Ryan Benson Email & Phone Number

Prior Lake, Mn, Us

Belle Plaine, Minnesota, United States

Bloomington, Mn

• Responsible for company-wide financial forecasting and revenue reporting• Produce monthly financial forecasts to CFO & CEO and lead the annual operating financial plan process for the entire company • Primary contact for all revenue related reporting and future projections (over $100M in annual revenue)• Partner with business unit leaders in the creation of a monthly financial reporting presentation, detailing overall P&L performance and business metrics• Manage a team of 3 financial analysts and 1 financial systems manager• Collaborate with accounting, business unit general managers, and financial systems to perform financial modeling within Adaptive (Workday financial reporting tool) • Perform due diligence requests on mergers & acquisitions activity, successfully integrating 3 deals

Mendota Heights, Mn

Provided accounting and finance professional consulting on a contract basis. With a wealth of knowledge in the fields of Transfer Pricing and FP&A, I provided advisory services and operational support.

Eagan, Mn

• Responsible for company-wide transfer pricing accounting policy• Partnered with leadership in the areas of tax, finance, accounting, and treasury in the execution and reporting of transfer pricing results ($1B in annual revenue)• Lead accounting in all the monthly transfer pricing entries, invoicing, and settlement of inter-company transactions• Produced quarterly forecast of transfer pricing impacts to consolidated financial reporting and present to leadership• Collaborated with outside tax consultants, software developers, and the financial systems team on Clarivate Analytics’ implementation of the OneSource Operational Transfer Pricing tool• Primary contact for all global statutory audit requests (41 countries)• Subject matter expert of transfer pricing policy, inter-company contracts, and audit requests

Eagan, Minnesota

• Responsible for the transfer pricing accounting policy and administration of the OneSource Operational Transfer Pricing tool• Partnered with business leaders in the areas of Tax, Compliance, Finance, and Controllership Accounting in the reporting and auditing of statutory results• Directed a team of accountants that coordinated all the transfer pricing entries for the Tax & Accounting, IP & Science, and Legal business units• Managed the day-to-day activities of a Lead Accountant and Sr. Accountant• Collaborated with outside consultants, OneSource technology developers, and implementation team on the second phase of the OneSource Operational Transfer Pricing tool• Owner of SOX controls of statutory transactions calculated in the OneSource Operational Transfer Pricing tool and processed/invoiced in SAP for Tax & Accounting, IP & Science, and Legal Thomson Reuters companies• Subject matter expert of transfer pricing policy, execution, and audit requests

Eagan, Minnesota

• Oversight of the transfer pricing of the Legal, IP & Science, and Tax & Accounting business units statutory transactions with Thomson Reuters Global Resources• Partnered with Thomson Reuters International Tax team in the reconciliation and understanding of transfer pricing of inter-company transactions• Coordinated the quarterly financial reporting of statutory results for all the Legal, IP & Science, and Tax & Accounting business units to regional tax and controllers• Managed the day-to-day tasks of an Accountant I and Staff Account II• Collaborated with the transfer pricing accounting group and with finance, accounting, and tax teams around the world to resolve statutory audit queries• Implemented the software product, OneSource Operational Transfer Pricing tool, to perform the calculations for the transfer pricing of Tax & Accounting, IP & Science, and the UK Legal business

Senior Financial Analyst – Financial Planning and Analysis Department• Provide analytical support of Thomson Reuters Global Resources owned Legal business’s statutory results.• Coordinate the quarterly financial forecasting for all Legal businesses of Thomson Reuters Global Resources.• Oversee SOX compliance controls in the areas invoicing and statutory payments between Thomson Reuters Global Resources and many of the Thomson Reuters Legal companies• Partner with Thomson Reuters – Professional division’s corporate finance department in preparation of Legal’s business strategy reviews.• Create presentations of financial data and analysis for Legal’s CFO, finance executives, and business leaders.• Develop financial models (capital allocation & net sales metric) that assist Legal’s finance and business leaders in decision making.• Coordinate the financial planning and forecasting for all Legal businesses.• Complete various “ad hoc” analysis projects as requested by the Legal CFO and other finance leaders.

Sr. Financial Analyst - Business Planning & Analysis Department• Consolidate monthly and quarterly financial data and provide analysis for Ameriprise Financial.• Assist in the coordination of financial planning and forecasting for all businesses within the company.• Create presentations of financial data and analysis that is provided for the Board of Directors, CEO, CFO, and executive business leaders.• Provide analytical support to the quarterly earnings releases.• Partner with Treasury, Investor Relations, and office of CFO in preparation of credit agency reviews.• Provide planning and analytical support for the corporate segment businesses of Ameriprise Financial.• Assist in providing benchmarking data in the industries in which Ameriprise Financial competes.• Complete various analysis projects as requested by the CFO and finance leaders of the company.

Financial Analyst – Asset Management Businesses Lead Financial Office• Created monthly and quarterly profit & loss statement for the Retirement Services business.• Prepared expense forecasts and yearly budget for Retirement Services.• Provided forecasts of key business metrics to business and finance leaders.• Directed the Retirement Services benchmarking efforts within the 401(k) industry.• Assisted in the creation of business planning scenarios (business continuation, long range plan, and sale/acquisition).• Produced cost benefit analysis for investment spending opportunities.• Provided financial support in the due diligence process and sale of the 401(k) business to Wachovia.

Financial Analyst – Processing Units• Created monthly processing quality standard numbers.• Prepared yearly budget for all processing units.• Produced cost analysis for processing area.• Revised Processing Quarterly Update to a more concise electronic format.• Assisted Six Sigma Black Belts with cost-benefit analysis for business transformation projects.• Directed revision of the disaster-recovery plan for Retirement Services.• Performed various analysis projects as requested by area managers and supervisors.