Mark Korec

Background

About Mark Korec

I help organizations build financial models that improve the visibility of financial information and lead to more effective business product development planning, costing and rollout. As an organization’s Finance Partner / Manager I have positively impacted business success by driving the effective use of resources, coordinating business forecasts and ensuring the development of effective expense and annual budget processes, keeping everyone on the same page and moving towards common financial goals. During a time of rapid business change I provided expert value added analysis of Product Development cost that improved business unit planning efficiencies. My recommendations impacted quarterly targeted cost saving by achieving cashflow and profitability targets Effectively aligned $400M worth of resources with the organizational strategic plan by thoroughly analyzing and then steadfastly managing the annual/forecasting expense planning and budgeting processes. I created a budget and forecasting model that played a key role in influencing organizational leadership business decisions. My contributions helped the organization achieve 60% reductions of resources compared to previous product requirements. My experience over 15 years as a Finance Manager in Product Development, a Senior Financial Analyst and as an Accountant has included working in the financial services sector, with one of Canada’s highest profile technology companies, at a leading-edge nuclear technology and engineering firm. I have excelled in supporting Product Development teams by building a financial product roadmap that delivered clear visibility to the development costs for the product business case. Specialties: Financial Planning & Analysis | Budgeting & Forecasting | Reporting | Business Cases | Financial Modeling | Product Development | Project & Program Finance | Project Management | Expense Management | Rapid Organizational Change | Influencing Decisions |Expense Management |