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Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

I fostered partnerships across business, tech, legal, accounting, and financial operations to create an international expansion roadmap. This roadmap addresses regulatory compliance, business structure, staffing, financials, and country prioritization. Ensuring vigilant controllership, I upheld long-term profitability and policy adherence. My responsibilities include directing FP&A functions, such as budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning, in collaboration with the business team. Additionally, I oversaw the HC planning process, managing fixed and variable positions with a focus on span of control-driven headcount. I collaborated with sales leadership on deal negotiations and actively participated in customer calls to discuss terms.Noteworthy Accomplishments:• Managed a seven-member finance team, spanning roles in pricing, operations, and product analysis.• Presented comprehensive financial plans and ad hoc analyses, including deals, new products, market expansions, and pricing strategies to senior Amazon leaders.• Spearheaded support for businesses selling Amazon services to B2B clients across three distinct products, including Just Walk Out as a Service, Amazon One, and Smart Carts.

Greater Seattle Area

I led financial operations for the Amazon transportation support team, focusing on allocations, market expansion, and cost reduction to streamline overhead. I oversaw FP&A activities, covering budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning, while also managing headcount and conducting ad hoc analyses.Noteworthy Accomplishments:• Directed a three-member finance team and provided comprehensive support to a 150 FTE workforce.• Traveled to 10 countries to present insights on the financial impact of customer support, emphasizing the ripple effects of positive and negative customer experiences on Amazon's finances.

Greater Seattle Area

I supported the Twitch CFO and finance team in their day-to-day operations, managing FP&A tasks and conducting ad-hoc analyses. I consolidated and meticulously reviewed financial summaries, documents, and supporting data, preparing them for review by the AWS CEO and CFO.Noteworthy Accomplishments:• Steered finance teams through FP&A processes, including OP1/OP2 (Budget), R&O (Forecast), and 3YF (long range planning).• Offered feedback and guidance to Twitch's senior leaders on effectively communicating, positioning, and presenting financial information and summaries.

Redmond, Washington

I led financial control for a team of 60 individuals spanning various functions such as sales, audit, risk, strategy, product management, operations, IT, and structured financing. I conducted thorough analysis to assess new market opportunities and evaluate new or existing products, particularly focusing on cloud offerings. Additionally, I performed ad-hoc analyses to determine the financial feasibility and requirements for international expansion, new product launches, and enhanced cloud adoption.Noteworthy Accomplishments:• Contributed to 53% year-over-year revenue growth by providing direct support to a cross-functional team.• Traveled extensively to deliver presentations on finance topics to audiences ranging from 15 to over 100 individuals.• Collaborated with a 35-person sales team to articulate financing value propositions to internal and external customers.• Managed monthly pipeline, quarterly forecasting, and annual budget/quota setting across countries, sellers, and segments; driving $4B in revenue.

Redmond, Washington

As the lead for the Xbox LIVE e-commerce business, I managed finance operations. I developed, modeled, and presented annual operating plans, quarterly forecasts, and multi-year strategic plans to senior leaders within the Xbox team.Noteworthy Accomplishments:• Oversaw the multi-billion-dollar Xbox store for digital content, including full games, DLC, and video.• Developed detailed finance models crucial for multi-billion-dollar decisions on pricing, content rights acquisition, third-party publishing, and developer royalties.• Provided direct support to a 40-person business team, including the single-threaded leader as well as assisted the international sales force for Xbox Store stored value cards.

Lead the finance function for the US Packaged Coffee business which represents over$500 million in systems salesAct as the lead finance contact and liaison to the packaged coffee partner, Kraft Foods,including all financial interactions and projectsModeled the business case for terminating the relationship with Kraft and taking thebusiness direct to the retailerCreate, model and present annual operating plans, forecasts, and strategic investments forvarious CPG platforms to senior leaders within StarbucksProvide finance leadership to project teams considering acquisitions, partnerships and/ortermination of partnerships within the CPG areaMentored new finance partners

Provided financial support to the US business unit, which represented over $8 billion in annual sales, through rigorous analysisLed the 3 year US Strategic Plan including analysis, modeling and presentationCreated presentations for senior leadership, including board of director presentations around annual operating plans, long term strategic plans, and quarterly forecastsProvided senior leaders with monthly summaries of the financial performance of G&A (+$85 million), Plan B savings (+$25 million)Created process improvement around supply expense related to projects and initiatives rolling out to the stores that was forecasted to save $25 million annuallyAnalyzed store level information on labor efficiency versus the number of transactions to facilitate operational improvements to improve labor expenseProvided financial support (analysis, budgeting, and forecasting) for the Total G&A budget, which exceeded $85 million and included over 200 employeesResearched, analyzed, and presented a marketing program to enhance drive thru sales opportunities forecasted to drive $75 million in revenueLed a cross functional group of finance managers in a bi weekly meeting including presentations from senior leaders in the company

Worked with various teams to create, research, and present annual budgets, forecasts, and strategy plans for a $1 billion businessMentored new finance partners as well as cross functional team members on financial analysis, terms, and conceptsCreated, researched, and published several standard monthly and weekly reports that have cross-functional distribution lists including several senior leaders of the companyPerformed product level analysis of potential revenue lines and new vendorsResearched and presented monthly analysis of the category P&L to highlight successes and opportunitiesProvided store level and regional analysis of SKU level sales and profit to drive discussions on menu mix strategy

Supported the Warming program, which represented over $100 million in top line revenuePartnered with cross functional teams in the creation and presentation of capital requests ranging from $7 thousand to $54 millionWorked with the category leadership to develop market roll-out plans including store counts, store selection, and launch details including marketing and trainingProvided product analysis including profitability studies and sales forecastingPerformed store level analysis of sales trends and expense rations to determine the best course of action

Bachelor Of Science, Hotel Restaurant Management

Master Of Science, Business Administration; International Business