Manager Sales

Brett Cetron

*** ******** ******; Oceanside, NY *1572

Home: 516-***-****

Email: *****.******@*****.***

Cell: 516-***-****

SUMMARY

Finance and reporting professional with demonstrated ability in detailed

analysis, planning, and reporting that align and support the business.

Highly effective in working in detailed reports, adapting and improving new

business systems, working in teams, and meeting deadlines. Known for

excellent support of business partners, strong analytical and communication

skills, and for implementing process improvements. Have exceptional problem

solving skills and a strong background in enterprise systems and

technology.

EXPERIENCE

ANN INC, New York, NY

Manager, Business Planning and Reporting

November 2012 - Present

Work as a Manager of Business Planning and Reporting in the Ann Taylor

business segment with a focus on planning, budgeting, process improvement,

financial and business reporting. Manage Business Overview reporting and

process for president of the division. Identify and track retail trends and

overall business financial health and provide analysis on data.

. Created and programmed a planning tool in excel that reduced the overall

planning process by 65%, and provided visibility to track over $500M

annually of planned sales.

. Developed and standardized the Investment Review process which is

responsible for planning $120M quarterly.

. Improved the hindsight process and reduced run time by 80%.

. Built and manage a returns process that has helped to identify 50% of

returns and high risk inventory.

. Manage and mentor 1 direct report who recently received an award of

excellence.

BARNES AND NOBLE, New York, NY

Manager, Financial Analysis

January 2012 - November 2012

Worked as a Finance manager in the Nook digital segment with a focus on

revenue, forecasting, budgeting process, COGS, inventory, and gross profit

reporting. Support business to identify risks and opportunities. Managed

and was responsible for tracking digital trends, inventory changes, and the

overall financial health of the digital business.

. Created and manage a roll forward process to track $350M worth of device

inventory and $45M of accessory inventory.

. Developed an E+O process around $15M of spare parts.

. Identified scrap risk of $4M and reduced impact to $1.3M.

. Created and manage a streamlined forecast process that reduced completion

time by 60%.

AMERICAN EXPRESS, New York, NY June 2010 - January 2012

Finance Manager August 2011 -

January 2012

Worked as a Finance Manager supporting the Global Network Operations

organization (GNO). Managed 200 cost centers and helped partner with the

business to strategically plan for expenses and identify where there are

risks and opportunities to the organization. Was responsible for tracking

all operating expenses and revenue that was generated by the GNO

organization

. Identified incorrectly allocated operating expenses which netted GNO a

savings of $5M.

. Setup an investment tracking process that tracked $150M worth of

operating expense related investments.

. Automated revenue reporting that initially took 2 full business days to

complete.

. Lead the financial plan for the entire GNO organization accounting for

expenses of $400M Annually.

Strategic Planning Analyst June 2010 - August 2011

Worked as a Strategic Planning Analyst on the Capabilities team with a

focus on Fee Base Revenue (FBR) and sales forecasting. Manage the Fee base

revenue reporting process. Provide insight to the business and senior

leadership on Fee Base Revenue initiatives/opportunities.

. Created and managed infrastructure and reporting processes for the $45M

Fee Base Revenue (FBR) Initiative.

. Identified un-reconciled sales of $8M increasing the accuracy of the

reports by 35%.

. Increased efficiency of FBR reporting improving completion by 6 days.

. Managed an operating budget of investments and expenses totaling $10M.

. Built reconciliation process for Business Insights to track $9M worth of

sales.

MOTOROLA, Holtsville, NY July 2006 - April 2010

Sr. Financial Analyst February 2008 - April 2010

Worked as a Sr. Financial Analyst in Operations Finance with a focus on

inventory reporting. Provide daily reports on values of inventory and

communicate them to senior management. Used detailed models to support the

planning cycle of the business related to inventory and spending. Managed

the P&L for all inventory accounts in Operations Finance.

. Lead transition from SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system to

Oracle General Ledger ERP system for P+L accounts.

. Improved inventory aging process to reduce runtime by 75%.

. Assisted the business in reducing inventory levels approximately 15%.

. Found and reconciled $2M of missing inventory thereby increasing accuracy

of models.

. Achieved Six Sigma Yellow Belt/Badge certification.

. Managed Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) process which lead to a reduction of

scrap from $4M to $2M.

Financial Analyst July 2006 - February 2008

Worked as a Financial Analyst in Operations Finance with a focus on

revenue reporting, forecasting using SAP, and cost center management and

planning. Presented detailed models and communicated progress on goals

to senior management.

. Helped build from the ground up, the SAP MCR program which reduced the

process running time by 85%.

. Key member of finance team that reduced the monthly close process from 5

business days to 1 business day.

. Managed the MCR process and helped business exceed an MCR goal of $55M.

. Involved in the creation of 5 SAP programs for Operations Finance.

COMPUTER SKILLS

. Proficient with: Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel, Access, PowerPoint)

Oracle, SAP, SAP BI reporting system, SAP BPC, Monarch, FoxPro, Hyperion

Essbase, Salesforce.com, Cognos, Citrix, SQL, Brio, TM1, VBA (excel

macros), Proclarity, Business Objects and Business Warehouse.

EDUCATION

. MBA, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, graduated

December 2009, Cumulative GPA: 3.91. Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma honor

society, international honor society for collegiate schools of business.

. BS, Major: Business / Economics, Minor: Business Communications, Oneonta

State College, Oneonta, NY, Graduated May 2006

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