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• Managed budget and forecast process for entire company with $125M in revenue including shifting to a monthly forecast process to enable leadership to identify annualized expense savings over $4 Million
• Created Actual vs. budget reporting and began monthly cadence with department leaders resulting in improved relationships with department leaders and ability to identify over $250,000 in savings during a downturn in.
• Provided analytic support for development of an India Center of Excellence resulting in over $10M in annual savings
• Led FP&A migration into adaptive insights leading to faster turnaround time for forecasts and reporting.
• Developed and managed entry-level analysts complete with training sessions, daily meetings, performance feedback and reviews, and driving for improved work product
• Created quarterly Board of Director presentations for forecast and actual financials and annual budget presentation

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Liability analysis for regulatory and telecom taxes to help establish liability
• Managed Indirect Tax Filings through outside service provider
• Managed audits and tax dispute with state taxing authorities
• Created Federal Excise Tax Filings for past 3 years
• PUC bond and regulatory filings related to PUC Bonds.
• Exemption Certificate catalog and validation

Chicago, Illinois

Full P&L, Budget, Forecast and Variance Analysis responsibility for cost centers with over $650 Million in annual revenue. Pricing reporting and analytics to support all cost centers. Created and maintain pricing model for recent acquisitionReporting to support all business leadersReporting to support sale of business to private equity firm. Customer and.

Greater Chicago Area

• Developed improved method for developing internal and external GAAP financial statement forecast for four domestic regions and 3 international regions
• Provided reporting and analytic support to investment bank during $133Million IPO
• Modeled Market Ranking file to evaluate the performance of all company segments
• Produced analytic reports required by lenders for $1.3B Asset Backed Revolving Line of Credit
• Developed Annual Incentive Plan model and used this model to build accruals for annual payouts based on monthly performance of business units
• Worked with investment banks to assess potential $850 Million bond refinance

Chicago, IL

• Winston Salem Customer Financial Services Transition Team Managed two high-profile teams totaling eleven analysts and six contractor employees while managing my own account responsibilities. Coordinated transition of.
• Led meetings with the Winston-Salem Senior Leadership Team to discuss KPIs, escalation process, and other internal procedures
• Conducted both classroom and hands-on training for the new Customer Financial Services teams
• Developed improved shipment and syndicated data reporting for high-profile accounts to enable analysis at multiple customer levelsEast Region Team LeadLead team of 6 analysts and two contract employees in completion of.
• Coached and developed direct reports by sharing best practices and providing performance feedback on areas of opportunity
• Drove transaction efficiencies through the management of trade spending and analysis to increase the effectiveness of targeted trade promotions across Quaker, Tropicana, and Gatorade

Greater Chicago Area

• Analyst I/II – Customer Financial Services 2009 to 2012Analyst (contractor) – Customer Financial Services 2008 to 2009Performed analysis of customer volume movement and promotional spending. Validated movement and.
• Effectively partnered with cross-functional teams and built strong business rapports to drive cost savings, profitability, and process improvements
• Negotiated the recovery of $600,000 in customer non-compliant activity during first two months
• Reduced customer administrative fees by $80,000 annually resulting from conflicting policies
• Partnered with Sr. Financial Analysts to investigate discrepancies between actual spends versus forecasts and recommended process improvements to minimize future discrepancies
• Developed analytical reports to assist in critical credit analysis of high-risk customers and to enable the determination of shipment allotments

Mba, Finance And Strategy

Bachelors, Finance

Activities and Societies: Finance and Accounting Club Member, Member Indiana CPA Society Case Study Competition TeamGraduated with Honors

Diploma