Matt K. Pierce Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Within Strategy and Development, I play a crucial role in shaping the company's strategic direction. My responsibilities include:Strategic Framework Development: Supporting the Director and VP of Enterprise Strategy to craft a comprehensive framework for the company's strategy and direction.Investment Case Preparation: Developing investment cases for petroleum assets through economic modeling, market analysis, and asset-level due diligence, driving business development initiatives.Strategic Planning Coordination: Assisting in strategic planning, which involves fundamentals analysis, forecasting, scenario planning, and evaluating strategic factors impacting our business.Strategic Alignment: Ensuring the alignment of business unit activities with the company's overarching strategic plan and providing market intelligence to the commercial team.Acquisition and M&A Activities: Leading the development of business cases for acquisitions, supporting M&A activities including opportunity screening, financial modeling, due diligence, negotiating terms and contracts, and collaborating with IT, operations, tax, accounting, etc.Communication and Reporting: Communicating findings during the M&A process to leadership and maintaining market fundamentals and intelligence reports.Market Monitoring: Monitoring market indicators, business KPIs, petroleum industry trends, and energy transition developments.Competitor and Partner Analysis: Keeping abreast of competitors' and partners' activities and financial status.Strategic Initiative Tracking: Collaborating with the VP of Enterprise Strategy to track the company's progress on strategic initiatives and ensuring alignment with the strategic plan across business units.In this dynamic role, I contribute to the strategic growth and development of the company by leveraging my expertise in market analysis, strategic planning, and M&A activities.

As the Director of Pierce Analytics, I specialize in delivering actionable insights to address analytical inconsistencies. I have led diverse projects, including valuation analyses, manufacturing cost proposals, and educational institution assessments. My role involves strategic decision-making, analytical proficiency, and driving positive organizational change.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

While working here, my key functions include, evaluating and communicating the effectiveness of business strategies, seamlessly bridging actual performance with established plans and initiatives. I also deliver clear and concise performance evaluations to support strategic decision-making. Moreover, I facilitate collaboration with internal teams and external partners, unearthing strategic insights related to Profit & Loss performance. In addition to this, I conduct assessments of initiatives and future business changes, providing valuable input for informed decision-making.Key Accomplishments:• Led a cross-functional team in synthesizing real-time economic and internal performance data into robust economic frameworks, enhancing business dynamics understanding.• Cultivated expertise in analyzing customer spend exceeding $1B, with a focus on interchange, fee revenue, and credit card transaction database intricacies.• Designed and executed comprehensive forecast models and scenario analyses, strategically evaluating and recommending card payment strategies. Anticipated potential annual savings of $300M.• Provided critical expertise by evaluating and reviewing over $50M in quarterly business cases. Contributed to informed decision-making processes, ensuring financial viability and alignment with strategic plan.

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

During my time here, I provided strategic counsel to marketing managers, offering guidance on profitability enhancement strategies for sales promotions. I also established, maintained, and consistently presented comprehensive Business Unit results through a dynamic scorecard system. Moreover, I facilitated strategic annual, mid-year, and quarterly planning sessions for the entire division. Additionally, I took charge of maintaining a robust forecast model and pro-forma financial statements for corporate consolidation, providing decision-making processes with accurate and forward-looking insights.Key Accomplishments:• Formulated budgets and income statements for private label credit card marketing campaigns, adeptly managing cost of funds pricing requests that exceeded $90M in expenses.• Pioneered financial strategies using data science to propel $20B+ in sales while maintaining receivable asset portfolio surpassing $100B.• Coordinated promotional pricing, cost of funds, sales royalties, bounties, and penalty thresholds, resulting in discovery of an average 10% return and an additional $10M for marketing spend.• Overhauled analysis processes to streamline operations and introduced a new buy now/pay later product with the potential for an incremental $400M annual purchase volume.

