Order allocation/butyer/merchandise planner

Jessica Pesce

*** * **** ******, *** York, New York, 10019 • 570-***-**** • *******.******@*****.*** EDUCATION

Drexel University Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Graduation: September 2017 Major: Accounting

EXPERIENCE

Olivela New York, NY

Senior Accountant March 2020-July 2020

• Work directly with merchandise planners and buyers to manage active fashion brands and calculate actual AP balance owed to each brand using historical data and calculated future forecasted balances

• Assist merchandise planners and buyers with analyzing brand performance and eliminating brand segments based on sale and cost of goods sold analytics

• Analyze and review inventory levels, vendor agreements and inventory system daily to ensure AP team is leveraging complete and accurate data used to pay vendors

• Work directly with CEO and Controller to create and implement accounting and inventory processes within the company

• Performed financial quarterly close alongside Controller. Experience closing accounts receivable, sales and cost of goods sold, various expense accounts

• Prepared rollforward schedules for various financial statement accounts to prepare for year-end audit

• Analyze and review inventory levels, vendor agreements and inventory system daily to ensure AP team is leveraging complete and accurate data.

EY Nashville, TN

Senior Associate May 2019-March 2020

• In-charge auditor on a retail and manufacturing/ distribution audit client; review and supervise work of interns and staff level engagement team members; assist with planning risk and audit procedures for both quarterly reviews and year end audit

• Testing of significant transactions including both acquisitions and dispositions of multimillion-dollar assets for a REIT client

• Experience with SOX 404 testing, training of staff and review of Controls for a Public Company engagement with annual revenues of

$500M and responsible for the successful implementation of various updates to updated walkthrough templates and use of flowchart documentation implemented by the firm

• Exposure to coaching staff through comfort letter preparation and review for the acquisition of 4 additional facilities for a public, real estate investment trust, with annual revenues of $800M

• Perform and coach staff and review walkthroughs over inventory, revenue and close processes and involvement with creating audit planning/substantive procedures for 2019 year end audit

• Assurance Senior on major project involving the acquisition and disposal of 16 properties with annual revenues over $1.6B; oversight of payroll and accounts payable procedures over all facilities and lead auditor over team, including creating new substantive testing procedures and working closely with the Manager, Senior Manager and Partner; coaching staff through testing approach and perform detail review over all testing

QVC Philadelphia, PA

Merchandise Planning Intern January 2016-May 2016

• Reviewed outside exposure spreadsheets to track performance of beauty products in outside generic beauty shows to improve on placement of products to maximize product revenue to meet weekly sales goals

• Inputted new beauty products into the PAL Worksheet, an internal QVC product pricing database that tracks pricing changes and the sales performance of a product using industry standard 3-tier pricing strategies, to enable merchandise planners to find information regarding products that may impact the timing of scripting the product

• Analyzed Q4 2015 beauty products’ performance ranging up to $250 million in quarterly revenue to drop underperforming segments and promote segments generating the most revenue using the PAL worksheet, script review and tracking the performance using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets

• Collaborated with merchandise planners and buyers in the beauty department to successfully script beauty shows to maximize beauty product sales; the merchandise planners for the beauty department surpassed the quarterly sales goal of $80 million during Q1

• Reviewed inventory levels, host availability and historical pricing using script review and the PAL Worksheet to assist in decision making for beauty brands and placement of products in beauty shows; based on review, beauty team dropped a major hair care product which was underperforming and scripted a popular skin care product during the same hour to maximize air time and sales SKILLS/ HOBBIES

Sigma; SaasAnt; IDEA; QuickBooks; Caseware; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint Hobbies: Street Fashion Blogger, Fashion Stylist, Fashion Model

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