Manager of Business Finance (Sears Auto Center)• Finance manager with direct responsibility for financial planning and analysis for Sears Auto Center business unit with annual revenue of $700 Million.• Diagnose variances to plan, forecast and prior period actuals to ensure financial accuracy and understand trends to influence high level decision making.• Manage strategic planning and forecasting process in conjunction with corporate timelines.• Create regular and ad hoc reporting, analysis and modeling to enable best business decisions and measure results.• Analyze business risks and opportunities, prepare and present projections and solutions to senior management.• Prepare executive management presentations delivering business results, drivers and initiatives.

• Finance manager for fencing division that produces product, warehouses and distributes to home improvement stores nationwide.• Perform monthly financial close, including shipments and expenses for 8 warehouses, variance analysis, and reporting.• Develop annual and monthly budget for entire division with over $200M sales, cost of goods sold,$50M in inventory, capital expenses, and $30M in operating expenses.• Analyze ad hoc business risks and opportunities, prepare and present projections and solutions to senior management.• Inventory analysis with focus on slow moving risk plus opportunity to sell off obsolete inventory.

Revenue & Client Service Role• Finance manager for multiple client teams, responsible for over $200M in sales plus related costs.• Partner with the client business lead to: Forecast revenue using proposal data, trends and team input o Drive cost leadership o Lead client related special projects and ad hoc requests Present monthly results for each client to CFO• Develop management reporting and analysis for total company expenses that facilitate and drive cost savings, forecast expense, and build operating plans for the following year.Expense & Planning Role• Finance lead for support functions with responsibility to research and explain variances, present to CFO and team, guide business owner to drive cost leadership, and develop operating budgets. • Create reporting using HFM and Hyperion Essbase for senior management, corporate deliverables, and preparation of operating business reviews lead by the CEO.• Establish and manage security for revenue and expense budgeting process and input, provide support during operating plan development, validation, reporting, and follow up on results.

• Perform operational accounting responsibilities in accordance with GAAP, including preparingmonthly client settlements for entry into the ledger and review of analysts’ journal entries.• Create and maintain supporting documentation to meet internal controls requirements.• Review balance sheet reconciliations for the financial solutions line of business, rectify variances.• Assist with the monthly analysis of earnings, research variances and find resolutions.

• Consolidate and publish financials of over $8 billion in annual revenue, for use by all levels of management.• Research and explain variances, reporting monthly to upper management and parent company.• Collect, review, analyze and report new and lost business for a company with more than $800 million in annual new revenue growth.• Develop, maintain, and train others on the use of Hyperion Financial Management load templates.• Prepare, review and load monthly financial data into Hyperion Financial Management reporting system.• Communicate and exchange information on a regular basis with upper management at both a sector and corporate level.• Develop all new reporting packages with quick turnaround, based on parent company demands.

Senior Accountant• Supervise, review, and develop Accounting Assistant and the Accounts Payable function, processing over $3 million in expenses monthly.• Serve as an analyst for more than 10 department managers. Plan $22M in future expenses, analyze and report variances, work closely with upper management to cut costs and stay on budget.• Project over $2 million in future monthly financial estimates.• Maintain and update Essbase system outlines to ensure accurate data and reporting.• Document internal control details, and provide information for yearly audit.Staff Accountant• Train and develop new members of the accounting group.• Perform the monthly close function, review financial results, and reconciliation.• Manage and reconcile $22 million in company fixed assets and depreciation.• Prepare and provide corporate tax information for income and property tax.

• Prepare multi-million dollar federal, state and local income tax returns for corporations.• Research and resolve client tax notices, saving thousands of dollars for our clients.• Discuss relevant tax issues with clients.

• Perform audit testing and compose narratives for internal control evaluation.• Conduct interviews with client staff to gain information relevant to audit objectives.