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Stewart Christian
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Vice President of Financial Planning Analysis
San Francisco, California, United States
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Vice President of Financial Planning AnalysisBackblazeMar 2026 - Current (6 months)- Head of FP&ABackblazeApr 2024 - Mar 2026 (2 years)
- Director of FP&ABackblazeSep 2023 - Apr 2024 (8 months)
- Senior Manager, Financial Planning and AnalysisBackblazeSep 2022 - Sep 2023 (1 year 1 month)
- Financial Planning and Analysis ManagerBackblazeSep 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 1 month)
- FP&A ManagerConXtech IncJul 2019 - Sep 2021 (2 years 3 months)
- Corporate Finance ManagerSANGRAF InternationalSep 2018 - May 2019 (9 months)
- Manager, FinanceRPX CorporationJan 2015 - Mar 2018 (3 years 3 months)* Created and managed all financial models used for quarterly and annual public earnings guidance * Partnered with department leads to create thoughtful annual budgets and forecasts; provided insight on variances * Owned the long-term company model that forecasted top line growth drivers, strategic investments, and simulated scenarios * Delivered insights to leadership to evaluate key strategic decisions for responsible areas including client bookings, pricing analysis, client churn, business development initiatives, and major contract negotiations * Prepared monthly and quarterly management reporting that analyzed financial results, identified key trends, assessed, current and future business risk; presented key messages to senior managem
- Senior Financial AnalystRPX CorporationApr 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 9 months)
- Sales Operations Business AnalystJoyentNov 2011 - Apr 2013 (1 year 6 months)* Constructed and maintained consolidated corporate model to determine impact of business development opportunities on income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows * Assisted SVP of Sales on key accounts in order to ensure profitability * Established company-wide KPI process with input from business owners * Developed customer analytic reporting to determine churn metrics, by business line, within channels, by region, and across verticals * Conducted regular ad-hoc analyses to facilitate key business decisions on behalf of the company's CFO and SVP of Finance and Strategy * Continuously proactively determined the analytics requirements within the sales and finance teams; design and deliver reporting to meet those ongoin
- Sales and Marketing OperationsSAPNov 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year 1 month)* Provided strategic insights and executed financial forecasts and assumptions supporting several software product lines * Created a global sales enablement tool to procure new accounts that catered to regional demographics, where field teams, executives, and channel partners were assisted on closing deals * Conducted opportunity analysis and deal impact analysis to determine which incentive will provide the greatest value to the company * Analyzed dimensions like expected lifetime value of a customer, cost of sales, implementation costs, subscription fees, long-term economic value, and profitability
- Senior AssociateDuff PhelpsApr 2010 - Nov 2010 (8 months)
- Financial AnalystDuff PhelpsAug 2007 - Mar 2010 (2 years 8 months)* Managed, trained, and mentored analysts in valuation theory, techniques, and financial modeling * Developed complex excel financial models using various approaches: discounted cash flow (DCF), market comparable method, market transaction method, cost approach * Used complex financial models to value common stock of privately held software, semiconductor, internet, and biotech firms * Participated in all phases of valuation engagements including due diligence, financial analyses, industry and macroeconomic trends, internal and external reviews, and preparation of valuation reports * Responsible for all research regarding industry trends and projections * Integral part in creating an independent enterprise, equity, and asset level valu
- Business AnalystStrykerJan 2006 - Jul 2007 (1 year 7 months)* Prepared annual budgets in conjunction with executive staff and other cross-functional managers to manage expenses * Provided insight to business partners through preparing and analyzing financial statements and other internal reports used to determine future strategic plans * Point person for analyzing and valuing all future capital expenditure requests, which are then communicated to the CEO and CFO
- MGraduate Finance InternshipModesto Irrigation DistrictAug 2004 - Feb 2005 (7 months)
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- B.S, FinanceUniversity of San Francisco
- DDavis HighDavis High