Martha Murphy Email & Phone Number

Burlington, North Carolina

Winston Salem, Nc

Prepare budgets, forecasts and strategic plans that provided clear, consistent and measurable targets for the business. Develop monthly financial statements that accurately measured business performance. Prepare executives for monthly spending reviews. Perform in-depth analyses for pricing, promotions, and new business decisions.Key Accomplishments:• Provided strategic financial support and analysis that resulted in growing sales by $16MM for JCP and Belk in 2017.• Developed new expense forecasting model for excess and obsolete inventory.• Mentoring/developing new Finance rotational analyst.

Madison, North Carolina

Finance contact supporting 3 VP’s/General Managers of Ammunition/Accessories/Lifestyle businesses. Prepare monthly reporting presentations and explain profitability variances versus plans. Present financial portion of monthly review with Executive Leadership Team. Perform in-depth analyses for pricing, profitability, new business, and production decisions. Key Accomplishments:• Created new weekly reporting for sales shipments and orders giving insight into future monthly results and profitability. (2013)• Maintain high customer service level to business after loss of Senior Financial Analyst 6 weeks after beginning position.• Acquired proficiency on SAP Finance software - BPC and Business Objects/Business Intelligence

Finance liaison between Sales, Marketing and Finance teams to track and plan advertising and promotional spending. Promotional spending includes pricing discounts, product markdowns, coupons, and cooperative advertising. Develop monthly reporting and explain spending variances versus plans. Prepare sales executives for monthly spending reviews. Perform in-depth analyses for pricing, promotions, and new business decisions.Key Accomplishments:• Streamlined/created detailed reporting for sales and marketing organization. (2012)• Developed new communication site to house all sales/marketing promotional information. (2011)• Assisted in development of online process to request additional spending to upper management. (2011)

Develop reporting and consolidate weekly, monthly, and plan sales and margin analysis for two business units. Perform in-depth ad hoc financial analyses for pricing, promotions, and new business decisions. Prepare thorough monthly financial results and assist various Directors and VP’s with executive meeting preparations. Co-responsibility for divisional obsolete inventory process and reporting. IT liaison for all UW legacy systems (ROPS, Finpac, etc.) Work with internal and external auditors on GAAP and SOX compliance. Key Accomplishments:• Automated Cost of Sales Journal Entry into general ledger with IT assistance (2010-2011).• Automated credit interface into Sales Reporting system. (2010)• Set up new process with style set-up group to prevent uncosted styles in sales reporting system. (2009)• Assisted in development and testing of new Hyperion Essbase database for obsolete inventory analysis and member of cross-function division inventory team.(2006)• Shortened month end closing cycle by 4 hours by streamlining Sales and Cost of Sales reconciliation process by automating GL entries into sales reporting system (2005).

Provided manufacturing variance analyses and reporting for short-term contractors. Consolidated all monthly manufacturing variance reporting for 5 internal plants and 25 short-term contractors. Prepared thorough month and year-end financial reports. Assisted international plant managers in plan development. Prepared annual logistics and trade budgets resulting in duty and freight rates for all plants. Audited and reconciled international plant and short-term contractor inventories. Managed two cost analysts, which supported the short-term contractors. Presented monthly financial results to VP Manufacturing and Plant Managers at international locations. Key Accomplishments:• Provided variance analyses that exposed weaknesses in plant materials planning systems.• Initiated meetings with offshore controllers to understand plant processes and improve communications.• Standardized reporting and budgeting process between all international locations.• Prepared flowchart of manufacturing accounting system to help plant personnel better understand their monthly financial results.

Provided manufacturing variance analyses and reporting for two plants to upper management. Performed lease vs buy and return on investment analyses for capital improvement projects and equipment acquisitions. Prepared thorough month and year-end financial reports. Organized, audited, and reconciled plant inventories. Recommended profit-enhancing strategies for earnings results. Provided and maintained standard costing for all plant products. Managed two cost accountants who prepared cost estimates, one accounts payable clerk, and one payroll clerk. Key Accomplishments:• Established procedure for inventory roll forwards which eliminated lengthy reconciliation process during physical inventories.• Performed departmental analysis and recommended areas for cost cutting and profit enhancing strategies.• Initiated monthly meetings with other site controllers to share ideas and improve job efficiencies.

Prepared and consolidated thorough month and year-end financial reports. Ensured accurate and timely cost estimates for new products. Managed three cost accounting administrators who maintained standard cost system. Coordinated and audited plant inventories with external auditors. Key Accomplishments:• Installed and coordinated new cost accounting system (on time and on budget) to enhance systems efficiencies and reduce data retrieval time.• Spearheaded the development of new cost estimate process that reduced the cycle time of new product costing from 4 to 2 days.

Prepared and consolidated all marketing schedules including advertising spending for long range plan and budgets. Developed promotion contribution margin statements. Managed annual budgets and quarterly plans up to $80 million for company’s largest brand. Performed audits on coupon and fulfillment service companies. Served as member on four Quality Leadership Teams. Managed and supervised advertising accounts payable clerk. Approved advertising invoices up to $.5 million.

Prepared and consolidated all marketing schedules including advertising spending for long range plan and budgets. Managed annual budgets and quarterly plans up to $25 million for two brands. Analyzed general and administrative personnel budgets. Approved advertising invoices up to $.2 million. Concurrent employment with education for BS in Accounting.

Prepared capital appropriation requests and tracked project spending. Developed monthly divisional financial statements. Approved, coded, and tracked all inventory transfers between 3 plants and 2 distribution centers.Concurrent employment with education for BS in Accounting.

B.S., Business Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Corporate Training

Completed CEB Finance Leadership Academy training Persuader: Infuencing Business Outcomes training class - November 2014 - 3 day class.

Education record

Persuasive communication Workshop - 2 day class - Rich Schlentz - Feb 16-17, 2016