10 Costco finance leaders
Long Costco tenures mark this finance group: six show 20 or more years at the company, across controller, accounting operations, merchandise accounting, payroll and tax roles, and the group also includes global reporting and treasury leads, the CFO of Costco Wholesale Spain, a VP Finance & Administration in Ottawa and finance heads for the UK, Iceland and Sweden. Questions from retail finance teams and from suppliers in its payment processes fit this group best.
Professionals to explore
Christine Januario
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director UK, Iceland, Swedn · Costco Wholesale UK
Christine Januario is Finance Director UK, Iceland, Swedn at Costco Wholesale UK (since 2024) and was Accounting Director at Costco Wholesale (2023-2025). Director Finance at Costco France (2013-2023) adds another country, so Christine can compare finance across several European Costco markets.
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Elisabet Cruzado
LinkedInExperience: CFO · Costco Wholesale
Elisabet Cruzado has been CFO at Costco Wholesale since 2019, at Costco Wholesale Spain in Madrid according to their LinkedIn profile, and was Financial Controller Director there from 2013 to 2019. Both roles are at Costco, so Elisabet fits questions on running finance for one Costco country operation.
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Gus Monson
LinkedInExperience: AVP & Assistant Treasurer · Costco Wholesale
Treasury is Gus Monson's current area as AVP & Assistant Treasurer at Costco Wholesale (since 2024). Earlier Costco titles include AVP, Financial Accounting - Inventory & Margin Accounting (2018-2024), Director, Merchandise Accounting - Member Considerations, Post Payment Recovery & A R Systems Admin (2016-2018) and Director, Financial Accounting - SAP Finance Business Lead (2012-2016), which suits SAP finance and treasury questions.
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Jason Rothman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Accounting · Costco Wholesale
Accounting operations for the US and CN are Jason Rothman's remit as Vice President of Accounting at Costco Wholesale (since 2022), including US/CN payment functions for merchandise, expense and freight. Jason describes 30 years at Costco Wholesale, which makes Jason the one to ask about merchandise, expense and freight payment operations.
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Joelle Assaraf
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance & Administration · Costco Wholesale
In Ottawa, Joelle Assaraf has been VP Finance & Administration at Costco Wholesale since 2024 and held AVP of Tax & Stewardship programs from 1992 to 2025. That pairing of a long tax role and a finance and administration vice presidency fits questions on tax and stewardship programs at Costco Wholesale.
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Kathy Kearney
LinkedInExperience: VP, Merchandise Accounting Controller · Costco Wholesale
Kathy Kearney is VP, Merchandise Accounting Controller at Costco Wholesale (since 2017), after AVP, Payroll and Benefit Accounting (2007-2017) and AVP, A P Operations (2001-2006). Merchandise accounting, payroll and A P operations are all in Kathy's Costco record, a fit for questions on how those processes connect.
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Michelle Van Curen, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President of Global Financial Reporting · Costco Wholesale
Michelle Van Curen, CPA has held Costco Wholesale roles from SEC Reporting & Global Accounting Policies Supervisor (2017-2018) through Inventory and Margin Accounting Supervisor (2018-2019), Manager (2019-2022) and Director (2022-2025). Since 2025 Michelle has been Assistant Vice President of Global Financial Reporting, a fit for questions on external reporting and inventory accounting.
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Rajesh Shah FCA
LinkedInExperience: Former AVP, Finance Director and Company Secretary · Costco Wholesale
Rajesh Shah FCA was AVP, Finance Director and Company Secretary at Costco Wholesale from 2019 to 2024, responsible for strategic support and financial management of operations in the UK, Iceland and Sweden, and Controller - Accounting and Tax at Costco (1993-2019). Since 2025 Rajesh has been Director of RShah Consulting Limited, a fit for company secretary and UK finance questions.
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Scott Howe
LinkedInExperience: Vice President · Costco Wholesale
Scott Howe has been a Vice President at Costco Wholesale since 2017, overseeing global payroll and people systems, inventory and margin accounting, accounting communications and recruiting, and in-house system development for the Accounting Division. Scott also lists Assistant Vice President at Costco from 1988, a fit for questions on accounting systems built in-house.
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Tiffany Barbre
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Financial Accounting Controller · Costco Wholesale
Tiffany Barbre holds two current Costco Wholesale titles, Vice President, Financial Accounting Controller (since 2016) and Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller (since 2016), and Tiffany now describes the role as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller. AVP, Financial Accounting (2010-2016) and Director, Financial Accounting (2005-2010) at Costco round out a record suited to controllership and financial accounting questions.
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Choose the right perspective
Corporate accounting and controller questions fit Tiffany Barbre, Jason Rothman, Kathy Kearney and Scott Howe, who between them cover financial accounting, payments, merchandise accounting and inventory and margin accounting. For reporting and treasury, Michelle Van Curen, CPA and Gus Monson are the picks; country finance questions go to Elisabet Cruzado for Spain, Joelle Assaraf in Ottawa, and Christine Januario or Rajesh Shah FCA for the UK, Iceland and Sweden.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a warehouse retailer structure inventory and margin accounting so it catches small shrink problems early?
- 02What does a payments operation need to handle merchandise, expense and freight invoices at very high volume without delaying suppliers?
- 03When a retailer opens warehouses in a new country, how much of the finance work stays local and how much runs from headquarters?
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