Contributed subject matter expertise in eCommerce, especially financial and operational data. Established and facilitated cross-partner communication among technology, business partners, vendors and internal development teams. Communicated project objectives, progress and status to all levels of organization.• Identified, researched and analyzed problems in new business processes, and collaboratively developed solutions by recommending process changes or systems development.• Wrote requirements and coordinated priorities among business users and technology teams to ensure that tasks for 9 major releases were successfully implemented as scheduled. • Managed several major eCommerce initiatives and collaborated on a project to incorporate multiple sales channels that included non-traditional store and eBay sales, into one data stream generating average daily sales of $280K in 2013.• Managed and performed User Acceptance Testing and partnered with Target Technology Services to implement over 60 new small business enhancements and system fixes.

Provided daily monitoring and month-end close reports for Target.com sales/cash balancing and gift card liability functions, including completion of journal entries in SAP system, high-risk account reconciliations, timely preparation of financial statements, variance analysis, reserve forecasting and other management reporting. Acted as subject matter expert for all sales, settlements and gift card functions for Target.com in accounting and systematic data processes. •Analyzed data quality issues, proposed and implemented improvements, increasing efficiency of data and accounting processes and ensuring integrity of data sources and outputs.• Proficiently used software such as Access, SQL, Benthic and Excel including Pivot tables and Vlook-up tools, analyzing data and increasing efficiencies in accounting processes.• Received Senior Vice President’s Award October 2011 for providing guidance, subject matter expertise, documentation of requirements and user acceptance testing for sales/cash balancing, settlement, and gift card processes in advance of Target.com’s $100M averagemonthly sales website migration from Amazon.• Received Controller’s Award March 2011 for collaboration between Target.com and Amazon.com technical teams to manage $11M eGift card liability project, seamlessly migrating guest balances from Amazon to Target with no interruptions to guests.• Performed integral role in 2011 sales and returns validation during 1st year of Target.com’s website; evaluating issues and providing solutions, producing estimates within 10% and ensuring data validation integrity.

Documented key processes and monthly reconciliations. Prepared up to 15 monthly account reconciliations for accounts receivables, journal entries in Lawson software, and month-end closing duties. Performed accounting tasks related to eGift card and Target.com plastic gift card activity. • Streamlined cash reconciliation process by implementing the automation of multiple queries into one macro that improved accuracy, quality and efficiency, produced more timely analyses, identified data processing issues and eliminated 4 hours/week of manual work.• Collaborated with Target Sales Tax department to ensure a $5M overpayment caused by a system enhancement was collected correctly from the appropriate tax jurisdictions.• Improved Gift Card liability accounting efficiency by collaborating with gift card technical teams to accurately validate balances at the transaction level instead of unverifiable amounts.• Planned and led biweekly Amazon finance calls. Served as Target.com liaison with Amazon.com to quickly and successfully resolve financial transaction discrepancies on weekly invoice and data transmissions.

Prepared monthly journal entries and analysis for leases, recording activity of locations operated by Target’s third-party management partners. Analyzed and processed administration and financial accounting for Target’s domestic and international leased properties. • Recognized as a significant contributor to implementation of Strategic Location Information Management system (SLIM) February 2006. Assisted in testing new subledger SLIM system, including the review of data abstracted into SLIM. • Collaborated with Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) auditors on Straight Line accounting (SL) deficiency remediation. • Received Target Corporation Financial Reporting and Accounting Director’s Award in September 2006 for Effective Communication as a result of key role in keeping the lease team on schedule when team was reduced from 5 to 2 members.

• Promoted from accounting associate to staff accountant in 6 months instead of usual in role requirement of 1 year.