AUSTIN FREEMAN

Provided financial advice and support to sales, marketing, HR, and executive leadership.

• Implemented continuous improvement initiatives to provide financial reporting efficiently
• Aided in annual budget planning and quarterly review for field sales teams
• Tracked performance of products to identify opportunities for margin enhancement
• Analyzed P&L statements for risks, areas to improve, and growth development
• Directed and maintained project reporting and communication for sales initiatives
• Created thorough documentation for daily, monthly, quarterly and annual business functions
• Identified trends pertaining to products, sales areas, and customer types for continued growth
• Managed numerous daily ad-hoc requests in a timely and accurate manner
• Led the creation of automated in-depth sales and metric tracking for our largest customers

Provided analysis of global inter-company business activity.

• Managed the calculation and allocation of product margins between business groups for over 30 countries between business units
• Analyzed over 4,500 credit memos and determined $70M of credits to be given back to customers in accordance with our CO-OP and MDF programs
• Prepared and presented balance sheet analysis to upper management to facilitate SG&A decisions
• Created and implemented a new system process via collaborating with cross-business groups to account for $20M of company expense accruals from Coupa
• Reconciled 20+ balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis while ensuring profit and loss statements were accurate and within company standards
• Deployed allocations for stores and vendor credit programs within Oracle on a monthly basis
• Orchestrated the year end channel revenue maintenance to support business unit credit programs

Reconciled accounts receivable between AOM, Oracle AR, and the General Ledger among various other daily and monthly tasks.

• Prepared, identified, and corrected variances monthly in over 25 account reconciliations
• Created processes to resolve system issues preventing efficient reporting of multiple business units to C-level management
• Managed the month close process of Oracle accounts receivable and corrected invoice errors with IT
• Exceeded expectations by maintaining a reconciliation variance below $25K in AR account of $600M
• Redeployed 78 annual working hours through streamlining daily reconciliations and sales reporting
• Manually reconciled over 7,300 general ledger entries in the suspense account, resulting in the ability for Management to make an accurate financial decision regarding aged items

Performed audits of Atlanta based retail operation sites to test controls and analyze financial and non-financial management information.

• Returned a medium or high-level impact rating in 52% of completed audits at the retail operation level
• Accurately reported 96% of all audit results from a financial analytical review, workpaper support, and administration reporting
• Successfully identified and explained store inventory variances of $50K in half of all sites audited
• Effectively communicated at the district management level concerning areas with potential for improvement to increase company efficiency and profitability overall
• Presented store management with routes to increase sales, reduce costs, unlock slow moving inventory, and improve internal controls through processes and strategies

Managed cash flows regarding European entities to assist in the financing of Valspar acquisition in addition to cost savings initiatives.

• Saved $212,500 annually on bank fee management
• Analyzed and implemented the relocation of over 350 retail stores' banking locations through targeting efficiency of proximity and fees
• Assisted in strengthening relationship with credit banks to support borrowing for Valspar acquisition
• Classified Valspar accounts and incorporated them with current Sherwin accounts through our treasury management software
• Utilized various software solutions to provide teams from North America, LATAM, and EMEA with bank statement discrepancies, reconciliations, and account status updates
• Prepared daily financial and equity market report for C-level executives

Oasis Property Group is a real estate investment and property management firm dealing in the acquisition,renovation, and management of rental properties in the Cleveland and Columbus area.

• Analyzed potential investments for return on investment, cash flow, value-add and income growth
• Sourced property leads through networking and effective communication with agents and brokers
• Negotiated price and terms of purchase with the sellers
• Identified and closed the best financial products for project funding
• Interviewed and selected general contractors and negotiated renovation costs
• Managed contractors through the scope of work to meet goals and deadlines
• Screened and vetted potential property residents to minimize company expenses
• Created, explained and enforce the terms of the lease agreement
• Streamlined operations to minimize management oversight
• Utilized accounting and financial acumen to minimize taxes and improve cash flow
• Selected the software to record related business transactions and collect rent payments

Accounted for all cash receipts and disbursements necessary to produce corporate financial statements and tenant billing statements. Performed interactive tasks related to tenant relations and services.

• Developed proficiency with QuickBooks, general ledger, and bank reconciliations for multiple entities
• Analyzed, adjusted, and cleared reconciling items to organize and support numerous sub-ledgers
• Prepared, processed, and paid accounts payable
• Created and reconciled accounting spreadsheets