Financial Analyst Senior

Maitham M. Aljishi

Kansas City, KS 913-***-**** **************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/maitham-aljishi

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE __

Sysco Inc Olathe, KS

Regional Finance Manager of Operations Sep 2023 – Present

Developing all aspects of financial operations including budgeting, forecasting, Capex, and monthly financial Reporting and analysis to identify risks and opportunity to achieve financial targets.

Implementing change in across-function to improve communications and efficiencies.

Improved the performance and communication between finance and operation that resulted in reducing inventory shrink and improving performance of key operational activities.

Presenting monthly results to the Central Region leadership, including variance analysis to plan and to forecast.

Preparing ad-hoc reports, studies, and financial models.

Investigating low performing functions by researching financial and operational data, and communicate the finding to the organization leadership

Partnering with operation leaders to help them improve their KPIs.

Preparing ad-hoc reports, studies, and financial models.

Achieved 7.2% lower total logistic costs in 6 months.

Monitoring all SOX activities related to operation.

Kalmar Kansas City, KS

US Business Controller Jan 2022 – Aug 2023

Partner with the organization leaders in the US to help/enable them to drive performance and KPIs.

Identified efficiency improvement opportunities to reduce Addressable Manufacturing Cost (AMC). Achieved 2.8% saving on operating expenses.

Managed the Capex projects’ implementation and monitoring the financial progress of capital expenditure for each project.

Managed the budgeting and forecasting process for US business line.

Presented the monthly financial report to the VP of Ops and VP of Finance.

led/developed the US finance team.

Hill’s Pet Nutrition-Colgate-Palmolive Topeka, KS

Finance Team Leader, FP&A Dec 2018 – Dec 2021

Produced weekly, monthly financial results and highlighting risks and opportunities.

Partnered with Topeka site leadership to provide financial performance visibility, saving initiatives and project/capex plans’ performances.

Monitored controlling policies and the site including Capital expenditures, Inventory, projects, and operating expenses.

Led the process of the forecast, budgeting, and monthly variance analysis.

Presented month-end results to corporate executive for Topeka plant.

Led the Cost Saving program for Topeka sites and accomplishing 75% of implemented projects.

Redesigned the yield analysis process to insure lower yield products visibility to quality control team.

P&G Saudi Arabia Finance Manager – FP&A March 2011 – April 2017

Accomplished 2.4% in indirect cost saving by eliminating some outside services and ITO.

Managed/analyzed manufacturing operation costing metrics and Key Performance Indicators.

Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly variable cost financial analysis report for senior management.

Co-prepared annual budgeting and forecasting plans for Saudi Arabia.

EDUCATION _ __

Master of Business Administration – Finance, GPA 3.9 Dec. 2020

Bachelor of Science, Finance, GPA 3.00 Dec. 2010

The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

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