Hayden Legler

About Hayden Legler

Strategic and analytical finance leader with 10+ years of global experience in FP & A, commercial finance, and business operations across industry leading CPG (Pernod Ricard) and Industrial Gas (Air Liquide) organizations. Proven ability to drive forecasting accuracy, optimize reporting processes, and influence executive decision making through actionable financial insights. Skilled in cross-functional collaboration, financial modeling, and leveraging data tools like Power BI, Oracle and Essbase, to deliver performance driven results.

Experience

1. Finance Manager, Commercial Planning & Reporting

   Pernod Ricard

   Feb 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Oversee and optimize the full forecasting process for sales and volumes across the entire Pernod Ricard USA portfolio, collaborating with cross-functional brand and field finance teams to ensure accurate representation of future pricing actions and initiatives. Responsible for monthly financial reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in presenting key financial figures to North American and global leadership teams. Main reporting areas included Pernod Ricard USA P&L and Distributor gross profit consolidations.Distributor Partner: Act as main contact and manager of financial gross profiting reporting between PRUSA and their Distributor partners. Key areas of focus included marketing fund management and transversal management of stakeholders in order to have an accurate and cohesive flow of data between PRUSA and Distributors. Was able to effectively enable a monthly cadence of distributor reporting packages that detailed sales and volume variances from an actual, prior year, forecast, reforecast and budget time frame.

Education

• University College Dublin

  Quinn School of Business

  2013 — 2013

• University of Arkansas ­- Sam M. Walton College of Business

  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance and Economics

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Google+
• Microsoft Office
• Economic Development
• Industrial Gases
• Corporate Communications
• Account Reconciliation
• P&L Management
• G/L Reconciliations
• Financial Risk
• Working Capital Management
• Oracle General Ledger
• P&L Analysis
• Capital Project Analysis
• Change Management
• Discrepancy Resolution
• Google Apps
• Networking
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation
• Capital Project Planning
• Corporate Finance
• Oracle Discoverer
• Forecasting
• P&L Forecasting
• Google Slides
• Financial Analysis
• Google Docs
• Capital Allocation
• Google Sheets
• Google Groups
• Financial Reporting
• Customer Service
• Adp E-Time
• Oracle Applications
• Oracle E-Business Suite
• Monthly Close