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Paris, Île-De-France, France

Greater Philadelphia

• Led EBITDA improvement project delivering 484bps improvement in TTM EBITDA margin percent• Implemented new pricing scales, eliminated pricing exemptions, and developed mandatory minimums resulting in $6MM in annual benefit• Maintained regional profitability project database including KPI reporting to divisional leadership• Managed, trained, and mentored team of five analysts, one manager, and one ERP trainer

• Led annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes for $325MM annual sales region• Served as regional pricing lead in charge of all pricing initiatives achieving annual price impact of 11% in most recent periodic price review• Oversaw all regional compensation programs including commissions, gain-share, and bonuses• Managed, trained, and mentored team of five analysts

• Led monthly reporting to all levels of regional management including financial statements, sales analyses, commissions, gain-share, operating expense variances, and overtime• Assisted in annual budgeting process including updating of budget model template, management training and creation of automated roll-ups• Responsible for quarterly management representation letter creation, distribution, and verification• Prepared all regional journal entries• Automated SAP work order creation for bulk maintenance using a combination of Google Forms and VBA

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Automated the generation and posting of monthly BI reconciliation reports to regional FP&A teams via sharepoint utilizing dynamically generated SQL queries• Migrated monthly reporting from legacy Access databases to SQL server improving speed of delivery and increasing data integrity• Developed automated process to reconcile three distinct data warehouses allowing for quick identification of logic errors flowing to combined cube• Responsible for monthly manual data loads for entities where an ETL job is not possible

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Developed automated monthly reporting for distribution KPI’s that resulted in a 8% reduction in cost/cylinder delivered (as of April 2019) equating to $2MM annualized for the East Region• Designed and implemented centralized Excel database with VBA-based GUI front-end to track regional efficiency projects, automate reporting to divisional management, and provide an audit trail for 251 initiatives totaling $3MM• Overhauled regional customer service reporting tool creating a split Access database with daily auto updates from SAP, forced user inputs, and a dynamic SQL reporting menu• Built forecasting tool for bulk group to produce monthly sales projections at the product and ship-to level• Created system to verify critical new account information including sales office, delivery plant, and unloading points• Prepare monthly reports and analyses related to commissions, gain-share, cost-center coding, invoice accuracy, and overtime, as well as ad-hoc reporting for branch, plant, area, and regional managers• Assist in annual budgeting process including management training and creation of automated roll-ups• Extensive use of SAP BEx (BW), Hyperion, Access, and Excel

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

General Manager overseeing all aspects of operations with a focus on distribution, risk and compliance, and financial reporting to senior management.• Assist CFO in month end accounting procedures and preparation of timely and accurate financial statements• Prepare monthly sales projections for senior management as well as ad hoc analyses relating to trends, financial ratios, profitability, pricing, etc.• Manage staff of six commercial haz-mat/tanker drivers and two installer/service technicians• Maintain fleet of ten trucks (seven tankers, one box, two pick-ups) ensuring all preventative maintenance, annual DOT inspections, annual visual tank inspections, and five year hydrostatic tests are performed on time and within compliance• Monitor day to day fill plant operations for inventory levels, cost controls, and food safety compliance

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Management Trainee exposed to every major part of business operations including sales, distribution, accounting, and risk and compliance.• Created Excel/VBA application for truck routing that would generate projections for labor costs, sales, and profitability on a per route basis using the Google Maps Application Program Interface (API)• Streamlined A/R collections through creation of Excel/VBA automated COD list generated using the A/R trial balance from company database and days and dollars outstanding criteria• Developed and implemented food safety plan using Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls (HARPC) to ensure compliance with Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA) that resulted in the company’s first successful FDA audit and becoming an approved vendor for McDonald’s through their supply chain management company McClement Management Group• Overhauled cylinder fill plant manufacturing procedures to meet Beverage Grade CO2 requirements• Obtained Class B CDL with X-Endorsement (Hazardous Materials and Tanker)

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Analyst responsible for identifying credit risk in the commercial loan portfolio through financial analysis of customer data including financial statements, budgets, sales projections, A/R, and A/P trial balances.• Prepared credit memorandums that quantified risk through cash flow and collateral analyses as well as analyzing company financial statement trends including the use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and financial ratios• Analyzed possible customer acquisitions and the effect to company financial health through creation of pro-forma financial statements and ad hoc analyses of sales and profitability projections• Developed Excel/VBA application to automatically pull and organize Risk Management Association (RMA) industry data based on customer Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for comparative analytics• Automated department daily reporting needs through use of Excel/VBA/Outlook to generate and email reports with a single click• Maintained data integrity and tracking of customer compliance with loan provisions such as covenants, lending limits, etc.• Spread customer financial statements into standardized format using Moody’s RiskAnalyst™ software

London, Uk

Member of the Individual Academic Support (IAS) team, providing tutoring services for all quantitative courses at Hult. • Provided academic support through individual tutoring, group study skills sessions, and exam review lectures to over 50 students increasing marks by two grades on average • Instructed students in use of Microsoft Excel for statistical and quantitative analysis purposes • Reported directly to the Dean’s Office and liaised with faculty and staff to improve student comprehension and pass rates

Ann Arbor, Mi

Research assistant in the Organizational Studies Program at the University of Michigan. Worked under Professor Stephen Garcia, studying the effects of various psychological phenomena on competition and risk taking behavior. • Conducted academic and background research relating to competition and risk appetite providing the necessary information to design experiments and surveys • Created online surveys to test hypotheses about risk appetite and competition founding the basis for an experiment • Organized psychological study to test the effect of competition on risk taking behavior which resulted in a rejection of the hypothesis • Produced analysis of quantitative results allowing conclusion to be drawn empirically

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bba, Accounting And Finance, 3.86 Gpa, Valedictorian, Awarded Scholarship For Leadership Potential

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mathematics, Transferred Credits To Hult

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Mathematics, Transferred Credits To Hult

High School Diploma, 3.7 Gpa, Prize Program Award, Honor Roll, Dean'S List