Ross Christensen

Experience

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  Honeywell

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2002

  • Collaborated closely with Human Resource and Finance representatives, ensuring the understanding of the goals and objectives for the performance measurement of 600 company executives, ranging from Directors to Chief Executive• Worked with IT to develop faster access to data, drastically reducing the time from hours to seconds, successfully meeting commitments for calculation of incentive results, ensuring that transactions were accurate• Successfully led a team in a stock transition analysis, confirming that "tainted" shares would not prevent the Allied Signal-Honeywell merger from being treated as Pooling of Interest, removing the requirement for a reevaluation of Honeywell assets, reducing future costs to the new company Show less

  • Cost & Inventory Analyst

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2002

  • Senior Analyst, Executive Compensation

    Jan 1999 - Jan 2000

  • Senior Staff Accountant

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
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  Imation

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Senior Manufacturing Financial Analyst

  • Responsible for the planning effort for the Wahpeton facility, overseeing $130M in originating and material cost, resulting in vigorous unit cost and performance targets, leading to profit acceleration• Refined tools and processes for a precise and timely reflection of actual unit costs, leading to being recognized as a Business Partner in the financial decisions at the Wahpeton facility

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  Best Buy for Business

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2004

  New Enterprise Analyst

  Led the multi-million-dollar endeavor to design and transition to off-system tools for Accounts Receivable, utilizing business principles to understand and implement user-friendly tools, producing successful and appropriate receipt of the thousands of Accounts Receivable transactions• Participated in the analysis of Best Buy for Business online tools, to help expedite their release

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  Data Recognition Corporation

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2021

  Director Of Financial Analysis

  • Collaborated with Program Management Professionals, overseeing $60M of annual billings, understanding and controlling cost in programs accounting, continually driving proficiency• Aided in the successful proposal of $1.7B of business, working to provide proactive P&Ls for each multi-million-dollar program, and producing semi-annual reports for all programs• Partnered with budget owners to aggressively plan and manage annual budgets, meeting monthly to review and discuss actual budgets, analyzing data, and ensuring alignment with the strategic plan• Integral team member working to cultivate solutions for various program concerns, including clarification of contract scope and associated costs, customer billing and payments issues, and customer relationships• Developed and implemented enhanced tools, driving the transition from manual input to automation, simplifying and improving the accuracy of estimates Show less

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  Xcel Energy

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

  Senior Accountant

  • Worked collaboratively to perform millions of dollars of monthly accruals• Monthly quick-turn of multimillion dollar forecast estimates

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  Goodwill of Duluth, Minnesota

  Aug 2022 - Jan 2023

  Interim Controller

  • Required deep-dig into prior work, with very little provided by prior controller• Worked closely with staff and CEO to establish accounting integrity