Diana M. Wuethrich
Miami,USA
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with a strong focus on time management and problem-solving. Recognized for reliability and adaptability, with a quick ability to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Corporate Finance
AVA Inc
01.2022 - Current
- Lead planning and reporting processes including monthly financial outlooks, operating budget, long-range plans
- Review preparation of monthly income statement, balance sheet
- Assist in preparation of shareholder reports
- Liaise with Swiss accounting team
- Responsible for revenue reporting, gross to net accounts and sales commissions
- Ensure accurate reporting of COGS and product cost calculations
- Ensure accurate payroll processing, benefit contributions and deductions, tax filings with corresponding federal and state agencies
- Manage relationship with Payroll provider and Benefits agencies
- Monitor cash payments from payment processor and credit card provider
- Actively assist on preparation of year end tax filings in partnership with outside accounting team
- Maintain and oversee the cash management
- Main approver for all payable transactions
- Manage bank relationships
FP&A Manager
Walgreens Boots Alliance
11.2018 - 12.2021
- Preparation execution and presentation of 3 Year Plan, Budget, monthly forecasts and monthly KPI’s packs
- Responsible for performance reviews for all workstreams to segments and weekly Cash Flow Forecast
- Monitor month end submission of actuals upload in TM1 and IFRS to GAAP transactions
- Business owner of Value Incentives Rebates revenue workstream
- Monitor calculation of rebates, invoicing, data receipt, reconciliations, contract management, forecasting, accruals and provisions and pass-through payments to members
- Ensure clean internal, external and member audits results for the Rebates revenue workstream and segmental reporting activities
- Maintain robust financial controls for month end processes and Rebates Revenue Workstream
- Maintain and supervise WBAD SOX compliance requirements as well as processes, policies, and procedures
- Develop financial models, forecasts, proposals, and presentations to support financial decisions
- Main partner with Generics team to advice on financial impact of new negotiations and contractual changes
Financial Controller
Walgreens Boots Alliance
10.2016 - 10.2018
- Perform month end submission of actuals upload into Cognos; IFRS to GAAP transactions
- Maintain rebate trackers
- Proactively analyze variances to solve possible data inaccuracy with teams involved
- Invoicing of all rebates, cash collection and data reconciliation
- Reconcile Intercompany mismatches and FX differences
- Reconcile Revenue and Balance Sheet accounts for VLS workstream
- Maintain robust financial controls for month end processes and VLS and GPA Revenue workstreams
- Maintain WBAD SOX compliance requirements as well as processes, policies, and procedures
- Ensure comparability and seamless incorporation of new member’s reporting and analysis needs
- Support improvement initiatives in the reporting and/or forecasting processes
Senior Financial Analyst
AGT International
12.2014 - 09.2016
- Prepare monthly Cost Centers & Business Units reports; provide actual versus budget variation analysis
- Partner with business project managers to ensure proper budget and scope
- Consolidate business units’ financials and lead completion of the monthly management executive package
- Budgeting/Forecasting: Develop budget and forecast for the business units and entities controlled
- Support the Director FP&A and VP of Finance with delivering corporate monthly management results, budgeting and forecasting exercises
- Support any FP&A ad-hoc reporting and analysis requirement
Business Analyst
Huntsman European and African Division
12.2013 - 11.2014
- Drive business performance through insightful analysis, recommendations, monitoring and developing of Business Process Improvement Initiatives
- Monthly analysis of portfolio through earnings variance analysis (EVAs) to evaluate impact on product volume and profitability
- Identify pricing opportunities and coordinate across the organization to implement changes for price realization
- Weekly/ Monthly European Financial and Operational KPI reporting including tracking of improvement initiatives
- Investigate and follow up actions for remediation of gaps
- Provide financial support to Regional Management Team, including Reporting, Financial Performance and Margin / Cost investigations
- Ensure financial accuracy of costs and financial management across Commercial/ SG&A European Cost Centers, including variance analysis, reviews of accounting processes, tracking of accruals, deep dive analyses
- Mitigate and proactively report deviations from financial plan
- Manage Rebate payment processing and execution
- Validate legal agreements and track accruals accordingly
Finance Supervisor
Mondelēz International (Kraft Foods)
10.2010 - 11.2013
- Coached Financial Analyst to ensure accurate delivery of monthly reporting and planning requirements, Ad hoc projects and provide support to 4 Business Development Managers
- Managed monthly and ad hoc transactional/financial (P&L & HFM) reporting from SAP
- Monitor pre-closing period activity to ensure proper transmission to FIT
