Cameron Evans Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Led a team of seven direct reports separated into two divisions (NA Corp Development and Disruptive Innovation). Formal positions included:• Head of Agile Disruptive Innovation Finance, North American Zone• Head of Commercial Corp Dev + Strategy, North American Zone • Head of Commercial Finance Transformation, North American Zone• Head of Finance, Just Spices US (KraftHeinz Joint Venture)Accomplishments in position include:- Commercialized Two World Class Inventions Recognized by Time Magazine as FY23 Top 200 Inventions - Successfully Stood up Two New Kraft Heinz Joint Ventures: NotCo and Just Spices- Locked in a Multiple Inbound External Partnerships Worth - End-To-End Renovation of Four Multi-Billion $ Brands Through BDTV- Stood Up Kraft Heinz’s First DTC Enablement Capabilities- Commercialized 40+ Skus Across 10 Brands, with an expected revenue contribution of +$100M a year- Successfully Exited Multiple Low Preforming Businesses - Strengthened the Zone’s Margin Profile by +5PP (TTM) by Reducing Exposure to Low Profitable Skus

Chicago, Il, Us

As a Senior Finance Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), it was my duty to develop and execute the BU’s long-term strategy. More importantly it was my, and by extension my team’s, responsibility to create strategic analysis and recommendations to make impactful business decisions to achieve this strategy.Valuation, Impairment & Special Projects• Conducted all valuation related activities for the business unit and the brands falling under it. This included Goodwill Impairment testing, M&A due diligence, and long-range planning.• Led the BU’s due diligence involvement in multiple divestiture deals including the Natural Cheese, Planters, and Cheese Powders businesses. Combined, these deals totaled more than +$3b.Financial Planning (Budget Planning / Long Term Strategy Planning)• Ran the BU’s multibillion-dollar short term financial strategy by setting the Annual Operating Plan (Budget) during the FY20, FY21, and FY22 cycles. The Annual Net Revenue for this BU was roughly ~$5b/yr.

Chicago, Il, Us

As a Finance Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), it was my responsibility to monitor and report the financial results of the BU. During my tenure as a FM it was my responsibility to oversee the FP&A responsibilities for the Away From Home BU (~$2.5b yearly net sales), and two retail platforms worth an additional ~$2.5b in annual sales.Financial Forecasting• Led financial modeling for all monthly and annual forecasting (full PnL overview). Planning was a driver-based forecast that used drivers such as pricing, trade, commodity impacts, product/ customer mix, ZBB (fixed costs), innovation, etc.Management Reporting (Financial Close)• Oversaw the monthly financial close and subsequent reporting (historical and variance explanation, R&Os) / advisement to senior executives (including CFOs and Presidents)• Managed the team whose responsibility it was to monitor the health of the P&L and provide ongoing recommendations that helped generate favorable business results

Chicago, Il, Us

As a SFA I strengthened my understanding of running a commercial P&L and interpreting its results. Some of my more notable accomplishments included:Variance Analysis (PVM)• Owned monthly variance analysis, including running the PVM and any additional ad-hoc analysis that was needed to explain the results (in particular mix)OVC Controls and Mitigation (Other Variable Costs)• Developed rituals and routines to track the BU’s Other Variable COGS; bringing new insight into what “controllable costs” were hitting the P&L and ultimately reducing these excessive costs by considerable amounts (creating margin expansion)• Involved in implementing the BU’s commodity cost/pricing strategy (Cheese, Dairy, Nuts and Coffee) - strategy considered overage pricing, hedging futures, fixed price contracts etc.Business Intelligence Tool (P&L Automation)• Managed the BU's multimillion-dollar initiative to develop and implement a Hyperion database that automated the P&L close process and book of record

Chicago, Il, Us

Global Supply Chain FinanceAs an Analyst I was focused on driving cost savings across the company and creating new operating efficiencies (procurement, manufacturing, logistics) that resulted in favorable financial results.Forecast Consolidation and Presentations• Oversaw consolidation and presentation of the Global Operational Cost forecast, working directly with C-Level Executives to ensure financial accuracy. Analysis was regularly shared with and presented to the company's Board of Directors.• Keenly in tune with how current events at the time were shaping the performance of the company; as a global ops leader, it was my responsibility to ensure this was properly communicated to senior executives and the subsequent decisions were then executed across the broader organization.Global Reporting Automation• Project Manager tasked with creating an automated global financial reporting system that provided executive leadership on-demand Ops P&L analysis; throughout the project I managed three teams of external consultants (~20 employees).Budget Planning• Developed the FY19 Ops budgeting methodology and delegated the new planning procedure throughout the international zones.Key Performance Indicators Tracking (KPI)• Monitored and tracked trends of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) relating to operational costs and operating efficiencies.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

