Brian Murphy Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Deliver tailored finance and accounting solutions to clients nationwide

• Led finance, accounting and human resources functions for multi-million dollar, international event management company
• Managed digital and print invitation production and distribution, guests lists, guest communications, ticketing, seating, check-in and day of event staffing for studio premieres in Los Angeles, CA New York, NY and.

Received Private Pilot License at Pacific Air Flight School (LGB)

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Owned gross revenue, trade expense and sales operating expense forecasting and management of omni-channel, multi-national, plant-based beverage business
• Led implementation and deployment of revenue and trade management system (Exceedra) across entire organization
• Built and deployed contra-revenue accrual processes to sales, marketing and accounting teams and owned the annual external audit related to A/R, gross and net revenue, and broker commissions
• Optimized pricing structure by consolidating regional, tiered price lists into national, bracket price lists and oversaw all customer net pricing and invoicing in partnership with customer operations team
• Provided P&L insight and pricing recommendations for innovation items, including prepaid freight charges
• Designed and owned the broker commission liability calculation and payment each month for 17+ retail brokers totaling over $6-million annually

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Partnered with Chief Revenue Officer to maximize sales volumes and net revenue, while controlling sales operating expenses for six product categories within the baby and beauty product lines sold through e-commerce.
• Responsible for budgeting and forecasting activities as part of annual and long-range planning, monthly closes, periodic re-forecasts and weekly revenue updates to C-Suite leaders
• Hired and managed a team consisting of a senior financial analyst and a sales operations associate

Los Angeles, CA, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Partnered with International leadership to manage budgeting and forecasting of a $185MM portfolio of approximately fifty brands being sold to distributor, wholesale and retail customers in eighty countries
• Performed FP&A responsibilities including monthly and quarterly closes and forecasts as well as preparation of annual operating plans and long-term strategic business plans
• Owned full P&L, including sales volumes, pricing and trade rates, advertising and promotion and SG&A expenses
• Appointed sole international representative for Conagra in sale of Wesson oil brand - educated bankers and domestic brand team, prepared sell decks, presented to potential buyers and completed due diligence requests to.
• Led price increase/product mix initiative in fiscal year 2017 that resulted in a 250bps increase in gross margin percentage versus fiscal year 2016
• Redesigned trade management process to eliminate unexpected spending and increase forecast accuracy

Miami, FL, US

• Established and developed relationships with international customers, marketed the Ryder brand and doubled sales of Ryder’s commercial vehicles in key Latin American markets
• Ensured international pricing levels were consistent with Ryder’s strategic initiative and achieved up to 70% incremental revenue per vehicle relative to domestic wholesale vehicle sales
• Researched barriers to trade in Latin American and Caribbean countries to evaluate and identify markets with the highest trade potential
• Assisted international customers with securing letters of credit and international financing arrangements to stimulate sales, foster high levels of customer satisfaction and generate repeat business
• Coordinated with domestic and international freight forwarding and maritime shipping agencies to ensure timely shipment and delivery of vehicles to destinations throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America
• Marketed Ryder’s “Fleet Products” parts division in international markets to increase ancillary revenues

Miami, FL, US

• Provided FP&A support for development of annual and long-term operating plans and quarterly forecasts for Full Service Lease, Commercial Rental and Used Vehicle Sales product lines (approximately 150,000 vehicles and.
• Secured capital to purchase new facilities in North America by performing real estate financial analyses and presenting business case scenarios to senior management
• Developed and managed monthly flash reporting package including P&L’s, Key Performance Indicators, Scorecards, Fleet Count and Inventory Aging Analyses
• Performed monthly, quarterly and annual closes and forecasts
• Promoted to Financial Consultant in August 2011

New York City, NY, US

• Managed $1.5-billion annual Primetime programming budget by building short and long-term programming cost estimates, closing and recording monthly, quarterly and annual programming costs and explaining cost variances.
• Held lead business role designing, testing and implementing a proprietary system built to enable program scheduling, cost forecasting and automated amortization expense calculation and posting to NBC’s ledger
• Achieved corporate Primetime margin directives by identifying cost savings using “what-if” scenario analyses to determine the financial impact of changes in program scheduling
• Monitored and reported financial risks and opportunities to senior operational and finance executives
• Created quarterly profitability analyses for all Primetime programming using information sourced from multiple cross-functional partners

New York City, NY, US

• Oversaw budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning and monthly, quarterly and annual closing activities for Telemundo Network programming department in Miami, Florida and Telemundo Studios production facilities in.
• Managed production budgets using Movie Magic software and monitored studio recording schedules with Finance Managers to ensure studio productions were being produced within budget and had sufficient final content.
• Ensured efficient utilization of $35-million library of theatrical assets by analyzing risks and opportunities and tracking historical usage
• Presented a full balance sheet asset analysis to CFO and Director of Finance on a quarterly basis to determine utilization potential and avoid the risk of asset impairment

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance And International Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance

College Preparatory Curriculum