Louann Ponder-Pope

About Louann Ponder-Pope

My career has included roles in Corporate Finance (including Strategic Finance, Financial…

Experience

1. Manager, Strategic Finance

   Ultra Mobile

   Nov 2021 — Present · Lewes, DE, US

   Anticipates business needs by providing thought leadership, sourcing information, and building analytical models to drive a shift in strategy from reactive, tactics-driven to proactive, data-driven• FP & A: Manages the Ultra brand’s annual budget & monthly forecasts of subscribers and P&L in a channel-level model. Works with various departments (Sales & Marketing, Retention, and FP & A) to gather forecasts of key metrics; forecasts other metrics including price; incorporates actual subscriber & financial results.• Reporting: Produces weekly scorecards. On a monthly basis, incorporates Ultra brand’s actual subscriber & financial results into the forecasting model and analyzes variances.• Decision Support: For the Ultra brand’s potential consumer promotions, scopes Sales & Marketing requests, meets with stakeholders to gather inputs, performs financial analyses, and makes recommendations.• Management: Manages one analyst; leads project teams; trains new staff; coordinates and documents processes

Education

• Colby College

  BS, Economics, Mathematics, Business

• UC San Diego Extended Studies

  Certificate, Copyediting (120 hours of instruction)

  2014 — 2014

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  MBA

• UCLA Extension

  Technical Management Program, Management

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  non-degree, Executive Education course: Corporate Finance Strategies for Creating Shareholder Value

• Editcetera

  non-degree, Correspondence course: Copyediting Fiction

  2014 — 2014

Skills

• Variance Analysis
• Sas
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Stockval
• Writing
• Financial Modeling
• Hyperion Retrieve
• Bloomberg
• Npv
• Microsoft Word
• Irr
• Oracle (Running Reports Only)
• Competitive Analysis
• Sec Filings
• Discount Rate
• Factset
• Forecasting
• Financial Analysis
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Econometric Modeling
• Monte Carlo Simulation
• Corporate Finance
• Sap (Analysis Only)
• Analysis
• Business Objects
• Investment Criteria
• Strategic Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Dcf
• Valuation
• Strategy
• Pricing Analysis
• Crystal Ball
• Decision Trees
• Sensitivity Analysis
• Copy Editing
• Process Improvement
• Economic Modeling
• Wacc
• Competitive Intelligence