Jennon R.

About Jennon R.

Through my experience in financial management I’ve learned the financial and analytical skills necessary to succeed in this intense fast-paced field. While working at Champions, a Knowledge Universe Brand, I designed a new budgeting a forecasting tool developed by Adaptive Insights. I deployed the tool to 43 regional locations across the United States. In my current role I work for a VP of Finance located in Atlanta, support a regional team of 50 GMs located in 7 states and Canada. I have a proven history of working with diverse remote teams to increase revenue and decrease expenses to drive the bottom line. I currently manage 4 direct reports.Specialties: Financial leadership, strategic planning, financial consulting, business performance, financial metrics, reporting, margin improvement, present value analysis, cash flow analysis, cost effective negotiations, presentations, performance analysis, forecasting, internal systems, internal controls, continuous process improvement, variance analysis, trend analysis, team building

Experience

1. Director of Finance, West and Canada

   Americold Logistics, LLC.

   Jun 2018 — Present · Portland, OR, US

   Partner with Regional VP to provide consulting, budgeting, forecasting and comprehensive financial management for 34 warehouses in 7 states and Canada. Establish and consistently maintain business relationships with all levels in the Region and across the greater organization. Form internal partnerships to leverage resources and improve support to the Region to improve business processes and margin-Consistently coach site leadership to use forecasts to make critical business decisions that have favorable impact to margin-Prepare, execute, communicate budget process & procedures to 34 sites nationwide-Partner with Regional & Executive leadership on site performance to influence key decision making such as new business, leadership changes, and employee development opportunities-Enhance productivity and business acumen by providing hands-on training/consistent coaching to 34 general managers-Select, coach and develop finance employees

Education

• Portland State University - School of Business

  BS, Finance and IT

  1999 — 2003

• W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University

  MBA, Finance and IT

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Business Strategy
• Internal Audit
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Executive Management
• Analysis
• Operations Management
• Budgeting
• Vendor Management
• Financial Analysis
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Integration
• Financial Reporting
• Business Analysis
• Program Management
• Strategic Planning
• Variance Analysis
• Team Building
• Management
• Budgets
• Project Management
• Finance
• Negotiation
• Business Process Improvement
• Microsoft Excel
• Business Process
• Leadership
• Business Intelligence
• Internal Controls
• Strategy
• Risk Management
• Corporate Finance
• Process Improvement
• Financial Modeling
• Erp
• Data Analysis