Matthew Oblender
Landisville,PA
Summary
Thorough Senior Analyst with over ten years of experience enhancing operations for organizations through information systems solutions. Proven track record of transforming specific business goals related to growth and efficiency improvements into new system designs. Critical thinking innovator known for recommending new technologies to enhance existing systems and introduce new systems.
Excellent planning, organizational and communication skills. Self-reliant to perform analysis, make recommendations and talented in data modeling.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Analyst - Financial Data Systems
The Hershey Company
08.2022 - Current
- Implement SAP S/4 HANA
- Implement and build Smart Close module of Blackline Accounting Software
- Lead Top Down Distribution entries at month end, allocating expense using historical sales
- Support the Hershey business' accounting discrepancies
- Formulate direction and plan to remedy issues
Senior Analyst - Supply Chain Finance
The Hershey Company
05.2020 - 08.2022
- Perform detailed review of US sales margins vs
- Forecasts and provide insights to management, breaking down variances between volume, mix, rate, and price
- Lead the SCOS outlook for all US forecasts
- This includes costing the sales file using SAP costing and estimating the cost for uncosted items
- Analyze historical SCOS rate variances to finetune existing costing estimate methodology with a special focus on the Assortments portfolio
- Support Resource Optimization team with month-end reporting, building annual plan and subsequent outlooks, and compiling various ad-hoc requests
- Analyze waste trend and help the team to build a strong understanding of business drivers
- Lead P&L mapping of NA CI initiatives to ensure the P&L delivery by CI projects in terms of timing and value
Senior Financial Analyst
Red Lion Controls
10.2019 - 05.2020
- Developing and reporting on the business' key performance indicators (KPIs) using various tools including PowerBI dashboards
- Responsible for preparing and issuing the monthly financial reports including operating profit, margin and overhead analysis
- Work closely with Director FP&A to prepare actual to forecast and current year to prior year analyses, including explanation of variances, budgets and forecasts
- Create financial models and analysis that can be easily understood and utilized by senior financial staff and leadership team members
- Projects include financial models evaluating the payback period and IRR for new products
- Perform ad hoc analyses as needed in support of the financial department, general management, other functional departments and parent company
- Assists Accounting and Finance to complete the monthly financial close
Sales Analyst
Eliance Health Solutions
09.2018 - 10.2019
- Created analytics package that is available to clients so they understand cost saving opportunities
- Responsible for design and implementation of an Excel-based pricing analysis that leadership uses quarterly to evaluate our strength in the market
- Created and implemented Sales and Marketing KPI's that have restructured the way we do business
- Reallocated 50% of Marketing spend to better serve our needs and customer base
- Assumed Salesforce Administrator role to streamline the sales pipeline process and improve efficiency by 30%
Manager of Sales Analytics
Listrak
04.2017 - 09.2018
- Implemented project management system that increased project efficiency by 30%
- Adjusted Sales Team strategy to increase appointment to call ratio by 25%
- Identified and helped implement new sales deal dollar amount floor
- Managed a team of five Sales Analysts
- Marketing ROI Analysis to increase prospect response percentage from 5%-10%
- Internal and Market Pricing Analysis
- Collaboration with Sales Leadership on goal setting and actual vs plan analysis
- Process improvement and implementation with inbound lead handling
- Maintain vendor relationships and contract negotiations
Business Analyst
The Jay Group
10.2015 - 04.2017
Education
Master of Business Administration -
West Chester University of PA
West Chester, PABachelor of Arts - Economics
Millersville University of PA
Millersville, PASkills
- Python
- Analytics software
- Analytics program experience
- Cost-benefit analysis
- BI dashboards
- Statistical modeling
- Advanced Excel
- Tableau Desktop Certified
- SQL
Skillsactivitiesinterests
Excel VBA, Microsoft Access, Google Analytics, Tableau Desktop Certified, SQL, Building cars, Spending time with my two wonderful daughters, Sports Analytics, Triathlon
Certification
- CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional
- Tableau
Triathlete, Marathoner
Being a triathlete and marathoner takes incredible will, self-confidence, determination and an ability to keep moving forward when it seems as if the only logical thing to do is to stop. There is no quit in either of those sports and those tools translate so well into the professional world. There is always a solution to be found and I never stop seeking that solution.
Timeline
Senior Analyst - Financial Data Systems
The Hershey Company
08.2022 - Current
Senior Analyst - Supply Chain Finance
The Hershey Company
05.2020 - 08.2022
Senior Financial Analyst
Red Lion Controls
10.2019 - 05.2020
Sales Analyst
Eliance Health Solutions
09.2018 - 10.2019
Manager of Sales Analytics
Listrak
04.2017 - 09.2018
Business Analyst
The Jay Group
10.2015 - 04.2017
Bachelor of Arts - Economics
Millersville University of PA
- CBAP - Certified Business Analysis Professional
- Tableau
Master of Business Administration -
West Chester University of PA
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