Eric Urstad Email & Phone Number

Snohomish, WA, US

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Lead Darigold’s forecasting and budgeting efforts – consolidating, structuring, and pressure-testing key assumptions
• Help build Darigold’s business processes, including its Integrated Business Planning and its Monthly Business Review processes
• Identify opportunities for performance improvement, supporting business opportunities and key decisions with analysis and strategic framework
• Financialize the impact of Darigold’s ongoing Transformation to ensure forecasts reflect ongoing performance improvement initiatives

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Served as the lead integrator of Darigold’s financial forecast and budgeting efforts
• Developed a new suite of monthly business performance analytics and lead the monthly business review process to share financial results with the executive leadership team
• Built and re-architected the SG&A and headcount forecasting & budgeting process to be able to deliver financial insights at the lowest level of detail
• Served as the focal point for financial business cases and scenario analysis for many of the commercial initiatives
• Developed the grassroots model to allow for restored financial visibility at the transaction level to support commercial leaders gain insights to sku-level information

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Built a new bottoms up supply chain finance model to forecast the cost of warehousing and logistic spend on a monthly basis
• Built and automated the integration of actuals into the standard monthly reforecasting process
• Developed and architected the financial integration model to allow the entire Darigold FP&A organization to integrate and financialize budgets and forecasts to allow for automated pro-forma reporting
• Developed and rebuilt the financial reporting structure for month-end financials as well as monthly business reviews with executive leadership

Bellevue, Washington, United States

− Currently acting as the interim Finance Manager overseeing the financials of the Government Business Unit − Create and present iterative monthly Business Unit Financial Statements to executive leadership detailing variance analysis of actuals and in-year forecast expectations− Enhanced the annual forecast for the Government Business unit using a.

Greater Seattle Area

- Created, maintain, and manage a $50M quarterly labor budget for teams across the US, Russia, and India to align to changing business environment using Cognos, Hyperion, and Essbase.- Developed employment and resource allocation Excel models to optimize resources to meet LRBP targets during dynamic production contraction – resulting to date in a 20% labor.

Greater Seattle Area

- After summer internship in this role, the team asked that I stay and work a sub-full time (36hrs/week) while finishing my senior year, before joining the team full-time in May, 2018.- Created and implemented the enterprise standard model for handling/evaluating supplier cost assertions to enhance the average Boeing analyst’s ability to successfully.

Greater Seattle Area

- Evaluate supplier proposals, analyze individual cost elements and create source selection recommendations.- Present recommendations to executives and gain authority to negotiate contracts directly with suppliers.- Drive cost out of Boeing’s supply chain through effective negotiations and analysis- Forecast the financial impact of prospective contracts.

Greater Seattle Area

- Assessed the financial risk and health of targeted, key suppliers through key market indicators to provide Boeing warning of unstable suppliers that could damage the bottom line or slow production.- Used Microsoft Excel and QuickBooks to construct strategic analysis of financial statements including: Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow, and Bank.

Walla Walla, Washington

- Met with and advised clients on procedures to establish or maintain business venture- Problem solve and oversee the optimization clients' operations, capacity, and goals- Develop and generate long run business plans for companies of varying size, scope, and industry- Train clients in cash flow and accounting methodology, processes, and systems

Greater Seattle Area

- Managed, organized, and automated inbound sales leads, leading to 20% increase in inbound lead conversion- Extensive market research and lead generation in target industries, accumulating over 2000 high viability leads- Database creation and management to establish lead lists and contact analysis- Utilized Excel/Pivot Tables in presentation of lead.

Greater Seattle Area

- Managed, organized, and automated inbound sales leads, leading to 20% increase in inbound lead conversion- Extensive market research and lead generation in target industries, accumulating over 2000 high viability leads- Database creation and management to establish lead lists and contact analysis- Utilized Excel/Pivot Tables in presentation of lead.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics, Magna Cum Laude

None - Transferred, Economics

I transferred to Western Washington University after my sophomore year at Whitman College for family and financial reasons.