Finance Director

BRIAN L. SCOTT

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cell: 407-***-****

OPERATIONS FINANCE EXECUTIVE

Hands on finance advisor that can influence change across organizational boundaries to improve efficiency, profitability, cash flow, and return on assets. Fosters teamwork and promotes cross functional collaboration to deliver on high impact projects. Problem solver that effectively translates analysis into clear and actionable recommendations. Twelve years of experience producing results in high growth and dynamic Fortune 500 business environments including international joint-ventures, restructurings, and technology integrations.

* Strategic initiative evaluation

* Operations analytics and reporting

* Capital utilization and analysis

* Strategic plan, budget, forecast

* Special project management

* Experience building and leading teams

* Incentive management

* Internal business process auditing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WYNDHAM VACATION OWNERSHIP – Orlando, FL Nov 2003 to Mar 2009

Hospitality company with 145 vacation resorts and over $2 billion in revenue.

Director / Vice President Operational Finance

Responsible for business analysis and operational reporting, evaluation of new sales and marketing initiatives, strategic planning, capital expenditure review and analysis, budget modeling, forecasting, sales promotion review and reporting, sales commission plan design and analysis, special projects, and litigation support.

* Evaluated and developed scenario models to estimate the financial impact of a new sales / marketing channel. The analysis led to the approval of the new program that resulted in a sales and profit lift of $150 million and $37.5 million, respectively.

* Developed business cases and NPV and IRR models to secure $10 million in capital to expand sales operations into new markets increasing revenue by $100+ million.

* Built an exceptional business analysis team that re-engineered operational reporting and analysis to focus on opportunities – team ranked number one on internal survey.

* Assisted in the development and rollout of several new sales and marketing compensation plans in conjunction with pricing and point of sale offers through careful analysis and scenario modeling to measure the potential financial impact. The changes led to a profit lift of approximately $12 million.

* Developed monthly, quarterly, and year to date financial performance updates and presented to over one-hundred corporate personnel.

* Improved forecast updates that more accurately predicted the outcome for the month.

* Developed a weekly operational net sales report based on month-end accounting logic.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

* Managed the transition of the business analysis and reporting function for the west coast headquarters during shut down and reduced headcount by integrating processes, personnel, and reporting methods with the Orlando corporate business analysis and reporting group.

* Initiated and led the effort to centralize regionally controlled marketing compensation improving alignment, control, efficiency, and reducing headcount and expenses.

* Overcame a lengthy and comprehensive technology system rollout that wiped out operational reporting by developing business reporting and analysis from scratch leveraging old and new sources systems to obtain key data points.

* Championed the business case and obtained approval to spend $2 million in capital to develop a Hyperion data mart to enable flexible and robust analysis across brands.

NORDSTROM, INC. – Seattle, WA Sep 2000 to Oct 2003

Upscale clothing retailer with +180 stores and over $6 billion in revenue.

Senior Financial Analyst -- Primary responsibilities were forecasting, budgeting, long range planning, variance analysis, and preparing Board of Directors presentations.

* Built a forecast model and process to reduce large misses in CFO’s earnings guidance.

* Designed a cash flow model used to obtain $100 million credit line to fund new store growth.

* Created insightful analysis used by CFO to make cost saving SG&A structural changes.

* Consolidated and evaluated the budget totaling 6 billion in revenue.

* Developed business unit focused three year plan and consolidation used for budget targets.

MOSS ADAMS LLP – Seattle, WA Sep 1999 to Aug 2000

The 11th largest accounting and consulting firm in the U.S. focused on the west coast.

Valuation Analyst -- Valued private businesses using cash flow models and financial theories. Wrote professional business valuation reports for clients in multiple industries.

HENKEL-ECOLAB GMBH & CO OHG– Düsseldorf, Germany Jun 1992 to Mar 1996

Manufacturing joint venture operating in 23 European countries with $1.5 billion in revenues.

Internal Operations Auditor -- Conducted operational audits in over twenty countries to better integrate business processes in the newly formed German/American joint venture. Audits focused on the revenue, expenditure, manufacturing, and inventory cycles.

* Selected by leadership to work on a special project to improve inventory control and product rationalization developing reporting metrics like DOH, turns, and backorders.

* Requested by local management to help with various projects including the integration of a new SAP application at key manufacturing site, establishing pricing policies and procedures, improving the forecast processes and communication between sales and manufacturing.

* Assisted in the design of the audit risk model used to create an audit plan to determine which manufacturing and sales sites to review.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA – Minneapolis, MN Graduated Jun 1999

Masters in Business Administration, finance concentration

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – Berkeley, CA Graduated Dec 1991

Bachelor of Arts, Rhetoric Major (argumentative writing) and Business Administration Minor

TECHNICAL SKILLS & OTHER

TECHNICAL SKILLS – Hyperion Essbase, Brio Intelligence, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Suite

OTHER – Developed oral proficiency in German while working in Europe, played in College World Series, enjoy golf and travel.

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