities associated with Corporate Common Finance Processes & Systems initiative • Led company-wide activities associated with Lean in the office environment • Responsible for managing business systems interface activities • Supported strategic direction of common processes and systems • Responsible for prioritizing business support resources

    • Enterprise Auditor
      Jun 2003 - Apr 2005 · 1 yr 11 mos

      • Vice President sponsored for Leadership Development Program • Financial, operational, and compliance audits include IDS Industrial Participation, WHQ Controller – Financial Accounting, BCA 7E7 Review, BCA China Review, IDS Contract Change Management (Team Lead), Connexion by Boeing, and Investor Relations rotation

  • Engineer at McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Aug 1989 - Aug 1998 · 9 yrs 1 mo

    • Assisted in obtaining Airworthiness Certification for each airplane through preparation of applications, certification papers and reports to assure scheduled delivery of the aircraft ($500M Rev) • Directed and managed $30 million MD-11 pilot simulation studies on Inadvertent In-Flight Thrust Reverser to satisfy Federal Aviation Administration requirements • Received President’s Quality Award in developing MD-90 “Level D” Training Simulator Data Package • Directed piloted simulations & managed $20M motion based simulation control law development • Coordinated video and partnering presentations for marketing and sales to airlines • Managed $10 million MD-11 Longitudinal Stability Augmentation System motion based simulation studies and provided technical results & systems documentation to senior management