Brian Vinsôn, Mba Email & Phone Number

As Head of Finance, I oversee all Finance related functions for Empower Global, a socially-immersive marketplace to discover and shop the world’s best Black-owned brands. This partnership is driven by Sean Combs through Combs Enterprises, and is supported by a partnership with Salesforce.The marketplace will connect shoppers with high-quality Black brands in a social setting, and will bring resources and services to Black brands in its portfolio to help these brands scale and grow. The Marketplace is built in partnership with Salesforce using its Commerce Cloud technology, along with numerous Black-led partnerships.My responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: - Overall responsibility for the financial management, cost control, and cash management of the company.- Overseeing of the company’s financial strategy and providing strategic financial advice and proposals to the CEO, the rest of the Senior Management Team, and the Board.- Overseeing of all international accounting and tax matters in regions of operation

Arlington, Va, Us

Led the development of cost analysis, financial and expense performance comparisons, calculations of rate of return, cash flow projections, and conducts monthly/quarterly/ annual forecasting reviews with executive leadership.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

- Led team as the subject matter expert and strategic partner to the executive team on sales volume, revenue trendsand related drivers for a budget that exceeded $7 Billion dollars annually from 106 International locations.- Implemented process improvements that generated over $2.5M in annual savings.- Developed innovative data visualization systematic dashboards for reporting on monthly variances for all NorthAmerica locations.- Created a cost efficiency model to launch the most profitable sales channel with revenues that exceeded $100Mannually.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

- Led monthly, quarterly and annual forecasting and goal setting process for 2nd largest expense for the Target Corporation of $1 Billion dollars.- Drove continuous process improvements in reporting, forecasting and budgeting activities throughautomation, consolidation and quality improvements.- Served as a trusted internal consultant and project leader of cross-functional teams to develop and executelong range goals, annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and P&L restructuring.- Developed and presented weekly business value cases and proposals for over $1B of capital spend annuallyto executive leadership.- Responsible for the creation, evaluation and project management of quarterly, annual and long-rangestrategic decisions

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

- Led a large team of Senior Level Management and Analyst teams in data driven decision making in the areas of capital investment, new store development, operational and expense initiatives and contract negotiations.- Responsible for developing and presenting compelling business value cases and proposals for over $1B of capital spend annually to executive leadership. Also responsible for creation, evaluation, and execution of daily, quarterly, annual and long range strategic decisions.- Currently also serving as Internal consultant in partnership with Cap Gemini for Target’s implementation of SAP

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

- Lead monthly, quarterly and annual foresting and goal setting process for 2nd largest expense for the Target Corporation. Role included leading managers of managers and analysts directly.- Business partner/internal consultant and project leader of large teams to develop and execute long-range goals, annual budgets, monthly forecasts, and P&L restructuring.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

- Developed complex financial models to aid in evaluation of initiatives and financial portfolios. Also collaborated with business partners in identifying and evaluating opportunities to optimize expenses across Target Financial Services. Included developing ad hoc financial models to support the analysis.- Developed and executed multi-million dollar negotiation strategies for $45 Billion of annual payment acceptance, led various initiatives in Expense Optimization, analyzed capital project requests and drove the capital allocation process for several headquarter areas. Heavily relied on to create external presentations, goal statements, & implementation strategies.

Santa Clara, California, Us

- Rated as #1 Finance Intern in highly competitive and selective forced rating/ranking environment.- Developed extensive financial models and Market Segment Share (MSS) database to allow Intel to discover disconnects in Market Segment Share goals and over $700M dollars in sales and marketing investment. Made data driven recommendations that decreased marketing spending by 10% while greatly increasing Intel’s Market Segment Share among fierce competitors

Dallas, Tx, Us

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Washington, Dc, Us

- Consultant for NASA and other US based emerging businesses (via TEEX) to identify potential markets, and the commercial viability of technology based innovations. If determined viable responsible for developing a concise business plan and discovering the most economical and efficient manner to present the technology to the market via venture capital firms.

Mclean, Va, Us

- Recovered over $1M dollars annually in assets and potential loss profits through contract negotiations. Gained financial industry knowledge and perfected the ability to make quantitative and qualitative decisions with limited information.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Mba, Finance, Strategic Marketing

Fintech ( Finance + Technology), Harvardx, Fintech, Harvardx

Bachelor Of Architecture (B.Arch.), Specialized In Construction, New Construction, Rehab And Resell, Property Mgmt

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineer With A Minor In Business

Investment Management, Certified Fund Manager

High School Diploma, Football