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Commercial finance leader with 14+ years of experience across FP&A, sales finance, cost accounting, and internal audit within a global agriculture and crop science organization. Serves as the finance business partner, effectively a mini-CFO, for a $1.5B+ U.S. sales region, partnering with regional VPs, product management, marketing, and agronomy to drive revenue and margin decisions. Previously a global FP&A partner to teams in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia; integrated post-merger ERP reporting; and managed $425M in manufacturing spend as a plant cost analyst. Led international audit teams in Brazil and the Netherlands. BS in Business Administration (Finance and Real Estate), cum laude. Seeking meaningful work, flexibility, and continued career growth.

Career Highlight 1: Steered financial direction for a $1.5B national business and partnered with the Regional VP to build the strategy behind $1B+ in annual revenue for a U.S. sales region. Now leads finance for a $1.5B+ revenue sales region on a cross-functional, self-directed team, aligning finance, product, marketing, and agronomy on resource allocation.

Career Highlight 2: Managed $425M in raw material and conversion spend at a manufacturing plant, improving forecast accuracy and variance analysis, and led SAP product costing for the annual budget and LRP. Also improved inventory management, natural gas hedging, and duty drawback forecasting processes at the site.

Career Highlight 3: Integrated the acquired company’s ERP reporting into the acquirer’s systems after a major merger, enabling detailed analysis and full budget, forecast, and long-range planning. Earlier, helped roll out a new financial reporting and consolidation tool by validating data accuracy against the old system and training analysts on it.

Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): I’m a commercial finance leader who acts as a true business partner. For 14+ years I’ve helped sales and regional leaders make better decisions, and today I steer finance for a $1.5B+ sales region as the go-to partner on revenue and margin strategy. My background spans cost accounting, internal audit, global FP&A, and commercial finance, so I understand the business end to end. I simplify complex analysis, build scalable processes, and communicate clearly with executives.

Strengths: (1) Commercial and sales finance business partnering with senior leaders, (2) financial modeling, forecasting, and long-range planning, (3) process improvement and systems integration.

Education: BS in Finance

Industry Experience: Agriculture, Manufacturing

Company Fit: Large

Management Experience: No formal direct reports. Led audit teams on international assignments in Brazil and the Netherlands (2013-2015), trained analysts on a new reporting tool, and leads within self-directed teams.

Software Experience: SAP, Hyperion, Excel

Open To: Hybrid