Donna Dirks Email & Phone Number

Holbrook, Ny, Us

I own and operate a business callled Young Masters. We promote creativity and art education for children in grades K-6 while at the same time raising funds for schools and all types of children's organizations.

Corporate financial analyses. Budget preparation, monthly actual to budget analyses, M&A due diligence, competition analyses, cost analyses, cost cutting strategy, and all ad hoc special finance projects and analyses as well as team management. Financial modelling and pricing strategy. Financial expert and consultant to Sales and Operations managers.

·Provide business and financial reports, forecasts and analysis firm wide as well as for individual offices ,both domestic and foreign.·Review and improve budget and financial analysis processes and procedures.·Manage the annual budget preparation process and lead the annual partner and senior management budget committee meetings.·Create and manage the monthly budget variance review process.·Perform firm wide as well as functional financial analyses on a regular basis to support sound financial decisions.·Maintain banking relationships including fulfillment of loan covenant and financial reporting requirements.

·Responsible for the process review and improvement of the budget and financial analysis process and procedure.·Provided business and financial forecasts, reports, and ad hoc analyses for all cost and profit centers.·Researched budgeting software mainframe packages for implementation and integration into current financial systems.·Key player on SAP budgeting implementation team. ·Prepared and communicated the company budgets, including P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow.Coordinated monthly update meetings with department managers to ensure adherence to company budgets.·Created and maintained a Microsoft Excel based model to calculate the cost of and provide scenarios relating to all New Membership Offers.