Analysing store expenses for accuracy and opportunities; reporting back to stores and senior managementCreating store budgets within company targetsSupporting stores in processes and training to ensure accurate P&L reportingInventory count result analysis and investigations

Management position Payroll and labour management; processing payroll, monitoring scheduling to ensure targets are achieved, onboarding and offboarding colleaguesAP - reveiwing store receipts for accuracy, verifying payments to vendors, submitting expense invoices for payment, file maintenance of invoices and reportsRecruiting - posting job requisitions, interviewing applicants, hiring and orientation sessions with new hiresInventory counts - participate in inventory counts, rechecks, reveiwing results and investigating issuesManager on Duty rotation - manage MOD schedule for the store, worked one or more MOD shifts per weekASM relief - served as acting Assistant Store Manager when the ASM or Store Manager were on vacationDepartment Manager support - assisting DM's with proper usage of STAS (scheduling and payroll system), SAP (store inventory system) and ensuring they are in compliance with records management for their departmentsHealth and Safety Chairperson - store inspections, monthly meetings, accident investigation and reporting, training and compliance with OHS regulations

Manager overseeing the CAO ( computer assisted ordering system) Daily out of stock scansCreating pick lists for the departmentsInvestigating low and zero inventory articles for system ordering issuesTrain and oversee the store receiver on proper processes and accuracy of receivingTrain and oversee back shift colleagues on proper stocking and rotation processesDetailed inventory count investigationsPlanogram implementation and maintenaceManager on Duty rotation - served as MOD one or more shifts per week

Photo / Electronics Department ManagerPhotolab - processing and packaging of customer film orders, enlargements, specialty ordersCleaning and maintenance of the photo processing equipmentCustomer service advising customers on film types and usage to get better resultsOrdering and maintaining stock in the photolab and electronics sections of the store. Stocking retail areas and building displaysScheduling of staff for production and retail floor maintenance within labour targetsManager on Duty - served one or more shifts per week as MOD

Started in 1987 as a cashier, quickly moved up to supervisor, then cash office Worked in snack bar, deli, seafood, bakery, produce, grocery departments as extra hours in addition to front end for the next couple of yearsIn 1989 I was promoted to the back-up bookkeeper still working other departments 1993 I was promoted to Store BookkeeperCash balancing Calculating gross profit from weekly inventory countsReveiwing receiving records for accuracyMaintaining employee records Payroll submissions Journal entries in the general ledger system (Calprofs)AP reconcilliation to supplier status reports