LAURA ALLEN
Macy's
Vancouver,US
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Business Administrator
1 Month- Optimized staffing and ensured weekend compliance to drive profitability and control expenses.
- Increase sales while reducing controllable costs to strengthen financial performance.
- Oversee monthly P&L with focus on selling cost accuracy and hourly rate compliance.
- Drive profitability by optimizing staffing, ensuring weekend compliance, and controlling expenses.
- Develop action plans to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
- Created action plans focused on enhancing profitability and operational efficiency.
- Lead selling areas to achieve performance goals.
- Maintain store standards through housekeeping audits, cleanliness oversight, and Facilities partnership.
- Foster an environment of acceptance and respect that strengthens relationships and ensures authentic connections with colleagues, customers, and communities.
Accountant
1 Year 9 Months- Review, code, and enter a high volume of vendor invoices with correct general ledger (GL) accounts.
- Matched invoices to purchase orders (POs), resolving pricing or quantity discrepancies to ensure accurate financial records.
- Prepare weekly payment runs via ACH, check, wire, and credit card.
- Calculate and record month-end accruals for unbilled goods or services received, ensuring expenses are recognized in the correct accounting period.
- Reconcile the Accounts Payable sub-ledger to the General Ledger, investigate variances, and reconcile monthly vendor statements.
- Audit and process corporate credit card and employee expense reports to ensure policy compliance and proper month-end cutoff.
- Reconciled Accounts Payable sub-ledger to General Ledger, investigating variances and ensuring accuracy of monthly vendor statements.
- Audited and processed corporate credit card and employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with policy and timely month-end cutoff.
- Processed checkbook invoices for accuracy and compliance, coding and balancing for Department Executives.
Property Accountant
1 Year- Reconciled daily cash activity, balanced night audit reports, counted cashier/server deposits, and made bank deposits to ensure accurate cash flow management
- Monitor AP/AR activity, verify and expense petty cash purchases, and resolve discrepancies such as misapplied charges or incorrect allocations
- Reconcile daily cash activity, balance night audit reports, count cashier/server deposits, and make bank deposits
- Prepared and distributed daily, monthly, and semi-monthly reports, summarizing adjustments and income at month-end to facilitate financial oversight
- Investigate and correct accounting issues, collaborate with internal teams to fix financial data, and improve processes
- Investigated and resolved accounting issues, collaborating with internal teams to correct financial data and enhance reporting processes
Assistant General Manager
2 Years 6 Months- Directed daily operations across front desk, housekeeping, F&B, maintenance, and supporting departments to ensure smooth, efficient workflows.
- Coached department heads, overseeing hiring, onboarding, training, and performance evaluations to cultivate high-performing staff culture.
- Supported GM with budgeting, cost control, financial analysis, and developed revenue strategies for occupancy and rate optimization.
- Assisted GM with budgeting, cost control, financial analysis, and revenue strategies including occupancy and rate optimization.
- Contributed to operations reviews, collaborated on marketing/sales initiatives, maintained inventory, and conducted property inspections.
- Participated in operations reviews, supported marketing/sales initiatives, maintained inventory, and oversaw property inspections.
Store Manager
5 Years 6 Months- Oversaw full store operations and staff management to ensure smooth daily performance and business goal alignment.
- Led a team of 35+ employees, improving performance and accountability across store operations.
- Managed furniture department and increased sales by 115% through strong merchandising, planning, and teamwork.
- Monitored store sales, driving $3.5M in yearly revenue.
- Set goals, enabling team to consistently meet sales targets and adhere to company policies.
- Set goals and ensured the team met sales targets and followed company policies.
- Oversaw store operations and staff management, ensuring daily performance aligned with business goals.
Skills
ADP payroll management
Sage accounting
M3 financial management
Property management system
Financial analysis
NetSuite ERP
Opera hotel management
QuickBooks accounting
Timeline
Manager Business Administrator
Macy's
08.2026 - CurrentRead More
Accountant
The Nines Hotel
10.2024 - 07.2026Read More
Property Accountant
Radisson Hotel Group
08.2023 - 08.2024Read More
Assistant General Manager
Comfort Suites Airport
09.2015 - 03.2018Read More
Store Manager
Big Lots
07.2009 - 01.2015Read More