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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Key financial contributor on Export business, comprised of approximately $180M in annual sales, across 50+ brands in more than 40 markets. ● Manage month-end and quarterly close processes, including reconciliation, variance analysis, accruals, and reclassifications.● Create and distribute monthly financial reports shared with cross functional business partners and division leadership, to facilitate decision making and budgeting.● Develop and circulate Daily Sales Report to wider Global Markets team, providing visibility to sales orders enabling better business decisions.● Oversee monthly forecast process, responsible for loading all data in financial planning system (BPC). Coordinate with sales and demand planning on monthly consensus forecast.● Own SG&A budget, maintain monthly forecast, communicate with cost center owners. Developed bottom up build for Annual Operating Plan, identified over 10% efficiencies, resulting in cost savings year over year.● Identified as finance super-user on implementation of new financial planning system (BPC-E, Analysis for Office). Responsible for system design, user acceptance testing, data validation, and overall cross functional training. Partnered extensively with outside consultants, IT, and other Domestic and International Finance counterparts. ● Partnered with corporate controllers group and Brand team on a detailed review of A&P budget. Ensured GAAP compliance and proper coding. Provided visibility to breakdown of working vs non-working spend.

Tinley Park, Illinois, Us

Responsible for preparing pricing proposals and contracts that support Panduit’s short- and long-term goals.Identify and execute product strategies to optimize margin within contracts.Analyze and evaluate pricing data and make recommendations on determined opportunities.Analyze and respond to customer quote requests on time and present to appropriate pricing, sales, and product managers.Conduct and execute special projects as required. Develop and maintain relationships with sales, customer service, and product management/engineering teams.