Benjamin Perner Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Bloomington, Indiana

- Work directly with Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana to coordinate events and plan fundraisers- Hold weekly meetings with the executive committee to brainstorm ideas and make sure all work is getting done- Meet with the faculty advisor to inform them what we are up to and if we require any assistance- Lead over 200 general members in meetings

Bloomington, Indiana

- Attend meetings with the President and faculty advisor to set goals for the organization- Assist any committees in the organization that require help- Serve as a member of the organization's executive council which leads and heads all club operations

Bloomington, Indiana

- Reserve rooms on a weekly basis for general meetings- Create PowerPoints for each meeting outlining the topics that will be discussed- Send emails to all members informing them of meeting times or news

Bloomington, Indiana

- Attend meetings to discuss ways to fundraise for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Indiana- Participate in several events and the Boys and Girls Club for over 432 children- Raise money by attending dine-and-donates as well as canning throughout Bloomington- Set a goal to raise $35,000 to pair 35 bigs with littles

Riverwoods, Il

- Assisted Tax department with a software upgrade by exporting 90 reports from the old version and importing them into the new version - Reviewed 80 leases to determine if they were in scope of new GAAP standard for 2019- Assisted with the month-end close process by recording journal entries and completing reconciliations- Analyzed the Fixed Assets sub-ledger to determine which assets could be written off- Collaborated with others to fix an issue where the accounts payable system would not record expense. Responsible for 92 manual entries and over 400 million dollars in expense

- Identified learning needs, developed learning strategies and created relationships with all 50 students in the class- Provided in-class assistance twice per week to over 50 students- Held weekly office hours to assist students with projects and frequent questions

Lake Villa, Illinois

- Used Stamps.com and FedEx.com to determine the lowest shipping costs for all items, and then analyzed current selling prices to calculate 70% margins for all items- Cleansed sales reports for the three previous years and analyzed them to determine the top 10 customers in each region and projected future earnings- Created an optimization table to schedule when new orders would need to be placed by The Home Depot before inventory ran out- Designed a sign showcasing the best products that will be displayed in 177 regional Home Depot's

Warren Township High School

• Chosen to be the leader of the American Enterprise Committee along with one other member• Worked with 36 other members in the chapter organizing, planning, and implementing different activities to perform both at the school and in the community• Visited the local park district community center to work with close to 150 children teaching them about budgeting, advertising, and to keep them active• Increased member involvement from the prior year by 18%

Park City, Illinois

• Visited the local food back once or twice monthly to donate time and labor• Packaged frozen foods into boxes• Worked on a team of about 20 people each time to sort, clean, package, and distribute food efficiently• Donated approximately 65 hours of time to the food bank• Helped the food bank distribute a total of 50 million meals

Finance And Technology Management

Activities and Societies: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Theta Chi Fraternity

High School

Activities and Societies: Future Business Leaders of America local chapter member, American Enterprise committee co-chair, 2x Varsity.