• Responsible for standing up new sales and trade planning center of excellence team focused on improving processes to drive more accurate forecasting and customer team efficiencies• Built new models and tools to introduce consistency across planning inputs and drive collaboration • Created new reporting and analytics to provide transparency to cross functional teams• Lead and develop team of two sr. analysts to be primary sales team forecasting partners

• Provided financial leadership to Sales to improve their top and bottom-line results by optimizing trade promotions, sales mix, waste, and marketing expenses• Published customer facing financial score carding based on contractual agreements• Provided insight to impact of decision-making such as during pricing negotiations or investment opportunities• Managed period close process by focusing on accuracy of trade accruals and providing variance explanations• Built financial estimates for seasonal portfolios and new product proposals• Supported transition from Oracle Siebel to Accenture Trade Promotion Management (TPM) from testing through implementation and provide continued process and system expertise to sales and finance users• Served as a subject matter expert providing education to Sales teams, new hires, and interns on financial acumen and necessary systems• Provided ongoing post audit and claim analytics for customer negotiations saving over $5 million annually

• Led and managed financial planning and forecasting process for $600 million marketing expenses• Implemented new zero-based budgeting process, which identified $17 million in low value spends to reinvest in higher ROI activities• Led spend efficiency investigation that supported new spending guidelines• Provided financial support to marketing teams including: Sales forecasting, P&L and cash flow analyses for innovation and extension, scenario modeling, variance analytics and other ad hoc financial needs• Brand P&L modeling to provide insight to bottom line impact of decision-making around mix, waste, trade investments, and marketing expenses

* Developed profit/loss, balance sheet, and cash flow forecasts as well as evaluated risks and opportunities* Responsible for annual budget items including SG&A, intercompany, and balance sheet accounts* Worked with international business entities to provide consolidated statements and forecasting* Calculated margin analysis to understand impact of pricing, volume and mix implications* Provided variance and trend reporting for key metrics including sales, working capital, expenses and business conditions

* Profit & loss forecasting analyst for an operating company with $1.8+ billion annual operating income * Provided recommendations and high visibility presentations to management regarding financial and operational performance, productivity metrics, variance analysis, and cost trends* Contributed to Board of Director presentation materials* Led company continuous improvement team and conducted internal assessments of key processes to ensure accuracy of systems and reporting as well as identify synergies and improvement opportunities* Supported the annual business plan and long-range outlook with financial modeling