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EUGENE McGEE

Twp of Washington,NJ

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President, FP&A & Financial Systems

VaynerX
New York City, NY
03.2020 - Current
  • Led the design and execution of closing, reporting and forecasting processes across the Global Agency implementing a Reporting Cadence and Structure of monthly forecasting and six business day 'Transact to Report' cycle
  • Implemented Vayner’s maiden Budget cycle in 2020, determining the proper business unit structure; collecting, consolidating and modeling assumptions from business leaders; highlighting risks and opportunities and producing a full year forward looking profit projection
  • Design and executed three statement financial position reporting improving our liquidity management, assisting in investment and M&A decisions and establishing standard for strategic cash reserve balances in all global markets
  • Established daily reporting of cash and liquidity against forecast assumptions to provide advance signals of future cash flow and liquidity issues giving Treasury team ample time to mitigate and developing more activity driven capital allocation strategies
  • Worked with Chief Financial Officer and Ownership to institute profitability goals and incentives, aligning leadership compensation to growth and quality of earnings
  • Led the digital transformation of Finance and Reporting Ecosystem inclusive of multi-tool integrations, data architecture design and harmonization, introduction of dimensional organization hierarchies and implementation of sound change management and data governance principles
  • Ideated and Designed Company’s data warehouse and visualization solutions, promoting information democracy and efficient, real time reporting capabilities to operational leaders, while driving overhead savings via user count reduction in source applications
  • Created the Company’s Procurement function, consolidating vendor spend, identifying all third party expenses, engaging with external negotiation support and driving software savings of $250K against baseline and $300K of cost avoidance, through strategic RFPs, multi-vendor bidding and tool consolidation
  • Led the FP&A Team with 1 director and 2 analysts and led the Financial Systems & Business Intelligence team with 2 directors and 3 engineers.

Senior Manager – Global Business Planning & Analysis

Newell Brands
Hoboken, NJ
03.2017 - 01.2020
  • Responsible for development and integration of global financial planning and reporting tool following Jarden Corporation acquisition
  • Designed, tested and implemented tools to automate Gross Margin reporting, as well as FX scenario modeling
  • Led the annual planning global process, inclusive of communication, target generation, executive presentation and BOD approval
  • Developed 5-Year Strategic Model, linking current year budget with long term projections for profitability and cash flow generation
  • Acted as liaison to team of consultants tasked with optimizing the Global Finance function
  • Acted as 'Business Liaison' to 16 distinct operating units; along with manager to three direct reports and a team of consultants.

Senior Financial Analyst – Global Financial Planning & Analysis

Tiffany & Co.
Parsippany/New York City, NJ/NY
12.2009 - 03.2017
  • Responsible for development of operating profit targets for sales regions ($4B revenue) and corporate groups ($3.3B SG&A/COGS)
  • Responsible for consolidation of annual profit plan, as well as, summarization and communication of profit plan to the CFO
  • Oversaw team responsible for gross margin plan, inclusive of projecting input costs, hedge valuation, product mix and pricing actions
  • Led a diverse team to reexamine the Company’s hedging strategy to mitigate risks associated with the precious metal market
  • Prepared monthly Board of Director communication, on behalf of the CFO
  • Developed quarterly Business Unit Profitability analysis to assist the Chief Decision-Making Officer in resource allocation decisions.

Senior Accountant – Accounting and Reporting

Tiffany & Co.
08.2013 - 04.2015
  • Performed monthly, quarterly and annual financial closes for US and Canadian Operating Companies and Parent Company
  • Supported accounting for $550 million debt restructuring and $650 million credit facility modification
  • Performed quarterly centralized review of domestic balance sheet, requiring effective collaboration with multiple finance teams
  • Responsible for Pension, Real Estate, Debt, Cash, Short Term Investments, Intercompany, Intellectual Property and Hedge Accounting
  • Executed applicable controls timely and accurately in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as well as helped identify risks and assess effectiveness of existing controls
  • Managed two direct reports, inclusive of review of daily and monthly responsibilities, as well as, career and soft skill development.

Cost Accountant II

07.2011 - 07.2013
  • Played key role in the implementation of Order-To-Pay Business Settlement Network
  • Assisted in requirement analysis, development, business process scenario scripting, testing and validation of system enhancements on various system platforms
  • Maintained reconciled balance of perpetual finished goods inventory totaling $1 Billion
  • Assisted with lower of cost or market exposure analysis, as it related to the aging and obsolescence of Company merchandise
  • Responsible for monthly close activities related to finished goods costing, RAW/WIP conversion and cost of sales recognition.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Economics and Business Analytics

New York University, Stern School of Business
New York City, NY
05.2020

Bachelor of Science - Finance

Lehigh University, College of Business and Economics
Bethlehem, PA
05.2009

Skills

  • Finance Proficiency
  • Long Term Profit and Cash Flow Modeling
  • Capital Allocation Strategies
  • Risk Management and Hedging Strategies
  • FX Sensitivity Modeling
  • Strategic Budgeting
  • Overhead Cost Containment and Allocation Strategies
  • Global Planning and Coordination
  • Performance Incentive Plan Design and Implementation
  • System Application Proficiency
  • Snowflake
  • Tableau
  • Workday Adaptive Planning
  • Netsuite
  • JDEdwards Enterprise One Finance & Manufacturing
  • SAP HANA ERP System
  • PowerBI
  • Netsuite Planning & Budgeting
  • Adobe Workfront
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Miro
  • JIRA
  • Microsoft Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Visio
  • Data and Technical Proficiency
  • DataWarehousing
  • Data management and Data Architecture Design Strategies
  • SQL Database Building
  • Multi Application Integrations
  • Systems Architecture
  • System Topology Mapping
  • Visualization and Analytics
  • Database Structuring and Star Schema Models
  • Application Ideation and Design
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Business Storytelling
  • Partnerships and Affiliations
  • OKRs and KPIs
  • Budget Oversight
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Staff Training
  • Staff Development
  • Performance monitoring
  • Training and mentoring

Leadership Experience

  • Undergraduate Mentor, NYU Stern School of Business – Graduate/Undergraduate Mentor Program, 2019, 2020
  • Peer Mentor, Tiffany New Hire Mentor Program, Tiffany & Co., 2015, 2017
  • Mentor, All-Star Internship Program, Tiffany & Co., 2011, 2014

Timeline

Vice President, FP&A & Financial Systems

VaynerX
03.2020 - Current

Senior Manager – Global Business Planning & Analysis

Newell Brands
03.2017 - 01.2020

Senior Accountant – Accounting and Reporting

Tiffany & Co.
08.2013 - 04.2015

Cost Accountant II

07.2011 - 07.2013

Senior Financial Analyst – Global Financial Planning & Analysis

Tiffany & Co.
12.2009 - 03.2017

Master of Business Administration - Economics and Business Analytics

New York University, Stern School of Business

Bachelor of Science - Finance

Lehigh University, College of Business and Economics

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