Michael Dover Email & Phone Number

United States

• Act as a bridge between the Distribution Center and various departments (Customer Service, Sales, IT, Warehouse, Production, Inventory) to create comprehensive reports suitable for Operations and Executive Management at all levels.• Develop essential metrics tailored to each department for presentation during monthly Executive Meetings.• Craft intricate cost models for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting purposes, making them accessible to all levels of management.• Assist management at all levels in ensuring the overall profitability of the distribution center through timely and accurate analysis of productivity, utilizing key performance metrics for all departments.• Deliver productivity analyses for manufacturing and warehouse operations, covering units per hour (UPH), stock-keeping units (SKU), and performance assessments.• Aid management in resolving complex issues by constructing models and conducting ad-hoc analyses to generate statistics, graphs, and charts that pinpoint trends within the facility.

Christiansburg, Virginia, United States

• Designed payroll and labor reporting systems to guarantee accurate compensation and cost distribution.• Offered both short-term and long-term forecasting to aid in planning and monthly predictions.• Implemented ongoing enhancements to monthly reporting procedures, streamlining and reducing the processing time for the planning process.• Created and managed business models that played a vital role in critical business decisions.• Conducted ad-hoc financial analyses and contributed to strategic planning efforts.• Leveraged expertise in data systems to provide support to cross-functional leaders.

This was a 1.5 year Contractor Position, the goal was to create a process that would audit different localities that received grant funds and then implement the process• Contact localities at random that would be chosen for an internal Audit• The Compliance review was used to look at a random sample of grants while making sure they were a good group sample.• Help validate the usage of RSAF grant funds to be sure that each locality is using the funds according policy and to the policy and contracted agreements• Report findings of each audit to Deputy Director so that they fully understand any drivers or patterns with misuse, we also use this information to review/create for policy where needed • Work with management to create changes in the grant process that will avoid any pitfalls going forward

This was a 2 year contract position•Assist in chargeback activities with preparation of cost allocation within the Business Management team. • Help validate usage for all Towers to ensure a high level of accuracy in the legacy chargeback model• Worked as a PM under the COVA Certification for the Network/Verizon Vendor• Worked with the ITFM/MSI team to assist the implementation of Apptio/Digital Fuel by helping to identify usage, metrics, existing business rules and hierarchal differences• Helped manage a disputes backlog of 250 down to 0, worked cross functional with ITFM to build tools to better the process and try to mitigate them by participating in weekly/bi weekly, daily meetings to ensure success

Frit

-Prepare annual operating budget for labor costs (for approximately 550ANP) for lines of business based on departmental goals set in the annual operating plans as well as tracking actual performance.-Translate business plans into financial forecasts and provide key input into critical department publications including the Budget Presentation and the Budget Document. -Lead monthly review meetings with line of business leaders to review financial position, review expected year-end expense forecast-Maintain and design cost analyses, projections, assumptions and trend variances analyses related to assigned activity (e.g., cost allocation, budget performance, capital expense projections) utilizing a strong technical knowledge of business functions and technology requirements. -Proactively analyze financial data and performance metrics and establish targets for recommendation to management-Created annual operating budget for capital and other expenses for lines of business based on departmental goals set in the annual operating plans as well as actual performance.

Richmond, Virginia Area

-Actively lead/support management with the strategic finance function for our mortgage retail channel.-Create financial plans/forecasts at all hierarchy levels, provide guidance for profitability enhancements-Participate in strategic initiatives; planning, savings, compensation adjustments, etc…-Perform financial business reviews with management to analyze margin and profitability-Act as a steward for management in the field by interpreting financial and non-financial information to determine current and future earnings streams, income statement /margin at all hierarchy levels-Perform ad hoc analyses for all hierarchy levels from the market manager up to executive management.

-Work as a liaison with global subsidiaries to analytically monitor and report changes in corporate and subsidiary debt and cash movements on a monthly basis for presentation to the Executive Committee-Implement and revamp reoccurring treasury processes to improve accuracy, efficiency and reduce build time-Lead in the creation of rating agency parallels of industry metrics for Executive Management-Participate in the preparation and filing of various sections for 10Qs and 10Ks in an accurate and timely manner -Lead and manage the process of creating a Financial Library, which easily allows management to analytically review current/historical financials and monitor company metrics on a quarterly and annual basis-Work in tandem with auditors and third party agencies in the issuance of debt including comforting SEC filings-Develop ad-hoc analysis for all levels of management involving contracts, business modeling, sales, inventories etc…

-Responsible for preparing quantitative and qualitative financial exhibits to executive management for presentation to the board of directors on a quarterly and annual basis-Develop and maintain complex financial and statistical scorecards for varying levels of management-Monitor industry competitors via dissecting financial statements to compare on a same store basis, compile analysis for presentation to board members and outside investors -Produce rating agency presentations for S&P and Fitch on behalf of the treasury department-Prepare, analyze, and compile incentive accruals, payments, plan data and serve as a point of contact for questions-Coordinated incentive accrual audits with SOX and E&Y-Created and managed an online repository for incentive plan documentation and monthly incentive calculations-Achieved productivity improvements up to 75%, by streamlining multiple Excel based reporting processes

-Actively supported management across all levels to insure profitability of the distribution center as a whole, via timely and accurate analysis of productivity using key performance metrics for all departments-Prepared budgets for all departments within the distribution center and acted as a liaison between finance and operations -Provided Sr. Operations Managers with financial models of their departments to achieve productivity goals-Supported management in the resolution of complex problems by performing various ad-hoc analyses -Proactively identified and communicated to management variances to the budget, and made suggestions to management to reconcile issues-Tracked and Audited payroll to insure benefits, and actual worked hours, are charged to the correct cost centers-Participated in yearly distribution center inventory audits with PricewaterhouseCoopers-Monitored impact of chargebacks to recover costs incurred during rework and reported findings to upper management

Ba, Philosophy, 3.5

Mba, Business Administration, 3.9 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Member of Beta Gamma Sigma business honor society Graduate teaching fellowship, Economics