Chris Bollin

Danbury, CT

914-***-****

Experience:

May 2016 – Current Alpha Dog Arms (Manufacturing Start-up), Southbury, CT

Senior Financial Consultant

Brought in to assist the founder in launching their initial product, advising on various business related decisions and developing back end support systems.

Key member of initial product launch and sales team, which resulted in nationwide distribution and $125k in sales for year one.

Developed product costing schedules, lead negotiator on supply chain diversification which netted a 15% decrease in cost.

Created compliance system for tracking inventory and ATF Form 3/4 filing status.

July 2015 – May 2016 PepsiCo, Somers, CT

Senior Financial Consultant – Finance Capability and Optimization (C&O) Team

Created project management framework for the C&O team utilizing an evaluation framework that included deploying a new flow for all incoming projects.

Produced several high level presentations for Sr. Management focused on Finance and Supply Chain initiatives. Including key analytical drivers for existing processes and the creation of measurable tracking data point to assist in managing projects and processes moving forward.

Conducted several requirement and process review meetings with stakeholders and business teams. Detailed process overviews and presentations were created to highly solutions that meet strategic senior management goals.

Designed and deployed a set of SharePoint sites for archiving data, communicating statues and providing key support to ongoing initiatives.

August 2005 – July 2015 Tudor Investments, Greenwich, CT

Financial Systems Project Manager/ Senior Business Analyst

Deployed Tymetrix, allowing the legal department to reduce legal fees over 30% by instituting automated cost controls and formalized reporting to expose detailed expenses.

Upgraded CODA Financials which included developing testing scripts, managing the deployment with IT, and overseeing end user testing in addition to leading the projects steering committee meetings and communicating project status and progress to senior management.

Implemented and maintained CCM (firm wide invoice approval system) which included developing requirements, integrating with the CODA general ledger and documenting approval routes.

Senior Financial Analyst – FP&A Manager – MIS Manager

Managed a team of 2 analysts to develop and deliver monthly, quarterly and annual reporting packages to senior management detailing expenses, revenues and headcount.

Worked with department heads on annual budget and quarterly budget reviews including revisions to forecast.

Updated and maintained 18 month rolling forecast used for both ad-hoc and recurring senior management reporting.

Heavy ad-hoc reporting workload which included resource assessment and planning functions.

Developed data maps and integration requirements for disparate departmental reporting systems.

Managed expenses for the System Trading Group, which included weekly expense reviews and liaising with the Corporate Reporting department to resolve issues and streamline approval flows.

MIS team leader for all development and improvement projects for the Finance department.

Created and maintained reports in TM1, Reporting Services, Business Objects and Crystal Reports. Also responsible for GL Hierarchy oversight.

Conducted interviews with business leaders to develop bottom up budgets and plan reporting for key reporting cycles.

Managed several teams to deliver reporting and financial process enhancements with weekly status meetings and task lists.

Developed business cases to evaluate reporting systems and created several proof of concept documents to hand off for vendor fulfillment.

Supervised the Fixed Asset and Full Allocations process, which included managing a team of accountants and developing models to review with senior management to ensure that key drivers were met.

Conducted Financials, CCM and FAS end user training for users in Corporate Reporting and other end users in various locations globally.

Managed our travel department which included multiple contract negotiations with travel vendors with a $2M + annual spend.

Citigroup Asset Management, Stamford, CT Senior Financial Analyst February 2004 – August 2005

Citizens Communications, Stamford, CT Financial / Budgeting Analyst January 2002 -February 2004

Digitas LLC, New York, NY Financial Coordinator / Analyst September 2000- October 2001

Antal International New York, NY Consultant May 1999 - July 2000

Education: 1999 Clarkson University - B.S. Degree in Economics/ Concentration in Finance

Technology Experience:

SharePoint Balsamiq MS Project Tableau MS Excel Aqua Data Tymetrix JIRA Confluence CODA Financials/Change Manager (CCM) Business Objects Sage FAS Applix TM1 Concur COGNOS-IWR Crystal Reports Oracle Lawson Lotus HTML Flash SAP Infinium Hyperion Essbase

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