Elaine Lo
Vice President at San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE
- Role
- Vice President, Finance at San Francisco Chronicle
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elaine Lo
Experienced, hands-on senior finance executive able to lead and navigate a changing environment and create a winning team culture. Serve as trusted partner and strategic advisor utilizing data and analytical insights to influence decisions, balance risk and grow business overall. Accomplishments:Deliver strategic initiativesLed the financial due diligence that delivered three transformative initiatives: 1) the $1.9B acquisition of Ainsworth Pet Nutrition; 2) the cross over of a $100M+ Pet Specialty exclusive brand to Mass resulting in +30% growth; and 3) the launch of Milo’s Kitchen branded dog snacks which grew to $60M in first 3 years.Build team capabilitiesSuccessfully transitioned high performing finance organization after being acquired by KKR and then by the JM Smucker Company. Led all planning processes including quarterly forecast, annual plan, and 5-year strategic plan.Drive brand growth and profitabilityCollaborated with innovation, marketing and operations to launch over 50 on-trend products and margin-accretive line extensions generating over $250M in sales and lowered costs by discontinuing unprofitable product lines and rationalizing inefficient items saving $7M, annually.Foster strong partnershipsSuccessfully partnered with sales and customer marketing to close a volume and profit gap by quickly and profitably deploying $25M in unbudgeted trade across brands and customers.Key words: financial modeling and analysis, KPI, dashboard & trend reporting, M&A valuation, sales & trade finance, C-Level engagement, process & systems optimization, Investor Relations, new product launches, FP & A strategy & execution, cross-functional leadership, coaching/mentoring, analytical insights, long range planning, forecasting, budgeting, decision support, relationship building, reporting
Experience
Vice President, Finance
Nov 2019 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Divisional CFO and member of Executive Leadership team
Education
NYU Stern School of Business
MBA, Finance
Georgetown University
BSBA, Finance
Skills
- P&L
- Financial Reporting
- Forecasting
- Financial Modeling
- Retail
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