Monica Stevenson Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Leading CFO consulting and board advisory services firm, providing companies with experienced financial leaders in interim, part-time, project-based, and permanent CFO roles to help them solve their toughest problems, navigate through near term inflection points, evaluate their strategic options and make better business decisions. Our financial and board advisory practice spans hundreds of client engagements across industry sectors, delivering a comprehensive range and depth of CFO leadership and expertise to help with navigating fundraising, IPO, M&A, restructuring, scaling business operations or board support.Notable Client Engagements:ThirdLove - Omni Channel Consumer Products Bra brandHenry Rose Fragrance - Celebrity founded clean beauty brandCreed Fragrances - Global Premier Luxury Fragrance brandTrove ReCommerce - Leading resale platform for apparel and accessories brandsPrintemps - World's leading department store for fashion, luxury and beautyThe House of LR&C - Omni-channel Sustainable fashion brand

London, London, Gb

• Responsible for all finance, legal and IT activities and teams.• Lead post acquisition integration of the North American subsidiary upon acquisition by Blackrock. Supported due-diligence for subsequent M&A sale. • Professionalized and expanded talent in both US (NY) and Mexico, leading rapid team growth of approx. 2x.• Created CEO and Executive Dashboards and reporting of financial KPIs.• Developed standardized month-end closing process shorting the monthly close exponentially.• Oversaw US GAAP and IFRS audits. • ERP system enhancements.• Addressed complex tax compliance issues pertaining to Transfer Pricing, Executive Comp and Acquistion accounting.• Developed short and long-term financial strategy, budgets and forecasts.

Oakland, California, Us

Seattle, Us

Provided high-caliber consulting and advisory services for various early to mid-stage, startup companies.Developed and overseeing daily operations. Devised long-term strategies for Finance, Operations, Reporting, Legal, Tax, Debt/Equity, and Revenue Optimization.Notable clients:Hyrbid Apparel - Interim CFO (Sep 2019 -Jan 2020)BH Cosmetics - Interim CFO (Sep 2018 - Nov 2018)Kids II - VP FP&A & Strategy (Apr 2018 - Jun 2018)Mission Apparel - Interim CFO & COO (Jul 2017 - Mar 2018)Monica Byrne Maison - COO (Aug 2016 - Jun 2017)

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for leading a team of 20 professionals focused on FP&A, Accounting, Payroll, Procurement and Credit Management. Created budgets, long range plans and KPI reporting. Process re-engineering and stream-lining. Prepared board presentations, and debt compliance reporting Stream-lined cash flow reporting and improved accuracy. Worked with factor to reduce DSO and improve cash availability.

Munich, Germany, De

Responsible for setting up US operations, including securing office space, recruitment of talent and establishment of business controls and corporate policy. Oversaw Finance, Accounting, IT, HR, Logistics and Operations. Scouted and secured office & showroom space for the company. Negotiated all lease and construction contracts. Developed HR policies & procedures. Played an integral role in launch of the brand’s e-commerce site.

It

Played an integral role in returning the company to profitability and a successful acquisition. Reduced operating cost and significantly improved gross margins consistently each successive year. Created a profitable template for new store expansion. Provided leadership oversight to a team of 14 in Finance, Human Resource, IT and Office Services. Acted as a close strategic partner to the CEO and other Senior Executives. Lead business process re-engineering. Oversaw all financial reporting, budgeting and reforecasting, contract negotiations, risk management, insurance contracts, treasury and lease negotiations. Secured several millions in real estate incentives. Managed all transfer pricing tax matters and audits.

Paris, Paris, Fr

Lead financial executive in the US reporting directly into the Brand President. Lead all monthly reporting, budgeting, reforecasting, OTB and markdown management. Reduced operating cost an average of 6% each year. Recovered nearly $1m in tax liability and credits. Lead retail store occupancy and lease analysis helping to ensure new and existing doors achieved positive EBITDA. Streamlined all reporting processes to ensure accurate and timely financial information was available to all key stakeholders.

Milan, It

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

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