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Jennifer Rasmussen

Fairview,TX

Summary

Business & Finance professional with 13+ years in finance and 10+ years in operations. I bring a unique background of both operational and finance experience and expertise that blends perfectly to enhance my overall profile and business savviness. I am an excellent strategist and problem solver who is very analytical and collaborative. I have a proven record of working in fast paced environments and being an excellent servant leader.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Finance & Operations - DTC

Samsung
02.2023 - Current

Samsung one of the biggest brands in the world is a multinational manufacturing conglomerate. I fall under the Mobile group where I lead a team of 8 to support our Direct to consumer brick and mortar stores in all Finance, Accounting, Reporting , demand planning, marketing, merchandising, product and Analytical functions. function as a mini CFO and CEO.

  • Improved profitability by 165%
  • Grew traffic and revenue while improving profiablity
  • Weekly reporting on all KPIs
  • New store openings (pro formas, approvals, etc..)
  • Implementation of a new system of record
  • Daily submissions and approvals for all invoices
  • Monthly P&L Package
  • Pricing and Promotions analysis and execution
  • Trade In Program analysis and execution
  • Cost efficiency management
  • Contact executions and vendor relationship management
  • Demand Planning and aged inventory solutions
  • Marketing and In store customer experiences

Sr. Manager, Finance - DTC

Samsung
04.2021

Sr. Manager, Finance - FP&A

XL Minor JCPenney
02.2020 - 04.2021

JCPenney's is a fortune 500 hundred company operating over 800 hundred stores , where I lead a team of three to support multiple departments in the building

▪ Asset Protection FP&A, as well as all capital and any loss reporting/analysis
▪ Store Environment FP&A, as well as all capital
▪ Operations FP&A, including workforce management planning & analysis
▪ Develop 800 store level budgets
▪ Statistical analysis around drivers, test & learn, and adhoc learnings
▪ All Reporting and analysis around JCP Brand Defining Store (lab Store)
▪ Monthly Forecasting and variance analysis
▪ Expert modeling skills, including prediction, & segmentation modeling
▪ Presentations to executive teams
▪ Real Estate Portfolio Analysis
▪ Process Improvement

Sr. Manager, Finance

GameStop
08.2014 - 02.2020

GameStop is a fortune 500 hundred company operating over 5700 hundred stores globally, where I lead a team of four to support most Departments in the building

  • IT FP&A, as well as capital labor and building capital business cases
  • Supply Chain/Procurement FP&A, and adhoc or test & learn analysis
  • LP FP&A, and loss reporting/analysis
  • Operations FP&A, including workforce management planning & analysis
  • Develop 4000 store level budgets
  • Statistical analysis around drivers, test & learn, and adhoc learnings
  • Monthly Forecasting and variance analysis
  • Expert modeling skills, including prediction, & segmentation modeling
  • Compensation plan and analysis with proven adopted compensation change roll outs
  • Presentations to executive teams
  • Created and established multiple dynamic reports including a company balance scorcard

Sr. Financial Analyst

Dave & Busters
04.2010 - 08.2014

Dave & Busters is a restaurant & entertainment venue operating in 90 locations in the US

  • Format Yearly Budget across multiple line items for the entire organization
  • Travel and train General Mangers on the Budget process and Financial Reporting
  • Establish Monthly Forecasting and variance review making recommendations for opportunities
  • Build and update weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting
  • Do Ad-Hoc – (Operating hours, sales, ROI etc...) for all of my guests; Marketing,Operations, Human Resources, and I.T. to determine priorities
  • Formulate Board Presentations quarterly and Executive presentations monthly
  • Proactively became our “Labor Specialist” and have improved our labor margin by $8M in the time I have been in charge of labor through the training, reporting and guidance to the Operations team
  • Develop Guest Pulse Score analysis to find fraud and make recommendations
  • Assist Human Resources in compensation plans and data
  • Key participant on the New healthcare reform committee and provided analysis, tools,and recommendations on how to move forward

Regional Operations Manager

Aldo
02.2002 - 05.2007

Aldo is a multi unit retailer based out of Montreal, Quebec. At Aldo I oversaw 500 employees and managed over $20M

  • Recruiting, Hiring, Development and Coaching
  • LP Audits
  • Store Visits
  • Successfully opened over 30 new locations handling construction, pro formsas, etc.…
  • Successfully motivated team to achieve results yearly and won awards for it

Education

MBA - Big Data

Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
08.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Finance & Accounting

University of North Texas
Denton, TX
05.2009

Skills

  • Operations Management
  • Project Management
  • Logistics Management
  • Business Development
  • Business Planning
  • Negotiation
  • Financial Reporting
  • Strategies and Goals
  • Capital Spending
  • Budget Management
  • Charismatic Leader
  • Strategic Planning
  • Organizational Development
  • Leadership Development
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Data Analysis
  • Change Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Training and Development
  • Sales Management
  • Cost Control
  • Revenue Generation
  • KPI Tracking
  • Employee Development
  • Performance Improvement
  • Decision Making
  • Leadership
  • Statistics
  • Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking

tools of the trade

Excel - Expert

Hyperion- Expert

APT-Expert

Cognos- Advanced

Great Plains- Advanced

Planful- Advanced

Nvision-Proficient

Power BI- Proficient

XL Minor- proficient

OBIE- Proficient

Tableau- Intermediate

SAP - Intermediate

Snowflake- Intermediate


Hobbies and Interests

  • Traveling
  • Reading
  • Learning
  • Entrepreneuership

References

Meredith Carter - VP Finance, Sally Beauty
214-793-2301

Marc Summey - SVP Real Estate, Consultant
817-235-3656, marcsummey.aol.com

Gary Riding - Former SVP Store Operations, GameStop
972-841-7288

Scott Drake - CFO,  Farmer Brothers
972-571-5087


Awards/Recognition

  • Wonder Woman Award
  • Selected for HIPO program
  • Certified Mentor
  • Selected for Cohort program
  • Customer Service Award
  • Multiple Sales Awards

Timeline

Director, Finance & Operations - DTC

Samsung
02.2023 - Current

Sr. Manager, Finance - DTC

Samsung
04.2021

Sr. Manager, Finance - FP&A

XL Minor JCPenney
02.2020 - 04.2021

Sr. Manager, Finance

GameStop
08.2014 - 02.2020

Sr. Financial Analyst

Dave & Busters
04.2010 - 08.2014

Regional Operations Manager

Aldo
02.2002 - 05.2007

MBA - Big Data

Texas Tech University

Bachelor of Arts - Finance & Accounting

University of North Texas
Jennifer Rasmussen