Financial Analyst Manager

Wesley Kedzior

email: ******@*********.***

cell: 312-***-****

SUMMARY

Results-oriented Senior Financial Analyst/Manager of FP&A with proven success in financial reporting and project management.

EXPERIENCE

Wholesome Harvest Baking – Chicago, Illinois 2000 - Present

Senior Financial Analyst/Manager of FP&A

Consolidate and coordinate the budget process

Monthly management control reporting of sales and gross profit

Worked/coordinated with Demand Planning the rolling monthly volume forecast

Weekly vital signs reporting

Analyze gross profit trends

Support sales team with reviewing customer pricing structures and trade spending balances

Provide weekly performance and forecasting reports to the executive management team

Review and analyze capital requests and post audit reviews

Analyze rate, volume, and mix variances of customers, products, categories and brands

Installation of Khalix budgeting software

Preparation of five-year Financial Expressions

Led multiple ERP conversions to SAP and Oracle by performing user acceptance testing and providing feedback on function and design

Manage pricing opportunities and margin management

Consolidate monthly business analysis deck for executive management

Perform cost center reporting and analysis of actuals, forecast and budget

Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) spending reporting and analysis

Prepare P&L and balance sheet for corporate actuals, forecast and budget

Provide support detail to tax department

Provide support detail for auditors

Support price increase to customers with cost driver documentation

Ameritech – Hoffman Estates, Illinois 1998 - 2000

Accounting Analyst – Reporting and Consolidations

Analyzed variances for quarterly/year-end audit and month-over-month Income Statements

Reconciled balance sheet accounts

Generated quarterly and year-end reporting of investments, debt and US Census Reports

Analyzed wage and salaries/employee benefits

Prepared journal entries

Consolidated financial statements

Prepared monthly Income Statement trend analysis reports by legal entity

Analyzed business unit accounting variances

MidCon Corp. - Lombard, Illinois (Occidental Petroleum Corp) 1996 - 1998

Senior Financial Analyst

Prepared, analyzed and reported financial data for the Annual Report

Supervised and coordinated yearly audit with Arthur Andersen, LLP

Trained employees on the general ledger financial system

Coordinated and directed detailed accounting entries to the accounting staff

Reconciled balance sheet accounts and miscellaneous income statement accounts

Prepared financial analysis for consolidation

Maintained the quality of the general ledger financial reporting and analysis functions

Managed monthly cash targets

Evaluated and improved accounting systems and processes

Performed various forms of analytical review between forecasted and actual financial statement variances

Supervised/coordinated the annual preparation of financial statements for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Analyzed and maintained various corporate reserves

Analyzed intercompany and fixed assets

Profit Planning Analyst 1994 - 1996

Designed the yearly budget, yearly plan and monthly outlooks

Developed Funds Flow Statements averaging $20-$30M in monthly cash flow activity

Consulted with departmental managers in obtaining financial data

Coordinated year-end cash meetings to secure yearly cash target

Prepared various financial reports and statements for management and other areas such as capital expenditures, transportation expenses, working capital, balance sheet, depreciation expenses and income statements

Utilized the direct/indirect cash flow method to reconcile financial data that was entered into the planning system

Analyzed monthly variances between actual and budgeted financial data

Presented forecasted financial data to management

Prepared financial planning and forecasting for a major operational group

Volume Allocation Analyst 1993 - 1994

Allocated actual measured volumes to shippers' transportation/storage contracts at various receipt/delivery points

Coordinated and communicated with customers regarding invoiced volumes or penalties

Reconciled variances between actual and nominated/estimated volumes

Conducted volume allocation analysis according to FERC regulations and NGPL's tariff

Implemented a new volume allocation system

Gas Supply Accountant 1988 - 1993

Generated and verified monthly gas supply payments to major producers averaging $10-$20M

Reconciled accounts receivable/payables

Prepared journal entries for prior period adjustments and current month accruals

Communicated with various producers regarding gas purchase payments

Participated in legal research and proceedings in certain contract disputes

Implemented a new gas purchase accounting system

Participated in the implementation of the MSA General Ledger system

EDUCATION

DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois

Masters of Business Administration, concentration area in finance

University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Management, double major

SOFTWARE/OPERATING SYSTEMS/SKILLS

MSA General Ledger System, Regional Corporate Accounting System, MSA Fixed Assets System, Local Area Network, Wide Area Network, Windows, Financial Common Presentation, Outlook, CC Mail, ReportSmith, RAMIS, Occidental Consolidation System, Mobius Report Distribution System, WordPerfect, Excel, Lotus, Word, Hyperion, Planmetrics, Cognos PowerPlay, Impromptu, MAPPS, Khalix, ReportNet, Webi, Powerpoint, Oracle, SAP, Jedox, BEX Analyzer, and Qlik Sense.

Fluent in the Polish language

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