Melissa Friedman

About Melissa Friedman

Finance Director with an MBA degree and 15+ years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience, including 6 years in leadership roles. Extensive experience managing all aspects of financial planning and analysis and building financial models for complex problems, capital planning, manufacturing analysis, standard costing, scenario planning, forecasting, and sensitivity analysis. Well-developed skills preparing annual budgets, performing forecasting and variance analysis, preparing business cases for capital requests, and providing ad hoc financial analysis and reporting. Dedicated leader with advanced technical skills, an ability to deliver presentations to all levels of an organization, and a proven track record of success developing and implementing processes that improve accuracy, streamline efficiency, and reduce costs. Areas of Expertise: Financial Planning & Analysis Financial Modeling Financial Management Forecasting & Variance Analysis Ad Hoc Analysis & Reporting Training & Leading Teams Budget Planning Business Case Development Financial ReportingTechnical Skills:Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint), Hyperion (Advanced Essbase and Pillar), Cognos Impromptu, PowerPlay, Adobe Acrobat, SAP BusinessObjects, Teradata SQL, QuickBase, SAP, Programming Skills (Visual Basic, Visual Basic for Applications, SQL) You may e-mail me directly at m••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Director of Financial Planning and Analysis

   Richemont

   May 2023 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

Education

• Trinity University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting and Operations Management

Skills

• Budgets
• Ad Hoc Reporting
• Finance
• Business Intelligence
• Internal Controls
• Risk Management
• Essbase
• Financial Reporting
• Project Planning
• Access
• Capital Budgeting
• Strategic Planning
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Team Building
• Management
• Business Analysis
• Corporate Finance
• Problem Solving
• Business Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Microsoft Access
• Sql
• Revenue Forecasting
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerplay
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Teradata
• Forecasting
• Variance Analysis
• Auditing
• Acquisition Integration
• Financial Analysis
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Pricing
• Visual Basic
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Sap