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Martin J Walsh 224-627-4369 — 5844 N West Circle Ave, Chicago, IL 60631 [email protected] — www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-walsh/0/658/a60 Addison Group (Contract) 2016-Present American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (Contract); Park Ridge, IL; Feb-Aug, 2016 Senior Financial Analyst - 2016-Present Provide analytical and budget planning support during a general ledger implementation project. Lead the month end close process, including accounting and variance analysis; Prepare, distribute, and consolidate budget planning workbooks across the organization; capital planning; and assist chart of accounts conversion and implementation. DS Services of America 2011-2015 DS Services of America, Western Division; Grand Prairie, TX 2011-2015 Director of Finance — 2013 - 2015 Business Analysis Manager — 2011 - 2013 As a member of the Western Division’s Senior Leadership team, I directed the financial and analytical support for six regions, 60 branches, 10 manufacturing facilities across multiple states for Home and Office Water and Coffee Services. I Prepared and presented financial results, annual budgets, and forecasts to Corporate Senior Management. Developed and implemented extensive improvements to the reporting structure across the division, and helped to drive planning, performance improvements, and operating efficiencies. Developed an interactive scorecard that tracked key metrics on a weekly basis from the route level consolidating up to the division level. Improved customer service metrics (25%), supplemental sales metrics (33%), and customer base growth (10%). Implemented inventory analysis program to track turns and identify excesses within the division- wide inventory across 60 locations. Reduced days on hand inventory from 60 to 30 days on hand over a one year period. Brunswick Corporation 1998-2009 Valley-Dynamo; Grand Prairie, TX 2005-2009 Director of Finance and Accounting — 2007 - 2009 Controller — 2005 - 2007 Valley-Dynamo was the Commercial Products Division of Brunswick Billiards that manufactured and sold coin-operated pool tables, air hockey, and other game tables in Dallas. I prepared and presented financial results, annual budgets, and lead strategic planning and the monthly accounting close. I also developed reporting, key metrics, and process improvements across multiple functional areas. Developed reporting metrics to track key business performance indicators to drive improvement in cash flow management. Improved Days Sales Outstanding from 64 to 43 days; improved Inventory Days On-Hand from 120 days to 65 days; improved Days Payable Outstanding from 22 to 31 days.

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Page 1: Martin J Walsh Resume

Martin J Walsh 224-627-4369 — 5844 N West Circle Ave, Chicago, IL 60631

[email protected] — www.linkedin.com/pub/martin-walsh/0/658/a60

Addison Group (Contract) 2016-Present American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (Contract); Park Ridge, IL; Feb-Aug, 2016 Senior Financial Analyst - 2016-Present

Provide analytical and budget planning support during a general ledger implementation project. Lead the month end close process, including accounting and variance analysis; Prepare, distribute, and consolidate budget planning workbooks across the organization; capital planning; and assist chart of accounts conversion and implementation.

DS Services of America 2011-2015 DS Services of America, Western Division; Grand Prairie, TX 2011-2015 Director of Finance — 2013 - 2015 Business Analysis Manager — 2011 - 2013

As a member of the Western Division’s Senior Leadership team, I directed the financial and analytical support for six regions, 60 branches, 10 manufacturing facilities across multiple states for Home and Office Water and Coffee Services. I Prepared and presented financial results, annual budgets, and forecasts to Corporate Senior Management. Developed and implemented extensive improvements to the reporting structure across the division, and helped to drive planning, performance improvements, and operating efficiencies.

• Developed an interactive scorecard that tracked key metrics on a weekly basis from the route level consolidating up to the division level. Improved customer service metrics (25%), supplemental sales metrics (33%), and customer base growth (10%).

• Implemented inventory analysis program to track turns and identify excesses within the division-wide inventory across 60 locations. Reduced days on hand inventory from 60 to 30 days on hand over a one year period.

Brunswick Corporation 1998-2009 Valley-Dynamo; Grand Prairie, TX 2005-2009 Director of Finance and Accounting — 2007 - 2009 Controller — 2005 - 2007

Valley-Dynamo was the Commercial Products Division of Brunswick Billiards that manufactured and sold coin-operated pool tables, air hockey, and other game tables in Dallas. I prepared and presented financial results, annual budgets, and lead strategic planning and the monthly accounting close. I also developed reporting, key metrics, and process improvements across multiple functional areas.

• Developed reporting metrics to track key business performance indicators to drive improvement in cash flow management. Improved Days Sales Outstanding from 64 to 43 days; improved Inventory Days On-Hand from 120 days to 65 days; improved Days Payable Outstanding from 22 to 31 days.

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Brunswick Billiards; Bristol, WI 2000-2005 Manager of Financial Planning and Analysis — 2003 - 2005 Financial Analyst — 2000 - 2003

Brunswick Billiards was the Consumer Products Division of Brunswick Billiards that designed and sold home pool tables and other game tables from their headquarters in Bristol, WI. I lead the preparation and presentation of financial results, annual budgets, and strategic plans to Senior Management for this $115 million division. I developed and implemented reporting, key metrics, and process improvements across multiple functional areas. I reported to the Division President.

• Developed a Monthly Sales Performance report to track sales trends across the division. Included monthly and rolling sales trends by product, region, and customer. Utilized by Senior Management to track trends, plan strategy, and product life cycles.

Brunswick Corporation; Lake Forest, IL 1998-2000 Financial Leadership Development Program; (Brunswick Corp) — 1998-1999

Accountant (Brunswick Corporate Consolidation) 1999 Accountant (Life Fitness) 1999 FP&A Analyst ( Mercury Marine) 1998 ERP Implementation Analyst ( Mercury Marine) 1998

Brunswick’s Financial Leadership Development Program is a two year, multi-divisional, multi-role financial rotational development program. I spent time in Financial Planning, Accounting, Corporate Consolidations, Auditing, and ERP Implementation.

Education Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management — MBA, 2006 University of Illinois — Bachelors of Science in Finance, 1997

Profile As an experienced manager and financial analyst I have an extensive history of helping to improve budgeting and analytical tools to drive results. I have created practical, implementable metrics to measure performance and focus efforts for improvement, as well as developed reporting tools to identify trends within all functional areas of the business.

Skills Forecasting, Budgeting, Planning, Reporting, FP&A, Manager, Management, Accounting, Manufacturing, Operations, Strategy, Acquisitions, Process Improvement, Key Metrics, Cross-functional support, Inventory, Capital Projects, Training, Cash Flow Management, Sales & Marketing Support, Six Sigma, ERP Implementation, Oracle, Hyperion, Oracle BI, Essbase, AS400, MS Office