Finance professional with experience driving financial strategies and decision making. Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. Strong focus on data driven analytics, working with large complex datasets and financial information. Reliable, analytical, and results-oriented with keen eye for identifying opportunities for improvement.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finance Manager
National Debt Relief LLC
05.2022 - Current
Direct support to the VP of Finance and Chief Financial Officer in this role
Responsible for Financial reporting and Business/Operational analysis for a $1B P&L with 450,000 active Customers
Maintained Cost per Acquisition Modelling for over $500M of Sales & Marketing efforts per year. Conducted thorough analysis of Marketing efforts with Senior Leadership and Marketing teams to optimize Campaign spending and improve margins by 25%
Created 12 KPI Dashboards and over 100 custom SQL reports to distill large Salesforce datasets into actionable insights
Worked hand in hand with Leadership across 8 departments to customize their reporting to directly address their performance metrics
Developed the budgeting and forecast process for newly acquired subsidiaries
Achieved an average of 3% variance in the actual spend vs Forecast and trimmed overhead expenses by $1M over the course of the Fiscal Year
Implemented a new business process utilizing Power Automate, SQL, and VBA that reduced manual vendor billing calculations by 80 hours per month
Trained, mentored, and supervised 7 new hires to the Finance & Accounting Departments
Senior Financial Analyst
PowerSecure, Inc.
10.2021 - 04.2022
Responsible for the budgeting, forecasting, monthly reporting, and financial support for the Owned Assets and Sales/Marketing Departments ($41M and $12M P&L per year)
Created new models to evaluate revenue and costs for over 450 sites/assets to update rolling forecasts and identify trends to Business Leaders for further decision making
Collaborated with leaders across 13 different Sales and Marketing departments to accurately forecast and track Marketing, Sales, and G&A costs and implement cost savings where possible
Financial Analyst
Trinidad Benham Corporation
04.2020 - 10.2021
Responsible for the budgeting, variance analysis, monthly KPI reporting, and operational and financial analysis for Food Contact and Specialty Business Units ($273M and $28M P&L per year)
Developed semi-annual manufacturing costing standards for over 1,000 individual items
Conducted monthly analysis on standard vs Actual costs to understand variance to margin, and drive cost savings measures
Created financial modeling to inform senior leadership on commodity procurement and costs on long term hedging contracts on the London Metal Exchange for over 100M pounds annually
Developed 5-year forecast and assisted executive level leadership in the Due diligence for a $20M acquisition of food contact competitor
Conducted setup, execution, and cost review for more than 50 capital projects worth over $15M
Reconciled monthly invoicing on all projects to prepare journal entries for posting to the general ledger
Conducted sensitivity analysis and forecast adjustments in real time to assist in COVID production planning and reduce cut orders by up to 50%
Senior Budget Analyst
U.S. Army
12.2016 - 04.2020
Formulated and executed annual budgets ranging from $12.1M to $3.1B per fiscal year
Processed hundreds of tailored Business Intelligence reports and presented the relevant data and findings to Supervisors and Executive level leadership during monthly budget execution review meetings
Designed and implemented Microsoft Excel Visual Basic code to automate business processes, saving the organization over 200 personnel hours per year processing required financial reports and database management
Coordinated daily with contracting and legal departments to ensure proper execution of over $2B in contracts in support of overseas personnel services, and construction projects
Processed and monitored over $600M in purchase orders in the General Fund Enterprise Business System (SAP) to ensure correct invoicing and disbursement in support of Defense wide strategic level initiatives overseas
Processed over 1,500 official travel orders to support organization requirements
Revised guidelines which reduced travel costs on average over $50,000 per fiscal year
Supervised financial management departments ranging from 3 to 16 employees
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Furman University
Greenville, SC
05-2013
Skills
Budgeting/Forecasting
Financial Modelling
SQL
Advanced Excel Analysis
Variance analysis
KPI Analysis and Reporting
Internal controls
Effective Stakeholder Collaboration
Certification
Advanced Business Analytics Certification - University of South Carolina 2018
Timeline
Finance Manager
National Debt Relief LLC
05.2022 - Current
Senior Financial Analyst
PowerSecure, Inc.
10.2021 - 04.2022
Financial Analyst
Trinidad Benham Corporation
04.2020 - 10.2021
Senior Budget Analyst
U.S. Army
12.2016 - 04.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Furman University
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