Daniel Johnston Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Lead a large team with high exposure: Created a team of 20+ providing advanced analytics to multiple stakeholders, including SVP- and VP-level decision makers
• Super-charging insights with data science and AI: Data science concepts are usually confined to customer-facing applications, but not internal insights. We’re changing that by building a framework that allows users to.
• Excel in change management and cultural creation: In the wake of a reorganization just prior to my promotion, hired-up team to meet increased demands from new leadership. Prior to my tenure as Sr. Manager, much of the.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Introduced advanced statistics to analytics: Created ‘Project Doppler’, an initiative that is providing the first precise, impartial, and automated means of determining the impact of key actions, a critical requirement.
• Collaborated with Cornell to improve models for better insights: Guided a successful and highly relevant internship, one that combined causal impact and dynamic time warping using Python to produce a vital measurement.
• Democratized insights: Improved the visibility of our analytical insights by overseeing the creation of our first portal

Greater Atlanta Area

• Created business process with huge ROI: Proposed and introduced major elements of Department Business Review (‘DBR’), an initiative that increased CEX’s revenue contribution by an estimated $40M-50M from 2018 to 2019.
• Invented a highly-used tool: Created the ‘Nuro Widget’, an Excel-based tool that lets users calculate the possible impact of their work and therefore improve prioritization
• Research led to major operational change: Led a meta-study on Hybrid pages and their efficacy. Through compiling 25 tests, I determined the conditions in which Hybrids are most likely to succeed. Since completing the.
• Leaned into talent development: Solved a variety of managerial challenges while maintaining strong results
• Effective stakeholder management: Solved major dysfunction in a cross functional group I inherited in summer of 2020. Upon arriving, there was friction due to (i) a lack of consensus around the strategy for the.
• Managed up’ for additional ROI: Advocated to directors and senior managers for the creation of Combo Kit Ghost SSKUs, a solution that improves the complicated experience of shopping for power tools and accessories..

Atlanta, GA

• Provided financial leadership for portfolio of complex businesses including three Repair and Liquidation (RLC) facilities (~$1.0B COGS return volume and $84M salvage sales in 2018) and Customer- and Store-Owned Repair.
• Guided the business from $37M net expense in 2016 to profitable by 2018
• Managed full P&L for each business, which included analytical support, operational/store-level planning, and forecasting

Atlanta, GA

• Achieved $24M cost out in partnership with Operators and Procurement in RFPs for accounts with total spend of $144M
• Leveraged market research and coordinated with business partners to determine strategy for accounts and vendor negotiations
• Minimized snow removal costs by developing an ideal rate calculation using statistics, the common logarithm, and weather data
• Achieved $2M cost mitigation while serving as SME for Waste & Recycling (spend of $66M), which involved SPP support, VP-level presentation, operational/store-level planning, analytics, forecasting, and partnership with.

Atlanta, GA

• Analyzed business and financial data for large-scale credit decisions in the energy, healthcare, consumer, media, communications, industrials, and financial services industries (e.g. approval of a $1B line of credit.
• Conducted extensive industry research and due diligence on prospective clients through review of client documents, which resulted in custom reports that reflected each client’s operations, customers, contracts, market.
• Analyzed clients’ financials and leveraged familiarity with GAAP to create a review of earnings, profitability, liquidity, etc.
• Analyzed client- and deal-related risk factors and corresponding mitigants for strategic discussions with senior bankers
• Translated legal documents (e.g. credit agreements, term sheets) into a summary for broad distribution
• Presented final reports with dynamic financial models that incorporated all analyses to executive team for deal approval

Greater Atlanta Area

• Utilized industry knowledge and financial accounting experience to provide attestation services in accordance with SEC, AICPA, and PCAOB requirements for various investment, real estate, banking, and insurance companies
• Demonstrated ability to understand clients’ business processes in a timely manner through research of previous engagements and establishing rapport and strong relationships with client personnel, including executive.
• Leveraged familiarity with GAAP and other technical accounting pronouncements to translate current and prior-year financial statement data into an understanding of client operations, liquidity, profitability, etc.
• Adhered to Sarbanes Oxley internal control evaluation standards through awareness of current guidance and industry best practices
• Established a culture of teamwork through insight, instruction, counsel, and collaboration in every engagement

Greater Atlanta Area

• Assessed and analyzed internal controls of various business cycles through procedure walkthroughs, interviews with company personnel, and documentation of client-provided working papers
• Participated in multiple employee benefit plan audits, which included investigation of investment earnings and application of those earnings to employees’ accounts
• Exposed to various clients, relationships, industries, people and software