Heather Brown

Experience

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  Chase Pitkin

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  Department Manager
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  Chase Pitkin

  Jan 2001 - Apr 2006

  Project Manager

  Managed Consumer Affairs Department reporting directly to company president. Responsibilities included researching and resolving customer issues by working with stores, vendors and other departments. Organized and executed company-wide programs that resulted in improved processes or increased sales. Continuously sought out expense savings and process improvement opportunities. Managed in-store promotional events, such as grand re-openings, anniversary sales and tent sales. Position eliminated with the closing of the chain.• Initiated and negotiated vendor contracts for all operating supply items for 15 stores and office locations. The results: An overall 18% savings that went to the bottom line in the first year.• Acted as company lead and participated in a reverse auction in conjunction with Wegmans Food Markets to purchase uniforms. Managed vendor negotiations. The results: An overall total company savings of 35%. Show less

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  University of Rochester

  May 2006 - Feb 2008

  • Office Manager, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute

    Aug 2007 - Feb 2008

  • Administrative Assistant/Shared Services Organization

    May 2006 - Jul 2007
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  Constellation Brands

  Mar 2008 - May 2011

  Financial Analyst

  Hired to provide financial analysis and reporting support to business units within the company. Trained peers in each operating unit on the fine points of system use. Administered system security protocols, authored basic business rules used in planning and developed web forms for data input.

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  Constellation Brands

  Jul 2011 - Apr 2015

  Promoted to Senior Financial Analyst with tactical responsibility for direct support of enterprise-wide Hyperion applications. Promoted to Manager, Financial Systems with additional full-charge accountability, including staff supervision and strategic global finance and Hyperion systems support to other operating units within the company. Core responsibilities include:• Managing ongoing update and maintenance of the Hyperion financial platform, including FDM, HFM, planning, Essbase environments and other related products.• Analyzing reported data and providing application administration of metadata, rules & security.• Translating customer requirements into specifications for solutions; then building the solution to the customer’s requirements.• Providing project management support for ongoing system enhancements to maximize tools, processes and resources. Developing, deploying and maintaining effective and efficient processes and tools for data loading.• Developing, deploying, maintaining and interpreting financial reports and dashboards, including the collection of end-user requirements and reporting.• Serve as enterprise-wide, end-user Subject Matter Expert (SME), including providing training and support to facilitate financial planning and reporting. Show less Filling dual roles, assumed the responsibilities of Finance Manager in San Francisco (in the absence of the incumbent who went on maternity leave) while serving as Senior Financial Analyst at corporate in Victor. Core responsibilities included all monthly and quarterly reporting packages on a regional and corporate level. Developed expertise in providing insightful critical analysis and interpretation of results, building and reconciling forecasts, and supporting the development of the annual sales plan. Left position upon the hiring, onboarding and training of the replacement. Show less

  • Manager, Financial Systems (9/14-4/15) • Senior Financial Analyst (6/11-8/14)

    Jun 2011 - Apr 2015

  • Finance Manager, International Division

    Jul 2011 - Apr 2012
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  Checkpoint Consulting, LLC

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Principal Consultant

  Part of team responsible for global implementation of Planning and Essbase to replace Cognos for a leader in Oil & Gas industry. Integration of new global standard chart of accounts, DRM and FDMEE and HFM; implementations running in parallel.

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  Peloton Consulting Group

  Sept 2016 - now

  Peloton Group is a recognized leader in Integrated Cloud Solutions for Enterprise Performance Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Big Data-Analytics.Peloton provides Advisory, Consulting, and Managed services with deep functional and technical expertise specializing in serving clients in the Life Sciences, Retail, Manufacturing, Insurance, Aerospace and Defense and Financial Services industries. Our business and technology professionals provide a unique perspective, proven experience, with an innovative and collaborative approach to achieve results for clients. Show less

  • Director

    May 2022 - now

  • Sr. Manager at Peloton Group

    Sept 2019 - now

  • Manager at Peloton Group

    Sept 2016 - now