Mark Sonnenschein

About Mark Sonnenschein

Experienced leader, MBA, and CPA with 20 years in Business Analytics and Reporting (7 years as a direct manager of cross-functional teams)* Skilled data miner and predictive modeler employing machine learning algorithms in SAS, SQL, R in a Hadoop environment * Advanced skills including Financial Modeling and Financial Reporting * Practical experience presenting to key C-suite Executives including CFO and Controller to drive actionable strategy Specialties: Data Mining, Predictive Modeling, ETL, Systems Design, Business Process Improvement, Enterprise-Wide Capital Planning, Costing

Experience

1. Senior Director - Financial Planning & Analysis

   Verizon

   Oct 2017 — Present

   Director of Cost Modeling Organization\\\\n\\\\n• Led an organization of 16 financial professionals ranging from CMAs to data scientists within the Wireline Commercial FP & A team\\\\n• Applied advanced analytics to help understand the relationship between pricing and win rates\\\\n• Created allocation methodologies to properly cost out components of a shared wireline network\\\\n• Updated existing models to reflect true cost of service and incremental margins\\\\n• Led hands-on enhancements including Geospatial functionality in R and visualization tools such as Tableau.\\\\n\\\\n

Education

• James Madison University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Information Technology and Management

• Loyola University Maryland

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Accounting, Finance