Joe Ellis

About Joe Ellis

Finance leader with a passion for learning the business and being fully engaged with all business partners. 20 years of experience in Finance and Accounting with a proven record of enhancing stakeholder value. Providing fact based analytics to support the business strategic plan. Act as a financial adviser and co-pilot to the business executive leaders, active with recommendations to help deliver against stated business objectives. Areas of Expertise Include:• Strategic – Strategic goal oriented continually identifying risks and opportunities to optimize the business potential• Budgeting/Forecasting – Manage, Track, Report forecasts and budgets ranging from $25MM – $1.5B• Financial Statements – Preparation, variance analysis and presentation to Senior Management • Variance Analysis – Quantifying earnings variances by; price, volume, mix, exchange rate, cost of goods and SG & A• International – Lived in Brazil for 3 years, successful completion of objective to get a Joint Venture cash flow neutral• Demand Planning – Increasing forecasting accuracy, decreasing working capital by $10MM• Marketing – Supporting sales and marketing with financial modeling of new and existing programs to increase profitability• Team Building & People Development – 8 years of experience leading and developing a staff. Size ranging between 1 and 8• Bilingual – Fluent in Portuguese

Experience

1. Director - Treasury and Fp & a

   Neptune Wellness

   Jul 2023 — Present · Boise, ID, US

   Developed structure for the FP & A and treasury functions including Board Decks, weekly forecasting and variance analysis for a $70M sales CPG (Consumer packaged goods) business. Put in place AR factoring, lowering the cost of capital with less restrictive covenants.• Lead turnaround and restructuring efforts with SG & A reductions/optimizations and the closure of an unprofitable business line• Developed a 13-week consolidated cash flow forecast model for each of the operating companies and corporate

Education

• Boise State University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General

  2014 — 2016

• University of Maryland

  B.S., Logistics and Transportation

  1996 — 2000

• University of Maryland

  B.S., Finance and Accounting

  1996 — 2000

• University of Maryland

  B.S., Marketing and International Business

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Operating Budgets
• Cost Variance Analysis
• Full P&L Responsibility
• Budget P&L
• Data Mining
• Cash Management
• Financial Modeling
• P&L Accountability
• Data Warehousing
• Valuation Modeling
• Revenue Forecasting
• International Business Experience
• Budgets
• Variance Explanations
• Cost Benefit
• @Risk
• Data Modeling
• Irr
• Variance Analysis
• Oracle Olap
• Sage Business Works
• Frx Report Writer
• Roi Optimization
• Feasibility Studies
• Capital Budgeting
• Solar Energy
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Cash Flow Forecasting
• Financial Variance Analysis
• Business Unit Start-Up
• Olap Cube Studio
• P&L Forecasting
• Payback
• Sap Bw
• Dcf Valuation
• Supervisory Experience
• Vba
• Sap R/3
• Database Design
• Working Capital Management