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Los Angeles, CA, US

Los Angeles, California, United States

-Leading small, agile Finance team for newly integrated Better Health - Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements SBU (4 core retail brands, 4 Direct-to-Consumer brands)- Support innovation (financial analysis, cross functional teams, reco to LT)

Assistant Finance Manager for the Renew Life brand (recent acquisition for Clorox in the Digestive Health / Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements space), responsible for managing entire P&L (forecast, close, variance analysis, decision making, etc) with support of two direct reports (Cost of Goods Sold analyst, Revenue & OpEx analyst)

Oakland, CA

Obtained official CIA license

• Passed all 3 levels of the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) Exam and in the process of obtaining my official CIA designation
• Pioneering Internal Audit’s (IA) data analytics strategy & vision – developing Tableau / SQL skillset, enabling the group to more effectively and efficiently cover risk and enhance reporting through compelling.
• Successfully lead audit engagement within first 12 months in IA – performed socialization of observations and recommendations to Directors & VP’s across organization
• Lead the team’s project management process and facilitate the group’s continuous improvement initiatives
• Play key leadership role in project to bring Tableau to the Finance function through the automation of key volume reporting
• College Recruiting Captain for the South-East Bay Regional Team - raising awareness and engagement at universities for Clorox and attracting talented, diverse candidates

• Perform consolidation of business units & corporate inputs to create Total Company P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Forecasts, presenting findings and recommendations to Director & VP of Finance
• Led quarterly Total Company budget versus actuals variance analysis, providing analytics for the Company’s external reporting segments to Director and CFO
• Complete ad hoc requests for Director, VP, & CFO as needed (e.g. Demand Spend, Gross Margin support)
• Joined SIGMA, a small team within the Finance function responsible for bringing people together and driving engagement by planning and executing networking events within our 3 core pillars: Philanthropic, Professional.

Oakland, CA

• Supported the Annual Budget, Forecasting, and Close processes for select accounts within Cost of Goods Sold across a variety of Clorox business units
• Performed monthly and quarterly close activities and reconciliations, providing concise and insightful P&L and Inventory analysis for actuals versus forecast
• Drove partnership with the Product Supply Organization to reduce expenses related to Donations & Destructions and improve forecast accuracy

San Luis Obispo, CA

• Researched & analyzed Automatic Data Processing, Inc., presenting quarterly Buy/Hold/Sell recommendations as part of a small group of students managing and investing $500K into a diversified portfolio for the Cal Poly.

Sunnyvale, CA

• Performed competitive analysis using data from SEC filings and communicated insights to management
• Enhanced KPI reporting through the addition of an interactive dashboard

San Luis Obispo, California Area

- cold calling CEO's in the health and wellness industry across the US, setting up business owners with a demonstration of MINDBODY's business management software- assigned specifically to tackle Anytime Fitness, a huge corporation in the fitness industry- consistently reached, if not exceeded, our monthly sales goal

Irvine, CA

- helped supervise the classroom when a teacher was gone- organized projects- tutored students that needed help learning how to read hebrew- any copying, faxing, etc that the teacher needed to get done

Bs, Business, Concentrating In Finance; Minor In Economics

Activities and Societies: - Financial Management Association (FMA) - AISEC International Business Club - Sigma Phi Epsilon

Education record

Activities and Societies: - four year varsity soccer player, captain for two years - Principal's and Superintendent's Honor Roll