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Small business financial management

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

• Managed workforce investment strategies, drove finance transformation initiatives, collaborated on wage management and developed dynamic reporting and budgeting tools for executive decision-making.
• Optimized OOH investments with sharp focus on overall workforce management and over $400M of wages, enhancing cost efficiency and strategic resource allocation.
• Led finance transformation efforts in transition to new ERP, forecasting tools and chart of accounts, unlocking more dynamic reporting and simplified processes.
• Partnered closely with HQ cross-functional teams, providing OOH guidance.
• Collaborated with APLA’s HR leadership team, managing and analyzing wage base expenses and projections across geography.
• Created reports and dynamic visuals used by senior leadership, elevating key stories and drivers of change.

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

• Led long- and short-term financial projections (including 3-year strategic plan, budget and monthly close / forecast) for APLA SG&A totaling over $1B in expenses. Identified efficiency opportunities and provided.
• Consolidated SG&A results / commentary, reported monthly performance against budgets and forecasts at geography level and provided clear storytelling to APLA senior leadership and global business planning teams.
• Led efforts to identify, drive and supervise productivity opportunities across APLA organization, generating cost savings and operational efficiencies while supporting organizational growth objectives.
• Actively interpreted and reviewed financial results with leadership, including trends / issues and opportunities, driving meaningful responses and delivery of performance management targets.
• Executed monthly reporting and forecasting analysis and presented risks, opportunities and actionable items to senior leadership, enabling proactive decision-making and risk management through strategic recommendations.
• Developed new tools and processes to support financial planning and reporting, improving efficiency and accuracy of analysis.

Beaverton, OR

• Guided financial strategy for apparel revenue, managed costs and provided critical insights and analyses that supported corporate strategy while driving double-digit revenue growth.
• Managed costs and prices to outperform strategic plan, expanding margin 40+ basis points over prior year on macro-neutral basis.
• Created model to analyze footwear margin by growth driver, including changes in AGSP, PCPU, rate and mix, enabling more precise pricing strategies and profit optimization.
• Reported seasonal Demand Planning and Futures for Landing Estimates, providing critical insights into trends and supporting strategic resource allocation.
• Performed timely and insightful financial analysis, determining progress against strategic plan, budget and forecast.
• Interpreted and reviewed financial results with management and cross-functional teams, driving actionable responses.

Beaverton, OR

• Provided corporate-level financial reporting, planning and analysis, enhanced forecast reliability and drove profitability through cross-functional collaboration.
• Prepared management dashboards, supporting sales and corporate management utilizing corporate ERP system.
• Worked with business partners and functional managers to gather data for monthly corporate forecast, enhancing forecast reliability and alignment with business objectives through collaborative analysis.
• Partnered with IT, streamlining reporting tools / processes and vetting, testing and implementing business intelligence tools.
• Participated in cross-functional teams, providing financial analysis in support of decision-making.
• Analyzed profitability of new products during New Product Introduction process, guiding strategic investment decisions and optimizing product portfolio profitability.

• Supervised Custom & Embedded and Enterprise IT sales operations teams.
• Handled leads, pre-sales inquiries and see orders through to completion ensuring customers’ needs are fully met.
• Utilized Salesforce.com to track opportunities from lead to order fulfillment, as well as quoting.
• Ran and analyzed reports, including monthly point of sales and open orders to maintain shipment accuracy and analyze margin.
• Collaborated with IT department to implement current Salesforce.com quoting tool for Custom & Embedded group.

Four month internship working with clients to identify their financial security needs and then focuson solutions that can help make their goals a reality whether a client is working to achieve currentfinancial success or to protect and preserve assets over the long-term. Used a four-step approach inworking with clients to understand complex financial goals.

Responsibilities included hiring and training new employees, marketing for business as well as being in charge of sales for the branch. Was also responsible for overseeing production and payroll for this profitable branch.

Worked with POS system, took food and drink orders, customer service, worked independently preparing for banquets and wedding receptions. Set up and take down for large parties.

Cut wooden molds and rubber. Constantly ran two ovens making rubber stamps and wooden molds. Responsible for stocking warehouse

Worked with several different pieces of machinery. Put in and filled orders to be shipped.

Trained employees, took care of opening and closing duties, customer service and sales. Also responsible for stocking the backroom and taking inventory.

Ba Business Administration, Management, Sociology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Tau Omega

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Valedictorian, Beta Gamma Sigma

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