Keith Cooper

• Provided valuable insights by leading monthly variance analysis reviews between actual results and budget/forecast expectations.
• Enabled informed decision-making by presenting key findings from complex data sets in clear, concise formats for senior leadership team members.
• Facilitated accurate expense tracking through diligent maintenance of general ledger accounts and reconciliations.

• Enabled informed decision-making by presenting key findings from complex data sets in clear, concise formats for senior leadership team members.
• Streamlined financial reporting processes, resulting in more efficient delivery of critical information to stakeholders.
• Championed a culture of continuous improvement within the finance team, fostering an environment that sought innovative solutions to complex financial challenges.
• Enhanced profitability by identifying opportunities to reduce costs and optimize resource allocation.

• Tackled both annual and quarterly budget management tasks and developed financial models from benchmarking.
• Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements through diligent review of financial documents and reports.
• Provided valuable insights by leading monthly variance analysis reviews between actual results and budget/forecast expectations.
• Played a pivotal role in annual budget planning, collaborating with department heads to allocate resources strategically.

• Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
• Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
• Reviewed documents and accounts for discrepancies and resolved variances.
• Reconciled balance sheets and streamlined best practices for balance sheet processes.

Provided financial support and variance analysis to Operational Business Units.

Partnered with Operations providing timely and strategic recommendations to enable them to drive profitability and effectively manage the business.

Prepared weekly/ monthly/ quarterly/ P&L’s with analysis comparing results to prior periods, forecast, and annual plan.

Provided analysis, budgeting, and budgeting variance explanations for $15M annual preventive maintenance program on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

Implemented annual budget template in Excel for 1100+ stores by Store Number, City, State, and Region.

LED coordination of information gathering, presentation of monthly financial package.

Prepared annual revenue budget for multiple lines of business and directed the preparation of monthly reports that evaluated budget to actual performance.

Conducted quarterly P&L reports for review with Program Managers.

Oversaw financial / statistical modeling with ability to work with large amounts of data in Excel.

Developed and analyzed dashboard / metric performance reports.