Gabriel Rivera Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Analyze the daily inventory activities for all Vince & RTP global entities related to COGS, purchase orders, transfer orders, warehouse/retail cycle counts, pick-ticket discrepancies & posting necessary adjustments
• In conjunction with the monthly financial close, prepare entries in MSD AX to ensure inventories are properly valued & reserved, accrual of unbilled purchase liabilities, negative margin sales & revenue recognition.
• Understand & document the end-to-end inventory processes & narratives for external & internal audits. Assess & analyze the impact of control deficiencies & work with senior managers to determine root causes &.
• Partner with retail operations & logistics in coordinating the annual physical counts of $75mil+ of goods across 70 retail locations & 3 distribution centers.

New York, New York

• Acquired by Vince in Q3 of 2019. Promoted January 2021 supporting all three brands Vince/Rebecca Taylor/Parker
• Performed the monthly accounting close processes & internal reporting functions by preparing journal entries in MSD AX & monthly/quarterly analytics, with a particular emphasis on direct-to-consumer revenue & COGS.
• Monthly reconciliation of DTC transactions in the Teamwork point of sale system & Salesforce Commerce Cloud to identify transactional inaccuracies & completeness of financial vouchers related to sales, COGS, sales tax.
• As the primary system administrator for the company’s financial applications, such as point-of sale systems, merchant /payment portals, fraud systems - liaised with all supporting departments & business partners to.
• Responsible for the consolidation of unclaimed property data & escheatment reporting, annual sales tax nexus analysis & monthly reporting in Avalara, UK VAT filings (HMRC), renewals of state operating & business.
• Lead annual physical inventory counts for the boutiques & distribution center & partnered with logistics department to execute effectively. Identified & presented opportunities to the financial controller & CFO for.

Greater New York City Area

• Responsible for the accurate coding of all capex invoices, monthly postings of acquisitions/depreciation & accruals for outstanding capex invoices & creating monthly roll-forward analysis explaining variances against.
• Assigned to work with the IT dept, BTE (APTOS) & Chase Paymentech in the testing & implementation of the new POS system to ensure full functionality and accurate reporting within the sales database (smartlook)
• Daily reconciliation of cash, credit card, & gift card sales to ensure accurate posting of sales activity to the general ledger & report any dropped/inaccurate transactions to Chase Paymentech for reprocessing
• Authorizing & tracking all shipments from the UK warehouse related to US wholesale clients to ensure accurate revenue recognition
• Responsible for creating & maintaining schedules related to retail chargebacks contested within Chase Resource Online System
• Maintain concessions license fee schedule & ensure amounts posted tie with Bloomingdales’ & Macy’s monthly statements

Soho

• Responsible for several accounting functions including preparation of financial statements, monthly reconciliations, budgeting, inventory control, & completing adhoc projects as needed.
• Monthly reconciliation of corporate/retail bank accounts & customer credits by retail location
• Responsible for accurately calculating all percentage rent & landlord related expenses according to the lease terms for all boutiques & offices
• Managed retail & corporate level assets to accurately reflect additions, depreciation & dispositions in the general ledger & annual budgets
• Audit boutique & warehouse inventory process to ensure accurate reconciliation of inventory(traveling required)
• Assist inventory controller with processing intercompany purchases to ensure accurate recording of freight & duty charges

Englewood, NJ

• Managed the accurate and timely processing of fixed asset invoices for store projects and purchases. Assessed tax on all fixed assets invoices as required by state tax laws when creating assets in SAP
• Preparation of the monthly roll-forward to then submit year to date acquisitions & depreciation to headquarters through SAP
• Reconciliation of bank accounts to provide headquarters with an accurate movement of cash
• Preparation and timely submission of monthly & quarterly sales and use taxes for ten states
• Preparation and maintenance of debit notes for intercompany expenses
• Partnered with store development team to forecast capex and budget for company’s three year plan