Wendy Ewing Email & Phone Number

Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States

Leading a team of 3 individuals on my Team to provide support to Transformco's Softlines (Apparel, Design, Fine Jewelry, Footwear & Home) and Fun & Frequency (Grocery, Drug, Pharmacy, Seasonal, Sporting Goods & Toy) business units.Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare and review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business… Show more Leading a team of 3 individuals on my Team to provide support to Transformco's Softlines (Apparel, Design, Fine Jewelry, Footwear & Home) and Fun & Frequency (Grocery, Drug, Pharmacy, Seasonal, Sporting Goods & Toy) business units.Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare and review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center regarding transactional issues, completion of miscellaneous monthly reporting and the development and enhancement of accounting processes. Liaise with corporate accounting. Calculate and assist Accounting with Royalty Payments. Manage deferred revenue model and post entries related to deferred revenue. Assist in special projects. Provide counsel to business units and corporate personnel on potential transactions. Provide support (as noted above) for multiple business units, which include remote locations, as well as managing support staff reporting to me.Direct Reports: 3 Show less

Hoffman Estates, Il

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Hoffman Estates, Il

Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center… Show more Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center regarding transactional issues, completion of miscellaneous monthly reporting and the development and enhancement of accounting processes. Liaise with corporate account. Calculate and assist Accounting with Royalty Payments. Manage deferred revenue model and post entries related to deferred revenue. Assist in special projects. Provide counsel to business units and corporate personnel on potential transactions. Provide support (as noted above) for multiple softlines (Home, Infants, Kids, Women's, Men's, Footwear, Jewelry & Gifting, Mattresses, Shop Your Way Brands) business units within Sears Holdings, as well as managing support staff reporting to meDirect Reports: 1 Show less

Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center… Show more Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center regarding transactional issues, completion of miscellaneous monthly reporting and the development and enhancement of accounting processes. Liaise with corporate account. Calculate and assist Accounting with Royalty Payments. Manage deferred revenue model and post entries related to deferred revenue. Assist in special projects. Provide counsel to business units and corporate personnel on potential transactions. Provide support (as noted above) for multiple softlines (Design, Home, Infants, Kids, Women's, Men's, Footwear, Jewelry & Gifting) business units within Sears Holdings, as well as managing support staff reporting to meDirect Reports: 1 Show less

Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center… Show more Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center regarding transactional issues, completion of miscellaneous monthly reporting and the development and enhancement of accounting processes. Liaise with corporate account. Calculate and assist Accounting with Royalty Payments. Assist in special projects. Provide counsel to business units and corporate personnel on potential transactions. Provide support (as noted above) for multiple business units (Design, Infants, Kids, Women's, Men's, Consumer Electronics, Sporting Goods, Toys, Tools, Lawn & Garden) within Sears Holdings, as well as managing support staff reporting to meDirect Reports: 1 Show less

Hoffman Estates, Il

Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center… Show more Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center regarding transactional issues, completion of miscellaneous monthly reporting and the development and enhancement of accounting processes. Liaise with corporate account. Assist in special projects. provide counsel to business unites and corporate personnel on potential transactions. Show less

Hoffman Estates, Il

Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center… Show more Assist in the completion of the monthly close process including journal entry preparation, prepare or review account reconciliations and analysis and identification of significant changes in and components of account balances. Interface with business personnel to understand components of account balances. Assist with SOX compliance matters as it relates to the business. Account payable research and invoice approval and submission to offshore accounting center. Liaise with accounting center regarding transactional issues, completion of miscellaneous monthly reporting and the development and enhancement of accounting processes. Liaise with corporate account. Assist in special projects. provide counsel to business unites and corporate personnel on potential transactions.Provide support (as noted above) for 4 major business units within Sears Holdings, as well as managing support staff reporting to me. Show less

• Led staff of up to 21 auditors geographically located across the US• Assumed additional responsibilities to cover key vacant positions minimizing impact to overall department activities• Collaborated with corporate and information technology audit teams to provide insight into store operations and provide additional assistance and knowledge/skill set during planning phase, coordinated field team assistance during audit work• Streamlined reporting phase of audit process by… Show more • Led staff of up to 21 auditors geographically located across the US• Assumed additional responsibilities to cover key vacant positions minimizing impact to overall department activities• Collaborated with corporate and information technology audit teams to provide insight into store operations and provide additional assistance and knowledge/skill set during planning phase, coordinated field team assistance during audit work• Streamlined reporting phase of audit process by implementing a peer review process to issue reports in a timely manner• Oversaw audit reporting and summarization of approximately 400 store audit reports annually• Maintain audit program of over 500 audit steps across diverse operations (e.g.; cash office, front end, pharmacy, lottery, receiving, claims, employment practices, cycle inventory)• Assisted various business units with overall risk identification, quantification and mitigation controls that are aligned with our compliance philosophy and company objectives• Assembled and assessed key performance indicator data for use in store risk models, generate risk models to identify and quantify potential audit targets• Coordinated with Supply Chain business unit and external auditors as well as performed statistical sampling for distribution center inventory sampling• Established relationships with store operations personnel to maintain current on policies and key business initiatives• Developed access database and automation scripts to import data for analysis, reducing risk model generation time from 2 days to approximately 3 hours Show less

• Performed internal audits in Kmart stores which included reviews of operational, financial & compliance controls• Scheduled audits (and follow-up investigations) in a timely manner to 60+ stores located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania• Discovered and investigated fraudulent activities—including inventory manipulations and cash thefts• Wrote audit reports and investigation letters• Assisted in special investigations• Performed inventory… Show more • Performed internal audits in Kmart stores which included reviews of operational, financial & compliance controls• Scheduled audits (and follow-up investigations) in a timely manner to 60+ stores located in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania• Discovered and investigated fraudulent activities—including inventory manipulations and cash thefts• Wrote audit reports and investigation letters• Assisted in special investigations• Performed inventory observations• Informed management as to findings by calling headquarters in Michigan on a weekly basis• Reviewed audit findings with store management and/or regional manager• Assisted in revisions to audit program Show less

Closter, Nj

Order product, set up planograms and displays for a number of key departments including Health and Beauty, Stationary, Pets, Household products. Assisted with store openings including set up and training associates.

Accounting, record keeping, financial audits, tax return preparation

Mba, Accounting, 3.5

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathmatics & Psychology, 3.3