Experience

Nicholas Markets Inc

• United States
• Retail Groceries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Controller

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Upscale supermarket chain in Northern New Jersey. Financial management and day to day operations of accounting department ensuring the recording of company transactions are performed in an accurate and timely manner. Financial reporting/ budgeting. Cash and treasury management. Cash flow statements, budgets, forecasts and financial analysis. Manage accounting team and the finance function. Upscale supermarket chain in Northern New Jersey. Financial management and day to day operations of accounting department ensuring the recording of company transactions are performed in an accurate and timely manner. Financial reporting/ budgeting. Cash and treasury management. Cash flow statements, budgets, forecasts and financial analysis. Manage accounting team and the finance function.



Toys"R"Us

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Supply Chain Transformation-Enterprise Data Quality

  • Oct 2014 - Feb 2017

  Strategic, cross functional role designed to identify, research and solution complex problems within the organization. High visibility assignments that delivered sustaining financial and operational improvements.Managed the process and PIM application used for on boarding over 50,000 new items and 16,000 apparel styles a year. Safeguard integrity of the collected data by establishing business rules and corporate policies that support Omni-channel fulfillment and the e-commerce channel. Analyze, develop, communicate and enforce corporate data quality standards and policies Oversee cross functional development and deployment of PIM upgrades and overall and master data road map.

• Director- Supply Chain Transformation -Vendor Partnership

  • Mar 2012 - Oct 2014

  Highly cross functional, collaborative role responsible for the vendor relationship with respect to policy, procedures and programs associated with the TRU supply chain. Management of Performance Programs to ensure continuous supply chain improvement, through vendor engagement, performance management, process alignment, and utilization of metrics and scorecards to raise awareness to opportunities and solutions. Supported over 3,000 active vendors. Ensure freshness and relevancy of the Vendor Extranet.

• Director- Supply Chain Transformation- Master Data Management- PIM

  • Mar 2011 - Feb 2012

  Strategic, cross functional role designed to identify, research and solution complex problems within the organization. High visibility assignments that delivered sustaining financial and operational improvements.Responsible for the Master Data Management transformation project that delivered a new PIM catalog tool using one the most highly regarded MDM solutions in the industry along with a vendor self- serve portal allowing the delivery of product data by multiple methods. Personally selected by the Senior Vice President of Supply Chain based on performance recognition.Constructed business case and presented for executive approval. Awarded $5.5M in capital.Launched new PIM application in 11 months, exceeding industry standard of 18 months.Lead cross functional team through business requirements, system design, change management, user acceptance testing, training and implementation.Solved the challenge of disparate item catalogs that were inefficient, lacked governance and did not keep pace and support Omni-channel growth.

• Director Finance Planning and Analysis- US e-Commerce

  • Feb 2010 - Apr 2011

  Financial Management of the TRU eCommerce channel, including the annual budget process and strategy development. Provided financial consultation to business partners and e-commerce merchants.

• Director- Margin Transformation FP&A

  • Aug 2009 - Feb 2010

  Pivotal role focused on transforming major processes within the organization. Direct a team of inventory/margin accountants and IT professionals to determine the financial impact of converting the long standing evaluation method of inventory and margin from retail averaging to specific item cost.  Awarded capex of $3M to develop the database and relevant reporting. Initiative provided unprecedented visibility to profit by item.



Toys"R"Us

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director- Merchandise Finance, FP&A

  • Jan 2003 - Aug 2008

  Directed FP&A activities that supported sales and margin growth for all US Divisions. Synchronization of the merchant and finance plans, target setting and detailed planning by product category. Keen oversight of aging inventories. Collaboration with Accounting, AP and IA to assess risk, improve forecasting accuracy and enhance controls. Support merchandising strategies with financial projections and aid in execution.  Developed allowance forecasting tools that aided with the successful collection of ~$650M annually. Created Analyst support role to assist buyers in meeting financial objectives and strategies. Introduced performance metrics such as mix/rate analysis, promotional coverage, vendor performance ROI and inventory projections.

• Director-Accounting Financial Systems

  • 2002 - 2003

  Lead all activities for the Oracle 11.i upgrade including General Ledger, OFA, Expense Payable and Fixed Asset Accounting system in less than 12 months. CFO Placement after other attempts to perform the upgrade.

• Director- Real Estate Finance-Accounting

  • 2001 - 2002

  Project and portfolio accounting, budgeting, analysis and reporting. Portfolio review, ROI and buy/lease analysis of perspective properties. Surplus property management.  Presented with the President’s Award for managing the construction budget for the Times Square N.Y. Flagship location. Active member of the Real Estate Committee.