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About WHSmith North AmericaWHSmith is a leading global travel retailer with over 1,700 stores across 30 countries worldwide. WHSmith North America, incorporating Marshall Retail Group (MRG) and InMotion, represents over half of the Company’s international store estate, with c.320 specialty retail stores located in airports and resorts across North America.MRG prides itself on creating unique experiences for customers by developing distinctive retail store concepts that feature and highlight the local culture, community, and lifestyle of the cities in which they are located. InMotion Entertainment Group is the largest airport-based electronics retailer in travel locations globally, with more than 120 locations throughout the United States. With access and insight into the latest technologies for business and leisure travelers, InMotion offers lifestyle products and electronics that include a wide breadth of headphones, mobile power, Bluetooth speakers and travel accessories.

Responsible for all Financial Reporting & Analytics, Operations Oversight, Technology & Facilities Management, and Human Resources for the organization. • Lead the accounting & finance function, including but not limited to, maintenance of the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, monthly reconciliations & GL close as well as preparation of the annual $3.0MM budget, and filing necessary federal and state returns.• Manage annual audit process and serve as the primary liaison with audit firm.• Work directly with the advancement team on grant management and development. Including documenting payments and expenditures, preparing progress reports, ensuring compliance with grant regulations, and reviewing grant proposals. • Oversee management and maintenance of all office systems and facilities to ensure the premises are in working order. • Negotiate, prepare and maintain contracts for building services and manage relationships with consultants, and external vendors to ensure standards are met.• Document and oversee the system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures.• Manage document retention policies and manage the disposal of records.• Oversee organizational insurance policies and ensure the organization is adequately covered. Including insurance coverage on buildings, injuries to employees, students, patients, and others, and other potential liabilities. • Act as HR Generalist for the organization with responsibilities including, benefits administration, payroll, staff on-boarding, and oversight of internal HR issues.• Oversee IT services and consultant.

• Worked with executive and members of senior management to streamline monthly activity based costing model.• Developed monthly commentary process for expense reporting and trend analysis for senior management and facilitated monthly meetings with group leads to discuss key issues.• Created and maintained MS Access database to monitor staffing models.• Prepared presentation materials for executive and senior management for leadership meetings.• Created team SharePoint site and acted as SharePoint administrator for all of the deposit operations division.• Provided team support including cross training of other members of support.• Facilitated monthly meetings with directors to analyze spending and provide financial recommendations.

• Prepared annual forecast/budget for Treasury Management.• Developed and maintained MS Access database as a member of cost analysis team to enable annual review of activity based costing.• Participated in analysis and account integration of Investment Banking clients to US Commercial.• Created center hierarchy for newly created US Commercial line of business.• Supported development of US Commercial five-year strategy by creating financial models for analyzing data. • Prepared and managed monthly process for US commercial segment financials in Dealership Finance, Financial Institutions and Community Development.• Prepared monthly internal account reconciliations.

• Developed MS Access databases to streamline monthly processes.• Participated in annual cost analysis for Treasury Management, primarily maintaining and running MS Access databases.• Created MS Access database to enable annual pricing review and analysis for Treasury Management.• Modeled annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and monthly industry specific reporting.• Responsible for preparing and maintaining monthly financial reports, including, income statements, balance sheet and key business metrics.

• Modeled business unit annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.• Reviewed segment profitability to determine strategic goals for business units.• Developed activity based costing models for business units.• Responsible for preparing and maintaining monthly financial reports for brokerage business lines, including, income statements, balance sheet and key business metrics. • Developed and delivered compensation plan model for brokerage group. Effectively handled confidential information.• Assisted in implementation of web based reporting and budgeting tool.• Documented finance processes and procedures for CFO.