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Texas, United States

Zurich, Zurich, CH

Dallas, Texas, US

• Oversaw all elements of FP&A including annual planning, forecasting, reporting, financial analysis and strategic decision support. Led team of finance managers and reported to the CFO with extensive interaction with.
• Drove annual budgeting to be more integrated with business partners resulting in better buy-in and accountability
• Project managed implementation of Jet Budgets to streamline annual planning process
• Co-developed and owned integrated financial statement and cash flow forecast to manage liquidity and debt covenants
• Developed DCF valuation analysis to test for goodwill impairment for external audit avoiding $10K in cost
• Finance lead and project manager of initiative pipeline tracker which is on pace to deliver $1M in additional EBITDA contribution

Asheville, North Carolina, US

• Served a two year term-based engagement to upgrade and develop the chain’s FP&A and analytics capabilities. Reported to the CFO with interactions with CEO, PE firm, and senior leadership. Team consisted of two finance.
• Within first week on job, developed and rolled out executive reporting to pinpoint problem areas in the business to drive actions
• Reinvigorated weekly executive meeting by creating dashboards, defined agenda, and report back expectations resulting in improved clarity of business issues, ownership and actions
• Procured, designed, and rolled out financial budgeting and reporting suite in first six months on the job resulting in vastly improved financial plan and monthly tracking. Accomplished this at full scope, on time, and.
• Led development of first fully realized weekly promotional tracking tool resulting in the first ever ability to differentiate which promotional campaigns are generating ROI
• Led development of pricing tool which enabled chain to index pricing to relevant competition and establish a zone pricing program

Plano, Texas, US

• Oversaw strategic planning, forecasting, reporting and decision support for all of the chain’s store operations including 875+ stores and $12 billion in revenue. Partnered with COO and operations leadership to drive.
• Upgraded weekly/monthly reporting to graphical, business-friendly scorecards to drive clarity of where actions were needed to achieve improvement
• Transformed and reorganized 15 member team to more logically align with the business resulting in improved customer responsiveness and better career pathing
• Reduced labor spend $1 million from store portfolio optimization as a result of improved reporting and analytics

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Served as a matrix organization finance lead overseeing strategic planning, forecasting, reporting, and decision support for the transportation division, a $5 billion dollar entity covering the private trucking fleet.
• Collaborated with SVP Transportation and business partners to drive achievement of financial plan, including attainment of $40 million in initiative savings while simultaneously improving service levels.
• Turned around finance team performance via building of talent pipeline, work simplification, open door communications, and change management. Result: improved team engagement scores from 60 to a perfect 100 over two.
• Oversaw financial management of asset planning/capex/operating leases ($300 million annual capital budget), including fleet tractors, trailers, refrigerated trailers, RFP, and lease vs. buy decisions.
• Managed financial pro formas/decision analysis on adding new consolidation facilities with 3PL’s; additionally led financial analysis of opening a new import distribution center ($200 million in capex).
• Directed monthly close, ensured controls in accordance with GAAP, and reconciled balance sheet accounts.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

• Oversaw strategic planning, forecasting, reporting and decision support for the Mississippi River Delta division, a geographic business unit of Walmart with 280 stores, $20 billion in annual sales and 100,000.
• Developed and utilized business metric reporting suite to track performance to plan and to course correct where needed. Via these efforts, saw division improve sales & profitability relative ranking from 12th in the.
• Leveraged Nielsen syndicated data to drive insights on real estate pipeline and pricing to turn around division market share trajectory.

Bentonville, Arkansas, US

Led financial forecasting, planning, reporting, and analysis for the operations portion of Walmart’s Health & Wellness division, a $25 billion dollar operation including over 4,000 pharmacies and vision centers. Collaborated with SVP operations, operations leadership team and functional heads to drive achievement of financial goals and objectives..

US

Managed total pharmacy category ($2.5 billion in annual COGS), including purchasing, vendor relations, pricing, inventory management and supply chain. Renegotiated pharmaceutical wholesaler purchase agreement yielding $40 million in contract savings over a five year period. Generated $10 million/year in cost savings by implementing first-ever strategic.

Oakland, CA, US

Managed balance sheet and financial reporting for a $1 billion dollar portfolio including Glad Products, Himolene, Cat Litter, Brita, and Clorox of Canada GL companies. Assisted in the preparation of reporting packages for Tax and Audit.

Modesto, California, US

Conducted financial forecasting, planning, reporting, and analysis for the $200 million dollar /86 country international division

Mba, Business Administration

B.S., Business Adminstration