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Coppell, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx

Dallas, Tx

Support both FP&A and Operations with by-property, by-business segment forecasting and annual planning.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Primary Role to support SVP of Operations, Regional Support Team, and GMs• Develop, implement, and measure strategies to drive and improve operational performance• Spearhead annual budgeting process for City Club Region; $72mil in revenue across 27 private clubs • Develop financial literacy among club managers and key department heads to achieve targeted profitability and key metrics • Liaison between Central Finance Team, Regional Ops Team and clubs; facilitate successful rollout of new reporting, financial processes and initiatives• Facilitate and manage weekly/monthly forecasting process to ensure accurate projections are provided to Executive Committee and PE firm• Create and complete ad hoc reporting for any needed financial analysis based on performance of clubs and/or region• Facilitate monthly review meetings with Club Managers to discuss AVB by month and YTD• Provide financial leadership by preparing and presenting financial analysis, variance explanations and recommending improvements to SVP of Ops and VP of Finance• Complete ROI modeling, analysis, and power point decks for PE Investment Committee• Train regional team and clubs on profitability and outliers through use of Tableau dashboards• Support Month End Close by processing monthly f&b inventories, reviewing and approving expense reclasses and accruals

National Support Office (Addison)

• Lead, manage and develop Accounting and Finance Teams• Spearhead annual budgeting process; $336mil in system-wide revenue, SG&A and Company Owned Bakeries • Issue timely and accurate monthly/quarterly financial statements to CFO, PE firm, and Lender• Responsible for all Balance Sheet account reconciliations for five entities• Facilitate monthly AVB meetings with department heads and bakery management• Lead the annual financial audit• Oversite of the reconciliation and auditing of the local marketing ad fund for each bakery• Partner with outsourced payroll vendor to ensure it is processed in a timely and accurate manner• Work with legal team to update all financial information in annual FDD• Work with BDO to ensure compliance of all local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings• Lead the overall use of Acumatica as our fully integrated accounting system• Partnering with IT to select and implement BI tool• Develop financial literacy among bakery owners and operations through streamlining POS procedures and quarterly review of P&Ls through bench-marking tool, ProfitKeeper

Carrollton, Tx

Primary Role to support President• Work with Regional VPs to complete and analyze monthly WIP report; record over/under billing adjustment to Revenue• Spearhead annual budgeting process 38 million in revenue across four regional divisions• Responsible for performing actionable financial analysis on a monthly basis. Provide financial leadership by preparing and presenting financial analysis, variance explanations and recommending improvements to President and Regional VPs.• Manage entire month-end close process, including: Job cost movements, AR write offs, Allowance for doubtful accounts, Bonus accruals, Rebate accruals, and Warranty Reserve, etc.• Control overall management and successful execution of all client invoicing and collections; Ensure the timely and accurate completion of all client invoices in accordance with contractual requirements• Complete projections for weekly and monthly cash collections and distribute daily reports detailing cash receipts• Perform internal audits of accounting and operating policies and procedures to reduce liability and exposure impacting the bottom line• Primary lead and contact to facilitate annual audits for both financial and insurance audits

Coppell, Tx

Primary role to support CFO • Support strategic initiatives through clear and concise financial modeling and reporting. Facilitate executive decision making by defining metrics and success criteria while communicating both successes and opportunities• Produce ad-hoc reporting for multiple components of the business including: operations, marketing, and finance. Communicate directly to internal and external customers including investors, board members, and franchisees• Manage annual budget process for over $440m in revenue including: 3 distribution centers, 22 departments and 35 company-owned stores. Facilitate monthly AVB meetings with department heads, VPs, and executives• Business lead and liaison to Director of IT; maintain and ensure various databases produce consistent, accurate data for a single version of the truth• Selected member of Margin Management committee; provide quarterly recommendations to CEO and CFO on product margins driven by commodity costs and external market factors for distribution entity of business• Develop acquisition models for franchise-owned locations. Work with Compliance department to complete due diligence and data validation

Coppell, Tx

Primary role to support CFO • Created a standardized quarterly tier-priced review program. Analyze price increases by product, summarize impact to traffic and tickets, and provide quarterly summary to CEO and CFO.• Provide analysis of multiple marketing programs including: national media, seasonal promotions, LSM, and OOH. Publish pre and post media KPIs and formal recommendations.• Analysis of Company owned restaurants weekly, monthly, and quarterly; spearhead monthly meetings with VP of Operations to discuss COGS, R&M, and OMCs. Provide high level summary to CEO and CFO.• Partnered with Operation Services on defining and implementing Financial Fundamentals initiative to improve store level profitability by: increasing sales, managing sales adjustments, COGS, and all other controllable P&L line items.

Coppell, Tx

• Created cost savings for the company averaging $30k per year through g/l analysis.• Process, validate, and distribute weekly sales reports for approx. 550 stores including: SSS%, AUV, AUI, and average product price YTD and YOY.• Create annual budgets for corporate owned restaurants; facilitate monthly meetings with Director of Corporate Operations to discuss variances and action items.• Member of R&D Sub-Committee; analyze cost and margin for all test products. • Provide ad-hoc reports with operational and financial information using TM1 for internal and external users including investors and franchisees. • Complete Month-end duties including monthly schedules reconciling the general ledger, as well as operating and depository bank reconciliations.• Responsible for adding, transferring, and disposing assets for three entities. Create monthly roll-forward schedules reconciling FAS software with general ledger. • Process and distribute quarterly comparison reports for franchise locations as a cost savings initiative providing variances to the average and best practices.

Coppell, Tx

Staff Accountant; primary role to support Corporate Operations.• Created cost savings for the company averaging $20k per year• Audit daily sales analysis; post activity to general ledger• Distribute income statements and financial performance reports • Analysis of company financials• Post cash activity and reconcile operating bank accounts • Reconciled Rent and CAM re-billings for corporate locations

Dallas, Tx

Staff Accountant; primary role to support Corporate Operations and administer treasury administration.• Monthly depository reconciliations for 74 franchise locations. • Process sales and use tax for locations; process payments through EFTs, post payments and reconcile general ledger. • Process, review, and distribute Income Statements for individual locations. Booked as needed monthly accruals. • Process daily cash sweeps from depository accounts to operating account. • Add new assets into ProSystems, reconcile ProSystems with General Ledger. Process monthly roll forward schedules.

Coppell, Tx

Primary role to process payables exceeding $4 million weekly.• Created cost savings for the company averaging $80k per year; recovered over $100k analyzing COGS.• Verify purchase orders, code and enter all invoices, transfer data file to Frost Bank for authorization of payments for three distribution centers.• Complete critical account analysis including: non-return to stock credits, pricing adjustments, and margin. • Research and resolve vendor inquires including: short payments, duplicate billings, and pricing discrepancies. • Process monthly and quarterly sales and use tax returns for 42 jurisdictions.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba)