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Greensboro, North Carolina, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Leads strategic controllership initiatives across Walmart International and led a 75-member team responsible for delivering controllership objectives in four key international retail markets.Optimized and improved financial reporting process resulting in a standardized and accelerated financial close and reporting process.Partnered with global shared services to implement finance transformation and migrate over 700 FTEs of transactional accounting work creating process improvements and efficiencies.Led controllership transformation across international segment to deliver on Walmart’s global controllership responsibilities.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Led 25-member team providing accounting support for Walmart’s corporate functions representing approximately $12B in annual spend. Accountable for multiple areas including self-insured group healthcare, self-insured worker’s comp and casualty programs, employee benefits, treasury (cash management, debt issuances and retirements, derivative financial instruments, share repurchases), and global sourcing. Overhauled intercompany accounting to reduce risk and improve accuracy across $1 trillion of transactions.Drove efficiency by centralizing all intercompany accounting into shared services center.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Selected by CFO to relocate in order to improve compliance, financial reporting and financial controls for $6 billion retailer conducting business in 13 African countries. Responsible for IFRS financial reporting on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, annual report to shareholders, communications with the Audit Committee, consolidation of financial statements, internal controls, and accounting and finance for corporate functions.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Improve financial acumen and decision-making within the technology organization. Managed financial planning, forecasting, and financial analysis to support strategic decisions, accounting, and financial reporting for $2.5B budget. Led team of 35 supporting organization with 4,000 employees and 6,000 contractors in 3 countries.Designed, implemented and drove execution of a standard financial and operating model to improve technology decisions across the enterprise, ensuring IT investments aligned to company strategies. Led cross functional large scale change management process to dramatically improve accountability for project management with improved visibility project labor. Developed and implemented simplified solutions to improve financial accountability through use of standard processes and SAP tools.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Provided financial leadership including strategic planning, financial planning, forecasting, decision support, accounting, and controls for $10B budget supporting 160 distribution centers, 8,000 private trucking fleet, third party transportation, ocean freight, and import activities. Managed team of 30.Drove significant improvements in operating results through finance involvement in all key operating and strategic decisions. Proactive involvement in Supply Chain Transformation strategies resulting in long-term savings in excess of $1B annually. Coordinated SAP implementation, ensuring business needs were defined and met, and led rollout and training efforts for 500 users throughout the logistics organization.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Responsible for delivery and execution of global internal audit services, communicating with executive leadership and the audit committee of the board of directors. Drove substantial improvements in the overall control environment by partnering with senior leadership to identify risks and develop plans with a focus on process improvement. Managed team of 470 associates, 170 based in the United States and 300 based in 13 international markets.

London, Gb

Consulted and advised multi-national companies in the retail, distribution and manufacturing industries. Direct involvement with CEOs, CFOs and audit committees of boards of directors. Substantial experience with mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, financial structures and related accounting. Significant experience in initial public stock offerings and debt offerings. Led client service teams of 20+ employees.

London, Gb

London, Gb

London, Gb