Dan Skiendziel

Dan Skiendziel currently serves as the Solution Director & Client Partner at SimpleFI Solutions. Dan has extensive experience in critical business analysis processes, including spearheading the implementation, report writing, planning and development of SAP BPC 10.1 reporting and consolidation tool.

Previously, Dan held the role of Sr. Manager, Global Planning & Forecasting at Dawn Foods Global from June 2016 to September 2018. In this role, they took on advanced leadership roles in critical business analysis processes, enabling leadership to view the business in ways it never has before.

Dan has also volunteered to temporarily back-fill an open role in Europe headquarters, allowing the region to avoid missed time commitments in the global financial close and regional management reporting process, saving the organization $35K/month in lost productivity. Additionally, they co-led a team that implemented SAP BPC financial consolidation and reporting system in Europe SBU, replacing manual spreadsheet process, realizing $120K in annual savings through productivity and accuracy improvements.

At the global headquarters, Dan was also the team leader in the implementation of SAP BPC Management Reporting suite of financial models. The tool enabled improved efficiencies in the budget and forecast processes, culminating in 80+ man-hour savings annually. Dan also automated the manual Management Reporting process at the global headquarters, resulting in 24+ man-hour savings per month, with improved timeliness and accuracy.

Dan has authored a revised Capital Policy, adjusting the threshold of expenditures capitalized, reducing the number of capital expenditure requests by 20%, saving the company over $100K annually.

Dan Skiendziel's educational career consists of a BBA in Accounting from Saginaw Valley State University and an MBA in General Business from Indiana Wesleyan University.

They are on a team with Noel Wolf - Partner, Jarrett Bialek - Partner, and Beth McBreen - Senior Solution Director, Pre-Sales. Dan Skiendziel reports to Jon Essig, Managing Partner.