Cameron Thomas Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Lead the ~50 person finance function for ~$800m Nutrition & Health Business Unit (BU), including FP&A, controllership, process excellence, and business analytics & reporting
• Achieved 14% EBITDA growth YoY in 2022 through organic growth initiatives and effective price/ cost management despite inflation levels reaching 40-year high
• Developed 3-year strategic plan to organically grow revenue nearly 30% and EBITDA 750 bps, continuing to drive key action plans with the BU president and executive leadership team
• Executed $10m cost-out program through labor optimization and other global sourcing and productivity savings initiatives
• Accountable for all financial results, including the development, communication, and execution of mitigation plans to offset identified headwinds to the AOP and quarterly forecasts
• Effectively manage large investment ($250k+) process and approvals, ensuring a consistent pipeline of high ROIC investment opportunities to help drive growth and margin expansion

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Developed enterprise AOP strategy within new BU finance structure, aligning cross-functional teams from commercial, operations, finance, and product management
• Built and presented 2022 AOP and 2023-2024 Long Range Plan (LRP) for ~$400m N&H Equipment BU to executive leadership team
• Reported detailed monthly financials to N&H Equipment leadership team with an emphasis on key drivers and actionable decision points to achieve AOP and quarterly targets
• Prepared quarterly forecasts by product line, site, and other critical intersections of the business, accomplishing the revenue and operating profit targets each quarter
• Directed global team of controllers and product financial analysts, driving efficient and accurate reporting with a focus on continuous improvement initiatives

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Established and presented product line monthly financial reviews for cross-functional leadership teams in both Pumps and Valves with detailed reviews of product line P&L’s and KPI’s
• Performed bi-monthly deep-dive product line operational reviews and presented key takeaways and accompanying actions plans to executive leadership team, including in-depth analyses on key growth and margin expansion.
• Completed AM install base analysis of North America Valves business to identify current entitlement capture rates and opportunities to achieve AOP growth targets

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Created and led centralized data and analytics team, building an extended team of ~20 people globally within key areas of global business reporting, data analytics, and master data
• Designed and implemented global master data tool (Profisee) in under 6 months, owning the entire software selection process and vendor relationship, and acted as the overall project owner, project manager, developer.
• Led team of global business analysts responsible for developing self-service digital reporting tools, primarily leveraging our business warehouse platforms and Power BI for visualization
• Drove team of data scientists to partner with functions across the enterprise on strategic projects, such as the creation of an internal SIOP application, Google Analytics data mining for key website insights, and.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Spearheaded Power BI adoption for the enterprise, leveraging various databases and tools to build automated reporting solutions across all functions of the business
• Established first ever global cost center reporting capabilities for functional budgets, a key milestone in transforming the company from a holding company to operating company structure
• Developed a strategy to implement a foundational analytics capability within the FP&A function, introducing the agile methodology to produce business partner focused reports and dashboards

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Corporate FP&A
• Designed and implemented a driver-based Hyperion Planning solution for ~$2B company, acting as primary decision maker on all system upgrades and enhancements
• Streamlined new Hyperion Planning system for the enterprise, including training for users around the world, and established a consistent, repeatable process for the Corporate FP&A team
• Created, maintained, and analyzed comprehensive reporting package used by all levels of the organization, including senior executives
• Prepared and presented complete forecasts and annual plans for ~$600M Power & Energy segment to senior level executivesPower & Energy Segment
• Developed database in SharePoint to collect operational metrics from manufacturing plants across the world, along with a scorecard for analysis and establishing KPI’s for bonus targets

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Business Unit Experience
• Implemented monthly process to more accurately forecast service center revenue and margins using customized SAP reports to feed into automated Excel reports
• Created automated sensitivity analysis tool to analyze manufacturing costs by department
• Responsible for recording monthly and quarterly journal entries, along with reconciliations for various accounts, leveraging both SAP and Syteline ERP systems
• Prepared monthly presentations for the executive council, requiring detailed analysis and commentary on financial results of the individual manufacturing plants
• Heavily involved in producing the annual Plan for the business, including the analysis for 2016 projections and the final presentation to the executive leadership teamOther AFRP Positions

Clemson, SC, US

-Devise and execute study sessions for Accounting 201 to help students succeed in this traditionally difficult course by carefully planning activities that encourage collaborative learning

Columbus, OH, US

-Developed finance and manufacturing questionnaires to improve the speed and efficiency of entering new international markets-Implemented new procedures to enhance the processes of updating import duty drawback percentages and creating new profit centers in SAP-Analyzed and upgraded naming conventions of functional specifications to help various teams.

Bachelor Of Science, Financial Management; Minor- Accounting

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