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Monument, Co, Us

United States

United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed the development of the Annual Operating Plan of $5B, quarterly forecast, business targets and scenario analyses• Provided new analyses/processes for better understanding the current business landscape and analyze business performance measured as profitability by: product, customer, format, size, and brand. (Customer and SKU P&Ls)• Assisted the Sales organization by creating pro-forma financial statements for various customer/products which are expected to increase volume year over year by ~20%• Improved collaboration with accounting and marketing departments by creating new reports and analyses to provide timely insight into marketing dollar spent

• MJ Holding provides retail supply chain management and category planning to 7,000+ stores in the US and 350+ stores in Canada. Our partners included: Walmart, ToysRUs, Meijer, Shopko, Kmart and Target• Managed a budget of $250MM with a team of four; ensure accurate reporting of monthly, quarterly, annually financial and operational results, and documentation of financial statements and trend analyses• Developed a reliable cash flow projection process and reporting mechanism that includes minimum cash threshold to meet operating needs, ensure credit agreement/covenant compliance.• Identified new business opportunities projected to deliver an incremental $100MM in Sales in the next five years

• Led the Home Appliances Strategic Growth and Lean Initiatives. These initiatives delivered more than $400MM of incremental sales and $133MM of incremental operating profit. Program deliverables were identified as best-in-class by senior leadership and is now the standard for all business units across Sears Holdings. Recipient of performance bonus and high performance award for driving financial results• Prepared the monthly business reviews for the Board of Directors and the weekly business performance review deck for the CEO office and the Sears Leadership Team.• Managed relationships with Executive staff from Home Appliances, other Business Units and the top 100 Million $ Sales Associates.• Reported and analyzed results of all marketing performance.• Prepared monthly business forecast reviews and completed variance explanations against key performance indicators.• Developed a labor optimization tool for the Supply Chain organization to manage resources based on forecast and actuals to meet productivity targets; this tool provided a consistent process to monitor the needs and made adjustments on monthly basis.• Identified savings by changing the receipts verification process. The new process allows a better in-stock position at store level and reduced lead time by 24 hours.

Selected to be in Allstate’s highly-competitive Leadership Development Program (One Finance) and successfully completed the following three rotations: Product Operations, Allstate Investments and Internal Audit.Protection Finance (Product Operations) (nine months):• Established expectations and measurements for major nationwide initiative such as “Claims Satisfaction Guarantee”. The initiative was tested six months in five states and it was implemented nationwide.• Measured and analyzed growth strategic projects and reported quarterly results to the CEO office.

• Prepared and reported monthly/quarterly/yearly results of Allstate Investments. Recipient of performance bonus and High Performance Organization (HPO) award for enhancing the Monthly Close reporting package.• Conducted business presentations to senior leaders for quarterly analyst calls. Recipient of performance bonus and HPO award for analyzing 12 peer companies earning results.• Created methodology for improving efficiency and reliability of liquidity data reported in 10K/10Q. Recipient of performance bonus and HPO award for the liquidity reporting project.

• Managed two audit teams. Assessed internal controls and business process improvement initiatives in the following areas: Product Operations, Claims, Emerging Businesses, Sourcing and Procurement, and Corporate Accounting. • Identified deficiencies and improved accuracy and reliability of private passenger automobile statistical data being reported to the state of New York.

• Led the transition team responsible for general ledger conversion.• Analyzed and prepared quarterly and annual financial statements.• Managed the close process, including the coordination of four teams.• Supervised personnel of 12, including a group of eight offshore resources.• Coordinated with outsourcing partner (India) to transition 600 account reconciliations, including creation of standard operating procedures - reconciliation accuracy improved from 76% to 100% in 2 quarters.• Hired by General Electric and business was immediately acquired by Allstate

• Reviewed and analyzed monthly financial statements for the largest domestic and international business unit, Global Printing Solutions ($7B).• Prepared financial reporting package, SEC 10-Q and 10-K. • Assisted in the monthly consolidation of financial results including proper elimination entries. • Assisted with special projects, including acquisitions, restructuring activities, audit and additional senior management requests.

Managed personnel of 13, supervision of work allocation, training.Managed posting of cash receipts, chargeback processing. Responsible with daily, monthy, yearly close process.Reconciled balances with treasury reports.Participated in the design and implementation of specific information systems to enhance revenue.

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Master'S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Master of Accounting and Financial Management Graduated with distinction