• Established and managed new internal team overseeing and/or supporting financial planning and analysis efforts across all business divisions for private-equity owned high-growth natural and organic specialty grocery chain• FP&A efforts centered around the creation and institution of improved financial and business intelligence analytics with particular focus in the areas of real estate site selection, monthly and quarterly performance reporting, forecasting, sourcing / warehousing / distribution, marketing, operations, and corporate and competitive strategy• Active participant and presenter with senior management in all monthly and quarterly meetings with the Board of Directors and Real Estate Committee• Supported the implementation and roll-out of new data warehouse platform enhancing data accessibility and analytics

Led development and institution of comprehensive risk management / hedging platform designed to minimize private-equity owned industrial company's exposure to commodity price fluctuations, enabling the firm to achieve significant savings in the first year of implementation; Coordinated and oversaw all internal hedging activities, including daily tracking of formal risk positions, trade determination and execution, daily mark-to-market valuation, and measurement of portfolio sensitivity, risk exposure and hedge performance / efficacy; Identified, managed and implemented improvements in key internal financial processes and analyses; Supported the evaluation and internal process design / integration of key new strategic sourcing initiatives.

Led team of foreign volunteer interns in conducting extensive research on Chilean microfinance market, evaluating opportunity for establishment of microfinance platform by successful non-profit organization providing capacity-building, education and training services to low-income entrepreneurs in Chile; Authored comprehensive business plan, fundraising memorandum, board materials and other relevant documents presenting team’s findings and detailed analysis in support of the platform’s creation.