Andrew McLaughlin

Experience

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  Sears Canada

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Finance Manager, Store Planning and In-Store Display

  Utilized a strong knowledgeof the construction industry to manage capital project budgets, provide capital estimates for business cases, and approve construction progress payments.

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  Sears Canada

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

  Finance Manager, Accessories and Apparel

  Provided finance support to the apparel and accessories merchandising teams, representing a $2.5B business.

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  Sears Canada

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2008

  Directed planning, forecasting, marketing analytics, and inventory management functions for business partners in order to maximize earnings. Role also included internal control and external reporting responsibilities for inventory, supplier funding, and inventory reserves.I was promoted 4 times in 6 years while at Sears, based on consistently delivering results when working with different functions, different people, and under 4 different CEOs. Accomplishments include:* Supplier source revenue billing changes to eliminate $6M per year in missed billings, along with timing changes in billings to save $20M in working capital.* Procurement reviews resulting in savings of $12M, along with eliminating over 200 non-strategic suppliers to streamline operations.* Identified and persevered through roadblocks to eliminate $3M in annual compensation, $400k in overhead, and realize a $6M capital gain when given a general challenge to find opex. savings.* Directly analyzed and re-negotiated key opex. supplier contract for $1M (30% cost out savings).* Key finance person for both inventory and capital issues when adopting IFRS and initially documenting SOX/Bill 198 controls documentation.* Industry leading ability to close month-ends for IFRS/US GAAP reporting purposes in 2.5 business days. Show less

  • AVP Finance Controller, Merchandising and Marketing

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2008

  • Senior Finance Director, Merchandising

    Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  • Finance Director, Marketing

    Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
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  McLaughlin Finance Consulting

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Consultant

  • Performed consulting assignments through both Robert Half, and direct contacts, including preparing the initial full scope budget for EDF-EN Canada, a solar and wind-energy Company, with over $250M in start-up new facility investments.

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  Anthem Entertainment Group

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Vice President, Copyright & Royalty Administration

  Named Ole Media Management ("ole") during my tenure, the company is one of the world's largest independent music publishers. Founded in 2004 and with offices in Toronto, Nashville, Los Angeles, and London, ole boasts a team of experienced industry professionals focused on acquisitions, creative development and worldwide administration. During my tenure, ole manages over $500M in IP assets.* Delivered record special recoveries via royalty reviews, challenges, and process improvement.* Worked with industry leading software provider Maestro to improve their software for the benefit of the entire industry.* Worked with programmers to develop in-house analytics software to deliver variance analysis faster, both sooner and with less staff time.* Served key TV/film and sub-publishing clients with exceptional service, above and beyond contractual requirements and industry norms. Show less

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  Right At Home Realty, Inc.

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  VP, Accounting and Administration

  Lead finance role, including finance, treasury, IT, and admin duties. Right at Home celebrated it's 10th year of operation in 2014 as the largest real estate brokerage in the GTA, and 6th largest in Canada, During my tenure, company had over 2,500 agents.* Instituted world class cash controls to fully protect consumer trust deposits.* Rebuilt IT network via the cloud to provide a network with power/hardware/connectivity backups with no additional cost!* Partnered with leading industry software provider Lonewolf, to allow for better controlled storage of sensitive debit/credit card information, and more flexible automated billing.* Overhauled CRM data storage locations, to create a clear Master location for all data, and eliminate majority of separately stored database copies. Show less

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  UNIGLOBE Travel (Canada)

  Jan 2016 - now

  VP Corporate Finance

  Lead Finance and HR role for the company, with position also including shared responsibilities for agency relations, supplier partner relations, and operations.