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Northbrook, Illinois, US

Forchheim, DE

Bannockburn, Illinois, US

Lincolnshire, IL, US

• Business partner in assisting Senior Management on financial and strategic initiatives
• Responsible for developing and managing a $40M income statement which experienced a 4% YoY improvement in gross margin through enhancement in financial reporting and KPI Metrics
• Lead an implementation reporting cadence policy and successfully managed the income statement for an $8M subsequent business unit of Zebra Technology. Utilized KPI analysis and project reviews
• Implemented a new automation reporting cadence which increased sales efficiency by 9% and allowed sales team to focus solely on revenue generating activities

Chicago, IL, US

• Provided financial support for three separate companies interacting with both external vendors and internal senior management.
• Created month-end financial packages that were sent out to senior management of the three companies I supported. These packages included P&L statements, client and product breakdown analysis through trending and.
• Created the financial modeling, forecasting and budgeting analysis for a startup company called GroceryPress which is expected to generate $2M in 2016

Paris, FR

• Developed and presented key financial reports and dashboards to execute business objectives.
• Prepared and distributed month-end financial reporting package highlighting key performance variances between actual, forecast and budget benchmarks for senior management. The reporting package included P&L statements.
• Developed and implemented $140 million annual operating budget including year-over-year variance analysis, financial bridges and recommendations for bi-monthly senior leadership meetings.
• Created month-end financial reports through in-depth data mining to identify and explain key sales, volume mix and cost variances between the actual, forecast and budget results to continually update the company’s.
• Calculated and reconciled vendor rebates for top 25 domestic and international clients totaling $2.5 million.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Gathered, analyzed and presented market and financial research for strategic product and services initiatives.
• Created and implemented business development plan for a $10 million startup recruiting firm specializing in the IT and Healthcare industries.
• Conducted in-depth financial review of Tribune’s million HR recruiting unit including variance analysis, gap-to-goal initiatives and new business opportunities which helped generate $2 million of incremental business.
• Developed competitive database based on internal markers, market indicators, benchmark analyses, and metrics to provide actionable recommendations.
• Coordinated and communicated results to eight different newspaper markets, joint ventures, and outside venders through organizing rollout strategies, tracking results and providing monthly reporting.

Washington, DC, US

• Identified, tracked, and monitored sales, price changes and inventory for both new and existing residential construction in the Chicagoland area.
• Developed and maintained statistical data on 4,000+ residential developments utilized by builders, developers, and financial institutions to create and evaluate business and financial models.
• Created individual profiles of residential communities in the greater Chicagoland area that was used to create Newhomelisting.com, a website that received 20 million unique hits every month.
• Prepared market analysis and market studies that provided new and existing clients with a concise guide to economic and housing market activity in a particular metro area. Studies included a summary of market strengths.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bs, Business Administration, Finance

Education record