Result-driven Finance Director promoting more than 12 years of proficiency in identifying and analyzing financial trends and partnering with other departmental leaders. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Well-versed in producing reports and evaluating department operations.
Hi, I’m
Umi Hayata
Prosper,TX
Summary
Overview
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Tasty Restaurant Group
Finance Director
01.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Oversaw KFC portfolio's financial and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals
- Worked closely with organizational leadership to guide operational strategy
- Facilitated capital expenditure process, including new project analysis and cash flow forecasting
- Prepared financial reports to assist board members with critical business decisions
- Led budgeting, targeting setting, and re-forecasting process.
- Set measurable financial targets for the operations team to achieve financial performance
- Created routine operational KPI reporting tools
- Managed various projects and conducted ad-hoc analyses including forecasting tool integration, portfolio optimization, sensitivity analysis, and strategic price increase recommendations
Hilti north America
Finance Manager
05.2019 - 01.2022
Job overview
- Led planning, forecasting, and target setting process and monitored financial trends against forecast
- Conducted variance analysis and pipeline analysis, and kept the outlook up-to-date
- Evaluated and communicated key financial drivers
- Presented monthly financials to the executive management team to steer the best possible financial outcome
- Trained both finance and non-finance team
- Led various global projects
- Achieved the first breakeven year of $60M sales organization while maintaining the sustainability of the business
- Nominated for Advancing Women Leaders Program.
Hilti north America
Financial Analyst
05.2017 - 03.2019
Job overview
- Maintained accurate regional financials through Adaptive Insights
- Led annual restatement process, created ROI simulation, and acted as a liaison between global and local finance communities
- Partnered with financial directors to improve the forecasting and target-setting models
- Also served as a Human Resources financial planning partner responsible for forecasting $10M OPEX and standardized the HR function’s budget process
- Analyzed and assessed performance measures aligned with company’s financial strategy
Dave & Buster’s
Systems Analyst
10.2015 - 04.2017
Job overview
- Oversaw accounting system maintenance and modification
- Collaborated with IT to assess individual ERP module data
- Spearheaded the integration, validation, and testing of different ERP modules and new applications
- Created and maintained Peoplesoft queries
- Automated financial process and reporting
- Facilitated the consolidated internal and external financial reporting of 140 stores
- Reviewed monthly/quarterly inventory cost analysis, monthly labor metrics, and financial KPI reports
- Automated manual intensive month-end reports and reduced human error and improved efficiency
- Nominated for the Employee of the Month
Turbochef
Senior Accountant
01.2014 - 10.2015
Job overview
- Led monthly financial statement reviews
- Responsible for the month-end close process including bank reconciliation, intercompany balance, and various accruals
- Monitored and updated the customer pricing and provided pricing analysis to VP of Sales
- Assisted with internal and external audits
- Created daily, weekly, and monthly sales reports by creating queries through SmartList and Access
- Implemented automated pricing upload process
Accelspine
Corporate Accountant
11.2011 - 01.2014
Job overview
- Responsible for monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial reports for multiple entities
- Performed monthly account reconciliation - AR, AP, and balance sheet accounts
- Supervised Accounts Receivable representatives
- Prepared and processed vendor payments
- Monitored and reconciled company credit card expenses
- Prepared 1099 for an annual tax return
- Prepared and processed sales commissions
- Conducted customer pricing analysis and maintained tier pricing in Quickbooks
- Led a successful Quickbooks integration from the excel model.
Education
University of Texas At Dallas
MBA from Finance
05.2019
University Overview
- 3.8 GPA
University of Texas At Dallas
Master of Science from Information Technology of Management
05.2016
University Overview
- 3.7 GPA
- Concentration in Business Intelligence
University of Texas At Dallas
BS from Accounting
05.2012
University Overview
- 3.8 GPA
- Magna Cum Laude
- Awarded Dean’s List
- Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Skills
- Problem Solver
- Team Player
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability
- Strategic Financial Planning
- Presentation
- Decision-Making
- Resourcefulness
- Technology-Savvy
- Advanced Excel skill
- Process Implementation
- Process Improvement
- Financial Systems Implementation
Languages
Korean
Japanese
Timeline
Finance Director
Tasty Restaurant Group
01.2022 - Current
Finance Manager
Hilti north America
05.2019 - 01.2022
Financial Analyst
Hilti north America
05.2017 - 03.2019
Systems Analyst
Dave & Buster’s
10.2015 - 04.2017
Senior Accountant
Turbochef
01.2014 - 10.2015
Corporate Accountant
Accelspine
11.2011 - 01.2014
University of Texas At Dallas
MBA from Finance
University of Texas At Dallas
Master of Science from Information Technology of Management
University of Texas At Dallas
BS from Accounting
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