Retail Finance Manager, 11/2014 to Current
Company Name – City, State
- Finance team leader supporting Converse Stores and E-Commerce (digital/web) concepts.
- Full ownership of Retail financial planning & analysis function:.
- Develop monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and 3-5 year long-term strategic plans.
- P&L management (sales, margin, OPEX and CAPEX forecasting and management).
- Prepare/present business cases for all new retail projects (real estate, operations, e-commerce).
- Lead preparation and presentation of semi-annual fleet reviews to Nike DTC leadership team.
- Prepare executive level presentations (monthly and quarterly business reviews).
- Headcount/bonus planning for Field (store) associates.
- Merchandise/product/segment/category reporting and analysis.
- Finance Lead for Center of Excellence committee.
- Lead and coach high-performing team of Financial Analysts.
- Improve existing processes and streamline workflows.
Senior Retail Financial Analyst, 06/2013 to 10/2014
Company Name – City, State
- Manage the US/UK Digital, Factory and Inline Store monthly Forecasting process.
- Full ownership of Retail financial planning & analysis function
Senior Retail Accountant, 09/2009 to 05/2013
Company Name – City, State
- Full ownership of Retail accounting function
- Generated financial statements and facilitated account closing procedures each month.
- Modified a comprehensive financial reporting package to reflect growing organizational complexity.
Inventory Accountant, 11/2007 to 06/2009
Company Name – City, State
- Manage global inventory movement to ensure all products are reported and accounted in a timely and accurate fashion.
- Establish and monitor the month end close process, to ensure
- Translated business needs and priorities into actionable logistics strategies.
- Presented carrier-performance metrics and monthly costs reports to executive team.
- Created an annual budget and developed a comprehensive plan to accomplish company objectives while staying within budget.
- Supervised and coordinated projects for external auditors and examiner evaluations.
- Cooperated with engineering, manufacturing and corporate accounting to verify that quality standards were met.
Senior Accounting Representative, 09/2005 to 11/2007
Company Name – City, State
- Duties include a variety of complex accounting skills in the corporate office.
- Act as a liaison between field and corporate, travel in the field to provide corporate support in inventory cycle and physical counts.
- Ensure compliance with Sarbanes/Oxley and GAAP practices; mediate internal/external auditing with Ernst & Young, support tax department with Deloitte & Touche.
- Concentration in capital fixed assets management.
- Monitor and oversee capital process through budget, job costing, to capital spend and placing asset in service.
- Streamline and organize the processes between the facilities and Corporate.
- Reconcile construction in progress, monitor 23 facility projects.
- Responsible to support and complete capital forecast in Corporate and the field.
- Prepared program operating budgets, budget reports and other financial performance reports.
Accounting Clerk, 10/2004 to 08/2005
Company Name – City, State
- Prepare and compile cost savings reports from the field for executive management review.
- Support in general accounting functions for month end close at a corporate level.
- Monitor and support 23 plant monthly close functions to ensure compliance with parent company policy and procedure (A/R, R&M, Corporate department detail etc).
- Performed complex general accounting functions, including preparation of journal entries, account analysis and balance sheet reconciliations.
Inside Account Manager, 11/2003 to 09/2004
Company Name – City, State
- Prioritized daily workflows, including all inbound calls, quotes and sales-related inquiries.
- Wrote sales contracts for orders obtained and submitted orders for processing.
- Built client relationships by acting as the liaison between the customer service and sales teams.
Collections Analyst, 12/2002 to 10/2003
Company Name
Third Party Carrier/Arbitration Report specialist, 10/2001 to 07/2002
Third Party Carrier Supervisor, 01/2000 to 10/2001
Third Party Carrier Claims representative/Arbitration, 01/1999 to 01/2000
Subrogation Supervisor, 01/1997 to 01/1999
