Justin Redden

About Justin Redden

Solutions driven Senior Executive with demonstrated success implementing balanced and sound financial strategies to ensure fiscal stability and business process improvement. Expertise lies in analyzing, auditing, forecasting and streamlining approaches leading to efficiency and performance improvement. Proven ability to evaluate management policies and procedures in business processes. Strong Leader in building, motivating and communicating with teams to improve productivity and meet company goals.SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:Launched Contracts Performance Improvement program. Evaluated and mitigated risk within company contracts. Developed and implemented processes to audit and negotiate contract terms. IMPACT: Delivered positive ROI on a test sample during pilot resulting in permanent establishment of program.Implemented key performance measures. Negotiated with company to utilize vendor performance measures to increase productivity and impact vendor incentives. IMPACT: Established better communication between company and vendor resulting in more efficient processesTransitioned organization to SAP software. Assessed strategic financial needs of organization and determined goals and objectives could not be met with existing software. Researched SAP software, attended demonstrations, and initiated launch and implementation. Coordinated staff training and development. IMPACT: Increased efficiency by 50% in financial management and reporting.Built business relationships while increasing client retention rate. Opened lines of communication to meet the needs of clients. Negotiated and convinced former clients to return to company. IMPACT: Increased revenue growth by 26%.Introduced formal treasury management. Established processes for treasury management. Coached and training staff to assume roles and responsibilities. IMPACT: Reduced risk of underfunding business operations by forecasting and managing cash flow processes.

Experience

1. Director, Voluntary Benefits Underwriting

   Unum

   Jan 2024 — Present

Education

• The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Accounting and Finance

  1996 — 1999

Skills

• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Corporate Finance
• Internal Controls
• Budgets
• Finance
• Process Improvement
• Business Development
• Financial Analysis
• Human Resources
• Risk Assessment
• Performance Improvement
• Accounts Payable
• Risk Management
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Team Building
• Financial Reporting
• Management Consulting
• Business Analysis
• Contract Management
• Compliance
• Managerial Finance
• Policy
• Auditing
• Sap
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Supply Chain
• Government Contract Administration
• Project Management
• Microsoft Excel
• Business Process
• Contracts Administrators
• Erp
• Access