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Charlotte, Nc, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Finance Lead for the Clinical Engineering and Medical Device Management division of Crothall Healthcare ($500M). Responsible for financial management of the division which includes accounting functions, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, collections, commercial contracts and procurement oversight. Analysis of new business and acquisition opportunities. Champion of growth strategy and profit improvement initiatives.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Bright Insight Advisors Inc. is a Finance & Business Consulting company designed to provide Business Coaching and Financial Consulting for small to medium size business owners and CEO's. Over 25 years experience in helping companies grow profitable while maintaining strong cash flows. Finance consulting involves identifying key drivers for growth and building a step by step strategic plan to execute. Areas of expertise include designing effective reporting and metrics, budget process and target setting, predictive forecasting, financial modeling and data visualization. We have the skills and the knowledge to empower your organization to provide superior business insights that drive tangible results. Robust financial modeling capability for company valuation as well as acquisition opportunities. As a ActionCOACH partner we utilize a PROVEN SYSTEM that teaches business leaders how to operate their business by gaining control of their sales and marketing results, critical success factors and profits. We provide one on one executive coaching with business owners to customize specific strategies in order to unlock the full potential of your business. Areas of focus include leadership skills, growing sales, marketing execution, financial management, strategic planning, and team/talent development. Business training includes educational workshops that are focused on developing managerial skills and business acumen taught in group settings.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for implementation of effective commercial processes, systems and metrics to drive top line profitable growth across the HH&S division of Berry Plastics. This division represents 37 manufacturing sites across multiple countries and $2.4B in sales. Key areas of focus include pricing processes, competitor insight, supply and demand dynamics, Customer Relationship Management, custom product quoting and new sales opportunity generation.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for Company Budgets, Forecasts, Strategic Planning and internal management reporting for the HH&S division of Berry Plastics ($2.4B) with 36 manufacturing sites across the world. Tasked with developing the FP&A function within organization. Act as the finance business partner for Business Units, Operations and R&D. Perform all analysis on large capital projects. Prepare all reporting and financial analysis for Private and Public Ownership. • Led two significant acquisitions Fiberweb 11/13 ($340M) and Providencia 6/14 ($580M) • Responsible for realization of acquisition synergies and maximizing investment cases• Led division Strategic Plan and Budget Process • Implemented a product profitability system in Essbase• Instituted rolling forecast process and significantly improved accuracy

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Responsible for all internal and external reporting for the ACN Global Business. Manage the corporate planning & analysis team in the annual planning and monthly forecasting processes. Point person for implementation and maintenance of Adaptive Planning Solutions Forecasting software.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Manage the overall global entity budgeting, forecasting and analysis processes for Talecris ($1.6B). This includes coordination, consolidation and executive reporting. Provide strategic direction for financial planning and reporting systems. Developed reports and analysis for executive leadership, private equity ownership and company board. • Provided long range forecasts for merger suitors and IPO• Prepared working capital strategies to comply with debt covenants• Instituted an eight quarter rolling forecast and a new budget process.• Created comprehensive executive budget, forecast and analytical reporting packages.• Led project to complete implementation of Cognos Planning and reporting applications.

Performed the financial reporting and analysis for World Wide Cordis Business ($4B). This included all submission forecasts, as well as actual reporting into Corporate. Responsibilities also included the accounting close activities of the Cordis Direct Business ($2.5B) on a monthly basis. Responsibilities include 5 direct reports.• Enhanced the budget process by providing clear forecast targets and accountability in allocations.• Led company wide cost reduction initiatives that resulted in savings of $50M.• Improved global collaboration and communication with international affiliates.

Finance Manager Operations – ManufacturingPerformed the COGS reporting, forecasting and analysis for the Cordis manufacturing plants. This included plant productivity measurements, product profitability, analyzing financial impact of line transfers, supply chain re-design, new material sourcing and outsourcing current production. Responsibilities include three direct reports.• Standardized product line profitability metrics which help drive portfolio decisions • Finance lead for a project chartered with taking a deep dive on the cost of the company’s main product and recommending areas of improvement resulting in $100M in savings.• Developed new metrics to measure plant productivity and track impact of process excellence.• Provided financial justification for divesture of component manufacturing saving $15M.Senior Financial Analyst R&D & MarketingFinancial support and reporting for the new product development and marketing organizations. Developed business cases for new products, which included analysis of sales forecasts, product target costs, competition, launch scenarios and program costs. Forecasted and analyzed project expenses, capital and resource requirements. • Developed a standardized business case model to analyze new product launches.• Implemented a component material request and inventory system for the development team.• Finance leader for team tasked with re-designing the process of bringing new products to market.

Senior Financial Analyst Distribution – Project Management (4/00-3/02)Financial responsibility for post-sale efforts on million dollar public safety systems. This includes revenue/cost determination and forecasting, risk analysis, budget management and project P&L analysis.• Built cost models to evaluate risk scenarios and uncertainty. • Created valuation models to measure ROI and cash flow for Build, Own and Operate opportunities.Senior Financial Analyst Sales and Marketing (7/99-4/00)Financial support and reporting for division sales force which includes budget management, sales planning and forecasting, accounts receivable management, setting customer payment terms, cash flow analysis, project P&L’s, and sales force incentives.• Negotiated price and payment terms for +$5M infrastructure deals.• Developed metrics to measure receivable and inventory performance.Financial Analyst II Operations – Network Engineering Financial reporting for the Network Engineering Department, which included accruals expense by product and entity, cost margin analysis and contract impact analysis. • Built financial models to analyze the impact of contract proposals from vendors.• Standardized monthly expense reporting of acquired companies.

Internal Financial Reporting of Salomon’s Equity Product Lines including P&L, expenses, inventoryvaluation, commissions and financial analysis.• Designed access database to capture and reconcile customer commissions.• Designed excel spreadsheets to analyze P&L in equity trading strategies.• Performed analysis on the profitability of different trading strategies.

Bs, Finance

Masters, Business

MBA