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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Monument, Colorado, United States

New Albany, Ohio, United States

A part of Financial Planning & Analysis team.-Assist with creation of annual budget and quarterly forecasting; particularly COGS and Plant Expenses.-Create and own different reports to give financial insight to senior leadership.-Analyze profitability scenarios of new product innovations; communicate findings to various teams across the organization.-Understand variances between actuals and forecast/budget.-Use SAP and Oracle to gauge various business metrics, and help forecast future trends.-Investigate the accuracy of invoices received from company M&A.-Prepare presentations/materials used by company executives.-Various Ad Hoc analysis/financial modeling.

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Financial Analyst in the Accelerated Development Program at the Columbus liquid plant.-Trained directly under Area Controller and Site Analyst.-Participated in control room of 2 yearly inventories (Columbus and Cincinnati sites).-Learned month end close responsibilities (accruals, journal entries, etc.).-Explain variances between actuals and budget on the P&L on a monthly, YTD, and current month vs. last year basis.-Prepare and run weekly financials meeting to discuss site performance with regional and site leadership.-Research and resolve variances in work orders on a daily basis.-Ensure the timely payment of invoices to vendors, as well as other AP responsibilities.-Adjust inventory in QAD and AOM to resolve variances, or to adjust to plant use.-Responsible for transitioning Cincinnati site from GEMS to COUPA for all invoicing from vendors.

Cleveland, Ohio

Developed, analyzed and reviewed critical month end reports in Excel to reconcile the Claims department's general ledger with other departments within Sherwin Williams.Responsible for filing freight claims against carriers for problem shipments, as well as obtaining and analyzing proof of delivery documents, invoices, shipping bill of ladings, load audits, and shipper load and count reports. -Recovered over $1 million in damages through filing freight claims against carriers.