Christopher L. Olson

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Carlsbad, Ca 92009

312-***-****

adev5p@r.postjobfree.com

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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