Abe Lieck Email & Phone Number

Senior Level Finance Leader and CPA with deep expertise in public accounting and financial planning & analysis (FP&A). Known for managing financial audits, technical accounting, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), public filing support, finance system integrations, budgeting, forecasting, business strategies and reporting. Passionate about developing talent and leading a team with diverse backgrounds and experience to enable the organization to achieve success. My career highlights include:►Collaborated with C-level Leadership in monthly forecasts and annual budgets aligned to external guidance, analyzed P&L results, guided investment or cost management decisions, and prepared and presented commentary for earnings release and board presentations. ► Due diligence, financial modeling and post-acquisition financial integration for multiple successful acquisitions; and collaborated in value creating divestments of business units in preparing quality of earnings statements, financial models and CIM.►Selected as Finance Lead to collaborate with stakeholders for pre- and post-merger planning, documenting, and successfully executing key integration workstreams for the IHS Markit and S&P Global merger including revenue synergies, cost synergies and finance structure.►Reorganized regional finance team to consolidate accounting teams, utilize low-cost locations and redefine team roles between GL accountant and FP&A support resulting in cutting costs and improving the quality of support to executive leadership.►Deep experience with use and implementing multiple finance, accounting and HR systems including but not limited to SAP, Oracle, Quickbooks, Workday, ADP, Concur, ARIBA, Kofax, SAP Business Warehouse, Hyperion Essbase, Anaplan, Tableau, Excel, PowerPoint, and PowerBI.► CFO of start-up company building a team for all accounting, finance and HR operations; and executing on strategic growth plans including equity and debt fund raising, opening new locations in multiple states, implementing new products lines and entering new strategic partnerships.► Managed audit teams and client relationships across various industries. Selected for a two-year overseas rotation to support E&Y clients in Sydney, Australia. Key Skillsets include: Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) | Public Accounting & Audits | Mergers & Acquisitions | Budgeting | Forecasting | Team Leadership | Building Diverse Teams | Mentoring | Cross-Functional Collaboration | Business Strategies | Reporting | Financial Modeling | Executive Presentations | Finance System Integrations