Aleksandra Backonya, M.B.A.

**** ****** *** *** ***, Irvine CA 92614

Cell: 760-***-****; ad4nq5@r.postjobfree.com

Career Focus

A highly detailed-oriented, self-motivated finance professional, member of FP&A team with exceptional analytical and quantitative skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office and ERP systems in performing financial modeling, forecasting, financial reporting, key metrics reporting and Adaptive system implementation.

Professional Experience

WWE, Tonal, Lam Research, Summo Logic, Unicef, Alight, TalkDesk May 2021-Present

Senior Finance Manager/Consultant (Adaptive Planning & FP&A)

•Lead the maintenance of the Adaptive Planning and Office Connect platforms

•Manage the Adaptive Planning projects by working with Finance team and Adaptive consultants

•Create the FP&A modeling reports in Adaptive and excel for the FP&A team

•Proactively advise FP&A leadership to align processes and tools across the company

•Mentor Budget Owners on using Adaptive Planning system for the forecasting and budgeting purposes

•Provide financial oversight and leadership for the business, sharing insights through monthly/quarterly/annual reporting at leadership staff meetings

•Create OpEx and Personnel model for the annual and three-year plan using excel and Workday Adaptive tools

•Create Capital Expenditure models and other ad-hoc reports for the budget and forecast purposes

Apple – Sunnyvale, CA October 2020-February 2021

Financial Systems Consultant (Adaptive Planning)

•Managed the Adaptive Planning projects by working with Apple Finance team

•Part of the Adaptive implementation team by managing Modeling aspect of Adaptive Planning

•Created GL, custom and metric accounts based on the business needs

•Created shared formulas for certain custom accounts across all the dimension levels (Business units and cost centers)

•Managed the dimension part of Adaptive Planning by creating attributes as levels, level codes and level types

•Trained Offshore Admin team on how to navigate through sheets, modeling and report building

Hulu – Santa Monica, CA January 2020 – August 2020

Senior Finance Manager/Consultant (Adaptive Planning)

•Manage the Adaptive Planning projects by working with Hulu Finance team and Adaptive consultants

•Implemented the Integration part in Adaptive Planning for monthly automatic Actuals load, which significantly reduced the load process time

•Manage the implementation of Personnel project in Adaptive by working with Hulu Finance team and consultants on creating the burden and other employee assumptions, formulas and employee sheet

•Implemented projected Balance Sheet and Cash Flow models into Adaptive Planning system for monthly forecasting purposes

Nortek Security & Control – Carlsbad, CA

Senior FP&A Manager March 2019-January 2020

•Lead long-term strategic planning, annual budgeting and forecast processes

•Identified pertinent financial highlights and provided meaningful and timely data insights that will enable business leaders to take actions against the company’s objectives and goals

•Implemented and maintained Adaptive Planning system and Office Connect working with ERP consultants

•Designed high level as well as Operational level processes, models, and reports in Adaptive Planning and Office Connect for the assessment of business performance

•Lead, developed and mentored a team of manager and finance analysts

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Sprint – Irvine, CA

Regional Finance Manager – So. Cal October 2017-April 2018

•Responsible for developing annual operating plan and quarterly forecast process for So. Cal region

•Generated monthly reporting package for So. Cal executive team, and present the financials along with the variance analysis

•Developed the monthly and weekly metrics models as subscriber updates, credit apps, traffic & rate plans

•Responsible for providing the financial analysis to support strategic initiative

•Analyzed monthly variances and trends between budgets, actual and prior results in developing projections and forecasts for sales department

•Generated BOD decks for quarterly board reviews working closely with the CFO and executive team

Global Eagle Entertainment. – Los Angeles, CA

Financial Planning & Analysis Manager – Corporate Finance December 2016-September 2017

•Managed annual operating plan and forecast process for the company

•Developed financial models as monthly reporting package and other ad hoc models for internal and external audience

•Managed the consolidation of operating plans, estimates, and quarter-end financials, including income statement, working capital, and headcount

•Managed the monthly forecast and provided the variance analysis for the corporate departments

•Owned the Hyperion Essbase planning and reporting system for the operations, and provided the recommendations for improvement

Encore Capital Group, Inc. – San Diego, Ca February 2016-December 2016

Finance Manager - Corporate Finance

•Responsible for generating corporate monthly reporting package for Encore and its subsidiaries including GAAP as well as economic income statement for actuals and budget

•Generated the company’s three-year strategic plan which includes income Statement, economic EPS, cash flow and estimated purchases & collections working directly with strategic group and executive team

•Managed the annual and semi-annual budget process for the various departments as Corporate Legal, IT, Facilities and Legal Collections

•Daily maintenance of ERP Adaptive Insights tool and various ad-hoc requests for the executive team

Upwind Solutions- San Diego, Ca May 2012-February 2016

Senior Financial Analyst

•Supported the delivery of the operations by projects reporting, annual budgeting, and monthly forecasting and ensuring the expenditures stay within group targets

•Supported operations & maintenance segment and SG&A budget owners by preparing detailed forecast on weekly and monthly basis using Adaptive Planning platform and Office Connect

•Managed the annual budget process with operations team including the communication of targets, setting of deadlines, review and challenge of budgets prior to submission and presentation to executive team

•Worked directly with Adaptive Planning consulting team to introduce and customize the Adaptive Planning tool for the company in 2013.

Zodiac Pool Systems – Vista May 2011 - May 2012

Financial Analyst/Loyalty Programs

•Analyzed monthly variances and trends between budgets, actual and prior results in developing projections and forecasts for Sales department

•Supported overall planning processes for sales department including detailed monthly, quarterly and annual forecast

•Prepared and maintained financial forecasts and developed detailed reports for upper management

•Developed and maintained detailed financial model to provide appropriate cost accruals on monthly basis by using historical data and future projections

Hunter Industries, Inc – San Marcos, Ca January 2007 - May 2011 Financial Analyst/International Sales & Marketing Division

•Delivered monthly reports on international sales division key metrics and economic data

•Developed and maintained financial model to track and analyze international division staff budget and recommend cost-saving efficiencies

•Assisted senior management in creating detailed International sales division annual budget

Accomplishments

•Received the “Highest Standard Employee Recognition” Award in 2015 directly from CEO by performing the highest quality work and showing leadership through quality work, teamwork and expertise.

•Worked with the Adaptive Planning teams in 2013, 2019-2023 to develop and customize Adaptive Planning and Office connect tool to the needs of the various companies.

•Conducted the project with different scenarios in which I managed to save the company $4 million in promotional budget on annual basis while maintaining customer satisfaction.

Summary of Skills

•Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

•Knowledge of Oracle Application, Concur Expense software, QuickBooks, Workday, NetSuite, Adaptive Planning, Office Connect, Hyperion & Micro Strategy Systems, Coupa, Greenhouse

•Exceptional leadership skills: ability to drive the team towards the planned goals

•Ability to take responsibility for tasks; take initiative to ensure high level of performance; deliver outcomes with high degree of professional quality

•Superior analytical abilities, teamwork capabilities and result-oriented nature

Education

Northwood University-Richard DeVos Graduate School of Management August 2005 – December 2006 Midland, Michigan; Major: Business Administration, M.B.A

BK University of Management July 2001 - July 2005

Belgrade, Serbia, Europe; Major: Management

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