Nikki Pennell - CFO, Accountant, VP of Finance, Financial Operations, Treasury and Cash Flow, Process Development Expert, Infinity Contracting LLC

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FlexPro MealsChief Financial Officer

Aug. 2023

L'OréalDirector Finance COE

May. 2022 - Jul. 2023St Petersburg, Florida, United States• Direct and lead the creation of business scenarios/simulations of current and future product projects to assess impact on margin • Direct and lead the development of robust financial assumptions (SCOS, Volume, Mix, FX, etc) and identify opportunities and risks. • Own analysis of financial performance and business drivers, data gathering and creation of management reports; provide ongoing reporting support and review the leadership • Lead bi-monthly trend, pre-budget and yearly budget development, consolidation, and reporting • Develop and deliver all defined reporting requirements for corporate and business areas • Own library of metrics and measures as well as maintenance of performance definitions • Provide accurate and timely month-end and periodic management reporting, including submissions to Corporate, Business Finance, etc. • Establish and manage change control / governance process. • Participate in group and local projects of process improvement

GSP RetailFinancial Planning and Analysis Manager

Jun. 2021 - May. 2022Clearwater, Florida, United States•Lead business planning processes including annual budget, long-term financial forecasts, acquisition analysis and capital expenditures •Prepare monthly reporting and analysis packets at the organizational and operating unit levels. Recipients include the Board of Directors, Executive Management and Directors/Managers •Ensure organizational understanding of production and gross margin as well as identification of improvement opportunities that may exist at the product, customer, department or facility levels •Lead cross-functional teams to ensure improvement projects are identified and realize •Aid the CFO and Executive Team members with measuring and achieving the Company’s Strategic Initiatives Providing in-depth and complex analyses and modeling •Develop and define financial analysis on a large scope of profit drivers including sales, margin, operating expenses, and cash flow modeling across multiple channels to support the Company's organizational objectives, performance, growth expansion and profitability •Identify and quantify areas of opportunity and risk and guide/influence solutions to improve business performance. •Develop and prepare timely and accurate reporting of consolidated, multi-year financial plans and forecasts to executive management •Review variance analyses, performing follow-up research as necessary. •Lead month-end review meetings with departments. •Monitor key control points and documentation guidelines to ensure compliance and completeness •Work with Business Development and other departments to respond or RFP's, RFQ’s or SOW’s •Continually analyze dept admin expenses to identify cost reduction opportunities •Ensure Excel budget models, FTE models, and all ancillary linked files and pivot tables operate as expected and produce timely and accurate information; continue to add enhanced functionality to address emerging business needs, and to more quickly focus attention on areas requiring review and response

Kontoor Brands, Inc.Financial Reporting Manager

May. 2019 - Jun. 2021Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Areao Reporting scope: $2.5B Revenue, $700M operating expenses for 3 brands with over 250 entities. o Synthesize and analyze the global annual budget, strategic plan, and monthly forecasts. o Provide reporting, financial and strategic analysis, and modeling of monthly results o Partner with Corporate Finance and the SAP BPC Admin to ensure that all BPC system processes are performed monthly for Forecast and Plan data o Create, modify, and distribute monthly reporting results. • SAP implementation from SAP 4.6 to SAP S4/Hanna and Group Reporting. • Enhance and streamline cross functional processes and financial reporting schedules, produce monthly presentations and quarterly Board of Directors Material.

XPO Logistics, Inc.Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Sep. 2018 - Apr. 2019• Oversee the preparation of budgets, forecasts, daily reporting and analysis, operational, trend analysis, and ad hoc analysis to support management decision-making for new initiatives and ensuring profitability targets are met. • Review and improve a variety of complex financial models and updates to forecasts. • Develop and implement data feeds from multiple source data models for actuals, forecast and budget. • Interface with operations and IT stakeholders to identify issues and develop solutions. • Drive monthly, quarterly and annual operations financial planning cycles. • Process development and implementation of FP&A control and systems. • Evaluate current processes, identify best practices, implement process improvements

Volvo Group Trucks OperationsGlobal Consolidation Controller, FP&A

Jul. 2013 - Nov. 2017Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area• SAP BPC key user • Led team through restructuring: SAP, BW, BeX migration and excel reporting tools; transitions were seamless. • Responsible for the global financial consolidation, budgets, forecasts and planning processes. • Managed regional monthly close, variance and trend analysis and global consolidations. • Managed monthly financial reporting to business users and leaders and KPI reporting to executive management. • Developed streamlined processes for global consolidations: reduced consolidation time by 4 days. o Consolidation scope: 1,300 heads; 165MUSD operating expenses; Purchasing spend 12 BUSD. • Led financial reporting projects to improve efficiency of the department and internal customer reporting.

Volvo Group Trucks TechnologyRegional Consolidation, FP&A, Americas

Aug. 2008 - Jun. 2013• Managed the global processes for forecasting, planning and budgeting, requiring travel to global sites for CVDE. • Reduced monthly financial reporting by 10 days, including management of Financial KPI’s both locally & globally. CVDE Management received their financial information before any other commodity and, therefore, were able to adjust projects as needed prior to possible crisis. • Developed an Access database for Project Managers to more efficiently secure and monitor their budgets. o Budgeting time was improved 50%. o Budget funds spent more wisely due to improved timing and effectiveness of reporting. o Project resource sharing between North America, Brazil, France, Sweden, Japan and India was 200% more efficient than other commodities. • Managed implementation of Score Step 2, including the development of training material and training of all project managers and group managers at 4 global sites. • Completed monthly analysis, re-planning and reporting for the Project Budget and Operating Expense Budget.

Volvo Group Trucks OperationsStaff Financial Planning Analyst

May. 2005 - Jul. 2008• Managed yearly budget process and monthly reconciliations for NA S&A expenses (150MUSD). • SAP Key User, EBD Key User, and BeX Key User, Lead consolidation and Reporting of financial forecast and plans. • NA Investment Controller responsible for 150 MUSD of active investments. o Responsible for preparation of all new investment requests for Board approval. • Developed more efficient reporting using SAP, Access, Excel, etc. for forecasting and analysis (savings of 3 days). • Managed all VTNA policies and procedures.

Volvo Group Trucks TechnologySenior Financial Analyst

Feb. 2003 - May. 2005• Responsible for 50MUSD general ledger. • Controlled monthly and annual closing and reporting. • Monthly Trial Balance preparation. • Quarterly and Year end closing, incl. IAS entries. • Analyzed all expenditures as comparison to budget and Key Performance Indicators. • Coordinated with external auditors. • Analysis of Foreign Exchange.