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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Finance leader for the LiftOne business at Weisiger Group. Own all aspects of financial planning and analysis, including strategic planning, monthly close/forecasts, and yearly operating plans, in addition to real-time challenge management. Partner closely with the LiftOne President to drive operating efficiencies, cost management, return on assets, and overall business performance.* Drove significant operating efficiencies, through real-time dashboard focus on major drivers, to improve bottom line performance, while supporting 63% revenue growth, both organic and inorganic* Finance lead on two acquisitions, responsible for due diligence, financial modeling, risk and opportunity assessments. Both acquisitions have exceeded performance targets.* R2R lead on SAP S/4 Hana implementation

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Managed seven-person team in providing deeper analysis and institutional support to function leaders and regional finance teams with this $1.4B business unit. Fully accountable for P&L, balance sheet and free cash flow. Conduct variance analysis and KPI performance to address issues quickly. Hands-on stewardship for strategic planning, monthly forecasts and yearly operating plans. * Succeeded in rebuilding and expanding the FP&A team with better global reporting standards to significantly improve forecasting accuracy and business owner commitment acquisition. * Partnered with business CFO, President and function leaders to drive 6% revenue and 11% net income organic growth. * Broadened functional coverage with greater controls and visibility over budgets, driving 130bps net income margin improvement

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Commercial Finance Leader for $600M global mobile computer business and coordinated branding, portfolio analysis, pricing and resource allocation. Achieved and maintained financial discipline on major deals and new product introductions.* Profitably improved new product revenue by 5% and increased visibility after instituting new standard for regional and global teams for reporting current product and forecasting future performance.* Streamlined approval process for $500M in all quote offers with better procedures and greater financial rigor for handling large customer deal reviews, including defining pricing structures. * Efficiently decreased excess inventory globally by $3M after introducing new monthly inventory management process that identified obsolete or redundant inventory.

Camden, Nj, Us

Supervised three-person Finance team in handling financial operations, cost accounting, performance analysis, budgeting, forecasting and GAAP compliance at this $500M production and distribution facility with 1,200 workers in Maxton, NC. Proactive member of senior leadership unit and partner to manufacturing vice president. * Reduced total delivered cost by almost 3% during tenure – more than offsetting significant inflationary increases. * Strengthened internal controls and earned highest audit ranking after 2015 inventory audit at 17 sites.* Transitioned portion of original Finance team to IGS financial shared services support model, improving finance department “return on investment.”* Reviewed capital justifications for more than $30M in annual capital investment, prioritizing projects and maximizing ROIC by achieving hurdle rates.

Camden, Nj, Us

Oversaw company’s debt and equity structure, representing over $5B in debt, $2B in senior credit facilities, $1.5B derivative portfolio and $1B share repurchase program. Directed analysis and executive proposals encompassing credit rating implications, dividend policy, share repurchases and interest expense. * Recognized as executive advisor to Treasurer and CFO on acquisition capacity, rating agency considerations and Board presentations.* Developed financing recommendation for Bolthouse Farms acquisition to raise $1.5B in debt financed capital and involving largest single bond offering in company history at that point - $1.25B in three tranches. * Played instrumental role in rolling out IT2 treasury system, including automating market valuation for derivatives to closely mirror results from professional Bloomberg terminal.

Camden, Nj, Us

Supported Corporate Accounts Team, representing $600M in yearly sales. Frequently acted as strategic partner in contract negotiations. Orchestrated annual sales incentive plan.* Finance lead for “Fueling the Future” program that instituted better process standards, benchmarking and profit guidance to assist field sales force. Drove over $5M in price realization improvement.

Camden, Nj, Us

Managed two financial analysts in cost accounting, controls, inventory, payroll, fixed assets and write-off management at Maxton, NC plant. Prepared performance analysis and annual operating plans for $500M budget, along with reconciliations, monthly forecasting and SOX compliance reporting. * Generated savings of over $500K by improving loss analysis, strategic planning and actionable reporting. * Guided financial reporting and procedural changes during SAP implementation at this facility.* Led implementation of document retention scanning solution with IRR of over 44%.

Camden, Nj, Us

Supervised one direct report in tracking financial and tactical objectives for different well-known brands (“Chunky” and “Select”), representing $800M in total sales. Prepared pro forma P&Ls to monitor profitability of new product launches. Created annual operating plan. * Led customer pricing recommendations that encompassed entire Campbell USA Soup portfolio.* Deployed Excel-based marketing management tool that was later adopted as standard for Brand Finance group and later automated in system-based solution.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Owned $80M sales expense budget, actual results and strategic forecasts. Concurrently served as Regional Field Analyst to Western Region VP and managed financial aspects of departmental budgets, trade expenses and deductions. * Efficiently reduced expenses by $1.4M, driving achievement of planned profit improvements. * Acted as Business Continuity Manager for the business unit, accountable to CFO and executive management team.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Tasked with handling $40M budget in marketing funds. Accountable for all point-of-sale display material. Collaborated with Sales and Marketing to generate monthly projections. * Reduced approval time required for marketing projects by 50%, improving efficiencies and reducing costs.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Effectively consolidated and reviewed monthly projections and actuals for two of company’s largest business units, worth $600M in yearly y sales.* Created and updated regional sales forecasts, including deploying automated solution with IT partners.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business/Managerial Economics

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics; Concentration In Finance And Accounting