JULEEN MAHABEER-JACKSON
Summary
Operational Management professional dedicated to continuous process improvement in the face of rapidly evolving and changing markets. Results-oriented and proactive in finding cost-effective solutions to company-wide problems.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Financial Controller
TLB Beauty
New York, NY
03.2022 - Current
- Develop deep collaborative relationships with the team leads to support effective and efficient spending and drive ROI.
- Lead weekly cash flows reporting with careful consideration of inflows and outflows.
- Analyze monthly results and/or trending data to support the monthly forecast, identify risks to the forecast and identify mitigation strategies and actions.
- Collaborate with accountant to coordinate timely and
accurate monthly closing, budgeting, reporting and
forecasting cycles. - Perform analysis on innovation projects, capital
investments, or new/modified customer requests - Partner with operations on demand planning and
forecasting for effective budgeting. - Partner with VP of Finance and accountant for robust but easily digestible reporting - timely analysis for executive review and Board and or investor presentations.
- Deliver ad hoc analysis, standard reports, and
recommendations to executive team. - Manage channel PNL. (e-com, retail, etc.) and make
recommendations to identify and decrease cost of doing business. - Lead margin expansion initiatives in conjunction with VP of Finance, Sales and Operations.
- Support commercial-launch activities by assessing existing cash flows, budget, ROI and more.
- Coordinate purchasing activities with Supply Chain
Manager. - Work with vendors to resolve monetary and quantity/quality issues, maintaining positive relationships with vendors, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of payments.
Senior Consultant, Finance
Shiseido Americas Corporation
New York, NY
10.2021 - 03.2022
- Manage six brand P&Ls, including the monthly close and estimate processes.
- Manage the day-to-day financial relationship and financial reporting with the several fashion houses.
- Manage various monthly close activities to ensure that books are closed in a timely & accurate manner (Co-coordinating extensively with Accounting & Brand teams).
- Coordinate with the marketing and sales admin team to prepare budgets, plans, and latest estimates to load and build in the financial planning system.
- Oversee overall General and Administrative expenses. Assist in creating and distributing monthly reporting to brand teams and proactively identify and minimize discrepancies/variances.
- Run month-to-date and year-to-date P&L reporting versus budget and prior year and support finance manager on variance analysis.
- Prepare monthly Business Review package by utilizing existing reporting to be reviewed with senior management.
- Analyze customer profitability, driving to improve account performance.
- Partner with VP of Finance and perform various operational analyses and review with business partners and senior management.
- Suggest financial modeling improvements in reporting, planning, and forecasting to enhance process efficiency, support new initiatives, and accurately capture changing business environment and structure.
Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis
Global Container Terminals USA
Jersey City, NJ
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Prepare and analyze monthly reporting package sent to corporate executives, including comprehensive Executive level explanations of KPI variances to budget and prior year, and insight into key business trends.
- Provide financial modeling and financial analysis support to both USA terminals day to day operating plans and financial effect of managements' decisions.
- Provide financial modeling and financial analysis support to CAPEX projects and other ad-hoc financial projects. Create sensitivity and scenario analyses, assessing financial metrics including NPV, IRR and other return metrics as required.
- Analyze and prepare rolling five-year business plan. Identifying key risk and opportunities in achieving both regional and company-wide strategic objectives.
- Analyze and prepare annual operating budget, quarterly forecasts, and weekly flash reports for GCT Canada and GCT USA executives and senior leadership.
- Improved operational excellence and financial savings goals by 22% to budget.
Senior Budget Analyst
New York University
New York, NY
10.2015 - 07.2018
- Analyzed budgets, financial reports and projections for accurate reporting of financial standing.
- Developed annual budgets in collaboration with the financial director.
- Identified and investigated variances to financial plans and forecasts by interpreting financial results.
- Decreased personnel hours spent on reporting by 7% by creating ad hoc reports utilizing an available data warehouse.
- Monitored and analyzed financial, statistical and operational data trends.
- Tracked and monitored expense reimbursements.
- Trained staff during demonstrations, meetings, conferences and workshops. Held monthly and semi-annual sessions.
- Prepared training videos for long-term use.
Financial Operations Lead
Apple Inc
New York, NY
10.2011 - 11.2015
- Oversaw NY Flagship market budget and financial operations.
- Supervised operations staff and fostering employee development.
- Prepared operational and salary budgets.
- Improved shrink variances by 12% through researching anomalies and creating a tracking method to identify them.
- Directed and monitored regulatory operations.
- Planned, coordinated and controlled daily operations of the organization.
- Ensured work was accomplished in a safe manner in accordance with established operating procedures and practices.
- Managed a staff of nine direct reports.
- Implemented processes to streamline workflow.
- Documented business requirements, functional specifications and training procedures.
Education
Master of Science - Finance
St. John's University
Queens, NY2012
Bachelor of Science - Finance
St. John's University
Queens, NY2010
Skills
- Budgeting and Financial Management
- Financial Reporting and Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Financial Administration
- Team Leadership
- Personnel Management
- Strategic Planning
- Exceptional Interpersonal Communication
- Effective Problem Solver
- Process Improvement Specialist
- Training Solutions Development
- Course Development
Timeline
Financial Controller
TLB Beauty
03.2022 - Current
Senior Consultant, Finance
Shiseido Americas Corporation
10.2021 - 03.2022
Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis
Global Container Terminals USA
08.2018 - 09.2021
Senior Budget Analyst
New York University
10.2015 - 07.2018
Financial Operations Lead
Apple Inc
10.2011 - 11.2015
Master of Science - Finance
St. John's University
Bachelor of Science - Finance
St. John's University
Languages
Fluent in English and proficient in Spanish.
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