Ryan Chmura
Fort Lauderdale,FL
Summary
Seasoned Financial Management professional with proven expertise in budgeting, forecasting and ad-hoc reporting. Knowledgeable about AP/AR, contract administration, and all other aspects of successful financial operations. Highly detail-oriented, proactive and diligent Finance Professional seeking Director Level Finance positions.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager of Finance & Operations
Technomic
Chicago, IL
02.2022 - Current
- Managed and created monthly performance forecasts including calculating actual and future sales bookings, revenue, cancellations and ARR by product
- Analyzed actual financial results vs budget to prepare variance reporting to functional groups.
- Managed and created quarterly operational forecasts including the collection of expense updates from department leads
- Coordinated and submitted the Annual Operating Budget in collaboration with the Division President
- Worked closely with Order Entry, Sales Operations and Accounting on the correct entry and reporting of all sales activity and revenue reporting
- Worked closely with Account Management on renewal tracking and reporting
- Worked closely with the head of Product & Services to assess margins on products and make recommendations on how to improve margins or sunset programs
- Worked with department VPs to track all expenses against revenue to determine profitability and identify methods to improve margin
Senior Finance Manager (Promotion)
Sodexo USA
Chicago, IL
09.2020 - 02.2022
- Worked closely with the Operations team to provide ad-hoc analysis & financial reports
- Created monthly financial PowerPoints to review with the client & internal team
- Created month-end reporting to review & present to CFO & RVP of Aviation
- Led a Labor Project to analyze labor costs, improve scheduling capabilities & drive labor savings across the segment
- Created the ~$130M budget for over 40+ clubs & updated the forecast monthly
- Created Labor Model to help operators manage their business more efficiently & effectively
- Ran ad-hoc reports for RVP, CFO & Operators
- Created weekly labor reports to help Operations find savings opportunities
- Created financial proposals to review with the client
Senior Financial Analyst
Sodexo USA
Chicago, IL
05.2019 - 09.2020
- Managed corporate budgeting for annual and quarterly forecasts and used benchmarking to create financial models
- Summarized financial information to clearly relay concepts and drive understanding of non-financial leaders
- Generated financial reports to garner forecasting, trending and narrative results analysis for management
- Assisted senior management maintain profitability by analyzing portfolios and implementing strategies and techniques
- Created financial models to assess opportunities
- Analyzed financial data to identify trends, patterns and strategies
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor)
United Health Group
Schaumburg, IL
03.2018 - 10.2018
- Work closely with the business to establish strategies to improve profitability and cost efficiencies
- Create financial models to guide decision-making for ad-hoc action-items by clearly illustrating impacts
- Create reports for Executives in their respective areas to analyze their expenses
- Reported and managed key financial metrics for various lines of business
- Publish weekly PowerPoints to give leaders an insight to cost savings measures
- Work with Accounting department to review monthly journal entries
- Provided financial support and analysis for special projects in other departments
Senior Financial Analyst
Paramount Building Solutions
Phoenix, Arizona
11.2017 - 03.2018
- Worked directly with CFO to record ACH payments to vendors & employees
- Enter journal entries into Sage/Peach Tree Software for month end close process
- Helped create P&L’s by Vendor for the company i.e. Raley’s, Meijer, HEB Texas
- Create weekly Ad-hoc & Forecasting files for the CFO & CEO
- Saved the company Thousands of Dollars by streamlining their phone & copier system
- Worked on the 2018 Budget Process with CFO & CEO
- Handled multiple projects and assignments directly from the CFO, Director and Managers
- Helped create opening Balance Sheets to get the company through their bankruptcy process
- Worked with CEO to create Bid & RFP’s for potential customers
- Set weekly labor budgets to monitor hours work by the employees
Senior Sales Forecasting Analyst
US Cellular Wireless
Chicago, IL
07.2013 - 04.2016
- Initially managed the Corporate Owned channel that pays out over 1,800 associates every month
- Ran ad-hoc reports for RVPs & Senior Managers for recent commission trends and phone sales
- Created weekly & monthly excel dashboard templates for Corporate Owned & Agent Channels
- Created weekly projection file for Agent Channel Senior Directors and Managers
- Presented Board Slides for Corporate Owned, Agent & National Retail Channels every quarter
- Trained new associates who came onboard our team
- Set quarterly targets for all channels to distribute company wide
- Handled multiple projects and assignments directly from the RVPs, Senior Directors and Managers Managed monthly & quarterly performance reporting by store location
- Created system training materials for Store and Sales Managers Worked with our Systems Department to improve the employee viewing portal
Education
Bachelor of Science – BS - Accounting
DePaul University
05.2010
Skills
- Proficient in AS 400 Accounting System
- Experience using Intaact Revenue Reporting System
- Experience using Hyperion Essbase
- Experience with SalesForce
- Expert in Excel (V-Look Ups, Pivot Tables)
- Time Management
- Prioritizing and Planning
- Decision Making
- Data Analysis
- Adaptable to Changing Conditions
- Willing to Learn
- Proactive and Focused
Websites
Timeline
Senior Manager of Finance & Operations
Technomic
02.2022 - Current
Senior Finance Manager (Promotion)
Sodexo USA
09.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Financial Analyst
Sodexo USA
05.2019 - 09.2020
Senior Financial Analyst (Contractor)
United Health Group
03.2018 - 10.2018
Senior Financial Analyst
Paramount Building Solutions
11.2017 - 03.2018
Senior Sales Forecasting Analyst
US Cellular Wireless
07.2013 - 04.2016
Bachelor of Science – BS - Accounting
DePaul University
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