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Jason Vogt

Summary

Energetic professional with 10-years of experience in Finance, Accounting and Project Management. I have a proven history of leading high-performing teams and executing strategic initiatives that drive organizational growth. Successfully directed cross-functional projects that resulted in significant process improvements and operational efficiencies. Demonstrated leadership and communication skills in fostering collaborative environments and delivering impactful results.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, IT Finance Business Partner

Mastercard
03.2022 - Current

Direct FP&A activities including short and long-term strategic planning, vendor deal negotiations, strategic investments, and technology cost allocations to ensure alignment with market objectives. Partner with technology providers to prioritize cost efficiency, resource allocation and capital expenditures in an effort to maximize ROI.

Key Contributions:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions: Manage over $50M in technology related expenses for acquired entities including the tracking of integration related investments and ensure the execution of synergy deliverables.
  • Product profitability: Leverage Technology Business Management framework to reduce demand for technology services and improve product profit margins. Drive rate setting ensuring accuracy of direct and indirect cost allocations to drive margin analysis and drive product profitability.
  • Financial Modeling: Built financial model that resulted in annualized saving of $13M to support Mastercard’s largest Global Telecom RFP. Driven by negotiating best in class rates and implementing contract rewrites across Mastercard’s 5 largest telecom vendors. Impacted both the production and corporate network.
  • Contract/supplier negotiations: Led Global RFP transition to new TEMS (telecom expense management) provider. Steered decision based upon platform capability, annual cost efficiencies, expense recognition and savings generated by audit/optimization activities

Finance Business Integration Manager

Mastercard
11.2020 - 03.2022

Developed integration project plans & monitored progress against milestones. Designed tools, templates & tracking mechanisms to effectively manage the post-close Finance integration activities.

Key Contributions:

  • Continuous Process Improvement: Drove change for M&A Center of Excellence, creating end-to-end integration processes for the onboarding of new acquisitions including key integration standards and staffing benchmarks.
  • Process Design: Designed the integration plan for contingent workforce into Mastercard systems/processes. This included managing vendor setup and alignment, time tracking/approval training, issuance of supplier payments and review of contingent resources.

Senior IT Finance Business Partner

Mastercard
09.2018 - 11.2020

Mitigated risk & drove customer solutions by utilizing analytical data, designing forecast / performance metrics, and presenting financial recommendations to management and executives. Identified & implemented process improvement solutions that aligned with Operations and Technology financial objectives.

Key Contributions:

  • Operational Efficiency: Reduced annual funding requirements by $2M. Developed tracking mechanism to tie strategic funding to its intended initiatives. Implemented staffing model & project tracking to ensure funding was properly allocated and spent, resulting in reduced financial risk.
  • Generated $2.5M in annual savings as the finance lead for the Business Operations L1 support consolidation. Analyzed current support costs across multiple contracts, validated program resource requirements, and evaluated vendors on various performance factors.

Senior IT Financial Analyst

Centene Corporation
03.2017 - 09.2018

Provide insights into the business unit’s performance based on market specific knowledge and analysis. Identified trends and developments in competitive environments and presented findings to senior management.

Key Contributions:

  • Analyzed financial data to support strategic decision-making and identify areas for cost reduction.
  • Delivered $3.5M cost reduction related to system improvements and operational efficiencies. Accomplished by creating a staffing model driving proper resourcing levels, suggesting reallocation of workforce resources, and reviewing all contractual work obligations throughout the year.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize resource allocation and reduce costs.

ERP Systems Manager

Mars, Inc. – Royal Canin
03.2016 - 03.2017

Key finance stakeholder for cross-functional business project planning and prioritization efforts in support of key initiatives. Executed projects varying in scope, such as process design, ERP system implementations, and chart of accounts standardization

Key Contributions:

  • Enterprise-Wide Data Governance: Spearheaded the implementation of Data Quality Services and Master Data Management. Produced increased efficiency and substantiality more accurate customer and product data for the enterprise.
  • Led systems integration projects to enhance operational efficiency across multiple departments.
  • Implemented automated monitoring tools to streamline performance tracking and reporting processes.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

University of Missouri – St. Louis
St Louis, MO

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration & Management

University of Missouri – Columbia
Columbia, MO

Skills

  • Relationship building
  • Strategic planning
  • M&A integration
  • Contract negotiation
  • Process improvement
  • Operational efficiency
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Financial modeling
  • Financial planning - short & long term

Timeline

Director, IT Finance Business Partner

Mastercard
03.2022 - Current

Finance Business Integration Manager

Mastercard
11.2020 - 03.2022

Senior IT Finance Business Partner

Mastercard
09.2018 - 11.2020

Senior IT Financial Analyst

Centene Corporation
03.2017 - 09.2018

ERP Systems Manager

Mars, Inc. – Royal Canin
03.2016 - 03.2017

Bachelor of Science - Accounting

University of Missouri – St. Louis

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration & Management

University of Missouri – Columbia
Jason Vogt