• Responsible for monthly client reporting including variance analysis vs. prior period and Budget• Researched and implemented enhanced reporting software to provide improved monthly client reporting• Responsible for annual 1099 tax filings for all applicable client vendors• Responsible for annual Delaware Franchise Tax filings

- Responsible for full p&l and balance sheet- Calculated and communicated transfer prices across multiple zones for all existing and launch products in the portfolio- Owned risks and opportunities and collaborated with executive team to achieve annual operating profit target- Built advertising and operating expense budgets and trends and monitored through budget vs. actual variance analysis on a monthly basis- Managed monthly close including excess and obsolete inventory, gross margin and monthly accruals- Implemented new launch approval process to ensure products were not dilutive to existing portfolio and positively impacted overall gross margin of the brand- Built business model for launch countries based on sales thresholds which provided guidelines regarding spending, channel mix, pure media and profit.

Essie, Mizani & L’Oreal Technique (a division of L’Oreal USA)- Owned budget and forecast process for brand p&ls (gross sales through operating profit).- Owned monthly close process for brand p&ls and balance sheets. - Managed brand p&ls through control of allowances, cost of sales, excess/obsolete, advertising and fixed spending to minimize risk to profit due to sales declines- Implemented improved financial control practices for management of discounts which resulted in increased gross margin percentages of brand p&ls.- Removed dilutive products from brand portfolios through analysis and close partnership with sales and marketing.- Developed senior analyst through ownership of specific p&l line items.

Matrix, Redken & Pureology DMI (a division of L’Oreal USA)- Managed advertising budgets (photo shoots, agency retainers, packaging, market research).- Performed monthly close for brands and analyzed variances vs. budget.- Analyzed proposed new product launches to determine dilutive/accretive effects on existing gross margin and partnered with marketing and development to ultimately approve or reject such launches.- Partnered with sister brands in France to implement review and global communication of new product launch standard costs plus applicable uplifts.

Matrix (a division of L’Oreal USA)- Managed and controlled Matrix U.S. fixed cost budgets (personnel expense, T&E, consulting).- Performed monthly close for Matrix U.S. fixed cost and analyzed variances vs. budget.- Built fixed cost budget and managed forecast revisions throughout the year.- Responsible for achieving Matrix Global Academy net expense target of $1.4M by managing course revenue in conjunction with operating expense.

Created monthly expense analysis to present senior management with strategies for expense reductionManaged offshore development team in implementation of new forecasting technologyAnalyzed daily p&l to provide monthly revenue forecast to senior management on a weekly basisImplemented process of daily revenue estimates to increase control around the divisional p&lManaged analyst on a daily basis and helped him to own key responsibilities

Provided business partner support for Production and Quality at the St. Louis Manufacturing facilityPerformed monthly closing to ensure appropriate allocation of site operating expense to R&D for clinical product and Balance Sheet/P&L for commercial product Initiated site-wide analysis of 2005 operating expense, resulting in the implementation of strategy to bring Q3/Q4 spending in line with full year forecastCreated, revised, and submitted 2006 Budget and 2005 Forecast Updates for Manufacturing, Quality, and Support departments at St. Louis Manufacturing facilitySupervised financial analyst with Q2 Sarbanes-Oxley testing, Forecast Updates, and daily tasks

wide balance sheet and owned key accountsImplemented new Sarbanes-Oxley account reconciliation thresholds to increase efficiency during quarter-closeServed as key coordinator for audit of 2003 Splenda Ingredient Worldwide SalesAnalyzed financial feasibility of international launch plans for 7 year strategic forecast

Empowered the worldwide marketing team with the ability to make better business decisions through improved monthly reporting and analysis of worldwide salesIdentified key points of erosion in the global Johnson's Baby business through analysis of historical P&L dataServed as the financial expert on cross-functional teams to bring new products to market

Consolidated and analyzed monthly COGS and production volume from all plants in the Global Biologics Supply ChainProvided business partner support to Project Management and Environmental Health and Safety Created month-end package for Contract Manufacturing to provide management with a full understanding of the link between cost and volumePerformed financial calculations for all supply chain-related Process Excellence projects to estimate annual savings