Ed Haft

Highly analytical, collaborative, and profit-focused executive with 20+ years of progressive leadership experience in financial planning and analysis directing budgeting, cost reductions, operations streamlining, and organizational growth spanning multiple divisions. Resourceful problem solver and strategic thinker with innate ability to conceptualize market growth strategies and develop budgets, forecasts, and cost reduction initiatives. Articulate communicator with success building high performance teams and C-level relationships conveying vision and strategies to optimize resources and achieve organizational goals in fast-paced environments. Career Highlights: * Drove 15% reduction in controllable expenses for Company Owned stores over 3-year period at Jackson Hewitt through various expense initiatives including detailed tracking and revamped approval processes. * Increased profit growth 1.5% by implementing leadership strategies controlling distribution, staffing, and operating expenses for 6 divisions and 1K national branch locations for Citigroup, Inc. * Achieved 22% increase in regional sales via transformation in workforce plans effectively capturing newly identified market opportunity. Key player in establishing performance reporting tool improvements and market analytics enabling organization to meet strategy and sales goals. Specialties: Leadership & Team Building • Financial Planning & Analysis Operations Management • Budgeting & Cost Reductions • Financial Reporting & Forecasting • Cash Deposits & Reconciliations • Project & Program Management • Continuous Process Improvement • Profitability Improvement • Variance & Trend Analysis • Performance Measurement