Spencer N. Brown, Cpa, Mba Email & Phone Number

Moody, Al, Us

Finance and Accounting Leader at Jones Stephens

Richmond, Virginia , Us

Operations Finance Lead, reporting to the COO (dotted-line to the CFO). Delivering fact-based solutions and business advisory thought leadership while creating financial discipline, cost visibility, and cash-management support. Responsible for all operational financialanalysis, strategy, budgets, cost advisory, capital stewardship, and overall process improvement.• Leading an inventory task force across 4 U.S.-based plants to optimize inventory levels, free working capital, and improve cash flow.• Directing and training plant managers and personnel to foster financial discipline across processes and systems while increasing business acumen and eliminating risks.• Developing business case and ROI analysis (NPV, MIRR) supporting capital initiatives.

Richmond, Virginia, Us

Financial planning and analysis lead, reporting directly to executive leadership of Tredegar Personal Care ($200 million annual sales). Responsible for all cyclical financial reporting and analysis, quarterly forecasting, strategic planning, annual budgets, price architecture, working-capital stewardship, margin appreciation, cost controls, and overall process and systems improvement.• Lead financial and category-management consultant to the global sales and marketing team.• Leverage, train, and direct finance personnel across 7 locations (4 international).• Organized and conducted process reviews involving current-state assessments, process mapping, kaizen events, and change-management programs resulting in process enhancements, waste elimination, and annual profit improvement in excess of $500,000.

Fredericksburg, Va, Us

Direct and indirect supervision of 150 associates; overseeing personnel development, fuels procurement, contractual compliance, inventory management, internal controls, product quality, futures hedging, options trading, demand forecasting, dispatch and delivery execution, sales and customer service, and stewardship of key relationships with suppliers, carriers, and other partners.• Instituted fleet expense tracking and consolidated DOT reporting online, increasing visibility, enabling better life-cycle management, and reducing related expenses by 15%.• Renegotiated supply contracts, broadening product coverage and saving $500,000+ year 1.• Centralized dispatch and administrative functions, lowering product costs while improving service quality and delivery efficiencies.• Annual contributions from all improvements exceed $1 million.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Directed all financial support for the cold drink operations segment – internal controls, operational and capital budgeting, forecasting, general ledger, and P&L. Responsible for the company’s national food service and specialty retail segments – $650 million in revenue, 100+ customers including Compass, Sodexo, Aramark, Home Depot, Best Buy, and Staples. Each Coca-Cola national leadership role directly supported executives, sales, marketing, and field operations to develop and implement campaigns that generated profit growth and increased shareholder value.• As Group Finance Director, executed strategy changes that saved over $30 million per year.• As Controller, implemented a new commission structure that saved $3.5 million in year 1, and was a key contributor to returning the business segment to profitability in year 3.• As Process Improvement Manager, spearheaded organizational change to the company’s price strategy execution and launched a new proprietary pricing system.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting

Masters, Business Administration