As an Associate Wealth Manager, I worked on a highly skilled Wealth Management Team, whom specialized in comprehensive financial planning for High Net Worth (HNW) individuals and businesses planning. The Wealth Management practice provided a wide variety of products and services including: investment management, legacy & succession planning, advisory services, long-term care, estate & trust arrangement, key employee services etc.The team worked in a fiduciary capacity, utilized a fee-based planning structure and focused their book of business on HNW with portfolios in excess of +$5M.My duties included:Portfolio Analysis• Evaluated client’s investment portfolio holdings and recommend modifying positions and/or asset allocation based on variable factors (market outlook, risk tolerance, investment objectives, etc.)Fund Analysis• Frequently completed rigorous analysis on mutual funds and ETFs (fee and expense structure, industry sector movements, macro-economic activity, holdings, etc.), regularly utilizing Envestnet and Morningstar to assist in this analysis

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

As a Financial Representative I created in-depth financial plans for clients tailored specifically to their unique financial circumstances and objectives. By taking a "holistic approach" to the planning process, I was able to provide comprehensive plans that solved for a client’s offensive (wealth accumulation) and defensive needs (risk-based needs).

Houston, Tx, Us

Worked as a Financial Advisor on a Financial Planning team that specialized in managing and administering large Employer Retirement Plans & Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA). The team largely focused on Non-For-Profit 403b and Governmental 457 retirement plans; however, its’ book also included a significant amount of AUM from clients that had transitioned their funds into IRAs once retiring. Some of the sizable contracts under management included: The University of Alabama, City of Tuscaloosa, City of Northport, Baptist Health Systems, Bibb Medical Center, and Bibb County School District.• Practice Book of Business was +$1B of AUM (working in a fiduciary capacity)• The firm’s open-architecture sales model, and my Series 7 & 63 licensing, allowed me to provide a variety of financial services including buying/selling equities, bonds, mutual funds, fixed & variable annuities, managed platform accounts, whole life & term life insurance, etc. • The team was repeatedly recognized for its outstanding sales achievements; including the senior Advisor making the President’s Club (company’s Top 10 Advisers) for multiple years

Houston, Tx, Us

Participated in “back office” tasks during the time that I was obtaining regulatory certifications and licenses (Series 7 and Series 63). During this short tenure I took it upon myself to seek after continuous improvement projects wherever I could find them (systematizing client meeting prep, increasing client outreach, etc.).

Tuscaloosa, Al, Us

Led the University Student Government Association's involvement in student orientations throughout the 2013-2014 academic year. This included designing promotional material for the SGA informational table that was present at the orientations, and training peer SGA members whom where assigned to work the table.

Houston, Tx, Us

My initial experience at AIG was as a Wealth Management Intern. The internship provided a tremendous amount of conceptual knowledge on the financial services industry. By working directly aside the firm's Senior Financial Advisers it was easy to see how vital it is for a financial services institution to maintain superb customer relationships, and how fundamental it is to ultimately exceed any of their expectations. The internship was the first step in really allowing me to test the accuracy of all those academic theories and investment strategies that I was then learning at the University. Some of my Internship responsibilities included:-Fund Analysis and Research - Researched possible funds choices and made recommendations to senior advisers based on analysis (included bench marking, economic outlook, fee analysis, etc).-Portfolio Holdings Analysis - Examined holdings in client’s investment portfolios to help understand if current positions constituted a suitable portfolio allocation -Client Meetings - Interacted directly with senior advisers assisting clients, learning investing terminology and the client care-Client Onboarding - Assisted in the integrating newly enrolled clients onto the in-house data network

Tuscaloosa, Al, Us

As an Orientation Leader at the University of Alabama, it was my responsibility to ensure all new students we're adequately prepared for their academic career at UA. This required a wide range of duties such as educating students on numerous academic organizations and the programs they’d be exposed to, advising on resources, preparation and student involvement, as well as rules and procedures they’d be expected to comply with as a UA student.○Received extensive training in customer service and leadership○Provided hands on experience implementing leadership techniques while interacting, teaching and guiding new students○Mentored several students whom had ultimately decided to attend the University, after attending an orientation I had led

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance, General

Student, International Finance & European Economics (Study Abroad)

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