Financial Reporting Finance Manager

Sean Stratton 678-***-**** ***********@*****.***

A Financial professional with distinct experience in accounting, financial analysis, budgeting & forecasting, management reporting, and systems implementation. Strong analytical and technical skills. Excellent multi-tasking and organizational aptitudes. Ability to interact throughout an entire organization. Extensive knowledge in developing value-added procedures and streamlining processes that improve a company’s bottom line. An effective communicator and problem-solver.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Financial & Statistical Analysis Financial Reporting Presentations Budgeting & Forecasting Trend Analysis

Project Accounting Balance Sheet Analysis Sarbanes Oxley Systems Implementation

SELECT CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Designed an MS Access database to produce automated financial reporting data sent as a zip file, which improved accuracy and timeliness; set up Salesforce Dashboards.

Served as the Project Lead providing global FP&A synergy and process simplification.

Financial Modeling: created cost, compensation, contract, asset, revenue and risk, and opportunity models.

FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE

Leuze Electronics INC • Duluth, GA 05/2023 – Present

Director of Finance

Responsible of accounting services including accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory management, payroll, 401K and

Sales invoicing.

Lead annual audit process, develop and administer financial policies, procedures and programs that contribute to good financial

management of Leuze US.

Prepared and share monthly findings with executive team/board members.

Oversaw the development and implementation of financial systems and controls which respond to the services needed by all internal and external management personnel.

MICROSOFT (Contract) • Atlanta, GA 6/2022 – 01/2023

Finance Manager

Managed LCM process, lead monthly write backs processing and updated multiple decks. Built and re-built existing data models.

Coordinate with senior management and prepare and review operation budgets; monitored and

Administered approved budgets and reported variances.

First Student • Charleston, SC 4/2021 – 06/2023

Regional Finance Manager

Leads budgeting and forecasting processing for 40 cost centers, works with department heads to solve existing and future risks. Inputs monthly accruals/JE’s, speaks to month end results.

oAnimated daily reporting to reduce hours while building tighter relationships within the region.

Strategically delivered planning and financial performance analysis to department heads across numerous cost centers. Oversaw the CSO’s $100M expense budget. Lend expert support to planning, budgeting, forecasting, and building financial models, including addressing key assumptions.

oEstablished vital initiative analysis to push for continuous improvement by working closely with other functional and business units.

Market Source • Alpharetta, GA 11/2017 – 4/2021

Finance Manager

Studied, negotiated, and endorsed complex contracts to certify precise language, proper billing, and revenue recognition with the Executive team. Guided and supported commercial areas on issues and questions; helped provide solutions. Assisted the Business Operations, Sales, and Finance departments. Managed month-end close activities, budgets and forecasts. Leadership oversight of Financial and Pricing Analysts. Built pricing/labor and credit models and leading discussions with leadership team.

oDrove continuous improvement by cooperating and uniting with several functional and business unit departments to develop analysis around crucial initiatives.

Independent Consultant • Atlanta, GA 2/2017 – 10/2017

Senior Financial & Senior Data Consultant

Lent expert accounting and financial acumen to various companies.

Serta Simmons & Sierra Wireless:

Managed data analytics by designing, developing, and maintaining a database. Ran an initiative to build self-serving business tools for different business organizations. Supported the forecast and budget process. Supplied pricing and gross margin analysis to product groups.

Autotrader.com • Atlanta, GA 4/2013 – 12/2016

Senior Financial Analyst

Enhanced incentive and compensation plans, using SQL queries and Microsoft Office working with the Performance Measurement team. Generated agent-level reports and analyzed performance vs. departmental goals and other units. Helped the Business Ops, Sales, and the Finance Departments by providing financial data. Prepared month deck slides for analyzing business and assisting departments in achieving their goals. Created Salesforce dashboards for the Customer Operations Management team. Reported and analyzed results, trends, ratios, budgets, and forecasts. Backed project reviews, opportunity, and delivery review meetings, and audits with accurate financial data and value-added financial analyses.

Independent Consultancy • Atlanta, GA? 3/2011 – 2/2013

Accounting & Senior Financial Consultant

Provided companies with accounting and financial expertise.

CHEP USA:

Reviewed customer contracts for pricing contingencies. Verified contract contingency compliance by gathering data from the organization’s warehouse system.

oEmployed macros, VBA, and SQL queries to create a process to facilitate timely price tracking.

Autotrader.com:

Discovered, reconciled, and validated operational variances between PeopleSoft, Great Plains, and Hyperion data. Amassed and evaluated report queries containing multiple scenarios, versions, locations, and departments. Validated data from Great Plains-Dynamics to Hyperion by creating macros. Fashioned connections for Oracle Essbase and Hyperion Planning and installed SmartView software.

Microsoft Corporation:

Developed and carried out SQL and VBA macros financial and compensation models to detail variances between forecast, budget, and actual revenue. Analyzed and reported on many sub-districts’ financial performance. Created weekly ad hoc financial reporting models for business reviews. Guided management and the sales team to understand financial models.

UPS Supply Chain Solutions • Alpharetta, GA 3/2006 – 10/2010

Senior Accountant (6/2007 – 10/2010)

Financial Analyst (3/2006 – 6/2007)

Communicated information to management and the finance department after analyzing report trends. Analyzed, investigated, and settled revenue and expense issues. Led various training sessions on a new Hyperion Essbase system; used SQL queries to filter data. Frequently communicated with Ops in revenue and adjustment disputes. Processed end-of-month fund transfers between Supply Chain Solutions and UPS. Determined profit or loss by preparing and analyzing monthly projections. Prepared product line financial statements, month-end closing documents, and product budgets.

oContributed to strategic business decisions and cost-saving measures by delivering financial support and analysis to Operations, Marketing, and Business Development.

oDesigned an Access database to generate automated financial reporting data, resulting in enhanced accuracy and timeliness.

oEnhanced departmental processes by identifying and proposing new procedures and methodologies.

Teena Tiny Tots • Solon, OH 1/1999 – 6/2007

Financial Analyst

Maintained General ledger: accounts payable & receivable, payroll expense, journal entries, and monthly annual reconciliation. Directed fixed asset management. Readied analysis of actual expense vs. budget and forecast variance explanations. Analyzed, prepared, and summarized financial plans, trends, and operating forecast recommendations. Communicated and assessed P&L reports, collected data and produced expense breakdown for EOM reports.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Economics/Finance Gustavus Adolphus College • Saint Peter, MN

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Excel Hyperion Essbase PeopleSoft SAP Macros SQL Queries

Oracle 11i & Oracle Financial VLOOKUP Pivot Tables Qlik Sense Disco Salesforce

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