ALYSON RYAN

Hartsdale, NY ·914-***-****

adkfts@r.postjobfree.com

A high performing, accomplished Financial Services management professional with proven leadership, communication, and organizational skills. Strengths include relationship building, problem solving, influencing outcomes, decision-making, and impacts analysis. A proven key contributor in meeting and exceeding organizational goals.

EXPERIENCE

02/2014- 3/2020

MANAGER OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Managed a local finance team of 7 and an off-shore team of 20 in the Shared Service Center. Responsibilities included monitoring, forecasting and advising on financial performance, including cash flow, credit arrangements and budget analysis. Duties included:

oStreamlining cashflow forecasting

oTracking opportunities and risk to balance sheet

oDevelopment of the North American Cash Annual Operating Plan, which required consolidating and challenging inputs from over 35 contributors and coordinating alignment of four separate business units.

oSetting business units’ cash targets to ensure strong cash flow performance and working with individual business units’ leaders to achieve cash targets.

oManage Financial Service analysts to cultivate technology, communication, organization, and adaptability skills, yielding improvements in budgeting and cash forecasting.

oManage remote Accounts Receivable team to ensure the accurate application of cash on accounts.

oDevelopment and implementation of North American banking structure

oOwnership of North American credit positions, including KYC approval function and analysis of credit limits, bankruptcy issues, and at-risk customer mitigation.

02/2008 – 01/2014

MANAGER OF CASH AND RISK

DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.

oModernized and streamlined North American banking operations

oAdministration of credit card sales reconciliation and cash application.

oSecretary of North American Pension Committee.

oProcess Owner of the Authority Compliance Policy.

oManaged the Chateau and Estates team in retail banking administration and point of sale implementation.

oLead task force member that completed the transition of North American cash management to the company’s integrated shared service center.

oDeveloped training materials targeted to diverse audiences to promote compliance with controls agenda.

oManaged accounts payable team in reconciliation project.

02/2005 – 01/2008

CASH MANAGER

DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA, INC.

oManage treasury and payment team

oManage banking relationship.

oRestructured cash management structure and bank accounts.

oManage Daily Cash Operations.

oDelegate workload and provide coaching, mentorship, and review deliverables to ensure accuracy, adherence to company policy and procedure.

EDUCATION

09/1999

MBA, FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, Manhattan College

05/1997

B.B.A., PUBLIC ACCOUNTING, Pace University’s Lubin School of Business

SKILLS

SAP, JBA, Sun, JDE, Corporate Credit management, D&B RAM (credit management system), Smyth Credit Management System (Industry Group), Microsoft Office

ACTIVITIES

CORE FINANCE COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM

DIAGEO NORTH AMERICA

Organize and ran several events including - annual event in the organization of our choosing, along with several smaller events throughout the year including the blood drive, salvation army angel tree, and the paws fundraiser.

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