Steven DeVane
Kernersville,NC
Summary
Results-driven Finance Manager with 9 years of financial industry experience. Proficient in process improvement with history of streamlining processes to reduce errors. Adaptable, analytical, strong leadership, and communication skills looking to push comfort zone and challenge for career advancement without compromising quality or productivity.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Finance Associate Manager
PepsiCo
03.2020 - Current
- Providing support and guidance to 20+ direct reports supporting accounts receivable for consolidated billing, national billing, transportation, and affiliated accounts.
- Collaboration with other departments to reach yearly financial goals while continue to stabilize from ERP global conversion, resulting in 45.06% past due -reduction or $14.18MM across managed portfolio.
- Assess and identify process efficiencies and employee training opportunities within accounts receivable.
- Reduced reporting errors by implementing internal controls and standardizing financial procedures.
Finance Associate Analyst
PepsiCo
07.2018 - 03.2020
- Supporting the delivery of planned productivity targets through effective RPA project management
- Ensuring RPA productivity pipeline through detail process reengineering and promotion/implementation of process standardization
- Implemented roughly 170 hours in monthly time savings with additional 140 in pipeline through year end.
Finance Sr. Customer Management Coordinator
PepsiCo
06.2016 - 07.2018
- Driving quarterly cash flow targets for customer development agreement deductions reducing
>30 and >90 to 5% and 2% respectively. Working in close partnership with our customer’s accounts - Provided project support streamlining documentation processes for current state process jobs
in pipeline Ability to establish payment trends and forecast changes in collection. - Developed RPA future state documentation for project support mirroring similar process documentation to provide consistency and template for all subsequent jobs in project going forward.
- Led team trainings, period quality audits, provided best practice presentations through team meetings.
Finance Customer Management Coordinator
PepsiCo
06.2014 - 06.2016
- Driving cash flow through analyzing and managing an accounts receivable portfolio.
- Working in close partnership with our customer’s accounts payable contacts to ensure timely payments and resolution of issues on the accounts.
- Ability to establish payment trends and forecast changes in collection.
- Strong communication with peers and supervisors to ensure that company goals are met.
Education
MBA -
Elon University
Elon, NC08.2022
Bachelor of Science - Finance
The University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Greensboro, NC12.2013
Skills
- Financial statement analysis
- Cash Flow Management
- Stakeholder Communication
- Internal Controls
- Microsoft Excel expertise
- Accounts receivable management
- Coaching and training
- Document workflow
- Process Streamlining
Timeline
Finance Associate Manager
PepsiCo
03.2020 - Current
Finance Associate Analyst
PepsiCo
07.2018 - 03.2020
Finance Sr. Customer Management Coordinator
PepsiCo
06.2016 - 07.2018
Finance Customer Management Coordinator
PepsiCo
06.2014 - 06.2016
MBA -
Elon University
Bachelor of Science - Finance
The University of North Carolina At Greensboro
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