Mike Barrack

Experience

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  Hallmark Canada

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2015

  • Coordinated the preparation and upload of departmental reconciliations.• Reconciled and analyzed tax and benefit costs to determine and assess cost centre allocation.• Generate Profit and Loss Statements and conducted monthly variance to budget analysis for product lines and customer groups, monitoring financial performance through cost allocation.• Analyze relationships between financial and non-financial data to establish business unit cost drivers and communicate these to senior leadership members and sales team.• Develop and maintain Financial Analysis Tools that provide Key Performance Indicators/ Business Metrics to support the decision making process and provided insight into the progress of the business plan.• Determine appropriate levels of asset investment with Retail Marketing and the Sales Division to forecast fixture capital and merchandising support, ensuring investment is consistent with the sales plan/forecast.• Develop and analyze revenue projections to calculate terms and cost of product details, using this information to develop departmental non product cost budgets.• Establish and monitor cost tracking mechanisms to support program post mortem analysis and combine “lessons learnt” into building and evaluating future programs.• Performed in-depth financial analysis for sales staff over management forecasts and budgets by researching industry trends and economic factors, analyzing financial ratios and investigating budget-to-actual variances, in order to gain an understanding of business dynamics and ensure proper forecasting. • Lead the budgeting and forecasting for all departments and cost centers on an annual basis and set performance goals. Created budget to actual variance reports on a monthly basis to follow up on issues.• Assisted with ERP system upgrades and conversions.• Liaising with US counterparts ensuring reporting standards was met. Show less * Develop CAPEX Plans, support cost reduction initiatives on all projects * Compile and analyze annual divisional budgets/capital expenditures and periodic forecasts, including development of performance comparisons and linkage with corporate financial goals* Monitor results compared to budgets and periodic forecasts including materials usage, inventory levels/turns, spoilage, quality, and labour effectiveness. Proactively work with management in identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement* Conduct audits of materials, W.I.P. and FG inventories and capital assets to ensure conformance to corporate policy and quality standards* Co-ordinate administrative and variable budgeting process in Operations* Act as a resource for managers in resolving and understanding payroll, expenditure, inventory and cost issues* Prepare monthly performance summary reports, highlighting areas of concern or exceptional performance* Research cost problems and initiate corrective actions, provide production reporting and problem solving assistance* Complete monthly journal entries, prepare, analyze and co-ordinate ad-hoc information requests from Senior Operations staff Show less * Ensure timely and accurate input of production reporting and communicate procedural changes* Review and analyze error and in-transit reports to facilitate timely responses, identifying and developing appropriate training* Troubleshoot and assist plant personnel with error corrections, routings, bills of materials, inventory management, questions and problem resolution* Perform SAC and real-time training with new personnel* Train/support coordinators with inventory and shop order maintenance concerns* Co-ordinate systems enhancements and procedural change requests/installments by Canadian and KC IT/Operations* Perform Systems Manager duties within the CDN MFG plant* Maintain and control system equipment and support PC applications for both OS&M and RF applications* Analyze department/workstation loads and adjust to ensure all components and materials are aligned to schedules Show less

  • Business Unit Finance Leader

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2015

  • Senior Operations Analyst

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2009

  • Operations Scheduling and Materials Specialist

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2001