Manager Management
Resume:
Jeffrey W. O'Brien
New Palestine, IN 46163
************@*********.***
Summary
Experienced finance professional recognized for partnering with senior
management to develop sound financial strategies that lead to growth
oriented results. Demonstrated success at growing revenues, controlling
costs and creating efficiencies. Expertise in financial reporting,
financial planning and analysis and process implementations.
Professional Experience
Redcats usa, Indianapolis, IN 1995-2011
Finance Manager/Brand Controller (2005-2011)
Provided financial support to the brand mangers to ensure that business
strategies were communicated to the Finance team. Provided leadership and
direction to a diverse team of senior-level financial analysts and Finance
Manager in support of the financial reporting and consolidation activities
for a $1 billion division. Provided leadership to the Inventory Control
team in Finance to monitor the accuracy of the inventory and that the
proper controls are in place. Evaluated and recommended process
improvements.
. Partnered with the senior management to successfully turn a struggling
brand into a profitable business in one year by controlling costs.
. Provided leadership in the development of an allocation of cost method
that enabled the company to effectively measure the profitability of
multiple brands by identifying the key metrics.
. Successfully partnered with the marketing to integrate Drop Ship
procedures that were instrumental in growth of business.
. Excel Team Award for providing effective analysis to enable company to
save $1.5 million in air freight
. Collaborated with the IT department to automate department profit and
loss statements that improved the timeliness of reporting to the
merchants by one to two weeks each month.
. Developed a month-end closing package that allowed senior management to
effectively communicate the monthly results of the business.
. Effectively partnered with all levels of the organization to budget,
report and forecast several brands.
Senior Financial Analyst (2002-2004)
Partnered with all levels of the organization to develop, monitor, and
forecast the operational financial performance of a $300M annual business.
. Standardized the Media Profit and Loss statements that enabled management
to make profitable business decisions in all brands in the division.
. Standardized the calculations for media breakevens which resulted in more
accurate information and allowed the marketing team to develop profitable
mailing strategies.
. Created efficiencies and improved accuracies of reporting and analysis by
integrating Oracle which resulted in a time savings of five to ten hours
a month.
Senior Financial Analyst/Manager in Corporate Financial Planning and
Analysis (1997-2001)
Responsible for the consolidation of financial statements, budgets and
forecasts. Provided financial support to operations, customer relations
and IT departments.
. Created consolidation reports that allowed the company to make effective
business decisions.
. Created the Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis team by
successfully hiring and training financial analysts.
. Partnered with the operations and customer relations teams to
successfully open a 600 seat telemarketing facility and secure a $500,000
training incentive from the city of El Paso, TX.
. Successfully integrated acquired business into Redcats reporting
structure.
Staff Accountant/Senior Financial Analyst (1995-1996)
Provided support to Assistant Controller in budgeting and projecting sales
and all its components down to the gross margin level. Reported financial
information in an accurate, efficient and timely manner. Created reports
requiring data collection to provide an analytical review in explaining
variances and assumptions accurately and concisely both in written and oral
form.
. Gained efficiencies and accuracy of reporting by automating many reports
which created five to ten hours of additional time for analysis.
. Developed accurate Media Profit and Loss statements that provided
management with information to make effective business decisions which
led to an increase in operating profits.
. Extra Achievement Award in 1996 for creating efficiencies in finance
department.
advo inc, Indianapolis, IN 1989-1995
Accounting Supervisor (1993-1995)
Responsible for maintaining the financial controls for $36 million regional
office.
. Automated journal entry process, resulting in a more efficient month-end
close.
. Successfully installed tracking system to forecast print expense.
. Selected as a key resource by division for branch audit reviews
. Branch Associate of the Month, July 1994
Education/Training
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
B.S. Accounting
Technical Skills
Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, Oracle and QuickBooks
Community Service
Families United for Support and Encouragement
Served as Treasurer on the board for not for profit organization that
serves families of children with special needs.
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