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San Jose, California, US

Responsible for all financial activities e.g., budgeting/forecasting, month-end close, variance analysis and management reporting for the San Jose Instruments plant. Monitor and report daily production volumes to ensure productivity is in-line with forecast; work with procurement to minimize material inflation, continuously meet with operations team to.

Anywhere, US

Managed corporate FP&A activities of a +$60M publicly traded company, responsible for the annual/quarterly planning processes, reviewed monthly results to identify trends and drove revenue improvement/cost reduction opportunities, approved purchase requisitions, and reviewed pricing models for new opportunities.

Foster City, California, US

In this role, I served as the interim Finance Business Partner encompassing the coordination of revenue and expense forecasting process for quarterly and annual budget planning; conducted financial analysis including variance analysis; and outline key variance drivers and risks to projections. Additionally, I organized and analyzed the monthly P&L.

I administered FP&A activities for a global company with over $500MM in annual revenue; developed CFO and CEO’s Board of Directors financial presentation decks; and composed company’s management discussion and analysis (MD&A). Partnered with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) on designing a global Synergy Tracking Model for an acquired company; developed a.

I headed a worldwide cross-functional team in creating Global Sales Plays for product suites; developed engagement strategies for customer sales expansion. Received actionable feedback from the product users by executing a Voice of the Customer model into key accounts. Collaborated with market research on innovation products for expansion.Key successes.

I managed the finance business partnership with general and administrative (G&A) functions involving Legal, Finance, and Human Resources; led a worldwide organization of managers and individual contributors; and supervised three team members. Coordinated workforce planning between functions and human resources; built and maintained relationships. Improved.

Chicago, Illinois, US

As the Regional Finance Director, I oversaw the financial activities involving over 8MM square feet of real estate with $36MM in facility management expense, $34MM in utilities, and $60MM in capital expenditures; supervised 23 team members including training and performance management. Developed the FP&A function to build forecasts, budgets, and monitor.

Managed the business unit’s full P&L, balance sheet (inventory, fixed assets, AR, AP etc.) and other key corporate metrics. Tracked actual performance vs. targets and provided management with actionable information in a timely manner. Provided comprehensive and detailed analysis, commentary, and guidance of the financial results to CFO, general managers.

San Jose, CA, US

Built and maintained company’s financial models and collaborated with Executive Team on company-wide revenue and expense targets of $1.6B and $0.8M, respectively; Coordinated 3-year strategic business planning, budgeting and forecast (QRF) process, Presented Executive Team with weekly outlook report; Prepared quarterly reporting of the Actual, Planning.

Master Of Business Administration, Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration And Finance