James Knight, M.B.A

925-***-****

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimknight1

acs7cf@r.postjobfree.com

Decisive Senior Financial Analyst

Drive Sales & Cost Savings through Value-Added Improvements

Identify problems and develop / implement collaborative solutions, saving money and often exceeding management expectations.

Recognized expertise in multiple facets of financial management including database management, reporting, internal controls, budgeting, sales analysis and performance management. Proven to effectively communicate complex financial information to non-financial audiences.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hyperion Planning and Essbase, Oracle, Access, SQL, PowerPoint,

Excel expert (Lookups, Pivot Tables, Filters, Modeling, Graphs, Macros)

Professional Experience

DECKERS BRANDS, Richmond, CA

2013 to 2015

Business Unit Manager for Hoka One One and Ahnu

Managed all financial operations for two brands with combined sales of $100MM. Key financial support to Brand Presidents, Sales, Marketing, Product Development leadership teams.

Maintained effective partnerships with brand leadership teams to understand issues and priorities and present recommendations in sales, COGS, margin and operating expenses.

Production and feedback commentary for weekly and monthly KPI reports for respective budget holders, Accountants, Financial Director, CFO, Sales and Marketing teams.

Spearheaded process efficiencies in forecasting, accruals, variance reporting, paying and ledgering invoices allowing me to spend more time on accuracy and ad hoc projects.

Responsible for the oversight and delivery of annual budgets and forecast to corporate finance.

Managed monthly close process for supported operating units including journal entries and account reconciliations.

Designed and implemented robust and scalable weekly sales reports. Reports allowed Sales team to identify opportunities and risks more quickly.

SAFEWAY Inc., Pleasanton, CA

2012 to 2013

Senior Financial Analyst

Supported three business units representing $6B in annual sales. Created and generated financial models from large data sets utilizing Pivot Tables, Macros, Access and SQL queries.

Prepared sales and gross profit reporting on a weekly and monthly basis including variance analysis for senior management.

Provided in depth category/brand analysis and advised course of action to further enhance the success by increasing profit, volume and sales.

Conducted pre and post analysis on major brand and product launches and provided to the business owners and leadership team.

CISCO SYSTEMS, San Jose, CA

2011 to 2012

Senior Analyst - hired as Contractor

Consulted on design and build of capacity model for 600 employees in 8 divisions in 3 international geographic regions. The model enabled department planning in a much more analytical fashion with faster decision making and more accuracy.

Worked closely with senior operations management teams to condense and define employee role functions.

Designed cost structure based on geographic regions that included labor costs and production complexities.

THE NORTH FACE, San Leandro, CA

2011 to 2011

Senior Financial Analyst – hired as Contractor

Senior Analyst responsible for key support to FP&A director and CFO in the development and implementation of the annual budget, monthly forecast and the analysis and reporting of monthly operating results.

Created T&E tracking model that allowed senior management to better track and manage $6MM travel expenses.

NESTLE USA DSD, Oakland, CA

2010 to 2011

Financial Analyst

Lead analyst in newly created DSD division of Nestle USA. Responsible for development of financial modeling and management reporting of financial metrics representing $40MM in revenue.

CALIFORNIA STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, San Francisco, CA

2004 to 2010

Senior Business Analyst

Managed Callidus sales compensation system and commission payout for over 500 P&C agents and 300 Travel agency employees, insuring timeliness, accuracy, and integrity of monthly/quarterly/annual payouts.

Spearheaded redesign of sales web reporting tool. Establishing greater efficiency, accuracy and reporting discipline.

Cost Benefit Analysis and scenario development for comp plan changes to determine impact on revenue and expenses.

Senior Budget Analyst

Senior contributor for budget implementation of 110 district offices, 70 travel agencies, and main office operations of Sales & Market Management and Contact Center divisions.

Responsible for updating monthly forecasting tool for entire Field Sales and Service Division. This tool has given management a tool to identify issues and take action monthly rather than quarterly.

Prepared, distributed and managed monthly expense packages to include headcount detail, profit and loss statement, expense detail, and fixed assets detail by division/product group for each respective Regional Director.

Education

Master’s in Business Administration (MBA), DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY, San Rafael, CA

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, San Francisco, CA

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