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Mark Belanger

Dallas,TX

Summary

Finance professional with history of providing critical financial insights and supporting strategic initiatives. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and delivering reliable results in dynamic environments. Skilled in financial modeling and data analysis, with reputation for adaptability and reliability.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Financial Analyst

BGSF Staffing Consultant at Interstate Batteries
07.2023 - 08.2024
  • Worked with AR team to do deep dive cleanup of aging delinquent accounts due to SAP conversion failures
  • Extensive SAP process creating, cleanup of accounts and creating SOPs for employees to successfully navigate and fully utilize the functions of SAP within the organization
  • Researched account details & trends to identify barriers & help put practices in place to help eliminate problems in the future
  • Processed past due invoices to bring customer accounts current
  • Collected over $6M in past due debt from customers dating back as much as 24 months
  • Utilized SAP and Tableau reporting tools as well as SQL to create analysis for budgeting, forecasting and other dashboards from various repositories of data sets

Principal Financial Analyst

Xome, Inc.
09.2022 - 12.2022
  • Developed the Annual Budget, Monthly Financial Forecast, and the Long-Term Financial Plan
  • Developed financial models and analyses to support growth of the business and strategic initiatives
  • Analyzed current and past trends in key performance indicators including areas of revenue, expenses, and capital expenditures
  • Monitored performance indicators, highlighting trends, and analyzing causes of unexpected variance
  • Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual Reporting and Analysis
  • Performed ad hoc analysis using data retrievals from internal financial systems and external market databases and package insights into clear and concise presentations
  • Worked closely with the business leads to help identify areas and processes for driving efficiencies
  • Utilized SAP, Tableau and TM1 reporting tools and SQL to analyze data
  • Partnered with Corp IT to implement BPC for forecasting and modeling to use in monthly, quarterly, and yearly forecasting as well as deep analytics and variance reporting

Sr Financial Analyst, North America Capital Expense Team

McKesson Pharmaceuticals
02.2022 - 08.2022
  • Worked with various Business Partners within the company's organization to bridge the gap of PM and finance liaison to allow the project teams to be more focused on day-to-day tasks of executing projects and timelines
  • Managed 7 business segments CapEx budgets totaling $350M dollars
  • Prepared management & executive level presentations related to deals and capital deployment
  • Performed ad hoc analysis reports as requested by management
  • Used BPC Extensively as a forecasting and analytics tool and dashboard creation
  • Attended Business Partner team meetings, planning and relationship building activities
  • Used available data to build financial tools, dashboards, and conduct variance analysis reports
  • Prepared monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting and analysis
  • Utilized SAP, Power BI, BPC, Hyperion & Smart Sheet reporting tools

Sr Financial Analyst, Building Operations / Facility Planning

ONE Gas, Inc.
10.2014 - 04.2022
  • Identify cost saving and develop processes to ensure future savings and was to identify further savings
  • Maintains forecasting, strategic planning, and O&M budgets on a yearly, quarterly, and monthly period
  • Analyze monthly trends & variances to bring awareness to leadership teams with a proactive approach to budgeting & finance
  • Perform advanced level of compilation and preparation of budget information for various company department
  • Manage 50M Capital Budget conducting monthly forecast & analysis as well as historical data and forecasting trends
  • Analyze actual performance compared to estimated expenses, month-end close, income & capital expenditures, forecasting & project planning
  • Consolidate region financial reporting and develop forecasts and estimates of future performance for multiple legal entities
  • Serve as a Subject Matter Expert in Codes & Compliance requirements
  • Review work of others and interpret procedures to determine proper system coding requirements
  • Project Manager Lead over several key cost saving implementations as well as roll out of new software to streamline the finance and forecasting practices
  • Utilized PeopleSoft, Oracle, Hyperion, Power BI, SAP, Tableau, Cognos as well as SQL to pull data from various repositories to create financial analysis reports, forecasting, budgeting and run averages
  • Strong Headcount and KPI experience across all business units to bring about the most effective savings and data to drive future growth in CapEx spend

Sr HR Consultant, Employee Relations

ONE Gas, Inc.
09.2012 - 10.2014
  • Oversight of Employee Drug Testing Program (acting DER for the company)
  • Managed Employee disciplines and investigations
  • Worked extensively with HR legal to determine appropriate actions on all terminations and disciplines to ensure consistency
  • Managed 20-40 employee medical leaves, FMLA and company paid Short Term Disability program cases concurrently
  • Extensive knowledge of Workers Comp laws and EEOC
  • Partnered with area organizations to keep informed on upcoming and changes within the HR world
  • Administration of Company Benefits and Compensation Programs
  • Create, Develop and Execute Training Modules
  • Direct training with various leadership within a three-state proximity
  • Provide education and awareness to an all employees
  • Project Manager Lead
  • Utilized Cognos as a data information storage tool

Sr Buyer

URS Corp. /US Dept. of Energy
12.2010 - 07.2012
  • Worked extensively with the Appliance Technology Evaluation Center (ATEC) on site at the DOE/NETL facility
  • Extensive knowledge in sourcing, procurement, & bids of supplies and materials
  • Generated all Purchase Request and tracking of inventory spreadsheets
  • Worked extensively with the contracts department at URS to draft, edit, and submit SOW contracts to Subject Matter Experts

HR - ER Manager / GM / Training & Development

McDonald's Corporation
03.1999 - 12.2010
  • Managed and Trained 3-10 new managers at all times to ensure proper training before working in their assigned restaurant
  • Worked extensively with hiring and training of new employees, scouting and recruiting of managers and staff members
  • Implemented company benefits, compensation, and orientation program
  • Answered and resolved benefit related concerns
  • FMLA, LOA, STD, LTD, EEOC, ADA, ADEA, FLSA, Title VI Investigations and Disciplines
  • Extensive knowledge of workflow related to accounts receivable and payable as well as purchase orders

Skills

  • Strong Communication & Writing Skills
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Project Management
  • Capital Planning
  • Analytics
  • Ability to work independently & within a team
  • US GAAP
  • Customer Service
  • Superior Organization Skills
  • Budgeting and planning
  • Management reporting
  • GAAP

Accomplishments

  • Lowered department costs by 18% through accurate financial modeling, budgeting and process improvement.
  • Managed a $58 million dollar yearly CapEx Budget of 100 projects a year as well as a $75 million dollar yearly OpEx Budget.
  • Successfully managed and implemented PowerBI and Hyperion software help grow and advance our CapEx and OpEx spend at ONE Gas.
  • Resolved SAP conversion issues from an unsuccessful implementation.
  • Recovered $6M of $14M lost AR from an unsuccessful SAP conversion at Interstate Batteries.

Timeline

Sr Financial Analyst

BGSF Staffing Consultant at Interstate Batteries
07.2023 - 08.2024

Principal Financial Analyst

Xome, Inc.
09.2022 - 12.2022

Sr Financial Analyst, North America Capital Expense Team

McKesson Pharmaceuticals
02.2022 - 08.2022

Sr Financial Analyst, Building Operations / Facility Planning

ONE Gas, Inc.
10.2014 - 04.2022

Sr HR Consultant, Employee Relations

ONE Gas, Inc.
09.2012 - 10.2014

Sr Buyer

URS Corp. /US Dept. of Energy
12.2010 - 07.2012

HR - ER Manager / GM / Training & Development

McDonald's Corporation
03.1999 - 12.2010
Mark Belanger