April Ginter
Financial Analyst - Sales · Contractor
Escondido, CA
In My Own Words
Highly self-motivated and committed individual. An outstanding team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Diversified background encompassing financial analytical functions, project management, customer service, office administration, and personnel functions. Functions effectively under pressure, without requiring much supervision. Able to plan, organize schedule and prioritize in an effective, productive manner.
Work Experience
Financial Analyst - Sales
Contractor2014 – 2015
• Updated and automated Fiscal Year tracking KPI reports by Product Headings and Region, distributed to all upper management. • Redesigned North American Sales Teams Fiscal Yearl tracking sheets, broken out by product line and sales person. • Created a Sales Rep % to Target tracking sheet for VP’s of Global Sales. • Created an automated discount pricing sheet for VP of North American Sales. • Calculated and paid Global Sales Commissions. • Maintained cost center budget and variance analyses for all departments, distributed to upper management. • Updated and automated existing dashboards company wide and created dashboards for the International team. • Developed Ad-HOC reports for Executives, Product Managers, Sales and Marketing. • Administrator for Customer Special Purchase Program via web and Finance. • Responsible for assigned journals and schedules.
Sales Analyst
Contractor2013 – 2014
• Responsible for monthly sales and production forecast (including kanban). • Assisted with LRP and quarterly reviews. • Created a weekly field sales tracking report in BI, to include YOY and territory movement deltas. • Developed standard reporting for Executives, in Excel and PowerPoint, regarding forecasting and allowances. • Tracked down anomalies on balance sheet during close. • Maintained standard costing and list pricing. • Collaborated with Sales, Marketing and Customer Service on software upgrades and process improvements. • Maintained financial data by updating systems tools to utilize large sets of data from multiple independent sources. • Project Manager for Qlikview implementation and Demand Solution upgrade. • Developed Ad-HOC reports for all levels of Sales, Marketing, Finance, Production and Engineering. • Developed automation tools in excel and SAP to increase efficiency and accuracy of reporting analytics. • Presented findings in monthly forecast meeting.
Consultant
Consultant2010 – 2013
• Database creations and conversions, with training and full customer service support: • AdHOC report building from Oracle, SAP, and Access into companies preferred BI. • Access & Excel to SAP ERP for accounting and Sales Operation departments. Including developing and implementing software conversion to meet customer specifications. • Sales Logix to Saleforce.com for Sales Operations and Finance. • Streamlined internal and external software and database, focusing on commissions, Design Wins and other revenue related processes, varying industries that effect Sales, Sales Operations and Finance. Used company provided resources and came in under budget. • Project Management Analytics. Created reports, gauges, calculators and dashboards as needed, following management and general user guidelines, while still being SOX compliant for software upgrades and conversions. • Provided risk analysis for software upgrades, within specs. • Verified and actualized revenue with distribution center.
Business Sales Analyst
Applied Microcircuits Corporation2005 – 2010
• Provided analytical worldwide sales operations support for the CEO, CFO, VPs, Sales and Regional Sales Managers, Marketing, Finance, External Distributors and Sales Reps. • Reported on specified KPIs, per department. • Monitored and analyzed Distributor and External Sales Representatives inventory and POS data. • Prepared forecast and budgets for Distributors to approve and use. • Provided monthly Distribution network POS Reporting to internal recipients. • Provided monthly Distributor KPI reporting, to include: base sales, revenue, product mix, and volume discounts (Ship and Debit).