Joe Blanding

FP&A professional specializing in budgeting, ad hoc project work.  

Joe is a highly-skilled financial professional with deep experience in implementing budgeting and forecasting processes and systems, M&A strategy and integration, and setting up operational KPI’s such as payroll matrices, real estate analysis, logistics analysis and marketing spend evaluation. Experienced in investor relations having worked as a junior stock analyst following retail stocks. Joe’s track record includes comprehensive understanding of the operational aspects of the business and strong partnerships across all disciplines and levels in organizations.

Experience

• 99 Cents Only Stores – VP FP&A
  • Built long term plan model 
  • Established new same store sales by department and margin by product reporting
  • Evaluated store labor spend and implemented new payroll matrices that led to better store productivity
  • Analyzed wholesale business long term strategy
• Wet Seal – Director of FP&A
  • Evaluated the continuing viability of the Arden B business
  • Revised payroll and bonus program for stores for better productivity and more effective rewards
  • Revised pro-forma ROI analysis for new stores and remodels for cleaner decision-making
  • Set up asset impairment model 
• Hot Topic  – Director of FP&A
  • Implemented first ever budgeting and budget vs. actual result tracking
  • Modeled new Torrid business ROI and budgets