Manager Financial Analyst

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Boulder, CO 80305 Work: 303-***-****

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Jonathon Miller

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Planning and Analysis Manager with over 9 years of broad based financial experience. Significant

accomplishments include; financial lead for the implementation of the Hyperion Planning tool,

manager of budget and forecasting, member of Fortune 500 integration team, and financial lead

on outsourced contracts for IBM. Effective team member, with a strong ability to work

independently. Special expertise in Hyperion, Excel and Peoplesoft.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Corporate Express 2007 - Present

PLANNING AND ANALYSIS MANAGER (May 2008 – Present)

• Key member of integration team for Staples acquisition, responsible for defining new

budget milestones and process.

• Oversaw $800 million 2009 Budget process, models and Hyperion tool

implementation.

• Partnered with multiple Canada Office Products divisions, as well as computer graphic

division to complete 2009 budget.

• Managed Senior Financial Analyst and Financial Analyst II.

HYPERION PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR (January 2007 - April 2008)

• Designated as the primary representative from the financial organization that worked

with consultants to design and build the Hyperion Planning Application and Essbase

Outline.

• Conducted extensive end-user testing of the new system, including calculations, forms

and security.

• Created relevant training materials and led multiple training sessions for

approximately 70 users from the U.S and Canada.

• Successfully launched new Hyperion environment and completed first forecasting

cycle with the new system.

• Focal point to over 100 users across U.S and Canada, during the forecasting cycle, as

the primary subject matter expert.

• Enhanced the organic growth analysis for executive management through automation,

resulting in improved efficiencies.

• Prepared and analyzed office product competitor report for Corporate Express.

• Managed reports for monthly, quarterly, and annual financial performance against

forecast and budget for all of Corporate Express.

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IBM 2000-

2007

LEAD FINANCIAL ANALYST - IBM GLOBAL SERVICES (2006-2007)

• Designated as the Financial Analyst on challenged $55 million Firemans Fund

Contract.

• Improved gross profit tracking by organization through development of a

comprehensive PnL package.

• Increased gross profit percentage by seven points within the first two months on the

contract.

• Analyzed and presented monthly financial packages to Senior Executive Team, which

comprised of revenue, costs, and gross profit measurements.

FINANCIAL ANALYST - IBM GLOBAL SERVICES (2004-2006)

• Financial Analyst on American Express Contract, the largest IT outsourcing contract at

IBM.

• Selected as the lead for the 2006 Cost Budget, valued at $350 million.

• Coordinated a team of financial analysts and consolidated budget numbers for five

organizations.

• Automated monthly forecasting tool, which made for more efficient and accurate

analysis.

• Provided monthly cost measurements to the finance controller and account management

executives.

• Performed an internal audit for the Target Stores account, which was one of the top 25

accounts in IBM Global Services.

FINANCIAL ANALYST/FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR - IBM (2000-2004)

• Evaluated and forecasted software orders and cost trends for all IBM divisions.

• Led a multi-team project with each of the IBM divisions to reduce overhead of

publications to less than 10% of total software distribution overhead costs.

• Finance focal point on a team to plan and test disaster recovery of SAP financial

system.

• Consolidated the order and finance systems from Canada to Boulder and Copenhagen by

managing the end-user and interface-testing piece of the project.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Excel (macros, pivot tables, advanced formulas), Lotus 123, Brio Enterprise Explorer, Hyperion

Essbase Solutions, Peoplesoft

EDUCATION

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Ft. Worth, TX 1995-1999

B.B.A. Business Administration, Finance and Accounting

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