Jeremy Buchanan Email & Phone Number

Greenwood, Indiana, Us

I lead the strategic vision and overall direction of the company, driving growth in alignment with our mission and values. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of operations, I work closely with executive leadership to optimize performance, foster a culture of excellence, and deliver exceptional results. From setting high-level objectives to cultivating key partnerships and guiding organizational development, I am dedicated to steering the company toward sustained success and market leadership.

Greenwood, Indiana, Us

Company / Role: Senior Executive for a vertically integrated eCommerce company offering filtration and other home consumable products direct-to-consumer and through other online marketplaces. Privately held middle-market company with less than 200 employees.- Improved operating cash flow by more than 180% enabling early debt payment and improved the relationship quality with financing partner- Right-sized operating cost structure by reducing operating expenses by 11%; despite spending incrementally on an external marketing agency to rebuild our go-to-market strategies (17% reduction excluding the one-time marketing agency cost) while revenue in core business was increasing - Established a forecast model to enable decision-making for the first time in the company's 20-year history- Established KPIs and drove accountability to results aligned with our company objectives- Reduced time to complete the financial close process by 50% enabling more timely impact of decision making

Indianapolis, In, Us

• Company / Role: Head of Retail and eCommerce FP&A working for this global brand providing kitchen and bathroom fixture products; company employs 3k staff; largest segment in Masco's $4B plumbing segment• Financial Management: Lead Financial Planning and Analysis for retail and eCommerce• Leadership: Invest in workforce talent by coaching and mentoring 2 Financial Analysts acting as business partners supporting the Channel Vice Presidents and leadership teams• Engage as a partner to channel leadership teams providing timely, insightful, and accurate information to inform and persuade business decisions to drive growth and profitability• Conduct financial analysis and reporting for the annual operating plan, long-range plan, actual results, and annual forecast for 2 of 3 channels making up 50%+ of the annual revenue and associated operating cost of Masco plumbing ($4B) - largest segmentKey Results:• Led finance transformation to stand up a new accounting department to divide accounting activities from FP&A team to drive better business partner relations and decision support

Indianapolis, In, Us

• Company / Role: Reported to the Executive Vice President, Brand, Innovation and Growth as the Sr. Director of Strategy and Growth Incubation working for this department focused on long-term organic and inorganic growth for the company• Financial Management: Manage a $10M budget and service partner arrangements• Leadership: Led a total staff of 11; coached and mentored 4 Directors• Directed and oversaw corporate strategy, M/A, and Enterprise Portfolio Management (EPMO) departments responsible for strategic planning and decision support for Delta Faucet Company, the largest subsidiary of Masco’s $4B Plumbing Segment• Directed and oversaw, as a self-motivated leader, the Innovation Department including: commercial, engineering, and manufacturing resourceso Developed IoT technology products at the intersection of water and smart home, including commercial and technical resourcesKey Results:• Spearheaded developing a proprietary and new-to-the-world manufacturing technology• Led M/A activities resulting in the investment into and the acquisition of 2 multi-million-dollar kitchen and bath fixture companies• Redesigned and led strategic planning process to enable a new matrixed organization• Developed processes and metrics (KPIs) to monitor progress toward a $350M innovation goal

Indianapolis, In, Us

• Company / Role: Reported to the Executive Vice President, Marketing as the Director of Insights and Business Development working for this department providing strategic marketing services for the purpose of future organic and inorganic sales growth• Financial Management: Managed a $3M budget and service partner arrangements• Leadership: Coached and mentored 4 managers that collectively managed 10 staff• Led 4 teams, including market research, new-business development and commercial M/A, commercial insights and analytics (including market-share analytics and competitive and consumer insights), and product-data management

