Matt Fife

• Operationalized zero based budgeting structures and processes across enterprise-wide costs and expenses of $6B • Developed and executed executive leadership savings mandates • Created automated reporting to decrease delivery of ZBB reporting packages from 4 weeks to less than 1 week • Served as SME and advisor on finance technology projects, including strategy formulation, road mapping, and design

• Served as lead for all budgeting and outlook activity across the North American business including assumptions development and fixed costs goal setting • Assisted the SVP of Finance in post restructuring organizational development and strategy • Trained plant controllers in SAP production and Hyperion financial systems • Financial lead for strategic projects; performing due diligence, scenario analysis, and modeling

• Served as plant controller for two separate locations, responsible for all aspects of local accounting and finance • Developed reporting and forecasting models to reduce overtime spend from $1MM to less than $100K per annum • Led monthly plant performance review with executive management • Responsible for the creation of the annual budget, quarterly outlooks, and monthly forecasts at plant level • Partnered with plant manager to identify areas of opportunity, including customer profitability analysis, product standardization, production line optimization, and fixed cost reduction • Identified, tracked, and communicated profit improvement initiatives and joint target setting goals with local operations committees • Partnered with logistics team to help reduce aged raw material inventory and finished goods; eliminated all aged finished goods at one plant and reduced by 50% at another • Served as SAP COPA and BW/BO key user to ensure consistent financial data quality across all US plants • Successfully trained two new controllers and one cost accountant on all system, process, and reporting requirements

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Finance intern in the Value Realization Office Conducted research to identify inefficient, redundant account structures; developed and implemented action plan to resolve the issue Partnered with HR to redesign the change management process; eliminated areas of rework and consolidated and standardized all aspects of the input process

Managed the $250MM capital portfolio for the Merchandising organization Provided total financial leadership and direction to the functional management team Redesigned cost analysis document to increase transparency and reduce approval time for projects Developed financial reports to track spend more accurately and forecast more

Lead annual budgeting process for Global IT, including preparation and discussion with both the CIO and CFO Manage and execute all activity associated with the monthly and quarterly close Oversee the consolidation of GBUs' IT departments into the corporate structure Serve as primary financial point of contact for all matters pertaining to IT Serve as main POC for annual external audit

Assist in annual budgeting and strategic planning process for Global IT Perform month end, quarter end, and annual end for both Corporate IT and SAP implementation cost centers Examine and define capitalization rate on a quarterly basis for company's largest IT capital expenditure Monthly analysis and assessment of Corp IT and several IT projects actual costs and forecast expenses. Applying a continual improvement mindset to enhance the current methods of reporting and analysis in order to support management goals Monthly completion of headcount reporting, including working with HR and hiring managers to resolve discrepancies Accountable for updating forecasts and communicating financial information to 27 cost centers