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Accomplished FP&A leader with over 10 years of experience translating complex data into actionable financial insights. Proven track record in driving cost efficiencies, optimizing reporting infrastructure, and enabling strategic decision-making through advanced Excel and Power BI modeling. Experienced partner and collaborator with executive leadership to drive accountability and business alignment.

Career Highlight 1: Optimized reporting infrastructure by developing a scalable SQL data environment, creating a single source of truth. This automation reduced manual workload by 40 work hours per month, significantly increasing decision-making speed.

Career Highlight 2: Rebuilt the monthly close and reporting workflow by identifying and eliminating reporting inefficiencies, bringing a newly acquired international entity into a single consolidated reporting structure. Reduced the time required to produce consolidated financials, while increasing accuracy and confidence in the results.

Career Highlight 3: Developed dynamic item level pricing models for a consumer goods brand, created a scalable framework that aligned costs, demand signals, and competitive dynamics to drive profitable growth and reduce margin leakage across the portfolio.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): I offer a unique combination of technical data infrastructure expertise and strategic financial leadership. I have a demonstrated ability to modernize legacy processes, recover hundreds of annual labor hours through automation, and implement controls that directly protect margins. My approach ensures that leadership makes decisions based on a single, accurate source of truth rather than fragmented data.

Strengths: Strategic Financial Planning & Modeling
Advanced Data Analytics (Power BI, Excel)
P&L Management & Variance Analysis
Process Optimization & ERP Implementation

Hobbies & Personal Interests: Woodworking, getting outdoors (hiking, racquetball, camping), supporting St. Louis City, and spending time with family.

Credentials: Masters of Science in Applied Analytics
Bachelors of Science in Finance

Industry Experience: Consumer Packaged Goods, Education, Manufacturing, Private Equity, Wholesale & Distribution

Company Fit: Experienced in small and large environments, ranging from private equity-backed consumer brands to large-scale systems.

Management Experience: Over 4 years of management experience; currently managing and developing a team of three financial analysts.

Software Experience: SAP, Sage 100, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday (Data conversion lead), Blackboard, Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, BI360, Tableau

Open To: Hybrid, In-office, Remote