AMBER STONE
Finance Manager
Seattle, WA · a.stone@email.com · (555) 528-6672
Summary
Finance manager with 9 years leading FP&A functions for retail and consulting organizations. Manages a $75M operating budget and a 4-person team, driving $6M in annual cost savings through zero-based budgeting initiatives.
Experience
Finance Manager · Nordstrom
2020 - Present
- Lead FP&A for a $75M operating budget, managing a team of 4 financial analysts
- Implemented zero-based budgeting across 5 departments, driving $6M in annual cost savings
- Built a rolling forecast model in Anaplan that improved forecast accuracy from 82% to 95%
- Present quarterly board reporting packs covering P&L, cash flow and 12 KPI trends
Senior Financial Analyst · Deloitte
2016 - 2020
- Managed monthly forecasting and variance analysis for a $40M regional practice
- Built executive dashboards in Power BI presented monthly to the CFO and regional partners
- Led a system migration from Hyperion to Adaptive Insights, cutting reporting cycle time by 40%
- Standardized 9 engagement profitability templates adopted across the West Coast practice
Financial Analyst · Alaska Airlines
2013 - 2016
- Prepared monthly close schedules and accruals for a $12M departmental cost center
- Built Excel models tracking headcount and vendor spend across 3 operating groups
- Automated a manual reporting pack in Excel VBA, saving 20 hours of analyst time each month
Education
M.B.A. — University of Washington · 2016
Skills
FP&A, Budgeting, Forecasting, Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, Power BI, Team Leadership, P&L Management, Cost Reduction, Financial Modeling, Business Partnering, KPI Reporting
Certifications
CMA, Institute of Management Accountants
CPA, Washington State Board of Accountancy
