Financial Analyst Manager

JUSTIN OWENS

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincowens/

Driven finance professional with a diversity of experience and proven results. Experiences include; financial modeling & analysis, forecasting, budgeting & long term planning, presenting to C level executives, financial & operational risk management, portfolio management and team building. Able to keep a focus on high level goals while being detail oriented, analytical, and results driven in the short and long term. History of working with and building cross functional teams to streamline processes and improve both financial and operational results.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Motors

Manager, Cadillac Global FP&A/Corporate Finance - New York, NY 8/2016-Present

• Responsible for consolidation, analysis, and presentation of financial performance in 10 international regions

spanning the Americas, Europe, and Asia

• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual income and cashflow statement forecasts to CFO and Senior

Leadership Team explaining variances, and KPI’s

• Present monthly state of business to entire finance department

• Work with finance, manufacturing, and sales operations teams to identify opportunities and mitigate risks to the

current forecast

• Coordinate with regional contacts to manage operational cashflow through inventory management and maintaining the

appropriate DOH levels

• Manage regional submissions and global consolidation of annual budget and bi-annual long-term plan process

• Perform competitive analysis benchmarking to identify state of economy, competitive landscape, strengths and

opportunities for improvement

• Created financial business models using KPI’s, NPV, and IRR to assess future business opportunities

• Designed monthly global/regional/product line forecast dashboards for senior leadership use

• Created VBA/SQL based “What if” scenario analysis dashboard/models to simulate potential portfolio changes

• Spearheaded initiative to streamline and automate data collection through increased use of SQL and Excel VBA

• Create and present numerous Ad hoc requests to executive management under tight deadline requirements

• Prepare presentations and backup materials for Board of Directors meetings

• Director of finance for startup unit BOOK by Cadillac

• Lead and manage Senior Financial Analysts on team

• Proficient in Hyperion, Essbase, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Excel VBA

Senior Financial Analyst, Global Product Development - Warren, MI 9/2015-8/2016

• Responsible for financial analysis of all future vehicle programs generating over $150B in revenue across 30+ countries

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to complete environmental compliance projects with global financial and future

product implications

• Lead cross-functional project to optimize vehicle profitability around regional regulations leading to over $100 million of

dollars in potential cost savings across global portfolio

• Managed, refined, and streamlined consolidation of financial data through automation using VBA Excel macros

Traditum Group, LLC - New York, NY 7/2013-7/2014

Global Macro Portfolio Manager

• Managed derivatives portfolio of multiple products generating positive risk adjusted returns

• Prepared PnL and risk summaries using Greeks and VaR explanations for senior management review

• Modeled and analyzed market data and volatility using Excel and VBA macros and Access database

• Managed risk using VAR, Monte Carlo, tail risk, and various stress tests and scenario simulations

• Presented new trade proposals and identified risk issues to senior management

• Developed successful relationships with outside vendors leading to lower expenses and trading costs

Nico Holdings, LLC - New York, NY 3/2006-3/2013

Fixed Income and Derivatives Portfolio Manager

• Proprietary trader of energy and fixed income derivatives on various exchanges; electronically, open outcry and OTC

• Established New York trading operation for Chicago-based firm

• Created a trading desk that generated risk adjusted returns while minimizing VaR

• Managed a trading group ranging from 3 to 5 people

• Used Excel VBA macros and advanced functions to create various volatility and market models

• Improved proprietary software through collaboration with Development Group

• Managed profitable portfolio leading to expansion into other markets

Tradegroup, LLC - Chicago, IL 6/2004-2/2006

Fixed Income Proprietary Trader

• Used macro-economic market research and technical analysis to trade US Treasury yield curve

Bridgestone/Firestone, LLC - Bloomingdale, IL 8/2003-5/2004 Financial Analyst

• Forecasted and created monthly and quarterly financial statements for review by senior management

• Assisted with capital budgeting for new and existing store locations

• Created and analyzed various financial models and metrics (DCF, NPV, IRR, ROIC) to determine feasibility of potential

new store locations and developed a cash flow model to forecast company’s debt exposure

Colgate Palmolive - Piscataway, NJ 6/2000-1/2002

Project Manager, Intern

• Managed various engineering projects at Colgate Palmolive’s Technology Site

• Designed, and directed projects from laboratory installations to water filtration systems and GMP areas

• Collaborated with colleagues on aspects such as design, scheduling, budgeting, environmental and safety issues

• Created TIL, and SOP documents supporting projects

• Used Microsoft Project and SAP to ensure projects stayed on schedule and all vendors paid accordingly

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Illinois Institute of Technology - Chicago, IL

Master of Science in Financial Markets/Investments, June 2004

Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, May 2002

Minor in Mathematics and Business Administration

Member of African American Male Congress

Corning Merit Scholarship recipient

Passed CFA Level 2

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