Nicola A Phillips

Email:ab9uh9@r.postjobfree.com Phone: (C) 856-***-**** / (H) 856-***-****

PROFILE

Self-motivated business partner combining strong analytical capabilities

with financial and operational experience at Fortune 100 companies in the

following areas:

1. Budgeting and forecasting

2. Profitability and pricing analysis

3. Financial modeling and database conversions

EXPERIENCE

Chelsea Catering, United Airlines, Elizabeth, NJ 2012-

Present Manager, Financial Controls

Responsible for identifying financial risk and set up critical measurements

to initiate corrective actions.

1. Participate in monthly close activities and derive monthly forecast.

2. Directs finance operational strategies by analyzing trends, preparing

critical measurements and implementing change.

3. Implement finance budget by anticipating requirements, trends and

minimizing the impact of variances.

4. Analyze operational requirements, creating profitability models,

preparing finance and accounting policies and procedures.

5. Identified $95,000 in overbilling of services over 2 years.

6. Participated on an internal ICE audit.

Express Scripts, Inc. (formerly Medco Health Solutions), Willingboro, NJ

2004-2012

Business Planning Manager - Dispensing Operations

Responsible for overseeing the dispensing of approximately $64B in Mail

order prescriptions over 4 sites annually.

1. Derive weekly, monthly, and quarterly channel forecasts.

2. Develop the Annual Operating Plan and five year strategic plans for

Dispensing Operations.

3. Re-engineer the distribution planning methodology and models.

4. Partner with IT in the development of an Access Staffing database for

tracking Pharmacy personnel

5. Derive contingency plans during site labor negotiations to ensure

uninterrupted operations.

CNT (formerly Inrange Technologies), Lumberton, NJ

1994-2003

Manager, Financial Reporting & Analysis 1999-

2003

Responsible for directing the budgeting, forecasting and operational

analysis for $320M public company

1. Compiled, reviewed and published financial information for the

earnings package, board meetings and executive website.

2. Managed the budgeting process - scheduled functional submissions,

developed budget presentations in Power Point for senior management

and for board meetings.

3. Analyzed and reported monthly financial results and provided financial

backup for the quarterly earnings announcements.

4. Provided auditors/corporate parent with insight into the business

through quarterly MD&A.

5. Provided financial support for management in reaching decisions for

facility consolidations and other cost reductions.

6. Provided enhancements to forecast process and business models after

Hyperion implementation.

Senior Financial Analyst 1996-

1999

Responsible for consolidating financial forecast from five operational

controllers and ad hoc projects

1. Fostered and built business partner relationships with corporate

parent, senior management and peer analyst in consolidating the

forecast and budget submissions.

2. Determined and disseminated budget allocations (IT, facility and

corporate charges).

3. Provided the financial modeling and analysis for company Initial

Public Offering (IPO).

4. Initiated review of service overtime and equipment contracts that

resulted in $100K annual savings through uniform vendor contracts and

revised company procedures.

5. Wrote the company travel policy under the CFO's signature.

CNT (formerly Inrange Technologies), Lumberton, NJ

1994-2003

Financial

Analyst 1994

-1996

Finance professional responsible for creating budgets for functional vice

presidents (Marketing, Engineering, Service and Manufacturing) and

developing a process for monthly forecast submissions from three remote

manufacturing sites.

1. Provided functional support for monthly forecast submissions and

budget consolidation.

2. Developed various analytical models used by the financial staff and

senior management.

3. Provided enhancements to forecast process and business models after

Lotus to Excel conversion.

4. Created "criteria checks" in Lotus for a Marketing proposal that

resulted in $6.0M government equipment contract.

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP. (GMAC), Detroit, MI 1991-

1993

Business Analyst

Responsible for worldwide credit application database at GMAC assisting

with the development and maintenance of mechanized application processing

system (MAPS)

1. Built business partner relationships with credit repositories, EDS and

GMAC field locations.

2. Initiated project that streamlined equipment outlays and resulted in

$250K annual savings

3. Partnered with EDS project team on implementing MAPS in Spain & the

UK.

4. Provided corporate communications to field offices of system upgrades

and new reporting requirements.

5. Analyzed service providers, negotiated contracts and reviewed monthly

billings in excess of $1.0M.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Oracle Discover, Hyperion Enterprise, Excel VBA, MS Word, PowerPoint

EDUCATION

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

MBA, Concentration in Finance

Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, OH

BS, Computer Information Systems

Webster University, Geneva, SA

Semester Abroad

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