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Advisor of complex problems for private equity firms and strategic buyers. Experience spans:- Pre-close operational/competitive assessments- Cost synergy modeling- Post-close value creation initiatives, such as growth/IT strategy development, process improvement/redesign, and program management.- Sell side advisory for operations and technology enablement

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Abbott Park, Il

Lead FP&A analyst for rare reagent manufacturing plant. Managed financial review of production pipeline with manufacturing and supply chain leadership, and advised site engineers and scientists on cost improvement projects.Coordinated annual review of product manufacturing costs in SAP, incorporating forecasted demand and cost improvement projects to identify annual resource needs. Review process resulted in $2M of identified cost savings.

Lake Forest, Il

Analyst for global headquarters of $4B diagnostics division. Prepared analyses for Board of Directors, Investor Relations, and corporate executive review; examined business vs market performance, and affiliate profitability.Managed quarterly financial planning process and analytics package creation, coordinating across 5+ departments to collect financial forecasts, consolidate and analyze full P&L for Divisional Vice President and Controller. Oversaw FP&A system, ensuring data integrity… Show more Analyst for global headquarters of $4B diagnostics division. Prepared analyses for Board of Directors, Investor Relations, and corporate executive review; examined business vs market performance, and affiliate profitability.Managed quarterly financial planning process and analytics package creation, coordinating across 5+ departments to collect financial forecasts, consolidate and analyze full P&L for Divisional Vice President and Controller. Oversaw FP&A system, ensuring data integrity of total division P&L and balance sheet. Show less

Various Locations

Graduate of Abbott's Financial Professional Development Program (FPDP), a 2 year leadership program that provides young professionals with fast-paced exposure to the company's various businesses, functions, and locations.Operated in Abbott's Vascular, Nutrition, and Diagnostic businesses, gaining exposure to commercial, manufacturing and supply chain functions in US and international markets.Rotations:- Commercial FP&A, Abbott Diagnostics Latin America & Canada Region; Lake… Show more Graduate of Abbott's Financial Professional Development Program (FPDP), a 2 year leadership program that provides young professionals with fast-paced exposure to the company's various businesses, functions, and locations.Operated in Abbott's Vascular, Nutrition, and Diagnostic businesses, gaining exposure to commercial, manufacturing and supply chain functions in US and international markets.Rotations:- Commercial FP&A, Abbott Diagnostics Latin America & Canada Region; Lake Forest, IL- Commercial FP&A, Abbott US Therapeutic Nutrition; Columbus, OH- Cost Accounting, Abbott Nutrition Manufacturing; Singapore- Global Operations FP&A, Abbott Vascular; Temecula, CA Show less

Lake Forest, Il

Gained an understanding of the Deferred Margin process, product flows, entity vs. performance concept, consolidation, exchange on margin billed, and shared services support for other Diagnostic divisions.

Seville, Spain

Managed the social media marketing firm’s marketing campaign for their art event Pecha Kucha Night Cordoba via the use of Twitter, Facebook, and MailChimp while taking 15 credit hours of coursework, all completely in Spanish.