Sales Manager

Angela Egloff

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Qualifications Summary

EXPERIENCED SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST WITH BACKGROUND IN BUDGETING,

FORECASTING, ANALYSIS, AND COLLABORATING WITH LEADERS ACROSS ALL BUSINESS

UNITS TO IMPROVE THE BOTTOM LINE.

Advanced forecast and variance analysis modeling to assist decision

making for leaders at all levels

Strong communication skills with employees at all levels across all

business units (including those of a non financial background)

Ability to complete complex analysis and modeling with superior

efficiency while maintaining strong data integrity

Strong understanding and adaptability to multiple technological

programs including Excel, Access, Cognos, SAP, Oracle, Hyperion,

SalesForce.com and several other software applications used across

specific industries.

Experience working with full profit & loss statements (extensive

knowledge in capital and overhead expense including staffing levels)

as well as working balance sheet and cash flow statements

Experience

READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, MILWAUKEE, WI

Senior Financial Analyst 7/2009 - Present

Responsible for budgeting, forecasting, and variance reporting of full

advertising and digital business P&Ls as well as department and editorial

expense across a variety of publishing products produced throughout the

country. This requires regular contact and collaboration with VP of North

American Marketing, VP Editor-in-Chief, and General Manager for websites

in North America in addition to general finance leadership. Also assist ad

sales representatives in pricing different advertisement options for

clients.

Key projects:

. Collaborate with photo studio business manager to convert from

freelance based staffing to in-house staffing model resulting in an

annual savings of $400k

. Provide CFO with ad-hoc analysis related to confidential staffing

reorganizations and controllable overhead expenses

. Serve as financial representative (budgeting, forecasting, variance

analysis, etc.) for 40 departments with employees based in Milwaukee,

New York, and Montreal.

. Design report to extract Oracle data to gain better understanding of

actual spend on a monthly basis

. Participate and provide financial analysis in strategy planning

sessions related to organization structures, trends in the use of

freelancers to complete products, and other directional changes in

all areas of the business

. Create and distribute weekly advertising revenue forecasting report

with commentary on changes for VP & C-level leadership

US CELLULAR CORPORATION, Madison, WI

Regional Financial Analyst - Layoff due to 5/2008 - 5/2009

reorganization

Serve as liaison to Director of Sales for the Iowa market by providing

monthly financial results, ad-hoc analysis, and insight into data trends to

assist in decision making.

Key projects:

. Lead sales expense reduction initiative by creating team of nine area

sales managers and facilitating process of brainstorming through

implementation to reduce spending by 30%

. Redesign and distribute report outlining monthly loss on equipment

and indicating key variance drivers to leaders company wide

. Extensive work in leveraging individual as well as team strengths

with a focus on open communication through several different

workshops including Myers Briggs, Strengths finder, and the DISK

Assessment

. Present results and variance analysis to several leaders and peers in

both finance and sales throughout the month

. Develop quarterly budget variance presentation for senior director to

present to partnership market owners

o Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow analysis

o Trending in key business metrics

GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE, Appleton, WI 10/2006 - 5/2008

Financial Analyst

Budget, forecast, and provide analysis in regards to outfitting of new

aircraft in aviation manufacturing facility in addition to site-wide

capital expenditures and departmental costs.

Key projects:

. Design and implement labor forecasting process by collaborating with

each individual shop lead as well as aircraft team leads on a weekly

basis

. Implement new process of tracking deferred revenue after aircraft is

delivered to customer

o Successfully decreased outstanding deferred revenue balance by $500k

. Present extensive results analysis to leaders after new aircraft is

delivered to customer and facilitate discussion of "lessons learned"

in addition to presenting monthly expense variances to budget

. Design LEAN/Six-sigma project tracking model to identify measurable

financial improvements and forecast savings estimates

o Model became company-wide standard and is used to consolidate all

site data

. Completed multiple LEAN manufacturing training sessions and seminars

and served as financial representative on individual LEAN project

teams

SHOPKO STORES, Green Bay, WI

Store Services Specialist - Layoff due 1/2006 - 10/2006

to reorganization

Complete month-end close duties and variance analysis as well as identify

ways to reduce controllable store expenses (non product related) for

approximately 100 store locations.

Key projects:

. Collaborate with supervisor to reduce supply spending from $2 million

to $1.55 million by contracting a new distribution company and

negotiating lower supply costs

o Serve as main contact to all competing outside suppliers

o Secure guaranteed pricing on historically volatile items such as

plastic shopping bags and paper products

. Serve as main contact for national floor cleaning service vendor to

coordinate schedules of all store floor cleaning

Education

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - WHITEWATER, WHITEWATER, WI 12/2005

Bachelor of Science, Major in Finance with emphasis in

Financial Planning

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