Sr. Finance Manager

Savvas Konstantinidis

**** ********** *****, ****** ** 32703

Email: ***********@*****.*** - Cell: 321-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/savvas-konstantinidis-mba/ FINANCE MANAGER/CONTROLLER

Financial Modeling

Reporting & Forecasting

Project Management

KPI/Quota/Margin Analysis

Strategic Planning

P&L Management

Budgeting & Cost Savings

Client Partnership

Cross-Team Collaboration

Results-oriented, challenge-driven professional with 15+ years’ experience in proactive business partnership aiding executive-level decision-making processes and providing overall support in alignment with organizational objectives. Self-managing, highly analytical and process-orientated, quick to integrate new technology and knowledge and adapt to existing structures. Proven success in contract negotiation, performance, revenue and cost assessment, and P&L management.

Effective communicator who leads through change. Skilled in building and strengthening relationships across functions to drive cohesive, strategic operations. MBA, BS in Accounting. Multi-lingual: English, Greek, and French. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONDUENT INC - Orlando, Florida

Senior Finance Manager/Controller (Nov 2018–Dec 2019) Responsible for the financial analysis of business activity and development of business plans, financial reporting functions, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. Led the finance team responsible for the accounting operations, budgeting and forecasting, and FP&A functions.

Developed a five-year financial model plan utilized for forecasting and budgeting for the business.

Partnered with IT through continuous discussions and meeting to resolve system issues that resulted in reconciling variances and drove those to completeness and closure.

Achieved a successful completion and submission of the annual financial package and reconciliations for the client per contract and ensured internal control compliance.

Managed the percentage of completion revenue and cost model for the system setup and automation per contract.

Developed financial metrics and charts that monitored the daily revenue activity to identify any outliers and take correction action.

VERITAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC (separated from Symantec) - Orlando, Florida Sales Finance Controller (Oct 2015–Apr 2018)

Worked in two different highly visible financial planning and analysis roles in the CFO organization where I partnered with the inside sales global Renewals team and the Americas sales team. Managed a team of financial analysts in support of the regional business leaders. Responsibilities included the creation of the annual sales booking plan, the operating expense budget, headcount resource allocation, and monitoring the performance of the P&L through variance analysis to ensure targets are met and within budget. Developed accurate sales forecasts and controlled costs through rigorous expense management, and provided ad-hoc reporting and analytics by product and region to sales and finance management teams.

Provided large deal review, approval, and recommendation on deal structure, margin, and profitability.

Developed a model to forecast the commission accrual, calculation, and payout.

Created an executive dashboard to track business performance through KPI’s, sales pipeline, and historical trends. SYMANTEC CORPORATION - Orlando, Florida

Sales Finance Controller (Aug 2013–Sep 2015)

Supervised a six-member team of financial analysts in support of the sales SVP of the Americas. Provided FP&A services, annual booking and expense planning, and quarterly sales and KPI analysis. Coordinated with executive sales staff to set annual quotas for individuals, teams, and departments. Presented weekly pipeline updates on sales and products.

Created weekly dashboard to identify and inspect key pipeline opportunities, QTD actual, and forecast bookings and operating expenses.

Multi-time recipient of Quarterly Business Partner Award. Earned the MVP award and invite to the annual sales club. Senior Finance Manager (Jan 2009–Jul 2013)

Supported daily operations and financial planning to the VP of North America sales. Managed a team of six analysts in partnership with the sales leaders and operation teams to develop annual sales targets, operating expense budgets, and staffing projections.

Developed discount analysis identifying customer and products trends and significantly improved profit margins; analysis was later automated and adopted for global company-wide use.

Created cost model for market-based budgeting and facilitated cross-team collaboration of strategic sales force reduction.

Finance Manager (Jan 2005–Dec 2008)

Provided financial management to the Americas indirect sales teams (channel, inside sales, consumer sales, global partners, and system engineers) and was a key contributor to the channel strategy development. Monitored and reported sales bookings and expense forecasts. Managed the accounting for the rebate calculation, accruals and forecast.

Managed $100M annual rebate program budget; established quarterly targets; generated partner rebate letters.

Drove consolidation of rebate programs during the merger of Veritas/Symantec; produced cost savings of over $3M. VERITAS SOFTWARE (acquired by Symantec) - Orlando Florida Finance Manager (Jun 2001-Dec 2004)

Provided financial support to the indirect sales teams in the Americas (channel, inside sales, consumer sales, global partners, and system engineers).

Partnered with five sales VP’s to develop the channel sales coverage and roll out the annual sales quota.

Managed the sales bookings, expense forecast, and rebate programs in terms of accrual, calculation, approval, and payout.

AMERICAN NETWORK EXCHANGE INC - Orlando, Florida

Commission and Business Analysis Manager (Jun 1996-Sep 2000)

Managed the commission process, accrual, reconciliation, approval, and payments.

Developed a financial analysis model to analyze new business opportunities.

Managed a team of three financial analysts.

JOHNSON & JOHNSON - Raritan, New Jersey

Financial Analyst (Jun 1992-Dec 1994)

Assisted the controller in the budget preparation and business review within the research group.

Reported actual spending versus budget expenditures and provided variance explanation. EDUCATON AND CREDENTIALS

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, Orlando, Florida

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY, Jersey City, New Jersey Bachelor of Science in Accounting

TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCIES

MS Office (Certified in Advanced Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access), Salesforce.com, OBIE Reporting, Hyperion, Essbase, Business Objects, Oracle, Smart Sheet, Tableau

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