Roxanne Neilson

Continuous Improvement Leader @Plexus Corp.

Appleton, WI, US

Collaborate with key stakeholders across the global finance organization, including Operations Finance, Corporate Finance & Accounting, Corporate Treasury and Shared Services, to optimize financial processes and build a continuous improvement culture. Leverage my skills as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, experienced project manager and lead change agent while also lending my experience and expertise in multiple financial processes and functions. Key achievements include- Developed and deployed a financial analytics application to improve Operations Finance\'s ability to proactively monitor and analyze its revenue and margin performance against its expectations on a daily basis- Acted as primary business owner for the analytics solution, managing the development of new data models and user-facing visualizations within the tool in partnership with Finance leadership and a network of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), training and supporting the global end user base, managing change requests and coordinating all technical requirements with internal IT partners and the third party vendor-Facilitated regional workshops to define what it means to be a business partner rather than a finance a data provider. Led teams through the journey of identifying their current responsibilities, understanding which add value and developing a portfolio of actions required to eliminate or minimize those not in line with the business partnering role- Led a global team to develop a standard, repeatable behavioral skills development program for Financial Analysts- Established and led a global continuous improvement council to empower and enable all Finance team members to engage in continuous improvement activities as part of their daily work- Led multiple kaizen events to improve financial processes.

University of South Florida

Master of Science (M.S.), Accounting