Experience

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  FitFlop

  • Finance Manager

    • Jul 2013 - Apr 2017

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  Twinlab Corporation

  • New York, NY

  • Director of Corporate Accounting & Financial Reporting

    • Feb 2008 - Jul 2013
    • New York, NY

    Responsible for providing a detailed financial package with commentary to board members on a monthly basis along with a with a 13 week cash flow projection.Coordinate the month end financial close and consolidation in addition to managing cash use & revenue projections on a daily basis. Developed a daily dashboard to provide management with highlights of daily sales and production activity by locations.Automated the month end financial package to provide management with a top side look into the month end results by the 5th business day after the month end close.Reduced expense spending and improved vendor relations by obtaining better terms.Developed a database for use by our distributors to allow management to track the sales activity by territory and shows the effectiveness of the field sales force.Developed a sales commission program to improve distribution in the market place.Worked with external auditors providing support documentation and footnotes for the annual audit. Developed maintain a quarterly reconciliation plan to support the annual 941 report as well as the activity from the cash to the balance sheet and expense of the bi-weekly payroll.Provide reports to highlight excess inventory and aged inventory for sales management which reduced stock levels in the over 180 days aged category. Provide detailed reconciliation support for all balance sheet accounts and ad hoc reporting to support the on-going operations.Work with IT to manage and support the SAP system.Supervised a staff of 3 people.

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  Jones Apparel Group, Denim Group

  • Senior Director of Finance

    • Jan 1996 - Jan 2008

    Worked in-depth with the conversion of operating systems from ODS to SAP based systems. Was responsible for converting a $100M+ inventory stock level with less than a $1K variance.Provided month end close support to the corporate finance team which included accruals, sales forecasts/estimates, and inventory and chargeback reserves. Provided monthly analysis and reporting of markdowns and chargebacks to sales and corporate.Worked with the sales team to review outstanding unconfirmed orders, projections, inventory liquidations, and overall margin blend on a weekly/monthly basis.Provided analytical support to management for the growing business operation.Supervised a staff of 3.Director of Business Analysis Provided commissioned sales team and management with their monthly statement. Including a review of all sales, chargebacks, returns, and adjustments recorded per commissioned sales person with sales managers and senior management. Reviewed gross profit by style by division to determine the effects on the inventory cost. Provided management with a comparison to the plan and investigated all discrepancies that occurred. Updated and maintained internal controls, procedures and accounting systems. Prepared and instituted annual budget and quarterly forecasts.Worked with corporate management to insure the division was in compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley guidelines.

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  Polo Jeans Co./Sun Apparel

  • Assistant Controller

    • 1996 - 1999

    Created and maintained a fixture billing system. The system is responsible for recouping $2.1M annually on co-operative projects. Included monitoring shipments to accounts, providing documentation, and negotiating settlements of disputes. Developed return authorization system. Worked with the sales team to verify and process all valid return requests from accounts and forward the information to the credit department and the warehouse staff. Provided management with a monthly comparison of all authorized return requests by category/division/account.

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  John Wiley & Sons, Inc

  • Business Manager

    • Jan 1988 - Jan 1995

    Identified opportunities to improve profitability and return on investment. Managed and trained a diversified marketing staff on the advertising accrual system that monitors and processes all advertising expenditures (over $15M per fiscal year). Directly resulted in lowering monthly accruals by an average of 10%.Provided analytical support on six successful acquisitions and one divestiture.

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  John Wiley & Sons

  • Financial Analyst

    • 1988 - 1991

    Development of the $100M+ budget and strategic plan for the Sci-Tech Division. Created detailed reports for top management. Created, updated & maintained a complex database of journal financial information, including all elements which determine profitability of the programs.