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Columbus, Oh, Us

Newark, Ohio, Us

Newark, Ohio, Us

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Owning all aspects of domestic & Canadian (approximately 925 stores with $1B in annual volume) and international financial operations (81 franchise locations across Southeast Asia, Middle East and South America) across both brick & mortar and digital channels, including: Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Reporting, International Franchising, Marketing Analytics, Home Office & Headcount controls, Store Labor Planning, evaluation of Real Estate opportunities, and Store / Real Estate Analytics. • Directing continuous improvement initiatives (involving spending evaluation and process efficiencies) across all functions (including Finance, Marketing, Store Operations, Inventory Planning and Design) allowing for strong sales leverage on growth and better loss mitigation on sales misses. Quarterly 2016 profitability increased by over 1,000 bps and profit losses have been greatly mitigated despite recent macroeconomic pressures. • Leading strategic advisory for Justice Leadership team and managing communication of Justice’s strategy and performance with Ascena corporate and Board leadership. Directing long range planning, scoping and monetization of strategic initiatives, and coordinating tactical execution of new initiatives. • Driving a culture of curiosity and innovation throughout the Finance organization (team of 25) through test & learn agendas and disciplined analytics. Ensuring detailed analyses are run diagnosing sales and margin performance by sales channel, determining optimal labor complements and planning, and maximizing return of investments from marketing and markdown initiatives.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Leading a team of 10 Directors, Finance Managers and Senior Financial Analysts in the development and management of current in-season projections, next-season financial budgets, and Long Range Planning.• Leading cross-sub-Brand and cross-functional teams to analyze sales (impact of marketing campaigns, weather, traffic patterns and product launches), margin rates (impact of sales mix, changes in average unit costs, freight expenses and markdowns), expenses, and overall business performance and benchmarking. • Directing the management and control of our Home Office expense line-items including, but not limited to, Marketing & Visual, Payroll (and Headcount), Incentive Compensation, Travel, and Product Development. • Developing all communications for public investors and analysts in partnership with Corporate Investor Relations team including monthly Sales Call and quarterly Earnings Call scripts (and related presentations).

Columbus, Oh, Us

• Lead all capital structure initiatives. Directed a covenant terms renegotiation for $2 billion of term loan and credit facilities, an amendment and extension of our $1 billion cash flow revolver, the issuance of $2 billion of high yield notes, tender processes for $700 million of our publicly traded notes, $1.2 billion worth of 10b5-1 and 10b-18 share repurchase programs, and $650 million of fixed-to-floating interest rate swaps.• Directed, with the Corporate Treasurer, all phases and aspects of acquisition and divestment transactions including managing relationships with key investment banking and legal partners, directing analysis team, coordinating the due-diligence processes, and influencing negotiations. Directed the IPO process for Express, Inc for LBrands (minority shareholder with Board seats at time of IPO).• Managed a corporate intrinsic value review project and benchmarked enterprise value, capital structure, sum-of-the-parts valuations, and cost of capital estimates versus investment banking perspectives to identify the company’s value drivers and potential future capital structure alternatives for the company. • Coordinated a new, integrated balance sheet and cash flow projection process to accurately display enterprise liquidity to corporate leadership and to support corporate relationships with key credit rating agencies.• Managed a team of Finance managers and senior analysts through capital structure decisions, credit analyses, shareholder returns analyses, investment valuations, and merger & acquisition transaction support.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Oh, Us

• Developed and managed the $160 million capital budget for the 1,600 store fleet with capital project evaluation through net present value (NPV), return on investment (ROI), and payback timing analyses. • Developed an optimization model for determining the most profitable store sizes for future real estate transactions in 11 different location and fashion tiers through statistical regression analyses. • Partnered with the Brand Financial Planning and Analysis team to develop the brand growth plan, which simulated expanding the store fleet to a series of sizes, changing the mix of store design types, and allowed for flexibility in sales growth assumptions for each store based on store age, size and design type.• Managed a team of senior financial analysts to develop weekly store sales plans and performance metrics, track store performance versus bonus targets, and report on weekly fleet performance to senior leadership

Columbus, Oh, Us

• Managed a team of senior financial analysts in the completion of enterprise financial and analytical activities related to annual budgeting, long range planning, incentive compensation target setting and ad hoc projects. • Developed presentations detailing corporate financial performance for the CEO, CFO, and Board of Directors. • Evaluated the company’s sales performance during the Christmas holiday season with specific attention to gift card issuance and redemption trends by interacting with each of the subsidiary brands, completing statistical comparisons to historical performance, and sharing findings with Finance and Marketing leadership.• Worked intimately with Treasury to review the intrinsic value of the company versus Wall Street’s estimates. • Developed and managed economic value added (EVA) and return on invested capital (ROIC) models for the firm and the individual brands. Benchmarked firm performance versus competitors.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

• Led a 25-member team for projects averaging $17 million through software product design, development, testing, and installation; completed projects +10% below expected costs and prior to expected delivery dates.• Reported team productivity and issues to corporate executives during weekly project and personnel reviews.

Austin, Tx, Us

Suite B208, Us

Mba, Finance, Strategy, Economics, Technology

Bachelor Of Arts, History

High School Diploma

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