Fred Conte Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis for ASCM, formerly APICS, the premier global supply chain management industry association.

Provide program-specific financial data and analysis to Legal Department to support company’s litigation efforts. Support Image Services with requests for title and detailed information and led functional preparation and analysis of profitability financial statements by program. Prepare supporting schedules related to historical financial statements and Shared Services data. Prepare process documentation for legal database, business warehouse queries and supporting schedules.

Led annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, analyzed and planned revenues, and tracked operating expenses for Intellectual Properties, Human Resources, and 800 retail stores. Directly supported and interacted with senior management (Intellectual Properties, Loss Prevention, Conferences, and Human Resources) and prepared ROI analyses. Created financial presentations, completed ad hoc analyses, and worked on special projects.

Prepared and analyzed daily / monthly / quarterly sales reporting and analysis, including segmentation by state, customers, products, and markets for management. Supported and interacted with sales management, over 200 sales representatives, and Advanced and Electives managers and provided detailed information on ad hoc requests, expenses, and sales goals.

Prepared and analyzed monthly comparative analysis of district P&L's and trends. Investigated and analyzed G&A, T&E and other expenses during month-end close process. Prepared, maintained and filed company’s annual franchise, personal property tax, income, and sales/use tax filings. Responsible for preparing annual budgets, forecasting and planning of operating expenses for individual districts. Prepared and analyzed general ledger account reconciliations. Prepared lead schedules and other financial schedules to assist in audits. Maintained sales representatives’ sales plans and account assignment [numerous plan changes, realignments per month]. Assisted in special project review of photocopier and mailing machine for entire company.