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Provo, Utah, Us

Provo, Utah, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

-Finance lead for ~$2.5B expense & capital budget of US facilities maintenance team. Recurring interaction and course correction with leadership to accomplish goals.-Performed & presented analysis including San Antonio strategy, parking lot strategy, capital impact on expenses, snow removal program, remodel impact, etc.-Led budget and forecast process | facilitated stretch expense reduction goals, regression/driver based allocation model for stores, forecast accuracy tools and collaboration with operators.-P&L management and ongoing error identification/correction | management of natural disaster stores, design of finance system roll ups to align with operations, commentary for forecast changes/actual results, millions of dollars of error identification/process enhancements.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

-Managed finances for Walmart stores in 13 western states & 5 southeastern states | supported 12 regional leadership teams.-Provided financial and operational insights weekly to senior leadership-Performed analysis including new store forecasting, customer satisfaction impact, markdown performance, performance of key departments and analysis of pilot projects such as asset protection "bull pens".-Developed new reporting around key initiatives focusing on absolute performance, relative performance and time based trends. Used macros for efficiency.-Responsible for several key lines in the budgeting process.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Worked on impactful transition of P&L and metric structure bringing operators new visibility into P&L. Assisted operators with analyzing financial performance to facilitate business improvement, including finances for entire Private Fleet and Inbound Consolidation network, national operator training, new reporting packets and tools that told meaningful stories rather than isolated and un-actionable data points. Prepared annual budgets and weekly financial forecasts.-Served in development of automated accounting system, including greatly improved exception management logic to increase accuracy and minimize manual intervention.-Led two detailed reviews of sizable problem liability accounts, resulting in process improvements and release from accounts to profit of many millions of dollars.-Improved financial processes, including field operator involvement in budgeting, delivery of financial and operational information.

Provo, Utah, Us

-Supervised accounting department staff responsible for correspondent bank reconciliations, full general ledger accounting, financial reporting, financial analysis, accounts payable and fixed asset control-Prepared annual bank balance sheet and income statement budgets. Prepared and presented monthly budget versus actual variance analysis reports-Analyzed and proposed to the Board of Directors new income generating/cost reducing initiatives-Coordinated external examiner reviews of the bank's financial statement and regulatory compliance audits-Presented monthly financial performance reviews and recommendations to the Board of Directors-Prepared and filed FDIC and Federal Reserve Bank regulatory financial and compliance reports-Participated in the launch of new products and systems, including in-house financial advisory services, private labeled credit card program, core processing and accounting systems conversions

Provo, Utah, Us

-Solely responsible for developing and implementing a first ever internal audit department at the bank-Conducted comprehensive financial, regulatory compliance and operational audits across all bank operations-Prepared detailed audit workpapers and reports of findings and recommendations. Coordinate and monitor implementation of recommendations with appropriate functional management-Present audit reports and recommendations to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, bank executive management, and divisional/functional management

Worldwide, Oo

-Assisted on external audit engagements-Tested business cycles, internal controls and account balances for adequacy, compliance and accuracy

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Bachelor'S Degree, Accounting

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

Education record