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Portland, Or, Us

Portland, Oregon, Us

San Luis Obispo, California, Us

 Lead the Total Rewards and People Operations team supporting all employee and executive compensation and benefit programs, HRIS system, sales compensation, and people data management for the industry-leading wellness SaaS company. Report to CHRO and directly support and provide guidance and thought partnership to the entire C-Suite. Lead and develop four direct reports and a total remit of 13 employees remotely, including an India-based team. Overhauled the annual merit and bonus cycle to a performance-driven model that tied compensation to the annual performance rating. Developed a retention equity model to distribute four million shares of equity to key talent within the organization.

San Luis Obispo, California, Us

 Member of the Mindbody Senior Leadership team, leading the FP&A team for all expense, headcount, and cash flow financials for the company operating in >30 countries in 15 currencies. Reported to CFO, led and developed five direct reports remotely. Oversaw the forecasting, closing, budgeting, and three-year strategic planning for all supported entities. Built and implemented automated direct cash flow model within Adaptive Analytics, eliminating offline Excel model. Implemented a refined LTV/CAC model benchmarked specifically for B2B SaaS companies. Co-developed and analyzed the company’s sales and support capacity models to ensure optimal staffing to drive sales and retention. Implemented the marketing “Leads to Close” model to help improve the marketing and sales expense forecast. Developed a driver-based financial model that enabled the company to build an annual plan based on individual org design and key KPI target inputs that resulted in revenue and EBITDA target attainment. Created and implemented Functional and Product line level P&L statements to help improve visibility into where our financial strengths and weaknesses resided. Regularly partnered with and influenced the Board of Directors and private equity firm (Vista Equity)

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, De

 Lead the FP&A team for the Direct to Consumer (DTC) European business supporting over 250 own retail stores, 350 franchisees, and eCom covering 27 European countries, and 13 currencies Member of the European DTC Leadership team, dotted line to heads of Retail/Franchise & eCom Lead and develop 10 direct reports located within offices in France, Germany, and Netherlands Oversee the forecasting, closing, budgeting and 5 year-strategic planning for all supported entities o Designed process to increase sales forecast cycle to monthly from quarterlyo Identified pre-close actives to reduce close by 1 dayo Simplified reporting to essential metrics leaders need to make effective business decisionso Deliver timely and accurate performance results on a daily, weekly, and monthly cadence Perform highly within a matrixed organization, across multiple geographies, sales channels, currencies, and product offerings Analyze metrics and influence SVP/EVP leaders on capital investments within Europe Created the database and lead the implementation of new TM1 reporting tool to improve sales forecasting accuracy Strategically reorganized the retail finance team to better align with business partner structure Determine reporting requirements and relevant KPI’s for new dot-com and omni-channel business models (including partner programs, ship-from-store, and app based revenue streams) Own the review of the retail leases quarterly assessing where we can invest and divest our store portfolio

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, De

 Led the forecast, budget, and long-range planning for US adidas and Reebok Sales, Margin, and Inventory for the DTC business Developed and maintain a rolling 5 year by-store financial model (SBP) allowing full P&L modeling along with scenario planning functionality, now leveraged globally Own the financial review of the quarterly retail Inventory “Open to Buy” with focus on turn efficiency and margin preservation Lead the product level forecast for retail B&M stores reviewing planned growth at a business unit level Created year-over-year margin report to analyze sales elasticity within our different real estate concepts Partnered with Sr. Leadership on financial analysis of merger of Reebok and adidas of their store operations and back office to identify opportunities for synergies (financially and operationally) Manage bi-coastal team located in multiple time zones

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, De

Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, De

San Francisco, California, Us

 Own the forecast and close process for entire IT Project portfolio (averaging $128M annually) including the consolidation of CAPEX and depreciation activities Lead finance partner on Gap’s largest IT project worth $160M, requiring working with teams internationally (Europe and Asia) and across Gap Inc. brands and channels  Maintain and ensure adherence to the Gap Inc. Software Capitalization Policy Prior to expanding scope to IT project responsibility, managed budgets, forecasts, and analysis of more than $50 million in IT operating departments

 Managed segment of IT Project Portfolio worth $27 million. Developed governance processes for the account executives at Gap and IBM. Owned multiple deliverables on contract negotiations for the billion dollar outsourcing deal with IBM. Responsible for building Board and Executive Leadership Team presentations regarding IT strategy.

 Managed team of fifteen direct reports responsible for key financial transactions Established evaluation matrix to gage productivity and efficiency of team members Lead and managed weekly issue resolution meeting between nationwide divisions