Mari Burns

Managed a $186M consulting portfolio, overseeing weekly revenue forecasting, executive P&L reporting, and financial operations for 300+ concurrent projects across 150+ clients. Partnered with Sales, Delivery, and Finance on SOW review, resource planning, forecasting, CRM operations, and project financial governance.

Managed $300M+ operating budget forecasting, financial performance, P&L reporting, and variance analysis supporting six business units. Presented executive financial reviews to Vice Presidents, owned weekly, monthly, and quarterly forecasting, and managed parallel forecasting across Sprint and T-Mobile systems during merger integration.

Audited and analyzed accounts to ensure cash application accuracy while generating invoices and account statements. Researched and processed client refunds through Accounts Payable, supporting high-volume collections across 270 client accounts/980 matters.

Designed and project-managed an electronic workflow in SharePoint that improved transparency and accountability (+100%), eliminated paper waste (50%), and reduced processing time (60%). Led an employee open A/R recovery initiative and performed audit research on unallocated funds, reallocations, and write-off requests, while also supporting payroll processing, audits, and payroll-related calendar

Processed payroll, terminations, severances, and retention bonuses, and created job aids for iCIMS and ADP systems. Managed benefits analysis and reconciliation, handled timekeeping data imports in ADP, and supported payroll conversion from Ceridian to Ultimate Software with lateral and comparison testing.