Samuel Ausdemore, Cma Email & Phone Number

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

Promotion to lead the 9-person finance team across ND, SD, & NEResponsible for overall financial performance and accounting processes across three statesExpanded focus on multi-market sales, gross profit, and net income forecastingRetained direct pricing and FP&A duties for largest supplier portfolio, by profit dollarsLed process modernization, reorganization, & priority realignment initiatives amidst supplier portfolio upheaval Expanded responsibilities for analyzing Income Statements, Profit and Loss Statements, and other key financial reports

•Expanded role to include most profitable three-state supplier portfolio, in addition to continuing to lead local South Dakota activities.•Currently serving on the corporate Web 3.0 opportunities advisory committee. Previously served on the ERP modernization committee and developed standardized finance function onboarding and training.

South Dakota

•Led pricing, costing, and financial planning and analysis for South Dakota•Leveraging extensive research, benchmarked, standardized, and consolidated the pricing strategies for over 5K individual skus, resulting in 11 straight quarters of margin and profit per case increases. •Increased overall gross margins by 2% through implementing improved pricing strategies, cost management, and the establishment of new purchasing procedures to strategically balance inventory financing costs, shipping constraints, and margin opportunities.•Forged new controls to minimize regulatory risk•Leveraged cross functional expertise and product knowledge to improve federal tax reports while identifying hundreds of thousands of dollars of additional credits nationwide.•Implemented new Vistaar Pricing Engine and ecommerce pricing requirements without pricing coordinator support

Omaha, Nebraska

Responsible for design, testing, implementation, and user training as RNDC brings all of our markets onto Oracle systems.•Directed and facilitated the testing, customization, and implementation of Oracle’s Channel Revenue Management module for RNDC Kentucky’s Supplier Accounting operations.•Leveraged technical expertise to guide the ERP integration and provide troubleshooting and onboarding assistance. •Improvised solutions to address system outages & failures to consistently deliver required system & financial outputs.•Led Business Process Modeling efforts for AP, Supplier AR, & Accounting process areas, utilizing APQC PCF Frameworks and developing dozens of EPC diagrams for core process areas.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Responsible for accurate billing, accounting, and collection of 26,000 annual transactions, totaling over $61m.•Piloted the integration of Oracle systems for Supplier AR across 3 states and 2 separate ERP systems and trained new and existing internal / external users on system access and functionality. •Identified opportunities to enhance the recovery of delinquent AR balances, reducing balances in North Dakota and Nebraska by 75% and in South Dakota by 80%, having a direct impact on net profits.•Implementation and process improvements supported eliminating 2 FTEs, and fully/partially reallocating 6 more.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Building on the success of 2013, 2014 highlights include: Promotion to Regional Supplier AR Manager; further reducing delinquent supplier AR by 25%, well ahead of corporate targets, to less than .5% of total AR; selected for advanced training in Microstrategy reporting and visualization tools; lead integration of Nielsen data into sales meetings and presentations; assisted with the launch of a new supplier AR system in more than 15 markets.2013 highlights include: reducing delinquent supplier AR by over 98%, or $190,000, to less than 1% of total AR dollars from over 35%; increasing chargebacks by over 12% in 2013; proving that RNDC-SD hit critical sales targets originally disputed by suppliers; and frequent recognition for customized data reporting and analysis by coworkers and senior leaders from both RNDC and our supplier partners.Normal responsibilities: Research, analyze, and present sales and salesperson performance data on a regular basis to better inform management decisions and enhance salesperson performance.Utilize new and existing reports and analysis to maximize productivity of multiple RNDC associates.Develop forms, policies, and procedures to ensure and facilitate compliance with corporate and legal mandates.Accurately calculate, invoice, maintain, and collect valid supplier chargebacks.Maintain and account for earmarked funds mandated by legal agreements.Research and reconcile accounting discrepancies across various systems and companies.Analyze past and current sales to ensure maximum profits are achieved.Organize and interpret sales and related data to ensure that sales reps and managers can achieve greater results.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Stably house Lincoln's population of homeless persons & families, and those at risk of becoming so; then address via effective case management those underlying issues causing the homeless situation.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Our Landlord / Tenant program focuses on eviction prevention, landlord & tenant mediation, and information regarding landlord / tenant rights and obligations. The program also presents modules of the RentWise tenant education curriculum with the Lincoln Housing Authority and other community agencies.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

I assist with the administration of the InternNE and Job Training grant programs, which allow businesses, large and small, throughout the state to enhance their competitiveness, grow their workforce, and enhance the employment opportunities for all Nebraskans.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

Tutor students with academic need who are low income, first generation (neither parent has a bachelor's degree), or disabled in the principles of macro and micro economics.

Assist in and observe day-to-day operations of the bank at every level, from teller to president.

Edit and Publish weekly podcast of the Reveille, the Nebraska Wesleyan University Student Newspaper.

Tutor at-risk youth in Science, Math, Reading, and English

• Conduct telephone interviews in a concise and accurate manner• Regularly meet hourly quotas• Recognized for outstanding quality on evaluations

-Research and responded to written constituent complaints and questions-Made referrals to the appropriate agency/organization for addressing constituent issues-Prepared correspondence for the Attorney General-Maintained database of constituent communications-Lead team of interns in meeting and exceeding regular mailings goals

Recommended by Economics Faculty for positionConduct final exam study sessions rated "Very Helpful" by participants

Bachelor Of Arts, International Business, Spanish, & Economics

Activities and Societies: New Media Editor of the Campus Newspaper Student Affairs Senate Budget Committee (2 terms) Residence Halls.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Golden Key Honor Society