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New York, NY, US

New York, United States

New York, United States

New York, United States

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New York, United States

• As the company’s first finance hire, built reliable accounting and FP&A practices around forecasting and budgeting, cash and debt management, month end close and tax compliance.
• Reduced cash burn from $1m/ month to $350k/ month by doubling GM% and reducing expenses.
• Built finance stack, including QuickBooks, CData, ShipCompliant, Avalara, bill.com, Justworks, Settle, Pipe, Brex.
• Defined and set expectations for various company KPIs: CAC, revenue, GM%, EBITDA and cash.
• Set… Show more
• Set up sales and excise tax compliance for DTC and wholesale sales for 38 states.

New York, United States

New York City

• Head of finance and accounting function for US, Europe and APAC entities; a team of five accountants and analysts, reporting to CEO.
• Led the company to its first EBITDA positive year since 2015 in 2020, despite the challenges of the COVID pandemic. Swiftly reacted to the shift in business towards ecommerce and international channels by supporting.
• Closed the company’s first asset backed loan facility. Manage the relationship with… Show more
• Closed the company’s first asset backed loan facility. Manage the relationship with lender, including weekly reporting and twice annual field work. Monitor and forecast cash and loan on a weekly basis.
• Own monthly financial reporting for a fast growing and highly complex business model: DTC, wholesale, amenity, royalties and owned retail stores. Communicate to internal stakeholders as well as the board and PE.
• Perform all forecast, budget and long-range planning for full P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.

New York City

Greater Boston Area

• Led forecasting and planning of $2.5b annual café and supply chain revenues along with gross profit metrics for 2,000 company and franchise owned cafes, including significant earnings call support. Presented to c-level.
• Provided analytical support to marketing team with annual spend of over $175m. Closely monitored sales lift of their programs to identify potential gaps between marketing plans and company growth strategy.
• Performed… Show more
• Performed detailed analysis on impact of growing digitalization of business on various metrics, such as entrees per transaction; as a direct result of this analysis traffic reporting on earnings call went on to be.

New York, NY

• Lead FP&A team through Gilt's integration with Hudson's Bay Corporation, including new processes for forecast and close, restatement of budget and special joint projects
• Responsible for entire FP&A function at Gilt, including budget, forecast, long range planning, monthly close and variance analysis, headcount planning, ROI analyses and strategic projects

Greater New York City Area

• Lead team of analysts and managers responsible for entire FP&A function at Gilt, including budget, forecast, long range planning, monthly close and variance analysis, headcount planning, ROI analyses and strategic.
• Work closely with COO and CMO on operational efficiency opportunities in variable cost centers (distribution, creative services and customer care), resulting in over $10m in savings in FY15 alone
• Co-led development and deployment of Hyperion Financial Management… Show more
• Co-led development and deployment of Hyperion Financial Management tool Show less

New York City, NY

• Built Gilt's strategic direction, including the exploration of new business models or strategic initiatives and the evaluation of potential acquisitions or partnerships
• Full P&L responsibility for retail business (domestic and international); suppling SVP,CFO and CMO with monthly/quarterly variance analysis and financial support in finding cost efficiencies and managing headcount
• Owner of creative services and facilities cost centers; including budget, forecast, monthly variance… Show more
• Owner of creative services and facilities cost centers; including budget, forecast, monthly variance analysis and special projects Show less

New York City

• Planner for Women's Knits, Sweaters, Shirts and Lounge businesses
• Constructed quarterly department/class/style plans and forecasts to meet financial objectives and maximize profit and growth for $97m business; presented plans to CEO on regular basis
• Partnered with merchants in promotional and markdown strategies to optimize margin and retail sales

Minneapolis

• Lead financial forecasting, planning and capital processes for $1b perishables business
• Built and maintained long range profit and loss statement, projecting all sales, markdown and expense components by category; used as benchmark against grocery industry standards in an effort to identify operational.
• Lead financial aspect of negotiations with Starbucks Coffee Company in Target’s expansion to 135 stores in Canada, including examination of capital requirements, royalty… Show more
• Lead financial aspect of negotiations with Starbucks Coffee Company in Target’s expansion to 135 stores in Canada, including examination of capital requirements, royalty fees, gross margin and sales impact Show less

Minneapolis, MN

• Represented finance in cross-company project to decrease beauty shortage by $10m, involving communication, analysis of inventory results and coordination with Assets Protection, Stores Execution and Merchant partners
• Led team of analysts in shortage forecast effort, giving careful consideration to inputs and assumptions used; synchronized forecast with key partners’, leaderships’ and corporate expectations

• Significantly increased senior finance leadership’s comprehension of warehouse cost adjustments by conducting research project on drivers and presenting results

• Performed highly detail oriented mathematical verification of bond defeasances, refunding transactions, multipurpose allocations and escrow restructurings
• Achieved 50% increase in calculation efficiency by improving loan defeasance interest test model
• Verified yield computations and analyzed cash requirements and securities portfolios for sufficiency and tax law compliance
• Single-handedly built computational model for tobacco securitization cash flow verifications of up to… Show more
• Single-handedly built computational model for tobacco securitization cash flow verifications of up to $5.5 billion Show less

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Focus On Strategy & Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics