Experience

Vinli Inc

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Finance

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  • Took control of the P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flows statements with the management of the monthly financial closing process while overseeing accounting practices, entries, and accounts. • Utilized QuickBooks as the primary ERP system and ensured that Vinli’s financial statements, taxes, and accounting practices adhered to GAAP standards and were audit-ready. • Designed from the ground up the forecast templates for monthly financial projections and financial reporting to Vinli’s Board members and investors with monthly integration of historical financials with forecasts. • Created scenarios of the impact of various operational decisions and marketing opportunities and assessed the financial implications on growth, profitability, expense structure, and cash balances. • Worked with operations to capture data on actual resource allocations on multiple projects and aligned with them to forecast headcount utilization pending needs of current customers and forecasted potential clients. • Managed the controls of Vinli’s international subsidiary payroll, expenses, and accounting with Vinli’s international accounting firm monthly and oversaw final controls for accuracy prior to the final sign-off of the statements. Show less



Mr. Cooper

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Manager

  • 2019 - Nov 2021

  • Controlled more than $200M of revenue and $60M EBT within the Title 365 division of Mr. Cooper composed of Originations and Default Services; with the responsibility of monthly forecasting, determination of strategy and plans, manage financial revenue, costs, with the emphasis on following up trends and analyzing unexpected variances. • Lead monthly forecast sessions by building an (i) automated revenue model from ground-up, (ii) build a historic pull-through model to provide future state from historic pull-through rates of orders, (iii) created COGS models for National Production Services, Post-Close Services, Notary, and Disbursements cost centers to translate open and closed units into their respective cost elements, and (iv) crafted the expense models for over 30 cost centers through excel and Adaptive formulas to provide an automatic output of expenses based on revenue results and headcount requirements to meet revenue stream. • Guided all levels of management as the business was going through the COVID-19 pandemic, with emphasis on managing the growth in Originations Services, while navigating the decline in the Default Services business. • Organized an orderly system implementation in 2020 from Essbase and Excel models to Workday Adaptive Planning • Success from the Originations division pushed for the sale of the Title 365 business by Q1 2021, transitioning from Title 365 to the Exchange business within Xome. • Updated new revenue models within Adaptive for the Exchange business, automated allocations and COGS modeling, gained control on headcount and expenses through detailed modeling of actuals versus the forecast. • Created both monthly business review (MBR) and monthly financial review (MFR) decks, showing by the client the variance against forecast for revenue, units, value sold, average sales price, commission rate, and detailed expense breakdown while managing a declining business portfolio with Exchange due to moratorium placed during Covid-19. Show less



Luxottica

• Italy
• Luxury Goods & Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Finance Manager

  • Mar 2018 - Sep 2019

  • Manager of all aspects of financial planning, analysis, budgeting, forecasting, reporting of the Dallas facility which includes controlling more than $35 million of costs annually. • Responsible for forecasting and controlling labor costs of 400 associates within the facility, reporting to the management team of the results on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. • Continuously provide financial feedback to the management team on all cost aspects of the facility, including: (i) define how to improve efficiency through labor and production metrics, (ii) control spent, breakage, consumption of lenses in work centers in order to drive down costs, (iii) giving status report on supplies and maintenance parts for proper spent controls and cost constraints. • Analyze current and prior year financial data to identify trends in performance while comparing the current financial position to the budgeted plan and provide a necessary recommendation to Plant Management. • Reporting development projects to include creating a new system to track daily supply costs, reporting methods which show weekly parts consumption for machines, headcount analysis vs. plan, and creating a transparent budget process by aligning all management within the facility. • Full facility budgeting process including quarterly, one pre-annual budget preparation, and finally a full-year budget formulation. Deep analysis in forecasting models in labor, consumables, parts, and all other expenses including reviewing year-on service contracts, vendor analysis, and production capacity. Show less



COFCO International

• Switzerland
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Controller

  • 2016 - 2018

  • As Head of Finance in the freight desk assisted the team in managing the financial, accounting, and control functions in Turkey and Geneva with emphasis on ensuring transparency and organizational integrity per IFRS standards. • Responsible for timely and accurate reporting of management results daily with a focus on to daily Mark-to-Market positions, daily realized voyage results, detecting any irregularities, and consequently proper reporting. • Focused on implementing and improving the system to capture all trades and regularly report open positions to ensure compliance with the COFCO requirements and limit risk exposure. • Established a system between IMOS and Sun Systems to obtain and regularly report counterparty credit and related position information and control any weakness and opportunities to recommend improvements. • Completion of the Month-End Process by accounting for MTM accruals, reviewed for any adjustments in options and trades, reviewed JPM trades with IMOS results to spot inconsistencies, prepared accrual re-class to inventory and prepayment accounts, calculated monthly taxes per Swiss regulatory bodies, booked any corrections in accounts, estimating voyage and MTM positions, and ensured estimates were close to final P&L. • Conducted and held meetings with the Freight Desk in Geneva with numerous visits and calls, coordinated with Intercompany counterparts in numerous regions such as Singapore, the U.S.A., and Europe to ensure proper alignment with accounts, and worked with the CFO of Turkey to ensure departmental and regional objectives were achieved. Show less



