James Carmichael

Summary: High achiever with 10 years of Finance experience at the 2nd largest Wine & Spirits distributor in the United States. Skilled at leading enterprise wide, multi-site, and multi-million-dollar initiatives through emphasis on teamwork and partnership. Proven track record of delivering results via actionable and comprehensive analysis using advanced Excel modeling techniques.

Work Experience:

(Jun 2024 – Current) Carmichael Consultants; Financial Consultant; Grand Prairie, Tx.

Responsible for ROI focused analysis/solutions for multiple client accounts, impacting thousands of people in New Mexico, and associated with building stronger, healthier communities, and better systems of care from program development thru launch. (incl. Data Collection, Data /Financial Analysis, and Programming)

(Jul 2022 – Jun 2024) Republic National Distributing Co; Supplier Finance Manager - TX Fine Wines; Grand Prairie, Tx.

Responsible for Pricing and Revenue Management (incl. GP, AR, funds, supplier investments, and budgeting) with 1 employee for portfolio of 23 top fine wine suppliers totaling ~$100M in 2023 sales.

(Oct 2018 – Jun 2022) Republic National Distributing Co; Supplier Investments Manager – Corporate; Grand Prairie, Tx.

Responsible for multi-state investment and fund performance management group with 3 employees, involving gathering, tracking, and analyzing investment and fund balance data corporately for over 20 states and almost 200 suppliers in the ~$250M RNDC investment portfolio.

(Jan 2016 – Sep 2018) Republic National Distributing Co; Sr Business Sales Finance Analyst - Corporate; Grand Prairie, Tx.

Responsible for multi-state financial and operational performance assessment involving gathering, tracking, and analyzing sales/distribution data, incentives, process development, and forecasting for one of largest suppliers in the RNDC portfolio.

Education:

(2006 – 2008) Masters of Business Administration; University of North Texas; Denton, Tx.

(2001 – 2005) Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA); University of San Diego; San Diego, Ca.

Computer Skills:

Advanced in: Microsoft Excel, Visual Basic (VBA), MiscroStrategy (MSTR), Vistaar, Greatvines, PeopleSoft, Essbase, Essbase Administration Services (EAS), Hyperion, VISTAAR, iDIG, SharePoint, MS Power BI, SAP