Marie Gares Email & Phone Number

Metairie, Louisiana, United States

Financial analyst focusing on streamlining Advisory operations and reconciling financial reporting across M&A entities.- Budget forecasting- SOP standardization- Financial statement reconciliation- Performance metric monitoring.

United States

• Cash flow management:
• Analyzed financial statements in depth to implement robust cash flow management practices to optimize liquidity and support sustainable growth initiatives.
• Established successful cost management strategies and best practices.Tax & State Regulation Compliance:
• Spearheaded efforts to ensure adherence to state and federal tax regulations across all retail locations.
• Provided crucial internal documentation for a successful Texas state audit.Fraud Detection & Forensic Accounting:
• Conducted thorough assessments of company finances and human resources to identify and mitigate sources of fraudulent activities, ensuring financial integrity and security.Operational Risk Management:

United States

• Logistical application of data analysis: processed, consolidated and analyzed sales & other data to improve visibility of sales performance & stock efficiency relative to demand to pilot action plans for improvement.
• Accounting & Budgeting: established a continuous payroll to profit analysis; applied managerial accounting to allocate budgets for company expenses to respective locations to better manage cash flow.
• Constructed a reporting structure: created regular individual & store performance dashboards to track progress & enhance KPIs by identifying focused improvement areas.
• CRM strategy: constructed customer outreach plans based on history and location leading to improved retention rates and sales.

Paris Area, France

• Loss Prevention: coordinated back and front office operations to ensure a balanced approach to inventory management; outlined and implemented successful loss prevention protocols adopted regionally.
• Project Management & Process Efficiency: oversaw regional events to ensure efficient process flow throughout the lifecycle of each operation; successfully managed project operations in challenging and unpredictable.
• Performance Strategy: created tools to optimize KPIs and ensure consistent performance improvement across locations.
• Cost & Risk Management: assessed expenditures to ensure cost-efficiency & established successful safeguards to internal abuse.
• Performance Strategy: created tools to optimize key performance indicators, including a monthly results overview and an individual performance dashboard to facilitate team management; implemented action plans to meet.
• Business Analysis: constructed strategy proposals for improving KPIs; competitors research & analysis; weekly match to traffic tracking; analyzed impact of external events and internal organization changes; sales tax.

Paris Area, France

• Business Analysis: analyzed the impact of external events & internal organization changes on KPIs to outline and implement action plans accordingly. Subsequently improved traffic conversion at two locations by 20%.
• Logistics: coordinated back and front office operations; supervised IT and inventory management; updated & enforced SOPs; assessed and budgeted company supply and other needs.

Paris

- Reporting: feedback & strategy proposals for department performance.- Organization: schedules, morning briefings, client follow-up.- Back-Office: inventory preparation, transfers &consolidations, stock organization/logistics.

Greater New York City Area

- I oversaw the Gucci WRTW department at BG 5th Avenue: reporting & coordinating with buying & merchandising teams; stock management; clienteling.- I assisted in the worldwide launch of Gucci Décor: coordinating logistics between wholesale and the Gucci Worldwide retail team.

Greater New York City Area

I managed the launch of Linda’s at BG:- Business Oversight: sales strategy; coordinating with buying & merchandising teams.- Back-Office & Retail Excellence Oversight: defining guidelines, excellence standards & stock procedures; implementing clienteling initiatives; stock management.

23, Rue Royale 75008 Paris

Specialized in women's shoes & women's ready-to-wear: back-office (inventory, transfers, stock keeping, after sales service); client follow up / customer loyalty; merchandising.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Aldrich Fellowship AwardFinance & Accounting Focus

Licence, Law

Specialized in international business law. Extra courses for British & American Legal Systems

L1, Médiation Culturelle (Cultural Management), Admission Avec Mention

Focus on cultural management in the art world.

Option International Du Baccalauréat, Sciences Économiques Et Sociales / Economics And Social Sciences, Mention Bien

French baccalaureate program with a specialization in economics and social sciences, with the added British literature and.