Kathlene Knutson Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Oversee all facets of internal inventory controls to include YE Physical inventories, review cycle count processes \ adjustments and complete monthly E&O Reserve analysis. Provide external auditors with all inventory related requirements to complete mid-year and annual audit reviews. Also oversee Capital investment forecasting and budget planning.

Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, United States

• 1 of 3 project managers for new Data Central software launch. Responsibilities include design & execution of new accounting infrastructure, operational reporting development and MIS \ IT interface. Identify and troubleshoot issues with the new software and work with the software programmer & IT to develop solutions.• Loss Prevention & Operational efficiencies: identify areas of opportunity to improve cash handling procedures and revenue performance by reducing employee theft, vendor overbilling and reducing guest relations \ unnecessary discounting.• Analyze cash flow model and provide upper management with spending recommendations.• Provide senior management with performance explanations & stop gap opportunities for variances to budget, PY and LE FC.• Create and distribute key metric reports to venues and to upper management, create sales incentives and tracking mechanisms to obtain results and provide ROI results for marketing initiatives.• Analyze impact of menu changes and price adjustments, provide inventory analysis and review vendor proposals for cost savings opportunities. • Work with Marketing Director to develop campaign offers, social media tracking and loyalty rewards program. • Oversee permit \ license application and renewal processes to ensure venues are in compliance with city, county and state regulations. Work with the government agencies to stay in compliance with guidelines and establish a good rapport with these entities. • Conduct P&L reviews with venue GMs and provide explanations for Corp allocations or discrepancies between site level P&L and corporate P&L. • Assist IT with validating data and troubleshooting issues with Data Warehouse \ POS repository. • Create database to consolidate Accounting transactions for multiple business entities for streamlined reporting.• Create various queries & reports in Great Plains and Data Central for Accounting and upper management to use for ad hoc reporting.