Stuart Guthrie Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Finance Director (FP&A), Product & Technology- Directed operating budget of the PVS Product and Technology organization (Engineering, QA, Product Management, Product Operations, Supply Chain) while retaining Pricing Manager responsibilities.- Finance Business Partner to the SVP of Product & Technology on all planning, forecasting, storytelling, and strategic business case (capex/investments) activities.- Oversaw actual monthly results, KPIs, investment/business case velocities, and provided informed P&L commentary to executive leadership for use in strategy.- Provided audit support with direct accountability to ensure the business always remained in line with financial control standards and policies.

Manager of Pricing at Pearson Online & Blended Learning (OBL):- Responsible for all pricing activities for PVS’s portfolio of products and services, including monitoring of customer value, competitive intelligence, product profitability trends, and the continuous improvement of pricing strategy by business area.- Implemented value based product go-to-market strategies by business line and developed associated sales tools to drive new customer acquisition.- Established and led PVS’s Deal Desk, a cross-functional team including members of Finance, Sales, Product Development, Marketing, and Operations responsible for review and approval of all new business opportunities.

Charlotte, North Carolina

- Responsible for providing effective and accurate Pricing & Strategy support to the ClientStrategy (NBD, Account Management, Sales Ops), Product Experience (Product Management &Strategy), and Operations Lead teams by serving as the subject matter expert on fair marketvalue, pricing, and operational staffing models.- Lead financial underwriting process for new & organic business opportunities (RFPs, RFIs,informal business opportunities, etc.) to ensure that new revenue proposals are in-line with thecompany’s overall financial goals, conserving targeted margin by service line.- Provide financial approval on all Lash Group contracts to protect company interests byensuring the inclusion of all financial terms and conditions as portrayed in underwriting models.- Supply and present financial forecasts, staffing plans, and annual budgets to clients or internalcustomers including the Executive Leadership Team.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Lash Group is part of AmerisourceBergen Consulting Services, a division of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (NYSE:ABC), which partners with manufacturers to prove product value and expand market access. My primary responsibility as a Performance Analyst II is to play an active role in various reporting and analytical needs, as they relate to the performance of Lash IT and their counterparts. This includes the compilation and aggregation of data, along with the analysis of this data to create actionable performance metrics.PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:• Responsible for creation and maintenance of metrics for various IT teams in order to quantify performance levels to be utilized by management for the purpose of process improvement.• Analyze data and utilize MS (Access, Excel) and BI (SAP, Xcelcius) tools to develop metrics and visually represent them.• Mine available data and using trending analysis, assist in forecasting efforts.• Initiate client, resource, and service specific monitoring reports to both ensure and promote service standards.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

Palmetto GBA, a wholly owned subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, has administered Medicare health insurance for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) throughout the US and its territories since the inception of the program in 1966.At Palmetto GBA, my responsibilities involved maintenance of CMSs relationship with financial departments of Medicare providers. My main job function was performing analysis of financial documentation submitted by healthcare providers to determine the optimum methods for collection of Medicare debts. As a part of this analysis I would create and execute amortization schedules for Medicare repayment agreements. I also acted as a consultant for Medicare providers by assisting in issues concerning billing, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Medicare debt reorganization, etc. Along with providing the aforementioned services to Medicare providers, I conducted moderate to complex analysis projects for upper management and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.