Director Finance Americas
Resume:
Christopher L. Olson
Carlsbad, Ca 92009
*********@*****.***
PROFILE
A Management professional with over twenty years financial management experience in both manufacturing and retail environments. An action-oriented strategic leader with the ability to concurrently manage multiple projects and consistently meet deadlines while adding value. High level of creative energy combined with strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills with a proven record of success and increasing responsibility.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Ossur – Foothills Ranch, Ca (June 2019 to May 2020)
Prosthetic and Bracing Manufacture
Americas Director of Finance
Lead Financial Accounting and FP&A teams for USA, Canada and Australia
Responsible for full P&L month/quarter close with variance analysis for all Americas
Responsible for full P&L five quarter rolling forecast and financial reviews with Senior Management
Partner with VP Sales on key account sales forecast and reflect rebates/discounts and bonus impacts to P&L
Established pro forma P&L, business case and review process for eCommerce startup
Work in tandem with European counterparts for global business continuity around Cash Flow analysis
Jack in the Box – San Diego, Ca (February 2017 to June 2019)
Industry Leading Quick Serve Restaurant
Director Financial Planning & Analysis
Coordinate/facilitate budget and forecast process for full P&L/BS/CF across both JIB and Qdoba brands
Create/facilitate “Quarterly Board Finance Deck” for the board of directors
Responsible for financial Real Estate Committee and Capital Committee through ROI and Proforma analysis
Partner with senior brand leadership for weekly and period financial reviews for full P&L
Responsible for 5-year Long Term Plan financials
Responsible for Real Estate committee financials and all capital projects financial modeling
PETCO – San Diego, Ca (2007 to February 2017)
Industry Leading Retailer of Pet Products & Services.
Director Financial Planning & Analysis (February 2016 to February 2017)
Coordinate/facilitate budget and forecast process for full P&L across all banners
Create/facilitate “Monthly Business Performance” deck for owners and Quarterly performance deck for BOD
Responsible for Real Estate Committee and Capital Committee
Provide financial modeling to support next generation stores, General Manager quarterly bonus targets
Director Company Planning (August 2013 to February 2016)
Serve as a strategic partner to the SRVP of Merchandise and SBU VP’s
Provide financial analysis to support business initiatives, identify growth opportunities, and perform ROI analysis
Coordinate/facilitate budget and forecast process for all of CMO Merchandising including all Banners/Channels
Responsible for Top-Down budget/forecast and reconciliation to the Bottoms-Up viewpoint for CMO
Create/facilitate AOP decks, category role and intent decks, bottoms up/tops down reconciliation
Responsible for Monthly Business Review and update to Executive Committee and CEO
Lead change management with companywide implementation of Ecom/Unleashed planning integration
Director Merchandise Planning & Inventory (July 2010 to July 2013)
Serve as a strategic partner to the SBU VP of Merchandise Supplies
Provide financial analysis to support business initiatives, identify growth opportunities, and perform ROI analysis
Hired/organized and trained 12 person planning department for $1.7B supplies division
Responsible for OTB implementation at the SBU level including reporting and weekly business reviews
Work with Merchants to optimize clearance and promotional activity through Pre/Post evaluations
Manager Merchandise Planning (January 2007 to July 2010)
Responsible for all planning and analysis for a $900m division utilizing 4-person support staff
Steering committee member for right-sizing of Live Animals habitats to save $9.7m in divisional ebitda
Christopher L. Olson
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GENERAL BINDING CORPORATION - Northbrook, IL (1996 to 2006)
Worldwide manufacturer and distributor of office products.
Market Manager of Industrial Print Finishing Division (Addison, IL)
January 2003 to (April 2006)
Coordinate and recommend revised go-to-market strategy through consultation project with Capital Ventures Consultants
Perform territory penetration analysis for U.S. Digital Print Finishing division
Provide marketing support (promotions, literature, pricing) to Print-for-Pay strategic accounts in coordination with marketing communications and Strategic Accounts Managers
Responsible for new product review committee on all consumables
Review/recommend new EMA structure for all U.S. equipment in conjunction with service division
Responsible for competitive analysis on all Wide Format supplies and equipment
European Manager of Financial Planning (London, UK and Brussels, Belgium)
March 2000 to December 2002
Coordinate/review and consolidation of European annual profit plan
Review, rationalize and implement Euro-zone retail price harmonization for all European products to meet requirements for the January, 2001 transition to Euro currency
Assist in the financial turnaround of European operations through rationalized cost reductions and personnel restructuring
Performed customer and product line profitability analysis with recommendations and impact studies
Performed 80/20 customer analysis/go-to-market recommendation on a by country basis for European operations
Manager of Financial Planning
December 1997 to February 2000
Coordinate and review and consolidation of Film Division’s annual profit plan
Performed modeling and NPV analysis for multi-million dollar European joint venture
Reduced profit plan cycle time by 30 days through centralization of planning processes and integrated Hyperion templates
Responsible for the coordination and review of 3-year strategic plan for Film Division
Perform cost/benefit analysis for sales force, recommending strategic change in deployment of sales resources as needed
Senior Financial Analyst
December 1996 to December, 1997
ZENITH ELECTRONICS - Glenview, IL (1995/1996)
Senior Financial Analyst
SUBARU OF AMERICA - Itasca, IL (1994/1995)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Chicago, IL (1992/1994)
EDUCATION
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
Bachelor of Science, May 1991
Major: Finance, Minor: Economics/History
COMPUTER SKILLS
Proficient with MS –OFFICE, Power BI, Navision, MicroStrategy, Oracle MFP, Hyperion, Lucernix
Knowledgeable in JDE-Edwards, BPCS, D & B, Applied Predictive Technology, Tableau & Essbase
REFERENCES
Available upon request
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