Benedikta Okwuosa-Lindgren

Own monthly variance reporting for a $180M operating budget, explaining drivers to controllers and 12 cost-center owners. Automated close reconciliations with Excel VBA and SQL queries, saving 12 hours per month and cutting manual journal entries by 35%. Built Power BI dashboards used by 40 branch managers to track revenue, expense, and headcount trends weekly. Improved rolling 12-month forecast accuracy to within 3% of actuals through driver-based models and scenario analysis. Partnered with accounting and business partners on month-end close, flux commentary, and audit requests with zero material findings. Supported annual budgeting cycles and ad-hoc ROI cases, reducing turnaround on leadership requests from 5 days to 2.

Prepared monthly budget-vs-actual packages for a $42M division, highlighting $1.1M in actionable cost variances. Built Excel models and SQL extracts that automated weekly shipment-cost reporting for three regional managers. Assisted with the annual plan by consolidating department submissions and validating assumptions against prior-year trends. Created Power BI visuals for leadership reviews, reducing slide-prep time by 6 hours per cycle.

Supported faculty research by cleaning and analyzing grant and departmental spending datasets in Excel and Python. Maintained the student advising budget tracker and reconciled monthly statements for a $250K annual fund. Coordinated finance club events and guest sessions for 120+ students while managing event budgets under $5K.

GPA: 3.7/4.0 · Dean’s List (6 semesters) · Minor in Data Analytics

Passed CFA Level I exam and progressing toward full charter; focused on equity analysis, fixed income, and financial reporting.

Completed the self-paced certification covering economic indicators, currencies, fixed income, and equity analysis.

Certified in preparing and modelling data, visualizing and analyzing data, and deploying and maintaining assets in Power BI.