Brandon Babayans
Director Corporate Finance
- Role
- Director Corporate Finance at Michaels Stores
- Location
- Dallas, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brandon Babayans
MBA Finance/Business professional with +10 years’ experience managing Global Accounting and Finance teams. Strong regional work experience, having worked in America, Europe, and Asia. Excellent people skills and management abilities, able to make decisions under pressure with strong follow-through. Fluency in 3+ languages with ability to travel and relocate. Eager to face new challenges, set ambitious goals, and create a well laid out plan to achieve them. Multiple experiences with Finance transformation projects. In addition to current role, supported an organization restructuring in Europe. Comfortable interacting with C-Level executives with prior position reporting directly to the CFO. Current role reports to the VP of Finance.
Experience
Director Corporate Finance
Apr 2024 — Present · Irving, TX, US
Leading Michael’s Store Operation sales and finance teams supporting 1,370 North American stores - Created, secured C-Level support, and implemented a labor “earned” model to support the Balloon Sales initiative in the wake of competitor Party City wind-down- Hiring and managing new talent for cross functional duties- Supported company-wide finance system migration, rebuilt and ensured the integrity of all Corporate Financial Reporting - Managing the P&L for labor and store expenses and owning total and comp sales budgeting and forecasting
Education
Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business
MBA, Finance
2012 — 2013
GIRNE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor, Business Administration; Finance
2005 — 2009
Skills
- Strategic Negotiations
- Budget Forecasts
- Problem Solving
- Business Planning
- French
- Competitive Analysis
- Hyperion Financial Management (Hfm)
- Finance
- Process Improvement
- Financial Analysis
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Negotiation
- Statistics
- Microsoft Office
- Sales
- Teamwork
- Essbase
- Inventory Management
- International Business Development
- Spss
- Leadership
- Management
- Financial Modeling
- Business Analysis
- Forecasting
- Financial Forecasting
- Economics
- Sap
- Pricing
- Smart View
- Data Analysis
- Research
- Analytical Skills
- Data Entry
- Cash Flow Forecasting
- Powerpoint
- Market Research
- Team Leadership
- Event Management
- Access
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