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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

• Manage $1 Billion+ Sony Television and Front Projection business at Best Buy and Magnolia• Negotiate and manage assortment and annual programs • Review market trends and Sony performance for competitive analysis and insights for use in strategic business planning• Collaborate with internal and external teams for the day-to-day management of the business, including personnel from marketing, product management, retail merchandising, inventory planning, logistics, and finance• Collaborate on and execute marketing strategies, including digital advertising such as paid search, media network, retargeting, email, paid social, etc.• Collaborate on sales forecasting and inventory management• Collaborate on development and execution of retail and online merchandising strategy

Greater San Diego Area

Manage the Sony business at Best Buy, the largest US electronics retailer, for Home Audio and Home Video products. Responsible for constructing and executing business plan for mutual long-term growth and profitability.Work closely with product marketing teams to develop go-to-market strategy within Home Audio and Home Video at Best Buy.

San Diego, Ca

Responsible for executing pricing for all Sony Electronics consumer products in the U.S, which includes over $3 billion in annual sales. Serve as pricing advisor to business partners for all product groups through detailed data and program analysis. Manage and execute recurring analytics for pricing and promotions, and conduct quick-turnaround ad-hoc analysis to advise on pricing decisions.In the first year of the Strategic Investment Pricing Program, the goal of $100 million in annual savings was exceeded by 75%, and the Pricing Strategy team was recognized for outstanding performance by the President and COO of Sony Electronics.

Greater San Diego Area

Led engagements and managed staff auditors at different Sony companies in the US to review financial and operations practices, and make recommendations to increase efficiency, leverage best practices across companies, and improve compliance with applicable rules, policies and internal controls. Communicated results to upper management in written reports and in-person presentations.

Houston, Texas Area

Led and participated in engagements in the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Germany to review financial and operational practices and make recommendations to upper management.In addition to standard business unit engagements, was loaned to the Mergers and Acquisitions group to perform due diligence for potential acquisitions in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Thailand. This involved assessing market value, reviewing operations, analyzing financial statements, and making recommendations for business process integration.

Houston, Tx

Supervised 1 to 5 staff auditors during audit engagements and special projects. Led opening and closing meetings to communicate audit processes and results to senior management, including presentation of audit reports and management action plans. Analyzed financial statements, operational practices, and SOX requirements to identify unmitigated risks and opportunities for process improvements.

Houston, Tx

Performed financial, operational, and compliance auditing procedures. Participated in SOX audit engagements. Identified areas of potential operational improvement and provided value-added recommendations for achieving improvement.

Houston, Tx

Reconciled balance sheet accounts, tracked cash from all lockbox bank vendors, and verified that related inter-company general ledger entries were accurate. Performed analysis of cost and pricing structure including ROI calculations for implementation of new vendors. Assisted the Director of Finance in preparing information for the annual budget process. Designed a new process and automated spreadsheet for the daily analysis and reporting of all lockbox deposits, resulting in improved variance identification and consolidated reporting for five bank vendors. Functioned as a team lead for multiple projects within the department.

Bachelor, Business - Finance

Engineering

Activities and Societies: Cockrell Engineering Scholarship National Merit Scholarship

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