Financial Analysis Accounting Manager

BRIAN BREDEMANN

Chicago, IL 847-***-**** **************@*****.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Highly motivated professional with extensive global financial analysis and consulting experience; seeking to apply that background to support and execute strategic growth initiatives in a collaborative team environment

• Excels working in fast paced and demanding environments, has earned teammates’ trust through responsiveness, accuracy, and organization

• Innate entrepreneurial spirit; motivated to find creative solutions to complex problems Chicago, IL

Independent Contractor July 2024-present

• Demonstrating insightful use of financial analysis techniques, tools, and concepts, to provide data-driven practical counsel to Chicagoland partners and family offices to drive business results

• Providing timely, relevant, and accurate reporting and analysis of clients results against historical, budgeted, forecasted, and strategic plans to facilitate decision-making toward the achievement of clients’ budgets and their overall strategic planning

• Developing and maintaining proforma financial models for potential acquisitions, including synergy tracking, scenario analysis, and integration planning

Sikich Chicago, IL

Finance & Accounting Manager November, 2023 - June 2024

• Oversaw and executed daily finance and accounting responsibilities for series-backed private companies and non-profits

• Created monthly reporting packages, cash flow forecasts, budget/variance analyses, and documentation of key processes and controls

• Executed project work deliverables, including action-item specific tasks and analytics to accelerate growth and profitability such as outstanding A/R and A/P reconciliation, financial statement analysis, month/year-end close, and software onboarding Enfusion Chicago, IL

Client Services Manager December 2021-October 2023

• Supported clients in utilizing proprietary investment management software built for ultra high-net worth individuals, including general ledger reconciliation, valuation, pricing, and instrument set-up

• Coordinated with internal FP&A team to analyze, model, and project key internal financial metrics to strengthen cross- departmental transparency and for C-Suite review and planning Red Chalk Group Chicago, IL

Strategy Associate May 2020-December 2021

• Identified and delivered strategic roadmaps for the C-Suite and finance teams of Fortune 500 clients and leading private equity firms to improve market positioning (e.g., buy- & sell-side due diligence, divestitures, joint ventures, market exploration)

• Generated DCF and LBO models and translated findings into scenario-based recommendations USC Consulting Group, LLC Chicago, IL

Senior Project Consultant August 2017-April 2020

• Identified process improvements for Fortune 500 clients in multiple market sectors across North America, Europe, and West Africa by exceeding savings targets via capital forecasting and operational transformation

• Managed both corporate and onsite engagements and detail studies, specifically for bankruptcy-prone clients seeking to drive department-wide improvements and software upgrading EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Notre Dame, IN

Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance May 2016

• Honors: International Business Certification

• Internship: Finance Manager for Kylemore Abbey in County Galway, Western Ireland

• Leadership: Student Government Director, Lead Mass Coordinator at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart ADDITIONAL

• Skills: Advanced MS Office/365, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Python, C++, SharePoint, SAP, Yardi, Workday, Salesforce, Concur, AWS, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Bloomberg Terminal, Six Sigma, J.D. Edwards, NetSuite, SPSS, DCF Modelling, LBO Modeling, IBOR, Market-Q, SG&A Analysis, Commercial Due Diligence, McKinsey & Co. Wave, Fundamental Analysis, Technical Analysis

• Volunteer Work: Lead three sub-committees on the Catholic Charities Junior Board of Chicago, member of the Chicago chapter of the Knights of Columbus, Coordinator of youth basketball camps in Kingston, Jamaica

• Investment Work: Founding Member, Vitalize Angels

• Interests: Angel investing, Chicago sports, reading, basketball, tennis

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