Matthew Markl Email & Phone Number

Everett, Wa

• Lead global forecasting and planning for a division with +$200M of annual revenue and +400 employees. Support all functional areas: engineering, marketing, sales, and operations.• Implemented the use of a new daily shipment forecast model at manufacturing reviews to better align the team on our MTD & QTD performance vs. forecast.• Present business results to Fluke’s CEO and CFO on a regular basis.

Everett, Wa

• Introduced a new revenue forecast model that took into account order inflow, historical product conversion rates, and current and future backlog. The result was a monthly forecast accuracy improvement of 5% vs. prior year.• Worked closely with product managers to create new product proformas, which provided the needed financial context to make go/no go decisions. These projects now make up +15% of the business revenue and all have higher margins than the prior products.• Steered the business to strong margin growth while keeping a tight handle on operating expenses. This allowed operating margins to expand by 195bps during my tenure.• Directed finance managers that were based at the business’ facilities in the U.K. and Germany.

Everett, Wa

• Guided the manufacturing team in the creation of their variable cost center budget.• Collaborated with the cost accounting team to drive several successful product re-costs.• Prepared monthly financial statements and presented them to the VP of Operations and his direct reports.• Developed a financial model to determine the optimal strategy to wind down Fluke's vendor-managed inventory.• Created reporting standards to align the manufacturing and commercial teams, which significantly reduced month end surprises that jeopardized achieving our financial commitments.• Worked with cross-functional teams (manufacturing, quality, purchasing, etc.) to improve performance against key indicators.

Everett, Wa

• Led the annual budgeting and monthly forecasting processes for Fluke’s largest sales organization. The team included over 30 direct inside/outside sales associates, a field marketing group, and a large networks of sales representatives.• Produced financial reporting packages for Senior Leadership.• Created and implemented a variable incentive compensation program that included performance accelerators and cliffs.• Performed ad hoc analysis for senior leadership.

Everett, Wa

• Worked with US Sales Teams to forecast and analyze sales.• Created and ran pricing performance analysis and cost of sales variances.• Tracked operating expense variances.• Assisted in the creation of the annual budget

Greater Seattle Area

Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General