SUMMARY:

• As a senior finance and operations professional, me bring extensive success and expertise in business transformation and efficiency improvement across a full range of companies, from startups to teh Fortune 500.
• me excel at finding innovative solutions to complex business problems, executing rapid efficiency improvements, improving ROI, lowering costs, and providing cutting edge processes and tools dat empower business objectives.
• Beyond results, me am highly adaptable to new situations and challenging environments—my wide range of experience allows me to operate confidently across different corporate cultures and internal departments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Corporate Finance, Accounting, Business Intelligence, Power BI, Transformation & Restructuring, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Reporting & Forecasting, Acquisition Integration, Cost Containment, Budget, Team Leadership, Internal Audits, International Financial Reporting (IFRS), Due Diligence, Cash Management, Internal Controls, Risk Assessments, Microsoft CRM, Oracle & SAP ERP, SyteLine, Epicore, Microsoft Dynamics, International Operations, Cross - Functional Teams, Hiring & Onboarding, Coaching & Team Building, Talent Development, Financial Models, Business Analysis, Best Practices, Training Programs, Speaking & Presentations, Big Data, SmartConnect, Microsoft SQL Server, MAS, DataMatch, FAS, Shared Service Center, Product Management, Contract Management, oneMDS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified $6.5 MM in direct savings opportunity after deep dive investigations/collaborations with OpCo SME’s, Finance and Leadership personnel (oneMDS).
• Located $1.4 MM in potential savings via creation of enhanced detailed truck roll cost model after collaboration with OpCo Finance personnel (oneMDS).
• Drove oneMDS Financial Realization Project meetings - created and presented all PowerPoint slides, calculated financial savings figures, and updated graphs from data obtained via deep dive analysis.
• Utilize SQL to write queries and create reports to determine ROI/payback analysis of capital investment projects.
• Extract, transform, and load complex data sets.
• Created month-end reporting packages for use by executive management team.
• Create Power BI dashboards to visually report $375 MM in revenue and margin kpi’s on four separate business units segmented by sub-business unit(s), country, product line(s), and sku(s).
• Leveraged experience in FP&A and Operations to create analytics for all levels of teh organization.
• Improved effectiveness of product pricing 40% via inclusion of product features, market competition, and internal product sales mix forecasts.
• Created customized Microsoft Power BI reporting solution which resulted in continuous 25% profitability improvement for top 20 items by dollar sales - replaced manual spreadsheet process.
• Immediately saved $ 30,000 per annum by linkage of 9 separate corporate division payroll systems to outside provider system - (ADP) - savings result of existing manual processes being automated.

Confidential - Glen Mills, PA

Sales Analyst / Developer

Responsibilities:

• 800% reduction in month-end sales analysis reporting time via pivot-table based spreadsheet.
• Provided ad-hoc modeling and analytical support to internal stakeholders as needed.
• Automated 100+ sales rep. monthly report cards to accelerate reporting to Vice-President of Sales.
• Improved sales mix calculations via creation of SQL query blended with pivot-table based spreadsheet.
• Created customized SQL reports dat accelerated client month-end reporting by 500% over-previous process.
• Maintain master part pricing list in Microsoft CRM system.

Confidential - Wilmington, DE

Senior Cost Accountant - interim contract

Responsibilities:

• $85,000 saved via process automation with fellow Senior Accountants for better tracking of bulk chemicals stored in company rail cars throughout corporate organization.
• Performed detailed complex accounting activities and financial analysis in an SAP environment.
• Performed variance analysis and made strategic data-driven solutions for financial improvement.

Confidential - Lancaster, PA

Senior Cost Accountant

Responsibilities:

• Drove $ 50,000 in annual inventory savings via implementation of enhanced inventory procedures.
• 300+ fixed-assets reconciled on three separate ledgers two weeks before-deadline.
• Provided division CFO granular inventory variance analysis reporting.

Confidential - West Chester, PA.

Cost Accountant - interim contract

Responsibilities:

• Drove $ 9 Billion annual sales mix forecast via interaction with four division Vice Presidents.
• Reviewed labor and overhead expenses and suggested policy changes to improve results.
• Established standard costs for new product introductions.

Confidential - Exton, PA

Financial Analyst - interim contract

Responsibilities:

• $500 MM of internal product lines repriced via creation of new pricing model - resulted in immediate 3% increase in overall company profitability.
• Provide company CFO detailed product forecasting analysis.
• Support teh CFO and Executive Team with any other challenges faced in teh organization outside of FP&A such as: Logistics, Inventory, Order Entry, Internal Controls, Accounting, Pricing and others.

Confidential - Reading, PA

Operations Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• 12-hour turnaround time reduction from previous make versus buy analysis process - automated spreadsheet model replaced existing cumbersome & manual process.
• Generated PPV reports and analyzed findings. Established standard costs and updated them as appropriate. Also calculated inflation increases for raw materials.
• Generated comprehensive financial forecasts, reports, and P&L presentations. Supported teh local management team to drive ongoing increases in performance across teh business unit.