Deanna Baker Email & Phone Number

Victor, New York, United States

Victor, New York, United States

Assistant Controller (October 2018 – June 2020)• Responsible for month-end and year-end close including journal entries, account reconciliations and financial statement preparation and analysis.• Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statement packages including covenants for private equity leadership and banking partners.• Prepared financial slides for quarterly board meetings.• Monitored cash flow via daily bank reconciliation, management of domestic and international… Show more Assistant Controller (October 2018 – June 2020)• Responsible for month-end and year-end close including journal entries, account reconciliations and financial statement preparation and analysis.• Prepared monthly and quarterly financial statement packages including covenants for private equity leadership and banking partners.• Prepared financial slides for quarterly board meetings.• Monitored cash flow via daily bank reconciliation, management of domestic and international vendor payments, LOC tracking and weekly cash flow preparation with a 13 week scope. • Prepared daily key metric dashboard for internal management and weekly dashboard for private equity leadership.• Led annual budget and quarterly forecast preparation.• Audit lead on interim and annual financial statement audits. • Provided analytics to senior leadership team and private equity leadership to drive business decisions.• Responsible for data integrity of the general ledger. Show less

Assistant Controller (February 2016 – October 2018)• Key user and subject matter expert on SAP conversion project team working with global colleagues.• Recruited, trained and supervised financial analyst.• Responsible for sales profit and loss statement and reviewing results with CFO.• Worked closely with sales management to monitor and update order intake and revenue forecasts for month, quarter and year.• Led annual budget and quarterly forecast preparation for sales and… Show more Assistant Controller (February 2016 – October 2018)• Key user and subject matter expert on SAP conversion project team working with global colleagues.• Recruited, trained and supervised financial analyst.• Responsible for sales profit and loss statement and reviewing results with CFO.• Worked closely with sales management to monitor and update order intake and revenue forecasts for month, quarter and year.• Led annual budget and quarterly forecast preparation for sales and marketing organizations.• Provided analytics to CEO, CFO, Sales VPs and Marketing VP to drive business decisions.• Worked with shared financial services team in Costa Rica on month end close and transitioning responsibilities.• Worked with PwC as audit lead on interim and annual audits of accounts receivable and revenue. Project Manager (March 2015 – September 2015)I was selected by the CFO to lead a team tasked with integrating a recently acquired consumables company into the Getinge processes and systems. The team included representatives from Finance, IT, Customer Service, Distribution Center, and the consumables company’s CEO and CFO. The team met the assigned objective of moving the order entry function and all transaction tracking and reporting to Getinge within six months.Financial Analyst (January 2014 – January 2016)• Provided key analysis to CEO and CFO to drive business decisions.• Analyzed local and integrated margin by product line.• Supported sales and marketing teams with monthly review of financials and advisement on cost containment and annual planning.• Tracked sales representative performance – orders and pipeline.• Collaborated on quarterly forecasts and annual budget with focus on unit and margin projections.• Reported income statement, product sales, and headcount to Corporate on monthly basis.• Prepared regional sales profit and loss statements and calculated bonus attainment. Show less

•Provide key analysis to CFO/President to drive business decisions.•Serve as finance department liaison to marketing team advising on cost containment, forecasting and annual planning.•Prepare key performance indicators for monthly leadership team strategy meetings.•Prepare daily sales flash for worldwide executive management.•Provide six month sales projections monthly to corporate headquarters.•Participate in annual plan preparation with focus on sales and margin.

-Maintain all part pricing in SAP for three sales organizations and over 10,000 parts.-Prepare and distribute monthly price lists to sales and marketing organization and key customers.-Ensure data integrity and maintain audit trail for all pricing changes.-Analyze profitability by customer and product line.