Evan Whidden Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

• Senior Financial Analyst Operations Control
• Created excel VBA to better analyze book vs physical inventory levels among all grain mills company-wide
• Led annual grain weigh-up which resulted in $500K to the bottom line and ensured mills had minimal book-to-bin variances at year-end
• Held calls with a few mills on a monthly basis to review plant p&l’s with focus on grain and sales margins
• Conducted training sessions for inventory coordinators on how to ensure inventory counts are accurate
• Developed file to better analyze how effectively mills are recording wheat inventory by protein spec leading to increased awareness of opportunities available when creating blends

• Consolidated monthly financials for Cliffs Michigan Operations to reflect our partnership holdings
• Ran the IT2 cash files for the entire company as well as allocated costs to all sites on a monthly basis
• Used the Equity Method Investment to record Hibbing Taconite financials

• 3rd rotation: Internal Audit Analyst - Cleveland, OH
• Coordinated efforts in the scope of the audit, fieldwork and reporting stages related to FCPA
• Tested over 150 employee expense transactions and 100 business transactions to evaluate compliance with Cliffs FCPA policy
• Orchestrated a supply inventory audit by working with mine site personnel to reduce inventory levels by approximately 10% Year-over-Year
• Sarbanes – Oxley testing of financial controls both at corporate and mine site level2nd rotation: Staff Accountant - Cliffs Michigan Operations - Ishpeming, MI
• In charge of all accounting/finance related to Lake Superior & Ishpeming railroad (LS&I)

Prepared Daily Sales/Dispatch ReportsDeveloped a quarterly operating review presentation for leadership teamOrganized and calculated duty drawback on export taxes for raw materials and finished goods

Jp Morgan Center For Commodities

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