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Los Angeles, California, Us

Monterey, Ca, Us

• Manage the financial direction of a large organic fertilizer manufacturing business. Primary responsibility is working with the CEO and other executive leaders in creating reasonable financial targets and providing timely feedback on those targets. Also, constant evaluation and improvement of all business processes to ensure all departments are working in the most efficient manner possible. • Project manager for the company’s recent ERP implementation. Responsibility included documentation of all business processes, evaluation of software vendor bids, selection of top 3 vendors for demonstrations, negotiation of cost for the ERP system selected, development of the implementation plan with weekly update meetings, responsible for all testing, training and data setup for go live. Also responsible for the creation of all management reporting, including all automated reporting delivered through email.• Responsible for all cash modeling and maintaining all banking relationships. This includes detailed 13 week, monthly and annual cash flow models, presenting this model to our bank and securing bank approval for the Credit Facility.• Responsible for the entire annual financial planning process. This includes meeting with certain departments to get their valuable input, preparing the plan with detailed assumptions and presenting the plan to the executive management team. • Developed detailed accounting month end closing procedures resulting in 5 business days to close. Also, developed all internal controls procedures resulting in significant reduction in wasted spending and unauthorized transactions. Also responsible for presenting the monthly results to the CEO.• Developed a detailed cost per ton budget system for the manufacturing plant. This created a more focus approach in tracking how efficient the business is operating. This budget system resulted in a significant reduction in the company’s cost per ton.

Bellingham, Washington, Us

Manage the financial direction of Haggen’s pacific southwest grocery business. Primary responsibility is working with the CEO, Category business leaders and Store Operations to develop financial targets and work with the business to achieve those targets. Developed management reporting tools and critical KPI’s to evaluate the Company’s financial results. Developed key working relationships with Store Operations, Category Management, Human Resources and the Company’s CEO.Created key business processes to track scan margins by department, direct labor by store and shrink by department and store. These business processes helped improve margins, lower direct labor expense and better control shrink by developing and tracking targets by week.Developed business process for inventory management based on Days on Hand. This process provides detailed analytics on past performance and forecast future Days on Hand levels resulting in identification of potential problems.Developed analytical tools for sales and scan margins at the UPC and subcategory level. These tools are used to forecast sales and scan margins based on changes to retail prices and product costs

Huntington Beach, California, Us

Operationally focused finance leader with skills and experience in accounting, operations and financial analysis to provide guidance in complex business decisions.Experienced in the Company’s revenue growth from $200m to over $1b through understanding SKU count changes, inventory buys, cost of additional resources and business process changes. Also, experienced in the Company’s revenue decline through understanding necessary SKU reductions, lower inventory buys and improved inventory management, staff reductions with business process changes and improved short-term focus in cash management. Directed staff of 52 to plan, forecast and achieve the Company’s wholesale business financial targets.This resulted in improved forecast accuracy and increased partnership with finance and the business.Managed the financial direction of the Company’s Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes wholesale brands by providing detailed and complex financial analysis including customer profitability, seasonal cash flow forecasting and working capital management.This improved the Company’s focus on customers to target for profitability improvement and also lowered inventory levels resulting in lower borrowings. Detailed understanding of order book management, including forecasting new orders, analysis of order cancellations, meeting with logistics regarding product receipts, forecasting shipment of the order book and approving inventory buys.Experienced in monthly accounting closing process, including detailed general ledger review, account reconciliation review and responsibility for monthly closing schedule. Successfully implemented a new ERP system (SAP) including the creation of financial reports using Business Objects and BPC 7 financial reporting systems.Responsible for the annual financial planning process for the Quiksilver, Roxy and DC Shoes wholesale brands. Expanded the Company’s past credit facility from one bank to a credit facility of over six banks.

Huntington Beach, California, Us

Huntington Beach, California, Us

Family Restaurants Inc. was a $1 Billion holding company for a chain of restaurants including Cocos, Carrows, El Torito and several dinner houses. Reported to the CFO and maintained a detailed financial reporting and analysis model and presented recommendations to the CFO for improvements of the company's operations and cashflows.Responsible for the monthly financial consolidation and reporting packages. This information included detailed sales information, income statements and cashflow statements by chain with detailed explanations of all variances.Also was responsible for drafting the company's 10Q and 10K reporting information.Developed detailed cashflow projections for the treasury department. Developed and maintained the company's legal entity reporting package including reconciling to the company's operating statements.Managed a staff of twenty in the General Ledger, Fixed Assets and Sales Audit Departments.Improved the company's month end closing process by three days through better communication with outside departments and improved the accounting department's work flow processes.Worked with the company's external auditors to plan and complete the year end audit.Maintained a positive and productive work environment.

Eastman Office Products was a $300 million wholesale office supply company which was acquired by Office Depot in 1994.Reported to the Controller.Managed a staff ten in the General Ledger Department.Responsible for the accurate month end closings and timely account reconciliations.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bs, Business Administration; Accounting