Patrick Driscoll
Seattle,WA
Summary
Results-driven finance professional with a strong background in accounting and managerial roles, specializing in financial reporting, month-end close, analytics, and audit management. Skilled in implementing process improvements and developing internal controls, with expertise in ERP systems like SAP and Microsoft Dynamics. Proficient in SQL and data set creation to enhance accounting and finance operations.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Controller
Retail Service Group
Seattle, USA
01.2024 - Current
- Acting controller for retail brands within Private Equity Group Regent LLP: Club Monaco, Alta Cycling Group, La Senza.
- Executed financial cleanups, correcting years of accounting inaccuracies to ensure accurate reporting.
- Lead and completed audits in the US, UK, Asia, and Monaco.
- Implemented process improvements that streamlined close checklist, reporting, and tax filings.
- Managed projects including Shopify launch, company acquisitions, transfer pricing, and financial reporting to enhance operational effectiveness.
- Experience taking companies through restructuring, Facilitated restructuring assignment.
- Related Party to Zulily
Accounting Manager
Zulily
Seattle, USA
11.2021 - 01.2024
- Managed revenue, product margin, and inventory; developed staff and led 4-day close process to ensure timely reporting.
- Designed a new set of BP controls that helped the company avoid a material weakness because of ITGC failures.
- Created Demand to Revenue model, tracking backlog, margin and cancel trends by source and portfolio.
- Tracked inventory reserve and obsolescence at item level to inform markdown and purchase decisions for improved financial outcomes.
- Established accounting process for new business ventures, including wine sales and inventory liquidations, to support operational growth.
- Successfully flagged an incident of internal fraud activity via review of sales to bank activity.
- Conducted global supply chain analysis to evaluate operational efficiency. – Tracked and presented CPUs, Pack Factor, and other metrics to exec team.
Senior Accountant
Zulily
Seattle, USA
06.2019 - 11.2021
- Overhauled deferred revenue reconciliation, identifying and correcting multiple technology errors.
- Worked collaboratively with IA to create end to end process flow for revenue recognition and inventory/product COGS.
- Developed analysis for inventory, discounts, and shipping revenue shared with executives to inform strategic decisions.
- Automated SAP inventory synchronization with warehouse management software, improving data accuracy.
- SME for net sales, in charge of booking entries in accordance with ASC 606, creating reserves.
Accountant II
Zulily
Seattle, USA
08.2016 - 06.2019
Accounts Payable Lead
Zulily
Seattle, USA
01.2015 - 08.2016
Accounts Payable Specialist II
Zulily
Seattle, USA
08.2014 - 01.2015
Accounts Payable Specialist I
Zulily
Seattle, USA
11.2012 - 08.2014
Education
Bachelor of Arts - History, Sport Business Management
Washington State University
Pullman, WA12-2011
Skills
- Financial reporting
- Audit management
- Revenue recognition
- Financial analysis
- Preparing financial statements
- US GAAP proficiency
- Internal controls development
- SAP Financial Software
- Microsoft D365
- Google BigQuery
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Looker
- Blackline
- BW
- BPC
- Trovata
- Avalara
Timeline
Assistant Controller
Retail Service Group
01.2024 - Current
Accounting Manager
Zulily
11.2021 - 01.2024
Senior Accountant
Zulily
06.2019 - 11.2021
Accountant II
Zulily
08.2016 - 06.2019
Accounts Payable Lead
Zulily
01.2015 - 08.2016
Accounts Payable Specialist II
Zulily
08.2014 - 01.2015
Accounts Payable Specialist I
Zulily
11.2012 - 08.2014
Bachelor of Arts - History, Sport Business Management
Washington State University