- Lead entire forecast preparation and execution process and data upload for all scenarios according to regional targets and requirements
- Actively participated in the preparation and presentation of Annual Contract and Quarterly meetings
- Successfully transitioned and validated Cadbury Actual and Budget data to ensure integrity of the data implementation and reporting to both Orbis and FIT
- Was awarded Manager’s Award in 2011 for participation in the EPM Project (FIT)
- Was awarded Latin America Region Award in 2012 in recognition for Project (FIT)
- Seamlessly incorporated financial reporting, planning, and historical data of new business (North American Imports)
- Validated and prepared historical and actual data (2012) for Gemini project (Kraft Split) at SKU and P&L line level
- Planned AUG FCST and Annual Contract 2013 accordingly in anticipation of Gemini project
- Approx
- 48% 52% split
Financial Analyst
Kraft Foods, Latin American Exports
05.2009 - 10.2010
- Responsible for monthly brand P&L submission uploads to Orbis, creation of new products in the system and full maintenance of the segment and main hierarchies (SDBA)
- Analyzed Earning Variance Analysis (EVAs) and identified cost and price deviation of product mixes from targets and previous year
- Prepared monthly performance variance reports that included volume, net revenue and marginal contribution data at all brand and all category levels of all markets of the Business Unit
- (Approx.130 brands, 50 countries)
- Actively participated in the preparation and execution of the Annual Contract and midyear forecasts for all P&L lines & all products
- Supported Pricing Lead for margin analysis
- Monitored travel & expense report and OVH and prepared and provided Advertising analysis reports to Controller
- Supplied data as needed for demand planning
- Performed Ad hoc analysis as required
- Transferred detailed data from other backbones to ensure proper reporting of new acquisitions to the business (Trinidad, Jamaica)
Financial Analyst
Benihana Inc
11.2007 - 05.2009
- Responsible for the coordination, preparation, analysis, and presentation of yearly operating budgets for the Benihana Corporation, its 92 domestic units and two subsidiaries
- Actively involved in the migration to a new ERP system
- Developed and set up over 200 financial reports FSGs in compliance with GAAP used for internal and external reporting
- In charge of tracking, analysis, and reconciliation of comparable weekly sales for all restaurants
- Assist in the information gathering, preparation and analysis of the 10-Q and 10-K
- Formulated operational macro and microeconomic concepts to create five-year financial forecasting models for debt and equity financing and executive strategic planning
- Responsible for developing and maintaining DCF valuation and ROI models of restaurant locations considered for acquisition or re-franchising by Benihana and its subsidiaries
Financial Analyst
Drew Estate
07.2007 - 11.2007
- Liaise with corporate planning, accounting, and all affected operational business units on projects’ short and long term financial impact
- Prepared department annual operating budgets and quarterly forecasts and prepare monthly reconciliations for assigned balance sheet and income statement accounts
- Analyzed monthly budgets and perform variance analysis
- Responsible for conducting or assisting in the documentation of moderate to complex financial analysis
- Performed operating budget planning, forecast, and actual analysis, including cost pool and assessment analysis as well as manufacturing cost planning and pricing analysis of all products sold
- Responsible for end of month inventory movement audit ensuring accuracy of import taxes due to government agencies
- Produce monthly Licensing Fees and External Rep Sales Commissions reports
Education
MBA - Accounting Concentration
Florida International University
Miami, FL08.2007
Bachelor’s Degree - Business Administration
Florida International University
Miami, FL12.2004
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organizational skills
- Attention to detail
- Financial statement analysis
- Metrics
- Key performance indicators
- Capital expenditure payback analysis
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- In-depth research
- Adaptability
- Analytical skills
- Conceptual skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Multitasking
- Quality emphasis
- Senior-level relationship management
- Client relationship management
- Self-directed
- Independent work
- Results-oriented
- Interpersonal skills
- Teaming skills
- Independent thinking
- Data analysis
Timeline
Head of Corporate Finance
AVA Inc
01.2022 - Current
FP&A Manager
Walgreens Boots Alliance
11.2018 - 12.2021
Financial Controller
Walgreens Boots Alliance
10.2016 - 10.2018
Senior Financial Analyst
AGT International
12.2014 - 09.2016
Business Analyst
Huntsman European and African Division
12.2013 - 11.2014
Finance Supervisor
Mondelēz International (Kraft Foods)
10.2010 - 11.2013
Financial Analyst
Kraft Foods, Latin American Exports
05.2009 - 10.2010
Financial Analyst
Benihana Inc
11.2007 - 05.2009
Financial Analyst
Drew Estate
07.2007 - 11.2007
Bachelor’s Degree - Business Administration
Florida International University
MBA - Accounting Concentration
Florida International University
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