Trade Resources Company

• Türkiye
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior International Trade Consultant

  • 2015 - 2016

  • Worked as a trade, policy, and finance consultant for Turkey's top industrial manufacturers, including companies listed in Turkey's ISO 50 index. • Assessed company financials and trade records to review for any anti-dumping allegations, including analysis of inventory, fixed assets, cost structure, domestic and overseas sales traces, tracking imported raw materials, GOT subsidy analysis, reviewing tax and audited financial records for any discrepancies, and so forth. Cooperated with world-class professionals globally, including trade commissionaires, trade lawyers, industry heads, company heads, trade policymakers. • Compiled financial information, industry analysis, and prepare financial reports required by governmental authorities from around the world, including meeting questionnaire demands from the Department of Commerce from the United States of America, KADI (Komite Anti-Dumping Indonesia) in Indonesia, VCA (Vietnam Competition Authority) in Vietnam, and other jurisdictions. • Conducted economic and financial analysis used in international litigation, assisted in preparing clients the necessary paperwork and presentation during countervailing and antidumping investigations. • Calculated costs in aggregate, product lines, and per-unit costs of land and sea shipments, direct labor, indirect selling cost, land acquisition, raw materials, finished goods, bank fees, letter-of-credit expenses, and other key cost metrics. • Utilized Excel to compile mega-databases from companies to analyze costs, including matching product reports with cost reports on a per-unit cost basis. Show less



UPS

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• International Reporting Supervisor

  • 2013 - 2015

  • Lead more than 30 administrative assistants and specialists, including directly over four US GAAP team members to set and accomplish daily, weekly, and monthly goals including month-end closing, reconciling between three company's (local reporting, US GAAP reporting, and adjustment company), and ensuring reconciliations meet regional standards. • Responsible for assisting districts in preparing general ledger month-end process and coordinating the International GAAP team in completing the requirements for month-end closing promptly. • Coordinated with the Director of F&A, Accounting Manager, International UPS divisions, and internal staff to reconcile between US GAAP accounts and Turkish GAAP accounts monthly using UPS BlackLine Systems and Oracle GL. • Duties included ensuring that the local finance and controls were optimal, accurate, timely, and in line with Global Guidelines set by the Region and Corporate level executives. • Helped conduct self-audits with the International Finance and Accounting Audit team, and implemented processes to better process including coordinating with Team leaders by creating a complex spreadsheet to establish a control mechanism in the shared drive. • The control mechanism enabled foresight to check more than 850 accounts and how different entries created by individual team members impacted US GAAP, Adjustment Company, and Local GAAP accounts. • Performed quality checks on specialists to see if Local Accounting rules had been reconciled correctly, and then worked with the international team to ensure consistency and quality was performed when adjusting local entries to be reported into US GAAP. • Conducted and held numerous meetings with the International Team, Region team, with Managers and Director to ensure departmental and regional objectives, including having daily calls with Europe and the United States. Show less



Wells Fargo

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • 2011 - 2013

  • Performed financial, industry, risk, and country analysis for middle-market and publicly traded companies in various industries including agriculture, energy, wholesale, manufacturing, distribution, and various commodities. • Responsibilities include preparing annual and interim credit analysis reports, recommending credit ratings and strategies, presenting industry trends and figures, reviewing corporate credit policy, and preparing credit packages on time. • Partnered with Relationship Managers in a different group within the Bank to negotiate credit actions for a sizable portfolio. • Analyzed customer/prospect financial statements and industry trends to determine the risks associated with a transaction, sources of repayment, operating strength and liquidity, sustainable cash flow, and strength of collateral • Participated in international client/prospect meetings to gain exposure to the executive management of existing and prospective customers. • Cases include (i) through the Ex-Im FIBC program guaranteed by the U.S. government, we were able to secure cotton purchasing facility to a textile company with sales of $300 million, (ii) recommending an Ex-Im letter-of-credit facility to a factoring firm with $40 million in revenue, and (iii) conducted prospect analysis of a big player in the global automotive industry. Duties included advising the team on the various industries in various countries (ie. country analysis), explanation of financial issues about IFRS compared with US GAAP (example: investment items being recorded at historical cost versus market which impacts net profitability), and presenting the final case to the management team. • Completed credit fundamentals training in San Francisco, CA and took financial modeling course in Phoenix, AZ. • Served as the only Analyst in the GB Dallas division from September 2011 to October 2012. • Have communicated with various International Government officials. Show less