Christopher Figueroa: in Riverside, CA

- Developed annual and monthly accrual budgets and tracked spend expense to ensure financial objectives are met - Managed and processed demand forecast for over 60 skus helping drive accuracy by 67% - Worked closely with the accounting department to develop and maintain monthly consolidated financial reports, including month end closing and deduction reconciliation - Extracted and manipulated data from multiple systems to develop routine reporting - Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams such as Marketing, Sales, Accounting, Customer Service, and IT to ensure customer performance expectations and company strategic objectives are met - Assisted accounting with monthly GL posting and journal entries for the Trade Marketing team

- Resolved invoice and billing discrepancies for retail branded customers - Worked closely with the sales team to develop an accurate forward-looking trade spend to meet the given target - Reviewed and audited spend expense and actuals by customer to identify variances in planning and took corrective action for future planning activities - Maintained and updated the semi-annual broker bonus on a monthly basis - Lead deduction research and resolution by verifying promotional contracts, invoices, movement reports, retailer Ads, and Nielsen data

- Processed payroll including voids and manual checks of over 500 employees on a biweekly basis - Reviewed new hire packets and compliance documents with confidentiality - Suggested procedural changes with my IT Department and Payroll Manager to improve work efficiency - Handled phone calls to resolve payroll issues as well as following-up with each employee on any updated payroll information

- Averaged $15,000 in monthly sales while maintaining 50% profit margin - Developed a book of business of 100+ customers - Implemented price strategies with district manager to develop current business and land new customers while maintaining profitability and reducing inventory costs - Processed and verified credit applications, credit card transactions, and CA Resale Tax Certificates - Assisted the A/R Department on collection calls and invoice discrepancies; reduced days out by 30%