Danish Mirza, Cpa,Cma Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

>Took the lead on developing financial tools, created new reporting and best practices around inventory turns management - lead analyst that drove turns beat to plan, reduced slow moving inventory & influenced key stakeholders to improve business metrics>Primary business partnerships with Senior Leadership, Merchandising, IPR(Inventory Planning & Replenishment, Supply Chain, Offshelf & Events, Pricing & all finance teams) >Played a key role in educating across the division the impacts of business decisions on inventory & turns - lead to enhanced budgeting and stronger collaboration between 360 teams on managing inventory turns. >Managed inventory forecasting, future risk & opportunities on largest portfolio (Hardlines) - developed processes and models to bucket inventory into key components (baseline & promotional) > Heavy focus on team strategy; being the lead person for events, Off-shelf & NLP inventory forecasting, in depth analysis on driving inventory management & flow for promotions and baseline inventory – drove increase sell through, margin/clearance savings and higher in stocks.>Influenced key business partners and vendors to understand inventory overages root causes – pushed to re purpose existing inventory & challenge vendors to provide incremental funding to support promotions >Analyzed and made business case to change assortment during promotion's to drive top performing and reduce slow moving inventory - worked with 360 teams to focus on top performing sku's with higher purchases and better retails to drive sales.

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto

- Play an integral role as a 360 business finance partner to multiple business units, provide key financial recommendations based on decisions made within the business.- Responsible for managing Retail/Cost Structure, Inventory, Financial Forecasts, Gross Margin Forecasts, Business line Performance for $ 650 M portfolio- Act as a mini CFO; review financial details of each business and provide strategic recommendations to improve the business- Budget revisions to incorporate changes in strategic direction, cost allocation, revenue and gross profit to meet annual strategic target.Ensuring budget is in line with Home Depot mission and vision to be the number one in the Home Improvement Market.- Top Line Profit & Loss statements: Creating monthly, quarterly and annual profit and loss statements which is used to determine Gross Profit& Costs for major product category within the projects portfolio.- Analyzing revenue, cost of sales and gross profit per major category of the projects group and reporting to senior management for performance measurement and management.- Worked with merchants preparing business case for negotiating over $ 1 Million in cost out, through business line reviews, clearance support & retail structure alignments.- Analyze promo performance; made recommendations to revise promotions to lead business lines to positive year over year growth.

Mississauga, Ontario

• Responsible for budget consolidation for + $ 500 Million on a monthly, quarterly & annual basis• Creating consolidated profit & loss statements for 11 GL's• Preparing the mid-term & 3 year strategic plan for photo products group• Forecasting & Variance analysis of:- Revenue & Profits- Trade marketing (Stock Protection, Spiff, Instant Rebates, Over & Above, Cash Discounts, Sales return & allowances)- SG&A (Such as but not limited to; Salaries, Commissions, Freight, Warranties)• Analyze and determine the impacts from exchange rate changes to ending inventories• Making accruals and reversals related to inventory• Design & implement best practices and process improvements for budgeting & forecasting• Develop and manage excel financial models to facilitate accurate forecasting of profitability• Work with 15 cross functional teams such as (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Business Planning, Senior Management) on financial planning & analysis, month end and quarter closes• Review success of new product launches and its impacts on revenue & profits• Analyze sales & promotional plans to determine overall profitability impacts• Advise senior management on profitability, market reports & key variances

Toronto

• Performed project based accounting & budgeting• Evaluated proposals using net present value, pay-back period, internal rate of return• Analyzed key performance indicators, cost benefit & benchmarking of products• Provided consultation to senior management on project proposals and business strategy• Guided financial planning & analysis while facilitating reporting requirements

Toronto, Canada Area

• Budget evaluation of accounts payable of $ 275,000 • Followed up purchase orders with team leaders & financial controller• Reconciled between budgets through verification of cash disbursements

Toronto, Canada Area

• Handled pioneer petroleum program for 170 retail outlets• Determined & allocated reimbursements to customers• Analyzed customer program rebates through trend analysis• Provided training on provincial rules & regulations of customer reward programs

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Handled Ottawa territory for FIFA U-20 World Cup on behalf of Adidas & Sony• Worked with multiple teams to train participants appearing on national television• Reduced budgeted food expenses by 50% using negotiation skills with vendors

Cpa,Cma, Accounting

B.Comm, Accounting

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