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Napa Valley, California, United States

* Responsible for the financial support for all retail accounting including DTC, Wholesale, and Export sales across multiple corporate entities.* Producing KPI reporting, monthly financial analysis dashboards, and assisting the Controller and CFO in other ad hoc financial reporting.* Coordinating with Export customers and supply chain personnel to ensure proper customs paperwork, billing, labeling, shipping, and annual budgeting and forecasting.* Processing Wholesale, Bulk, Inter-company, and all other miscellaneous revenue billing.* Oversee the financial accounting, reporting, and analysis associated with retail entities including cash management of all credit card accounts, preparation of annual retail budget templates, and general ledger reconciliations using AMS.

Petaluma, California, United States

* Developed forecasts for depletions, allowance rates, and expenses, uploading into Microsoft Navision.* Responsible for depletion allowance analysis and accrual, improving reporting and analysis of rate variances.* Issued monthly expense versus Plan reporting and met with Regional Sales Directors to review.* Contributed shipment, depletion, contribution margin, PVM, and trend analyses to Board of Director presentations.* Facilitated onboarding of new employee expense reimbursement through Concur T&E system.

Petaluma, California, United States

* Responsible for $6 million depletion allowance reporting, analysis, and accruals.* Developed International shipment and commission tracking reporting to facilitate market expansion.* Ensured proper coding of sales expenses and provided ongoing expense account analysis.* Accurately processed all distributor chargebacks using Tradeparency and Microsoft Navision.* Acted as a resource for the Sales and Marketing teams, delivering timely insight and analysis.

Rohnert Park, California, United States

• Published market and financial analysis concerning the global wine industry.• Conducted interviews and published blog posts regarding current industry developments.• Represented the organization at industry conferences and returned with summary reports.• Edited business research submissions prior to publication.• Developed submission outreach database and expanded outreach efforts. The Wine Business Journal, published by Sonoma State University, is the premier outlet for applied wine business research.

Rohnert Park, California, United States

• Developed market and financial analysis concerning the global wine industry.• Edited industry and financial analyses for clarity and accuracy.• Created informative industry conference presentations.• Co-authored strategic business case including current market and financial analysis.

Petaluma, California, United States

• Efficiently administered Federally-regulated RUS project contracts.• Coordinated company efforts to successfully ensure contract payments.• Streamlined system to resolve project issues and track project status.

Petaluma, California, United States

• Improved company cash flow through aging reduction and collections.• Provided state sales tax analyses to enable timely filings.• Developed informative, actionable reporting to facilitate further analysis.• Managed reconciliation and close of associated GL accounts.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, 4.0 Gpa, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: • Beta Gamma Sigma, the International Business Honor Society.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance, General, 3.958 Gpa, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: • Sonoma State University Student-Managed Investment Fund. • Phi Theta Kappa Academic Honor Society.