Financial Analyst Executive
Resume:
Laura Volshonok, MBA, CSM
McKinney, TX 75071
Cell: 562-***-**** / E-mail: **********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Finance-, analytics-, PMO-, risk-and-compliance-focused professional. Rich experience in global manufacturing, retail, distribution, and global supply chain arenas. Core competencies found in
• Analytics • Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) • Forecasting
• Project & Program Management • Process Improvement • Training & Execution
• KPI & Metrics • Contract & Vendor Management • Spend Management
• IT Compliance • Cross-Functional Team Development • Cyber Security
• Statistics (6 Sigma, Lean) • Data Integrity/Quality • Strategy
SYSTEM EXPERIENCE
SAP, ARIBA, ARIBA SPEND, ORACLE, MERLIN, SHAREPOINT, PEOPLESOFT, PRISM, PRIME, TANDEM, SOA, ARROWSTREAM, EXCEL, MINITAB, ACCESS, VISIO, PROJECT, BUSINESS WAREHOUSE, CTSI GLOBAL, BUSINESS OBJECTS, HYPERION, CRYSTAL, SA, SIEBEL, HOST ANALYTICS, SQL, ALTERYX, TABLEAU
CERTIFICATIONS
SCRUM MASTER, MS EXCEL EXPERT 2013, MS EXCEL EXPERT 2016, ACCESS EXPERT 2013, ACCESS EXPERT 2016
EDUCATION & TRAINING
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Master of Business Administration 2006
Bachelor of Business Administration 2004
Harvard Business Analytics Program 2020
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Independent Consultant 2014–2019
Project Consultant
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles,
Deployed leadership transportation project
Analyzed $30B+ in spend data
Developed analytics, dashboards and KPI’s
Deployed carrier rationalization strategy and plan
Led global savings initiative reporting to senior executives
Created ground-up analytics providing current and future outlook of savings and cost avoidance
Created reporting and executive decks
Managed team of analysts
Time Warner/Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, CA
Built ground-up reporting and analytics based on total year and YTD global spend
Created the following from scratch:
oAutomated reporting and executive reporting deck
oTrending analytics
oDashboards (departmental and account outlooks)
oHeat maps (departmental and account outlooks)
oOpEx reporting analytics
oForecast performance analytics
oVariance waterfalls
oMonthly executive and YTD dashboards
Analyzed global spend using statistical methodologies to present to executive team opportunities for cost savings and avoidance
BCBG, Los Angeles, CA
Senior Project Manager
Project Management Responsibilities:
Led disaster recovery project for mission critical systems from point of project initiation to deployment while managing in-house and outside personnel (~$4M in CapEx/OpEx)
Led PCI compliance audit and remediation project (224 controls; ~$6M in CapEx/OpEx)
Led contract management consolidation and storage project
Management Responsibilities:
Responsible for providing oversight and status reporting to executive management for all PMO-led projects ($8–$12M in CapEx/OpEx)
Developed policies and corporate governance procedures for cross-functional organization alignment (finance, legal, IT, and business)
Developed and pitched QA strategies, testing plans, and PMO methodology and frameworks
Led change management/quick win workshops to identify organizational opportunities for executive management review and strategic planning
Developed steering committee templates and agenda and reported on project status reports
Consultant, Various Locations
Sam Adams, CHEP Pallets, Option Care/Walgreens Merger & Euronext
Coordinated and planned projects to increase profitability and reduce cost
Conducted financial analysis and developed analytics for OEE improvement and global plant standardization
Performed evaluation and diagnosis of data and implemented recommendations
US Foods, Rosemont, IL 2013–2014
Senior Logistics Analyst, Business Intelligence Analyst
Process Improvement & Project Management Responsibilities:
Business Process/Visio process flow development, execution, and training
oFootprint/mapping, RFQ sub process, bid-or-no-bid decision-making process
Responsible for weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting of national accounts customers
Developed customized customer strategies and project plans to lead to reductions in overall cost to customers
FP&A/Reporting Responsibilities:
With use of advanced statistics and analytics, developed, executed, and tracked predictive forecasting analytics methodology and reporting of future income; modeling resulted in 95% accuracy
Developed FY14 annual operating plan (AOP) for logistics support/national accounts
Conducted pricing audits for national account customers
Developed, executed, and reported of actual vs. plan
oNational-account-related pricing and sourcing deviation from vendor contractual agreements
oPlan vs. actual business results by distribution center
oRoot cause deviation analysis
Molex, Inc., Lisle, IL 2011–2013
Senior Financial Analyst, Global Supply Chain
Developed the corporate business process inclusive of Visio process flows and training for EDI deployment, global freight payments, monthly accrual, global forwarder payment audit, and GL posting of invoices
Built GL payment posting logic and system infrastructure for global entity systematic freight payment
With use of advanced statistics and analytics, developed and executed global and regional reporting for Asia, Latin America, North America, and Europe
Developed and was responsible for supply chain warehouse global reporting
Responsible for reporting over $100M value of inventory on monthly basis
Accountable for global freight and duty monthly expense and savings reporting
Developed global trade compliance savings and expense reporting for customs, duty and brokerage
Implemented regional and plant reporting by business function
Responsible for global budget planning and development, business ownership alignment, and system budget loading
Accountable for freight forwarder pricing audits resulting in identification of over $500K in savings
Harley Davidson (Contract Position), Milwaukee, WI
Project Lead/Financial Analyst 2010–2011
FP&A Responsibilities:
Led dealer benchmarking and reporting initiative to help quantify and prioritize targets for headquarter reporting and analysis
Created regional-sales-based reporting
Process Improvement & Project Management Responsibilities:
Led business intelligence initiative for national dealer services
Created current “as is” process documentation and developed future “to be” design
Managed communication of projects from initiation to deployment
Created dealer benchmarking analytics and reporting
Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, WI
Senior Financial Analyst, Global Supply Chain 2008–2010
FP&A Responsibilities:
Gathered, analyzed, and managed $1.8B of global procurement spending
Analyzed supply chain and logistics by category to support commodity global managers
Researched and implemented cost-saving strategies, which led to $1M in savings
Led Department of Justice audits of global ERPs
Responsible for commodity hedging reporting
oFormulated statistical forecasting and historical analysis for hedging strategy development; reports included time-series modeling
oManaged all third-party supplier hedging contracts, reporting, and payments
oCarried out auditing of supplier contracts and due diligence roadmaps for on-boarding of suppliers
Process Improvement & Project Management Responsibilities:
SME and business owner for SAP deployment and integrations of purchase-to-pay initiative
Responsible for SAP system deployment of global manufacturing plants
Created all training materials for new SAP module implementation
Led on-site training and system deployment in for Hong Kong, Latin America, and Europe
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