•Assessed the current state financial planning process and developed future state roadmaps to implement new planning solutions. •Lead client workshops to gather and playback financial requirements for planning models. •Implemented driver based model for logistics cost planning and operating income planning. •Implemented additional functionality to existing planning tools to allow for financial analysis. •Managed a team through daily tasks to complete a financial implementation. •Created financial systems training materials for internal training purposes. •Lead internal initiative to promote culture awareness across the company. •Established strong working relationships with cross functional teams during implementation projects.

•Key financial lead between Beverage management team, brand teams and key business functions for Jamba Energy, Nescafe Dolce Gusto, and innovation concepts. •Lead implementation of sku rationalization in Beverage division. •Synthesized input from a variety of sources to provide accurate financials and analysis. •Developed and implemented long term vision and strategy for Jamba Energy. •Helped establish trade strategy for Jamba Energy. •Prepared annual budgets and forecasts. •Executed month end financial close, including reporting and variance explanations.

•Involved with end to end business planning process as part of the global systems implementations. •Liaison between the finance teams and systems teams regarding global finance systems. •Trained finance end users on the global financial systems, including Hyperion Essbase and Business Objects. •Worked closely with division finance personnel in support of the monthly and quarterly reporting. •Assisted in the system implementation of AMS Business Warehouse for Nestle USA. •Validated and maintained data integrity of financial systems.

•Key part of the Hyperion Essbase implementation team that developed complex modeling for Home Entertainment. •Assisted in design of Hyperion Essbase outline to support modeling requirements. •Built re-price models to assist in forecast of domestic titles. •Maintained and updated P&L’s and sensitivity reports for new release titles. •Created and implemented financial model to insure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley policies and procedures, including international marketing P&L plans. •Created and maintained detailed return reserves model for product management.

•Compiled comprehensive monthly and quarterly reports to measure the company’s financial status, highlighting areas of concern and recommend areas for growth. •Created databases in Access and financial models in Excel for scenario-based forecasting and budgeting. •Collaborated with account managers to forecast/budget sales and gross profits for weekly, monthly and quarterly goals. •Conducted time-motion studies to determine labor costs using activity-based costing.