Brandon Maher Email & Phone Number

Sarasota, FL, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Provide value-add business performance analysis and financial reporting across the occupancy global function
• Monthly financial reporting to ensure full transparency of occupancy-related expenses, consistency in definitions, and completeness of all key expense categories and programs with emphasis on highlighting potential.
• Track, monitor, and communicate monthly / quarterly financial KPI performance
• Financial support in the annual budgeting and forecasting process including timelines, target setting, training and support to CRE leadership, development of underlying budget / forecast assumptions, and coordination.
• Drive improvements in reporting, analytics, and dashboards to support CRE Leadership decision making and implement best practices related to various ad hoc analyses
• Participate in the development and distribution of best practices, process documentation, and user support materials for data management tools

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Provided total oversight of baseline management and monitoring of performance
• Prepared and presented monthly variance review of actual expenditure to budget / forecast
• Provided analytical support to transform behaviors and techniques
• Supported cost-savings and process improvement initiatives, assisted leadership in implementation
• Performed complex data analysis leveraging statistical tools and awareness of operating activities
• Served as Finance liaison in the development and reporting of cost savings in a centralized tracker

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Assisted in the development of annual budget and quarterly forecasts for a government contracting client
• Leveraged knowledge of data programming language to automate the generation and manipulation of files during the monthly close process, eliminating many hours of repetitive work
• Developed and maintained a comprehensive tracking tool to assess actual vs budgeted financials
• Served as finance liaison in the implementation of a new project management system, to include design, development, testing, and maintenance
• Prepared monthly cost allocation entries based upon client assumptions
• Performed month-end close activities, including the preparation of accrual journal entries

Accokeek, MD, US

• Provided data to initiate processes surrounding forecasting, strategic planning and annual budgeting
• Conducted margin analyses on activities and opportunities
• Developed, created and updated complex models to monitor performance, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variances
• Held oversight and management of the continued development of budgeting, financial forecasting, operating plan and modeling tools
• Analyzed current and past trends in key performance indicators including all areas of revenue, cost of sales, expenses and capital expenditures
• Improved operational and financial performance by evaluating processes to drive efficiencies and understand ROI in variance programs, as well as new projects

Northbrook, IL, US

• Forecasted, planned, and monitored $25M+ in annual expenses for 400+ employees
• Developed a foundation for resource and expense optimization with leaders through plan and unit cost presentations
• Coordinated and led monthly finance update for Vice President and Strategy Expert
• Served as primary finance point of contact for Vice President of Agency Services
• Identified, portrayed, and added insightful metrics to monthly operational review deck for President
• Hosted meetings with clients to communicate the latest information driving financial forecasts

Northbrook, IL, US

• Provided expansive analyses and collaborated with business partners to assist in development and implementation of strategies across enterprise units within brand operations
• Calculated pre- and post-consolidation analyses to gauge impacts of restructuring business units
• Collaborated with project teams to forecast resource requirements and associated expenses for onshoring and offshoring resources
• Developed and interpreted comprehensive models to review current and future costs of operations
• Isolated key drivers, quantified impacts, and forecasted implications of expense trends to enterprise units
• Conducted research and developed operating budgets

Geneva, New York, US

• Supported executive leadership in all phases of project life cycles during a period of enterprise growth
• Projected ROI for incentives, promotions, and campaigns in the pipeline
• Forecasted annual budgets and conducted variance analyses for operating expenses
• Performed scenario analyses to support growth proposals

Bachelor'S Degree, Corporate Finance

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Business Administration