LaShonda Seay

Partner and collaborate with President/CEO and senior leadership team to develop strategies focused on communicating, executing and achieving planned earnings, business objectives, and key performance indicators. Analyze financial results and identify risk and key drivers of significant variances to plan and forecasted results. Provide monthly and quarterly commentary focused on financial and operational drivers and develop action plans necessary to improve results. Manage the daily operations of the accounting, credit, finance and inventory control teams.

• Prepare Annual Operating Plan (AOP) with focus on sales, gross profit, and expenses. Develop the necessary business objectives needed to achieve planned earnings. Exceeded planned earnings for 3 consecutive fiscal years, FY15 through FY17.
• Forecast sales, gross margins, expenses, and earnings on a monthly basis. Proven accuracy rate of 96.5% FY17 and 98.4% FY18 comparing forecast versus actual results.
• Ensure month-end, quarter-end and year close deadlines are met. Review and sign off on monthly P&L statements and reconciliations for GAAP compliance. Achieved a 100% compliance with financial close and reconciliation review deadlines for FY15 - FY17.
• Oversee internal controls and risk assessment to ensure proper segregation of duties exist, test of controls, and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, company policies and procedures. Risk assessments review all functional areas to include Accounting and Finance, Sales, Operations, Safety and DOT, Merchandising, Food Safety, Human Resources and IT. Above Target & Satisfactory Ratings were received on the two most recent internal audit reviews.

Partner and collaborate with President/CEO and senior leadership team to develop strategies focused on communicating, executing and achieving planned earnings, business objectives, and key performance indicators. Analyze financial results and identify risk and key drivers of significant variances to plan and forecasted results. Provide monthly and quarterly commentary focused on financial and operational drivers and develop action plans necessary to improve results. Manage the daily operations of the accounting, credit, finance and inventory control teams.

• Prepare Annual Operating Plan (AOP) with focus on sales, gross profit, and expenses. Develop the necessary business objectives needed to achieve planned earnings. Exceeded planned earnings for 3 consecutive fiscal years, FY15 through FY17.
• Forecast sales, gross margins, expenses, and earnings on a monthly basis. Proven accuracy rate of 96.5% FY17 and 98.4% FY18 comparing forecast versus actual results.
• Ensure month-end, quarter-end and year close deadlines are met. Review and sign off on monthly P&L statements and reconciliations for GAAP compliance. Achieved a 100% compliance with financial close and reconciliation review deadlines for FY15 - FY17.
• Oversee internal controls and risk assessment to ensure proper segregation of duties exist, test of controls, and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements, company policies and procedures. Risk assessments review all functional areas to include Accounting and Finance, Sales, Operations, Safety and DOT, Merchandising, Food Safety, Human Resources and IT. Above Target & Satisfactory Ratings were received on the two most recent internal audit reviews.

Partner and collaborate with CFO to develop reporting tools to assist senior leadership in driving results. Responsible for monthly financial close and preparation of financial statements, account reconciliations in accordance with GAAP. Ensure internal controls and segregation of duties were in compliance with SOX 302 Regulations. Manage accounting staff, accounts payables and accounts receivables associates.

Supervise the planning, performance, and completion of financial and operational internal audits of operating companies, divisions and corporate office.

• Supervise a team of four auditors per engagement within a two week timeframe. Work with external auditors on over test of reviews and quarterly analysis of division’s performance.
• Manage high profile company audits requiring additional follow up reviews within a year. Responsible for follow-up reviews of two divisions to which both companies achieved favorable results by utilizing the initial audit report as a tool to decrease deficiencies.
• Prepare and issue final audit reports, summary of findings and propose general ledger adjustments and deliver results of audit findings and recommendations to company senior leadership team.
• Participate in recruiting, interviewing and hiring of new auditors. Provide training and development for new associates.