Skyler D.
Google Finance | Ex-Microsoft | MBA Coach | Career Growth Expert
Studied at Foster School of Business (Washington)
Works at Google
Available Wednesday at 1:00 AM UTC
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Skyler’s Career Development Qualifications
Experience level: Manager
Welcome to my profile! With an MBA from University of Washington Foster School of Business and a B.S. in Finance from Brigham Young University, I bring a wealth of experience from top tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. As a Senior Financial Analyst and Finance Manager, I've developed and managed multi-billion dollar budgets, created innovative financial processes, and provided actionable insights to senior leadership. I've successfully coached many individuals to advance their careers, leveraging my deep understanding of corporate finance and strategic planning. Let's connect and chart a path to your career success!
Skyler can help with:
Interview Prep
Skill Building
Career Planning
Professional Networking
Resume Review
Networking Strategy
Salary Negotiation
Job Search Strategies
Work Experience
(Senior) Financial Analyst
April 2022 - Present
Cloud AI GTM Finance | Jul 2023 - Present Data Analytics GTM Finance | Apr 2022 - Jul 2023 Reported revenue actuals and generated global forecast and budget for GCP products including Data Analytics, Databases, and Looker ($7B annual business). Awarded Q2’22 Stratosphere Award for being the first person within GTM Finance organization to develop a Data Analytics revenue forecast by partnering with regional finance and sales ops counterparts.
Finance Manager
Microsoft
January 2020 - April 2022
Margin Strategy & Investment Optimization | Experiences + Devices Business Health Created a budget process that ensures accurate allocation of $2.2B of COGS across 61 Windows Engineering orgs Built a process that tracks Azure spend by category type for Windows that provides actionable insights to senior leadership regarding data-center resource expectations, investment opportunities, and emerging COGS trends. Managed the LRP and budget-setting processes for Microsoft’s Commercial Volume Licensing portfolio by aligning on and cascading targets from senior leadership to eight organizations across the company, resulting in flat GM rate YoY.
(Senior) Financial Analyst
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
June 2017 - January 2020
WW Corporate FP&A Senior Financial Analyst | Jul 2019 - Jan 2020 Created three-year revenue and margin budget for HPE by partnering with senior executives around the world North American Servers Financial Analyst | Jun 2017 - Jul 2019 Managed BladeSystem, Hyperconverged, and Synergy servers ($1.0B annual business) and created processes to more accurately predict revenue and margin that were adopted across various business units Promoted ahead of schedule to Value Category Lead Analyst after nine months
Skyler was also given offers to work at
Apple
Amazon
Education
Foster School of Business (Washington)
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Brigham Young University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Finance, General
Activities and societies: BYU Finance Society Corporate Finance Club