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10 Costco finance leaders
These ten current and former Costco finance leaders, including the CFO of Costco Wholesale Spain, have held CFO, vice president, controller, assistant treasurer and finance director roles at Costco Wholesale. A reader can learn how Costco handles accounting operations, merchandise and inventory accounting, financial reporting and country finance in Spain and the UK.
Professionals to explore
01—10Christine Januario
LinkedInExperience: Finance Director UK, Iceland, Swedn · Costco Wholesale UK
Finance Director UK, Iceland, Swedn at Costco Wholesale UK since November 2024. Januario was also Accounting Director at Costco Wholesale (2023–2025) and Director Finance at Costco France (2013–2023), and the highlight lists the current role in the Finance & Accounting department at Director level.
Elisabet Cruzado
LinkedInExperience: CFO · Costco Wholesale
CFO at Costco Wholesale since July 2019; the highlight identifies the role as CFO of Costco Wholesale Spain, based in Madrid, and lists it at C-Level in the Finance & Accounting department. Cruzado was Financial Controller Director at Costco Wholesale from 2013 to 2019.
Gus Monson
LinkedInExperience: AVP & Assistant Treasurer · Costco Wholesale
AVP & Assistant Treasurer at Costco Wholesale since November 2024, and AVP, Financial Accounting - Inventory & Margin Accounting at Costco Wholesale from 2018 to 2024. Monson also held Costco roles as Director, Merchandise Accounting - Member Considerations, Post Payment Recovery & A R Systems Admin (2016–2018) and Director, Financial Accounting - SAP Finance Business Lead (2012–2016).
Jason Rothman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Accounting · Costco Wholesale
Vice President of Accounting at Costco Wholesale since September 2022; the headline reads VP Costco Accounting Controller. The highlight says Rothman is over accounting operations for US and CN and responsible for US/CN payment functions covering merchandise, expense and freight, and mentions 30 years at Costco Wholesale.
Joelle Assaraf
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance & Administration · Costco Wholesale
VP Finance & Administration at Costco Wholesale since November 2024, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada according to the highlight, which lists the role in the Finance & Accounting department. Assaraf was also AVP of Tax & Stewardship programs at Costco Wholesale, in an entry dated from 1992 to 2025.
Kathy Kearney
LinkedInExperience: VP, Merchandise Accounting Controller · Costco Wholesale
VP, Merchandise Accounting Controller at Costco Wholesale since December 2017. Kearney also held Costco roles as AVP, Payroll and Benefit Accounting (2007–2017) and AVP, A P Operations (2001–2006), and the highlight lists these roles in the Finance & Accounting department at President/Vice President level.
Michelle Van Curen, CPA
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President of Global Financial Reporting · Costco Wholesale
Assistant Vice President of Global Financial Reporting at Costco Wholesale since July 2025, and Inventory & Margin Accounting Director at Costco Wholesale from 2022 to 2025. Van Curen also held Costco roles as Inventory & Margin Accounting Manager (2019–2022) and SEC Reporting & Global Accounting Policies Supervisor (2017–2018).
Rajesh Shah FCA
LinkedInExperience: AVP, Finance Director and Company Secretary · Costco Wholesale
Former AVP, Finance Director and Company Secretary at Costco Wholesale (2019–2024), based in London. The highlight describes responsibility for strategic support and financial management of Costco Wholesale Corporation Inc. operations in the UK, Iceland and Sweden. Shah was also Controller - Accounting and Tax at Costco Wholesale (1993–2019) and is Director of RShah Consulting Limited since 2025.
Scott Howe
LinkedInExperience: Vice President · Costco Wholesale
Vice President at Costco Wholesale since November 2017, and also listed as Assistant Vice President at Costco Wholesale in an entry dated from 1988. The highlight says Howe oversees global payroll and people systems, inventory and margin accounting, accounting communications and recruiting, and in-house system development for the Accounting Division.
Tiffany Barbre
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Financial Accounting Controller · Costco Wholesale
Vice President, Financial Accounting Controller at Costco Wholesale since October 2016, and also listed as Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller since September 2016; the headline describes Barbre as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller at Costco Wholesale. Barbre also held Costco roles as AVP, Financial Accounting (2010–2016) and Director, Financial Accounting (2005–2010).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a high-volume retailer structure merchandise and inventory accounting?
- 02What does a strong payments operation look like for merchandise, expense and freight?
- 03How does finance support a retailer's operations when it runs warehouses in several countries?
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