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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Head of FP&A for the US marketBusiness Partner to overall US performance with direct insights provided to support functions leadership and the total US community.Presenter of overall US financial performance to the leadership team at regular key intervals.Provide Forecasting and business partner support to the Head of US and to the Head of Insights to Impact.Creating value within the US team by identifying and executing on key projects that have greatly improved transparency and accuracy of our forecasts and monthly close processes.Manage team of three that is responsible for providing FP&A support across the US market. Hiring, training, and regularly working closely with my direct reports to further their development and careers.Lead initiative groups on focus for growth areas to identify OPEX saving measures for consulting and contractor spend. Liason between the US Market and the Global business for all FP&A matters. Providing knowledge and experience to insure that the US market's needs are appropriately considered on material changes to the finance organization.Trainer and SME for Excel, SAP, SAP BI, Cognos, Cognos BI, Qlik Sense, Anaplan, and Workforce Planning.

Smyrna

Manage financial needs of the Neurology Commercial team ($2B business).Partner with leadership team (LT) and controller to establish budgets, estimates, and 10YP while managing current financial performance to provide guidance on future decisions for the business.Created performance models to determine full P&L year end landing, provide guidance on current position across teams, and advise LT on how to manage the business to meet their goals.Identified cost savings opportunities through two rounds of YTD performance vs Budget ($4M).Created monthly reporting packs that highlight full P&L KPI levels for leadership and global business solutions teams.Identify opportunities within top line (PVM), gross to net, gross profit margin, fixed and variable OPEX, CAPEX, and REBITDA and relate the performance back to leadership team in a manner that highlights the organization's patient value structure and agility emphasis.Created Modified P&L that captured regional customer trends and sales team OPEX for the first time - to provide Divisional VP's and each regional catalyst with a full view of their performance.Partnered with Marketing team to create a detailed budget tracker that captures YTD performance and forecasted spend that allows them to be flexible and actively identify opportunities for project spend changes.Utilized Artificial Intelligence (ARIA) during Budget and 10YP processes to assist in forecasting sales and OPEX.SME in: SAP, SAP BI, Cognos TM1, Cognos BI, Aria AI, hyperion, and Qlik Sense. Utilized on a regular basis for analysis, budgets, and estimates.

Greater Atlanta Area

- Experienced with advanced FP&A reporting solutions to aid in business decisions- Create Advanced reporting solutions for SG&A functional areas of Newell, including A&P, Payroll, and Other overhead for 10 divisional teams- Manage Relationship with Divisional VP’s with monthly and quarterly meetings and summary deliverables to aid in their spending decisions- Created headcount data model and database that was used to successfully integrate budgets and payroll tracking for people costs between the new Jarden business and the existing Newell business- Process improvement for project level expense tracking which included process documentation, training users, and integrating data models for identifying variances and monitoring and correcting mistakes in the process which allowed teams to spend precisely to their budgets.- New BI platforms expert for SAP and Hyperion; extrapolated improved data views in Hyperion, created training modules, and disseminated to associates.- Streamlined and automated monthly entries for accruals, re-classes, and cross charges, resulting in increases in efficiency- Member of a business intervention group to improve culture, enhance communication quality, and increase accountability within marketing operations and with its customers within the organization

Greater Atlanta Area

- Developed Monthly and Quarterly financial reports for executive and field management to analyze key performance indicators for company owned stores, including same store sales and account level performance for specific categories - Coordinated with the president of the company to create a quarterly performance report package that encompasses all high-level performance across the company’s primary functional areas- Generated ad hoc reports for current initiatives and future sales projects, such as sales promotions- Maintained a Market Research site model that predicts site location sales based on statistically significant variables, firmographics, and demographics- Managed relationship between finance and BI group for standardized reporting initiatives, resulting in a series of comprehensive report templates in Cognos 10 and Qlik for Executive and field Management- SME for GIS systems. Created and analyzed maps and GIS data reports to identify market penetration, leading to over 200 new stores and competitor acquisitions- Communicated with field management in the production of all store proforma books in order to identify focus areas of improvement for store proposals, such as FTE count and fixed assets- Maintained databases on a monthly and semi-annual basis for site model and reporting resources

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Operations, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Finance, General, 3.89

Activities and Societies: Second Major in East Asian Studies (BA)