Experience

CenTrio Energy

• United States
• Facilities Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Chicago, Illinois, United States •Managing the monthly close and reporting processes for the Chicago region, including journal entries, financial reporting & analysis, variance explanations, and reconciliations. •Implementing improvements in several old and out of date processes as well as building brand new processes as the company was sold to new private equity owners and a new support service group was spooled up. •Managing the annual budgeting process and monthly forecasting process for the Chicago region, including… Show more •Managing the monthly close and reporting processes for the Chicago region, including journal entries, financial reporting & analysis, variance explanations, and reconciliations. •Implementing improvements in several old and out of date processes as well as building brand new processes as the company was sold to new private equity owners and a new support service group was spooled up. •Managing the annual budgeting process and monthly forecasting process for the Chicago region, including all aspects of the P&L and balance sheet. •Building and maintaining operational KPI reports to aid the operational leadership team in decision making. •Coordinating the capital budgets for several large capital improvement projects totaling more than $20M in capital spending. Show less



Grainger

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • Feb 2018 - Aug 2020

  •Spent 6 months living and working in London from Oct 2019 to March 2020 to assist in establishing and standing up Zoro UK, a UK based online distributor of MRO products, as a stand alone business and was the main finance member in implementing SAP Business One as their ERP. •Continually helped the Zoro UK team build accounting and finance processes as they build a standalone business with plans for significant future growth. •Leveraged experience in the online endless assortment business… Show more •Spent 6 months living and working in London from Oct 2019 to March 2020 to assist in establishing and standing up Zoro UK, a UK based online distributor of MRO products, as a stand alone business and was the main finance member in implementing SAP Business One as their ERP. •Continually helped the Zoro UK team build accounting and finance processes as they build a standalone business with plans for significant future growth. •Leveraged experience in the online endless assortment business model to aid in report building and ad hoc analysis for the online businesses. •Assisted in month-end activities for the Grainger Global Online Businesses including preparing expense accruals, intercompany charges & reconciliations, etc. •Provided financial support for several of the online international businesses in Grainger’s portfolio including Zoro US, Zoro UK, Zoro Tools Germany, & MonotaRO and assisted in the consolidation and financial reviews of Grainger’s online business portfolio. Show less



Zoro US

• United States

• Senior Financial Analyst

  • Jun 2016 - Feb 2018

  Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States •Provided financial reporting, analysis, and counsel to the Zoro leadership team and lead the financial planning, forecasting, and long range forecasting processes as the Zoro business grew from $300M to $500M. •Worked cross-functionally with all levels of the organization including Marketing, Paid Search, Product Management, IT, Customer Service, Pricing, User Experience and worked closely with leaders of each department for budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis to aid in decision… Show more •Provided financial reporting, analysis, and counsel to the Zoro leadership team and lead the financial planning, forecasting, and long range forecasting processes as the Zoro business grew from $300M to $500M. •Worked cross-functionally with all levels of the organization including Marketing, Paid Search, Product Management, IT, Customer Service, Pricing, User Experience and worked closely with leaders of each department for budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc analysis to aid in decision making. •Showed the ability to influence decision making without specific authority and became a trusted member of the team in decision making. •Performed complex financial modeling and analysis to support decision making and provided recommendations to senior leadership to help improve the Zoro business. •Performed analyses including customer lifetime value analysis, promotional analysis, Google analytics/Paid Search analysis, web pricing analysis, and more. •Built and maintained daily promotional Sales and gross profit forecast and tracking reporting.

• Financial Analyst

  • Oct 2014 - Jun 2016

  Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States •Provided financial reporting, analysis, and counsel to the Zoro leadership team as the business grew from $80M to $300M+ in revenue. •Help build & maintain monthly reporting packages which included forecast, budget, and prior variance reporting, balance sheet variance reporting, headcount reporting, aged receivables reports, gross profit bridges, cost center reporting, top customer reports, top products & categories reports, and more. •Led the financial planning, forecasting, and long… Show more •Provided financial reporting, analysis, and counsel to the Zoro leadership team as the business grew from $80M to $300M+ in revenue. •Help build & maintain monthly reporting packages which included forecast, budget, and prior variance reporting, balance sheet variance reporting, headcount reporting, aged receivables reports, gross profit bridges, cost center reporting, top customer reports, top products & categories reports, and more. •Led the financial planning, forecasting, and long range forecasting processes for a growing start-up as Zoro grew from $80M to $300M+ in revenue. •Worked cross-functionally with all levels of the organization and showed the ability to influence decision making without specific authority.

• Accountant

  • Aug 2013 - Oct 2014

  •Assisted in the monthly close process and performed tasks including preparing journal entries and gathering the required support as well as reconciling the required accounts each month. •Prepared monthly financial statements and other financial reporting as well as provided ad hoc financial analyses to support decision making. •Worked closely with customer service performing customer refunds and learned a lot about the ins and outs of an ERP.



Lakeshore Management, LLC

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern/Junior Analyst

  • May 2011 - Aug 2012

  I spent two summers working as an intern for Lakeshore, which is a company that owns and manages a portfolio of mobile home communities. Tasks included financial analysis, utility analysis, property management tasks, etc.



Regal Cinemas

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Usher/Concessionist

  • May 2007 - Aug 2010

  Round Lake, IL Worked at a movie theater selling tickets, selling concession stand goods, and cleaning up after movies ended. I also aided managers in training new employees.