Jeff Partyka

• Drive the budget and forecasting processes for profit and cost centers; ensure key assumptions are accurately reflected and identify risks and cost savings opportunities • Create complex financial models, for predicting sales, margins, expenses and other KPI's to drive business and strategy decisions • Develop and support new product business cases including ROI analysis, total internal and external cost analysis, and quarterly review of actuals vs. business case targets. • Proactively call out risks and identify opportunities to steer the business towards beating targets • Utilize statistical and predictive analytic techniques to measure impact of channel sales strategies, customer churn, and regional sales to help the organization determine outcomes, and forecast and predict future behaviors

•Manage the financial planning team, providing leadership, guidance, and development opportunities to increase business acumen, system knowledge, and interpersonal aptitude of analysts. •Lead process for the annual operating plan and quarterly financial forecasts. •Provide financial analysis relating to the annual operating plan, including advising business partners regarding reporting framework, guidelines, and key assumptions. •Deliver monthly and quarterly reporting to business partners and senior leadership to address current and future business and financial risks, opportunities, and requirements. •Analyze monthly and quarterly results against budget, forecasts, and prior periods, make actionable recommendations, and revise methodology to increase the accuracy of future forecasts. •Develop and implement methods and techniques to improve financial forecasting, analysis, processes, and system functionality.

•Coached, developed, and mentored a team of nine data analysts. •Managed data modeling, visualization, process automation, reporting, and system enhancement projects. •Served as a subject matter expert on brand and product reporting, business processes, and initiatives. •Built and maintained relationships with Partners (vendors) and brand management teams by supporting inquiries on reporting measures, financial results, and accounting adjustments. •Developed and presented quarterly Partner Funding outlook to senior leadership. •Drove alignment on annual targets and progress through quarterly business reviews with department leadership. •Collaborated on system technology enhancements by developing a business case, defining success criteria, strategic decision making, monitoring progress, and driving project implementation. •Identified critical problems, worked with business partners to quickly determine the root cause, and recommended solutions.

•Led a team of six financial analysts in the development and review of monthly reporting, analysis, forecasting, and planning of Partner Funding. •Analyzed the impact of Partner investments on consolidated gross margin and cash flow. •Presented financial results and key metrics to executive leadership. •Collaborated with internal finance teams and business partners to understand and communicate trends and variances. •Drove improvements in month-end reporting processes that reduced month-end close by 30%. •Support change management by understanding and addressing the impacts of accounting policies, financial statement initiatives, and non-standard transactions. •Maintained an effective system of internal controls to support SOX compliance. •Provided consultation to internal and external parties on key business initiatives such as automating Deferred Revenue processes and reporting, and Cisco VIP rebate platform transformation.

•Developed annual financial plans and forecasts, including variance analysis, income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow. •Built financial models to more accurately forecast income and cash flow. •Prepared analysis and deliverables for executives and management briefings. •Implemented process improvements in reporting and analysis. •Trained and mentored eight analysts to meet management expectation successfully.

•Calculated and accrued $120 million in vendor incentive rebates annually. •Coordinated financial close activities to ensure accuracy of financial statements. •Performed key accounting functions such as account reconciliations, income statement tie-offs, and recording of manual journal entries. •Developed working papers using advanced Excel functions, including embedded database queries, reporting cubes, pivot tables, and complex formulas. •Decreased vendor receivable balances by enforcing timeliness of Partner payments.

•Audited financial statements, including reviews of quarterly financial information. •Tested significant management estimates and technical accounting areas. •Conducted substantive tests of detail, analytical procedures, and analyzed financial ratios. •Researched U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) to solve issues that arose during the audit. •Performed audits of internal control over financial reporting, including Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. •Tested and evaluated the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of company's controls under the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) framework. •Interacted with clients on daily basis to obtain necessary financial information to perform the audit. •Coached and mentored new team members. •Developed audit working papers using advanced Excel functions, including pivot tables and VLookups.

•Consulted multinational corporations and their employees regarding international assignments. •Analyzed tax implications for expatriates, including Foreign Tax Credits and Foreign Earned Income Exclusion. •Prepared expatriate tax returns, tax equalization settlements, and hypothetical tax calculations. •Responded to federal and state tax notices through research of tax code. •Provided tax gross-up recommendations. •Reviewed employee compensation and recommended reporting adjustments.

• Built customer relationships to solve technology needs. • Provided solutions and closed sales of up to $2,500. • Attached accessories, services, and financing to increase margin. • Trained new associates in the areas of operations, product knowledge, and sales techniques. • Executed planograms, ad pricing, and inventory organization.