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Portland, OR, US

Beaverton, OR, US

Beaverton, OR, US

• Finance partner for the following Nike Digital Product teams: Core Commerce, Online to Offline, SNKRs, and Connected Sport.
• Implemented an investment scorecard that provides the Nike Direct Investment Committee with a consolidated view of all potential in-year investments which enables annual and quarterly prioritization.
• Improved monthly reporting for the Executive Leadership Team by partnering with dozens of stakeholders to stand up a forecasting and value realization cadence to connect Digital work with its $1B+ impact (revenue.
• Partnered with vice presidents and senior directors to build three-year Corporate Strategic Review (CSR) financial targets and built business cases to obtain incremental funding for key projects that align with company.
• Created a Standardized Expected Outcome model that allows non-finance teams across different organizations to estimate the potential impact of new digital initiatives consistently and fairly.

Rockford, MI, US

• Managed eCommerce finance for Chaco, Merrell, Saucony, and Sperry by monitoring day-to-day business, preparing monthly/quarterly reporting, and providing variance analysis against forecast and prior year for senior.
• Partnered with eCommerce directors, demand planners, and marketing managers to create quarterly forecasts that outlined, at a weekly level, necessary KPI performance, expected demand units, and advertising spend.
• Improved outbound freight reporting through SAP/FedEx data consolidation to quickly unlock insights including shipping method mix, average cost, and order fulfillment cycle time, to drive short-term freight strategy.
• Developed a weekly order unit forecast model using current forecasts and recent trends to accurately, within 95%, predict upcoming demand to enable North American distribution centers to improve their headcount and.
• Led month-end financial close of business by ensuring all necessary journal entries are completed in SAP, maintaining BlackLine audit compliance, and validating the P&L.
• Assisted brand teams with the development of promotional pricing strategies to drive incremental revenue and “clean” inventory while maintaining target operating profit.

Southfield, Michigan, US

• Collaborated with the CFO, sales reps, and marketing personnel to assess key opportunities/risks and create accurate monthly forecasts for senior leadership.
• Created a model to allocate SG&A expenses to the correct cost centers to assist managers with tracking against budgets and easily report on material variances.
• Generated and presented business analysis reports for top clients and based on findings, offered appropriate recommendations to capitalize on opportunities.
• Proposed the consolidation of IT systems and led a cross-functional 10-person team in the migration from Microsoft Dynamics to Salesforce to enhance process efficiency, data management, and marketing capabilities.

Tel Aviv, IL

- Developed, as a team, an entire brand strategy for the Israeli-based skincare company to enter the U.S. market including: social media marketing, targeting key segments, and cost/time allocation; implementation began April 2018.- Built and coded (Python) an Amazon Alexa Skill for users to learn about their specific skin conditions, receive.

Master Of Business Administration, Finance And Strategy

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Finance