Commercial Finance Manager Candidate
St. Louis, MO
Finance
7 years
4/18/2024
Profile
Polished, persuasive, and professional finance business partner with 7 years of experience working for well-respected midsize and large companies. Industry experience includes manufacturing/consumer packaged goods, healthcare, and agriculture. Experience in private equity and publicly owned environments. Strong Power BI, OneStream, and Excel skills. Hands-on, takes initiative to drive change and consistently improve. Outgoing personality with a passion for business and finance.
Why Hire This Candidate (In Their Own Words): “I am an ambitious finance professional with a deep willingness to learn, and I always accept new challenges. I have a history of working with executive leadership due to my ability to proactively identify and solve problems.”
Strengths: (1) financial acumen, (2) leveraging technology and systems for financial insights, (3) building relationships, and (4) ability to positively persuade decision makers.
Career Highlight 1: Started as a Financial Analyst with 3 peers and within two years emerged as the leader of the group. Now responsible for the majority of commercial divisions, while being finance lead for a large acquisition company.
Career Highlight 2: Assigned to historically non-cooperative regional Sales Leaders as the finance business partner. Within a few months, was able to provide real value and turn the Sales Leader into cooperative partners of the FP&A team.
Career Highlight 3: History of incremental improvements through financial discipline, resulting in significant bottom-line returns. Recent examples include a $500k/year cost savings discovery presented and approved by the company executive leadership team.
Hobbies & Personal Interests: Spending time with his growing family and golfing with friends.
Education: BS Finance, MBA
Industry Experience: Agriculture, Healthcare, Manufacturing
Company Fit: Great for midsize private equity or publicly traded companies
Management Experience: 1 year, 3 staff
Systems Experience: Power BI, OneStream
Open To: Hybrid, In-office
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