Brian Hopkins

Managed financial planning and analysis for a $15M operating budget, optimizing resource allocation and enhancing financial visibility for 25 special operations teams.

• Managed the full FP&A lifecycle for a $15M annual operating budget, leading 4 analysts and reducing overspend by 12% through enhanced forecasting and budget controls.
• Improved forecast accuracy by 9% and reallocated $350K to critical initiatives within a $5M sustainment operations budget, collaborating with logistics and procurement leaders.
• Identified $1.2M in logistical inefficiencies, redirecting funds to critical training programs to enhance operational readiness and align spending with strategic mission priorities.
• Presented monthly financial performance updates to senior leadership, guiding $2.1M in reallocations that closed critical training and capability gaps, improving team readiness by 15%.
• Developed and deployed forecasting templates and expense dashboards across 25 teams, enabling real-time expense tracking and improving financial visibility and reporting accuracy by 12%.
• Led scenario planning and cash flow modeling for a $10M modernization portfolio, accelerating deployment timelines by 5% through strategic investments in robotics and autonomous systems.

Established the foundational finance function for a $10M+ operating budget, enhancing strategic decision-making and operational oversight.

• Established the finance function from the ground up, building core forecasting and reporting processes that enabled accurate tracking of a $10M+ operating budget and informed strategic decision-making.
• Created and automated financial reporting tools and KPI dashboards, reducing manual reporting time by 30% and enhancing visibility into team-level spend and performance.
• Conducted detailed analysis of $5M+ in annual logistics and training spend, uncovering inefficiencies and driving $450K in cost savings through optimized resource allocation.
• Implemented baseline budgeting in collaboration with operations and procurement, improving forecast accuracy by 11% and reducing year-over-year budget variance by $275K.

Led specialized bomb disposal teams through high-stakes global deployments, enhancing unit readiness and ensuring mission success.

• Coordinated global deployment strategy for 25 teams, overseeing 850 missions aligned with long-term objectives and increasing unit readiness by 22%.
• Directed a 10-person team through two overseas deployments, executing 150+ high-risk missions and neutralizing 150 IEDs, ensuring personnel safety and mission success.
• Executed 300 missions across 4 deployments, disposing of 225 explosive threats and enabling 55 tactical operations critical to joint-force objectives.
• Uncovered inefficiencies via internal audits, reallocating $1.3M to training and cutting $200K in expenses, thereby enhancing operational output across 3 regions.

Received 6 commendation medals for exceptional service and achievements.