Indianapolis, In, Us

• Company / Role: Reported to the Senior Director and Controller as the Sr. Manager – Financial Analysis working for this department providing decision support and management reporting to executive leadership and sales and marketing leadership teams• Financial Management: Provided decision support for $1B revenue, < $110M budgets• Leadership: Coached and mentored a staff of 5 financial analysts; served as a member of the new-product development leadership team directing 7 cross-functional teams responsible for all aspects of launching new products • Conducted revenue and selling expense accounting, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, and analysis; led business unit profitability reporting on tight deadlines to sr. leadership Key Results:• Conducted due diligence, financial modeling, and analysis on a multi-million-dollar acquisition project, and led acquisition due diligence during initial phase of discovery• Developed financial model to support a business plan to expand business into an adjacent product category requiring significant investment ($4B adjacent product market)• Led corporate Diversity and Inclusion discovery initiative and project team; resulted in recommendations to create a more inclusive workplace and several DE/I awards• Operated in a company-wide, cross-functional leadership role; focused on business intelligence (BI) to design, develop, restructure and reengineer the finance closing and reporting processes for a greenfield implementation of SAP S/4 HANA 1610• Engaged as FP&A lead for a greenfield implementation of SAP < 18 months with 0 lost shipment days; implemented reduced manual journal entries by 25%

Indianapolis, In, Us

Summary – Led cost accounting staff through a business unit merger while simultaneously training for a new position and assisting with training financial analyst staff. Developed a proposal for a model to track and analyze changes in material cost. Developed a new reporting model to simplify reporting that is still in use today. • Set annual department objectives and mentored and developed a staff of 3 cost analysts• Responsible for monthly cost of sales close• Led annual budget and monthly forecast for cost of sales• Tracked and reported material commodities and cost reduction projects

Indianapolis, In, Us

Summary – Primary analyst assigned to most ad-hoc analysis and projects. Assisted manager with training of new personnel. Streamlined and developed several analytical tools used to develop business case financials that aid management in decision making that included a margin analysis tool, promotional analysis tool, and costed bill of material tool. • Responsible for the revenue recognition process and close• Responsible for determining and documenting the revenue treatment for customer contracts• Responsible for reconciliation of all sales related GL accounts• Coordinated and prepared annual revenue budget with sales and management team• Analyzed and reported key financial metrics for various sales managers• Finance liaison for retail new-product development team• Prepared ad hoc analysis to determine financial impact of various business decisions

Indianapolis, In, Us

Summary - Completely transformed the structure of this role during my tenure. Developed an analysis model that was presented to the executive management team that is still used today. Transformed the role from that of simply presenting the financial results to a team-based “story telling” approach with a segment champion and a segment finance representative. Constantly relied on for an ever increasing amount of ad-hoc projects. Chartered a six-sigma orange belt project that saved the company $150K each year in warranty call center cost.• Owner of the segment P&L process for the company• Finance liaison for wholesale business new-product development team• Assisted in the month-end close process

Pendleton, Indiana, Us

Summary - Sole cost-accountant responsible for maintaining and reporting accurate cost for a $1B automotive company supporting manufacturing plants across the globe. Provided reporting information to support decision making in pre-bankruptcy financing initiatives. Responsible for analyzing, reporting and forecasting global purchase-price variances and global freight expenditures.• Finance liaison to MSP (Material Savings Projects) team, responsible for analyzing and verifying material savings.• Responsible for working with Purchasing to set and maintain accurate material standards• Assisted with preparation of external audit requests• Assisted with month-end and year-end close process• Eliminated up to four hours of manual data entry during month-end close

Pendleton, Indiana, Us

Summary - Sole cost-accountant responsible for maintaining and reporting accurate cost for a $1B automotive company supporting manufacturing plants across the globe. Provided reporting information to support decision making in pre-bankruptcy financing initiatives. Responsible for analyzing, reporting and forecasting global purchase-price variances and global freight expenditures.• Finance liaison to MSP (Material Savings Projects) team, responsible for analyzing and verifying material savings• Responsible for working with Purchasing to set and maintain accurate material standards• Assisted with preparation of external audit requests• Assisted with month-end and year-end close process• Eliminated up to four hours of manual data entry during month-end close.

İstanbul, İstanbul, Tr

• Developed a reference-model cost-analysis system that created a tracking method for cost-savings initiatives and also a streamlined system for analyzing cost development.• Created a make versus buy procedure to determine the feasibility and profitability of production parts• Implemented a process into the tracking system for cost-reduction projects that eliminated hours of manual data entry during month-end close

Washington, Dc, Us

Sergeant/ E5Summary - Acted as crew supervisor for an aviation electronic equipment repair facility. Work included maintenance of electronic equipment and management of personnel in performance of their duties.

Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Management/ Finance