/ ABOUT·The person behind the tool

One builder,
ten years
in the weeds.

Alex Cardell
FIG. 01 · ALEX CARDELL
Finance · Analytics · Product
PROFILE SNAPSHOT

Alex Cardell

One-part finance operator, one-part builder. I design analytical systems that survive real committee pressure and then productize the ones that consistently win.

Experience14+ years
CurrentEnterprise Analytics Director
FocusFinance transformation + AI products
OP_L·Log

A short, honest timeline.

Southeastern U.S. footprint with Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus branding
2025-PresentSynovus + Pinnacle Integration

Director, Enterprise Analytics

Building a centralized enterprise analytics function for a combined $117B bank and translating that craft into product.

  • Team of 9 analysts/developers
  • Instrument-level finance models
  • Executive scorecards + advisor insights
2023-2025Synovus

Director, Strategic Finance

Supported wholesale and treasury leadership while scaling performance analytics across business lines.

  • Segment-level finance leadership
  • Platform stewardship
  • Commercial + treasury coverage
2022-2023Synovus

Senior FP&A Manager

Shipped a production analytics platform connecting ERP and GL data into usable operating intelligence.

  • Power BI + SQL platform
  • Faster time-to-insight
  • Enterprise data model groundwork
2014-2022First Horizon (formerly IBERIABANK)

VP, Manager of Financial Analytics

Scaled from analyst to manager and rebuilt the team around forward-looking profitability analytics.

  • Led analyst teams
  • Executive decision support
  • Modernized reporting stack
2013-2014Regions Financial

Asset Liability Analyst

Moved into ALM and owned portions of NII and balance-sheet forecasting under multiple rate regimes.

  • CCAR support
  • Interest-rate risk simulation
  • Consolidated planning
2011-2013Regions Financial

Finance Development Program

Built baseline muscle across treasury, investor relations, and portfolio analytics in a rotational seat.

  • Cross-functional rotations
  • Forecasting and reporting discipline
  • Early executive exposure
OP_V·Values

Three things I won't trade.

01

Slow enough to get it right.

Every release is benchmarked against its last self. If it's slower, more wrong, or harder to audit - it doesn't ship.

02

No generic models.

A fine-tuned model on your schema beats a frontier model every time. I fine-tune. I do not wrap.

03

Your data stays home.

Private cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped. Your filings never leave your perimeter unless you send them.

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