brian mills

vice president - financial planning and analysis

About

Senior finance professional with extensive experience in corporate and operational finance. Business experience across multiple industries including electric power, telecommunications, automotive, lighting and real estate. Key strategic partner to management beyond financials and metrics. Proven leader who demonstrates initiative by driving process improvements. Experience includes: * Financial Modeling * Financial Planning & Analysis * General and Cost Accounting * SOX / Internal Controls * Global / International experience * M&A * Bid & Quote / Customer Proposals * Sales & Operations Planning * Partnering with Operations * Talent development

Country

united states

City

chicago

Industry

utilities

Skill

financial analysis, forecasting, financial reporting, accounting, financial modeling, cross functional team leadership, finance, business process improvement, hyperion enterprise, internal controls, mergers and acquisitions, essbase, cost accounting, financial forecasting, auditing, hyperion, managerial finance, revenue recognition, budgets, variance analysis, financial accounting, budgeting, corporate finance, acquisition integration, cash flow, due diligence, financial planning, strategic financial planning, p&l, us gaap, gaap, financial audits, divestitures, consolidation, pricing, p&l management, capital budgeting, u.s. generally accepted accounting principles

Experience

various finance and accounting roles - rotational program

motorola

1997-1 - 2010-1 · 13 yrs 1 mo

accounting

various

1993-1 - 1997-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

vice president - financial planning and analysis

gridliance, a blackstone portfolio company

2015-8 - Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

finance director

motorola solutions

2011-1 - 2015-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Finance Director – M&A. I led M&A activity for the finance function for both pre-deal due diligence and post-deal integration. I am proud of leading the divestiture activities for the finance function of the Enterprise business (a $2B business) on a very compressed time schedule (5 months). I also drove cost synergies by integrating the finance teams from acquisitions into our shared service model. Finance Director – Shared Services. I created and managed a shared service team of 12 financial analysts that supported go-to-market & product finance teams in a business with $3B+ in annual revenue. My manager and I restructured the finance team to create better alignment with operations and reduced overlap within the team.