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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Responsibilities include leading the annual plan and monthly forecast process, managing revenue, cost, margin and other key driver-based analyses to provide strategic insight to the business. Direct the monthly accounting close so as to provide rolling forecast integration and provide financial transparency to HealthFitness functional leaders.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Consulted with the FP&A and Pricing departments at HealthFitness, a Trustmark company, in Lake Forest, IL. Tasked with providing strong financial leadership to the sales organization and actionable margin improvement plans to senior management.

Deerfield, IL

• Led Neurology business unit finance team of 3 in support of U.S. operations. Select accomplishments include:
• Led local implementation of SAP Business Planning and Consolidation system (BPC), and Business Objects reporting tool for finance and accounting teams.
• Restructured entire FP&A team by adopting business partnering principles and aligning annual performance goals during time as interim Director, FP&A.
• Reduced month-end cycle time from 5 days to 3 days, while improving submission accuracy.
• Achieved a 15% workload reduction by rolling out Procure-to-Pay processes to U.S. affiliate.
• Developed an improved systems organizational hierarchy by reducing active cost centers by 50% and profit centers by 20%.

Oak Brook, IL

• Managed a team of financial business partners for the Chief Restaurant Officer and his leadership team. Consolidated global results for North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Asia Pacific.
• Served as Finance Lead on the Project Governance Board that established standardization for reporting formats and content; reporting time was reduced by 12%.
• Project team member for Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and Financial Reporting (HFR) implementation projects, responsible for rollout to supported area.

Oak Brook, IL

Managed financial operations for an IT unit that supported global restaurant software including help desk support. Reported to corporate executives and unit president. Prepared balance sheet, cash flow statements, and P&L analysis. Developed entity valuation model and assisted with negotiations for unit sale.

Oak Brook, IL

Supported the Chief Technology Officer in reporting global financials to the CIO. Administered a $37 million annual contract for outsourced IT. Collaborated with the CTO in resolving contract issues with the vendor.

Directed annual budget planning for R&D plus Quality in a highly matrixed environment. Provided strategic recommendations to 3 functional VPs and their staffs. Owned annual $120 million operating plan that included periodic forecasting, expense/capital reporting, risk/opportunity analysis, and bridging exercises.

Northfield, IL

Managed reporting for $700 million in internal company sales in North America. Set transfer pricing for cross border product movements. Supervised and developed a multi-tiered team of 7 who analyzed variances and set price lists for Canada, Mexico, and Latin America.

Van Buren Twp., MI

Dearborn, MI

Dearborn, MI

Dearborn, MI

Mba, Finance

Bs, Political Science