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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

• Served as the strategic finance partner and primary point of contact for the Chief Human Resource Officer and global HR organization – led forecasting, budgeting, long-range planning, variance analyses, decision support, business case development, thought partnership, and the financial results narrative• Led compensation analyses for $1.5B+ of enterprise personnel expenses to drive value creation and understanding of organizational risks/opportunities for senior leadership• Developed scenario modeling for a range of outcomes, enabling the C-suite to align on fiscal year budget targets• Built ad hoc financial models for C-suite, such as bonus and equity compensation models, to evaluate capital allocation, governance decisions, and incentives restructuring• Developed and owned HR monthly business reviews while restructuring the P&L to drive accountability and ownership of personnel expenses – the organization’s largest operating expense• Analyzed and generated narrative around monthly and quarterly financial results for executive team and Board of Directors: synthesizing key drivers of overall enterprise results, enterprise personnel expenses, and global HR expenses• Led HR budgeting and forecasting efforts while identifying cost savings opportunities of 10% and develop the accompanying narratives• Created driver-based forecast, budget, and long-range planning models within Oracle ERP – reducing input and cycle times by nearly 50% due to predictive planning capabilities• Directed workflow of financial analysts on the team and provided coaching/development

Irving, Texas, Us

• Served as lead pricing analyst that managed financial and strategic analysis of Caterpillar’s global paving machinery portfolio – drove data-driven decision-making in both the public and private sectors across a revenue base of nearly $1B• Developed and deployed deal analysis tool suites that summarized automated analytics for improved decision-making by combining key metrics including historical pricing, profitability, statistical benchmarking, and competitive intelligence for senior leadership – reducing analysis time by 75%• Constructed financial models such as go-to-market valuations, pricing sensitivity, and margin analyses for paving machinery – including the global release of the RM400 Rotary Mixer in 2021• Coordinated and established the 2020-2021 global paving revenue planning workstreams with direct input up to C-suite • Conducted variance analyses on revenue, costs, and other ad-hoc requests – identified and optimized the entire quote-to-cash cycle with $5M+ in operating income• Served and advised as a team lead on foreign currency risk reviews by investigating economic trends, monetary/fiscal policy, and geopolitical factors to provide pricing recommendations to senior leadership• Presented a quarterly report highlighting risks and opportunities with several cross-functional teams at the global level – clearly communicated project statuses, sales metrics, competitive intelligence, and KPIs to drive alignment • Recruited externally, trained, and mentored new hires in the pricing organization

Irving, Texas, Us

• Owned the special pricing request process for machines in North America – vetted business cases, enforced pricing guidelines, and delivered comprehensive deal analyses to decision makers• Analyzed and consulted on business cases worth $50M+ of revenue while driving commercial decisions for senior leadership• Pioneered and executed numerous process improvements, such as control validations, enhanced analytics, and streamlined insights via Tableau dashboards• Received an individual equity award for exceptional performance, building strong relationships, and key development of business partners within first role at Caterpillar

Irving, Texas, Us

• Completed price reviews on 247 high-volume components with a base revenue of approximately $700,000 and formulated price changes that had an impact on revenue of over 10%.