Atlanta, Georgia

During my time at Delta Air Lines, I performed a diverse range of tasks, such as leading financial modeling efforts for the DMS division, overseeing asset acquisitions exceeding $400M. I also advised senior leadership and executives on financial insights, models, and projections. Moreover, I spearheaded the transformation of core profit and loss (P&L) and depreciation reconciliations for asset acquisitions, significantly enhancing forecasting accuracy. Key Accomplishments:• Pioneered the design of innovative statistical measures to evaluate deal profitability. Integrated comprehensive scenario analysis, equity return, and sensitivity matrices to offer nuanced insights into financial outcomes.• Developed critical discounted cash flow financial insights and projections crucial for executive committee capital approval. Ensured alignment with organizational goals and provided robust financial justifications for capital investments.• Influenced a remarkable 35% ROI on an annual portfolio ranging from $200M to $300M through regular and special project financial modeling, including purchasing and bid offers.

Atlanta, Georgia

While working here, I directed multiple large-scale consultancy projects, overseeing teams of 2-3 junior staff and managing budgets up to $200K, resulting in significant project revenues over a span of 2 years. I also managed a human capital consulting project for an international client, focusing on extracting statistical insights from employee data to drive meaningful conclusions. Moreover, I led various economic assessments, employing benchmarking, capital structure reviews, and debt/equity market analyses to determine ROI.Key Accomplishments:• Consulted executives across nine companies on diverse aspects, including market research, economic analysis, industry/competitive outlook, and financial analysis, ensuring comprehensive strategic insights.• Crafted a 200-page business plan for a Fortune 500 client, integrating thorough market research and economic analysis across nine regions, resulting in a 5-point action plan that strategically reduced the client's operating footprint.• Spearheaded a human capital project for an international firm, collaborating directly with the CEO to design and measure executive performance and employee evaluation, contributing to enhanced organizational effectiveness.• Identified and cultivated new business opportunities, proactive engagement, and tailored pitches, while nurturing existing client relationships to secure repeat engagements and referrals.

Houston, Texas

Strategically managed natural gas positions in the Gulf Coast, optimizing trading outcomes. Innovated comprehensive strategies for transportation and marketing, enhancing profitability. Provided crucial client support, overseeing supply chain decisions. Achieved significant cost savings through process improvements.• Spearheaded $100K cost reduction via process improvements.• Oversaw 1B dths of gas storage, 6.4MM dths of monthly product, and $1MM annual transportation contracts.• Orchestrated seamless coordination of pipeline nominations, customer communication, and imbalance trading.• Led cross-functional team in establishing operational procedures, ensuring flow integrity and operational efficiency.• Proactively identified and pursued business opportunities, driving revenue growth through strategic partnerships and innovative trading solutions, resulting in increased profitability.

Houston, Texas Area

As the lead in reconciling balance sheet accounts, I ensured meticulous and accurate financial recording for comprehensive reporting, emphasizing data accuracy and financial integrity. Led validation meetings to design a sophisticated SAP allocation matrix, contributing to enhanced operational efficiency. Achieved monthly 100% reconciliation of intercompany receivables/payables and third-party transactions, ensuring GAAP compliance. Developed a production model for forecasting natural gas and oil product allocations, playing a pivotal role in tax payment accuracy.• Successfully reconciled errors exceeding $2.5 million in product sales, implementing a robust modeling procedure for precision in future earnings recognition.• Balanced and monitored trading portfolios across international divisions, ensuring proper reporting and revenue recognition.• Spearheaded the enhancement of operational efficiency through the design and implementation of a sophisticated SAP allocation matrix.• Achieved monthly 100% reconciliation of intercompany transactions, promptly addressing GAAP misalignments to ensure compliance.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Corporate Finance & Data Analysis

Activities and Societies: -Fellow, Consortium for Graduate Study in Management - Full Scholarship -National Black MBA / Consortium Award.

Master Of Finance, Energy Finance

Activities and Societies: Energy Trading / Power Trading Foreign Exchange (Forex)

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Finance

Activities and Societies: -Honors College - Baylor Interdisciplinary Core -Fellow - Academy for Leadership Development and Civic.

Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Activities and Societies: -Food Insecurity Research

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