Lauren Antaki
Briarcliff Manor
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Finance Manager
West Elm
04.2016 - Current
- Provided leadership oversight and management of all West Elm Brand FP&A activities including analysis of the company’s performance and business trends, long-range planning, annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and financial accounting close
- Redesign sales and expense models benchmarking trends, leveraging opportunities, minimizing risk, and increasing efficiency
- Cross-functional partner with Inventory Planning, Merchandising, Design, Sourcing, Transportation, General Accounting, Inventory Accounting, Tax, and Treasury to ensure brand standards and practices adhere to GAAP and SEC guidelines
- Overseeing forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning processes, including profit planning, sales and direct margin forecasts, expense budgets, working capital and sensitivity analysis
- Collaborating, facilitating, and spearheading the monthly financial close process with other accounting and finance leaders to ensure timely and accurate results, including key business drivers
- Advising, consulting, and coordinating with key stakeholders across all functions
- Performing ad hoc analysis and participating in special projects as required for senior executive discussions
- Continuously monitoring company performance against the annual plan and key quarterly forecasts
- Ensuring timely delivery of important quarter-end reports and analytics for Board of Directors (BOD) and Leadership meetings, Investor Relations activities, and quarterly earnings communication
- Coordinate with business leaders to establish annual budgets and forecasts and provides ongoing analysis support
- Monitor operations and identify new productivity or cost saving initiatives
- Work closely with the executive and leadership teams to formulate the business's medium to long term financial and strategic plan
- Engage with business finance teams to support understanding and timeliness of financial deliverables
- Identify and drive operational improvements; build or enhance reporting and dashboards, trend analysis and provide thoughtful, relevant and insightful information for key decision making
Finance Manager
West Elm
08.2011 - 04.2016
Education
BBA - Business Education
Bowling Green University
Bowling Green, OH05-2002
Skills
- Month-End Close
- Budget
- Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)
- Forecasting
- Excel Modeling
- Financial Modeling
Timeline
Sr. Finance Manager
West Elm
04.2016 - Current
Finance Manager
West Elm
08.2011 - 04.2016
BBA - Business Education
Bowling Green University
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