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Finance Business Partner - Global Innovation at Mars Pet NutritionResponsibilities include:• Primary business partner to global marketing and R&D functions• Manage financial & strategic trajectories• Champion emerging business modelsSystem & Visual skills utilized include:Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Power BI, Thinkcell

Sr. Manager FP&A at Mars Pet Nutrition, North AmericaResponsibilities include:• Long Term Strategy Financial Planning• Periodic Strategy and Operations Planning Reconciliations• Financial Planning Rhythms and Processes• Drive Value Creation ActivitySystem & Visual skills utilized include:Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Power BI, Thinkcell.

Finance Manager for Gross Profit FP&A of the Nissan brand vehicle sales division (US Market). Responsibilities include:• Manage gross profit financial performance reporting and planning activities for the Nissan vehicle portfolio, including trim and option profit, production pipeline profit, sales channel mix, pricing strategy, and internal transfer price setting.• Review and communicate monthly financial results and annual budget & forecast plans with Sr. Management.•Manage team of 3 financial analysts.System skills utilized include:SAP, Hyperion Essbase/Smartview, Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Workday.

Finance Manager for Fixed Marketing Investment (FMI) and miscellaneous variable marketing expense programs supporting the Nissan brand vehicle sales division.Responsibilities included:• Managing income statement expense control and annual budget and forecast activities for US Nissan brand marketing investments and dealership experience variable marketing expense programs.• Review and communicate monthly financial results and annual budget & forecast plans with Sr. Management.• Conduct and facilitate financial investment reviews between Sr. Marketing and Sales management and operational teams, while ensuring divisional financial targets are maintained.•Manage team of 3 financial analysts.System skills utilized include:SAP, Hyperion Essbase/Smartview, Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Workday.

Sr. Financial Analyst supporting National Retail Incentive Consolidation and Reporting activities for the Nissan brand Marketing and Sales division within the Financial Analysis and Planning department at Nissan North America. Responsibilities included:• Monthly analysis/reporting and annual budget/forecasting processes related to national retail incentive program costs for the Nissan portfolio of vehicles, including balance sheet incentive reserves.Scenario analysis and validation of financial impact related to operational incentive plans.• Financial performance and projection communication to management. System skills utilized include:SAP, Hyperion Essbase/Smartview, Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Workday.

Sr. Analyst supporting Gross Profit control for the Nissan sales division (US Market) in the Financial Analysis and Planning department at Nissan North America. Responsibilities included:• Supporting detailed gross profit and net revenue variance analysis for monthly performance reporting and annual budgeting and forecasting activities• Financial impact scenario analysis of sales projections based on product mixes across multiple sales channels.• Internal transfer price analysis and validation.System skills utilized include:SAP, Hyperion Essbase/Smartview, Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Workday.

Financial Analyst II supporting inbound/export production part logistics operations including inbound transportation and warehousing, export production parts and warehousing, and international ocean transportation and duty logistics. Responsibilities included:• Maintaining the monthly income statement close process and completion of financial performance reporting, fiscal year budget and forecast development• Detailed business case analysis and validation• Annual expense validation analysis.System skills utilized include:SAP, Hyperion Essbase/Smartview, Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Workday.

Financial Analyst I/II supporting Regional G&A & OPEX Control. Responsibilities Include:• Monthly G&A/OPEX close responsibilities for Nissan's captive finance arm (NMAC) & various business corporate overhead functions • Consolidating and modeling salary and benefit costs for all non executive employees of Nissan North America's corporate headquarters • Working one on one with various levels of management to project future operating costs based on needs of the business. • Capital Expense budgeting and controlSystem skills utilized include:SAP, Hyperion Essbase/Smartview, Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Workday.

Junior Accountant role located at the Aiken, South Carolina passenger tire manufacturing facility. Responsibilities Include:• Month end close activities, including appropriate accruals and re-classes to maintain the facility's income statement• Work - In - Process (WIP) accounting & billing to affiliate manufacturing sites, • Monthly budget performance reporting • Fiscal year budget preparation supportSystem skills utilized include:SAP, Hyperion Essbase/Smartview, Microsoft Office Suite of Products, Workday.

Successfully completed the six month Navigator Training Program (NTP).This program consisted of a four week period of travel to various US subsidiaries and manufacturing locations for onsite operational study and two 10 week assignments within my functional discipline (finance).The program concluded with a presentation to the executive management team summarizing key takeaways of assignments and a general review of experiences. Two 10 week assignments spent working in:1) Enterprise Information Management (EIM) team focusing on standardizing various financial data warehousing and reporting tools throughout the organization.2) Off The Road (OTR) Tire sales division as a financial analyst during fiscal year budget preparation.