George Sever Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

Greenwood Village, Co, Us

Centennial, Colorado, Us

● Responsible for eCommerce platform from a strategic business and FP&A reporting standpoint, which includes forecasting, planning, and month-end close● Developed and maintained key metrics to forecast and estimate variable expenseso Worked with the warehouse finance team to better understand what we were being charged for. This allowed us to track warehouse expenses based on volume and created a way to increase profitability as volume increases.o Implemented a new forecasting and accrual methodology that used the true driver of freight cost rather than historic trends basedo Assist marketing with forecasting and planning spend with trying to understand the true drivers of revenue from a marketing perspective● Manage inventory reserve calculation to forecast future reserve amounts and assist the asset team with pricing strategies to avoid forecasted riskso Created end-to-end reserve calculation and in conjunction with IT, to provide the business with more timely reporting to make business decisions● Forecast and plan for payroll expense which includes commissions and incentives, international resources, and consultants● Analyze, accrue, approve and, forecast for invoices on a monthly basis● Capital project expense reporting and creation. Reported weekly spend numbers to leadership to drive organizational changes● Assisted leadership with business decisions based on internal metrics to increase OI%

Centennial, Colorado, Us

Accounting Systems Lead• Directed process improvement initiative to improve data reporting quality / efficiency through utilization of Alteryx, Hyperion and Oracle Business Intelligence - benefits achieved include: • Creation of topside Alteryx workflows to streamline comparison of sales and quarterly revenue recognition data • Development of new processes to insure payroll data integrity for reporting • Reduction of month end processing time by approximately 10 hours • Assisted with company wide Hyperion top side system conversion• Coordinated with accounting team for data warehouse conversion from “SAP Business Objects” to “Oracle Business Intelligence”. • Trained payroll accounting team on “Business Intelligence” report development • Recreated SAP reports in “Business Intelligence”, and verified accuracy of BI reports• Implemented Visual Basic (VBA) development / scripting to introduce a streamlined report creation processes reducing manual effort and improving reporting time• Assumed ownership of GL string consolidation and process documentation for intersystem interoperabilityPayroll/Cash General Ledger Processing• Support General Ledger accounting processes for a fortune 200 company, ensuring accuracy and timely financial statements• Calculate, review and process journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations for month and quarter close• Ensured accuracy of trial balances on a weekly basis through confirmation of GL accounts and / or GL account codes• Coordinate between multiple business functions to collect and process accounting information during reporting cycles • Assist external and internal auditor’s requests in a timely and professional manner.

Denver, Co, Us

● Partnered with management and supervisors to improve daily Securities and Holdings reconciliations, processing, and ensure accuracy of Mutual Fund reporting● Obtained hands on exposure to diverse securities including options, equities, bank loans, bonds, etc. and their impact on General Ledgers and trial balances ● Collaborated with peer fund accountants for knowledge sharing and cross training in order to proactively increase fund coverage and improve customer support● Reconciled daily bank activity and daily holding changes to ensure that all transactions correctly settled at the custodian and the broker. ● Awarded Fund Accountant of the Quarter award for Q4 of 2014 based upon managerial nomination (nominee for two consecutive quarters)

Saint Louis, Mo, Us