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Seattle, Wa, Us

Built out larger finance team supporting expanded WW Tech scope (in addition to Currency Converter finance ownership); established critical FP&A functions and controllership capabilities • Responsible for business finance and FP&A functions for WW Payments Tech organization, including GM/VP partnership, initiative sizing, variance analysis, financial modeling, automation improvement, headcount planning, and opex budgeting• Lead finance ownership of WW IMR (Infrastructure Market Rate) for Amazon Payments. Work with Tech executive leadership to budget for necessary AWS Server usage and headcount allocation

Seattle, Wa, Us

Lead finance team supporting WW Amazon Currency Converter (ACC) FX business:• Responsible for all P&L, variance analysis, and finance partnership for the WW ACC business serving cross-currency buyers and sellers across 80+ currencies• Weigh the financial and regulatory risks with the competitive benefits of signing new global banking partners to multi-year contracts. Actively participate in negotiations with prospective partners on deal term sheets and acquisition targets• Owned and sized the Go-To-Market investment case for the multi-year Seller Wallet initiative (launched Q3-22) which involves significant forecasted processed volume and tech/non-tech headcount. My 10-year sizing model presented to Amazon CEO in 2022• Promoted to Senior Finance Manager (Level 7) in 2022

Seattle, Wa, Us

Japan expat assignment which included P&L ownership of APAC Gift Cards ($2.5B+ in sales) and Amazon Points ($1.0B+ in sales).• Provided economic Gift Card launch plans for AU and SG marketplaces (2019). Presented economic findings for Japan Cost of Payments review (2019) and Points financials reviews (2020) to Japan CEO and WW SVP levels• Drove action plans for the business through key inputs and deep-dive analysis including economic profit models, discount reduction models, customer-level spend trends, T&E expense, and Deal Event analysis. Delivered findings to Japan CFO• Partnered daily with business leadership to make decisions on corporate partnership viability (Points externalization, Gift Card and Credit Card), Cost of Payments (COP) rate negotiation, budget planning, team headcount tracking, and hiring• Promoted to Manager III, Finance (Level 6.5) in 2018

Seattle, Wa, Us

P&L ownership of the US Hardlines business (Kitchen), and North America B2B Gift Cards:• Managed monthly P&L reporting, variance analysis and forecasting for the US Kitchen category ($3 billion annual revenue) from 2015-2016. Provided senior management with detailed analysis and guidance on main business drivers for monthly reviews with US Retail VP• Drove SQL analysis for high-visibility Free Cash Flow project that tracked cost optimization through pallet ordering ($20 million operating cost savings opportunity)• Managed reporting, variance analysis and forecasting for the NA B2B Gift Cards space ($2B+ in sales) from 2016-2017• Spearheaded initiative to integrate automated Post-Pay credit analysis through Salesforce. Partnered with Credit and Lending teams to utilize their resources for the benefit of the B2B channel. Released org-wide Launch Announcement Q4 2017

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Strategic Forecasting and Demand Planning:• Owned forecasting receipts and inventory for all Tool classes ($1.2B), including weekly supply chain purchase plans• Developed data analysis aligning financial targets with operational performance, driving a +16% increase in efficiency• Drove large scale decisions using financial models to evaluate Tool class demand economics• Partnered with executive leadership to prioritize inventory management and evaluate clearance options

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A):• Managed a $100 million annual budget as financial controller for the Home Depot Cost Out team, in support of Home Depot merchants seeking to claw back rising vendor costs• Analyzed and negotiated product costs (scope up to $10 million), in-store assortment, and credit terms with vendors. Clawed back over $40 million in annual commodity cost price decreases• Launched workstream to install Bloomberg terminal capability in FP&A office, optimizing FX and commodity spot pricing for same-day analysis in support of merchants• Promoted to Manager, Finance in 2012

Zurich, Ch

Two-year rotational program (Fixed Income Trading, Banking Products Team, Private Wealth Management):• Presented banking products enhancements to senior management, collaborated on implementation• Delivered on project with Employee Stock Ownership plan team involving benefit implementation for small-cap businesses• Licensed in Series 7 and Series 66

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

B.A., History, Finance