Andy Childs Email & Phone Number

Montclair, Nj, Us

Ronkonkoma, New York, Us

London, England, Gb

Montclair, Nj, Us

Cinema Lab renovates distressed local theatres in prime central town locations, renewing the fabric of local community through the lens of theatrical experience. It takes incredible landmark buildings and incorporates elevated, thoughtful design, high-touch service across multiple revenue centres; beautiful pub, event and membership lounge experience.

Venice, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, California, Us

Covent Garden, London, Gb

Original team for The Conduit, an impact-led membership club. Lead role in developing a 40,000 square foot space on Conduit Street Mayfair from concept to construction, through to operations. Collaborating as a co-leader on raising a $20M institutional loan and over $30M in equity capital from an eclectic mix of 140+ investors comprised of Single-Family Offices and High Net Worth Individuals. Coaching and developing a five-member finance team to seamlessly operate day to day financial activities. • Developing a progressive strategy to expand from $15M to $50M in top line revenue over five years.• Strategically organizing $30M CAPEX spend including cost controls, expense management, centralizing the procurement process and directing the installation and accounting integration of Microsoft Dynamics and CRM • Achieved industry standards within nine months of opening on both operating expenses and wages.

Us

Effectively managed over $50M in revenue through multiple sectors including restaurants, equipment sales and consumer packaged goods. Identified potential new investments through analyzing key metrics; ROI, Hurdle and Payback rates. Reorganized the financial management tools and streamlined processes to support and inform executive chef’s and restaurant general managers at the site level, through to the COO and CEO on effective financial management protocols. Integral in securing new locations, advising on contractual agreements, pre-opening expense management and capital spending. • Modeled a five-year growth forecast that became integral in the valuation process.• Reduced waste, repaired inefficiencies and focused revenue generation activities on scalable business lines.• Entrusted with lead role in bi-annual board meetings, presented company metrics and strategic direction to top shareholders and senior leadership team.

Strand, England, Gb

Promoted to oversee the strategic direction for the North American Division, including newly added Soho House Toronto and the largest hotel entity, Soho House Chicago. Orchestrated financial control over the North American Division with a revenue of over $100M, locations throughout the United States and Canada, and over 1300k employees. Provided strategic direction to C-Suite leadership teams in the formulation of feasibility studies, KPI’s and metrics used in the new site selection process. Collaborated with senior executives to establish detailed processes for pre-opening and opening activities, budget management, and capital projections. Led negotiations on real estate matters including contract clauses and refinancing.• Grew the U.S. national finance team to 11 employees over five years including controllers and payroll teams.• Maintained direct oversight for taxation including federal returns, audits, labor law and US/UK GAAP compliance.• Anchor role in all aspects of new openings from POS configurations and streamlining HR processes to operations and financial management of margins.

Strand, England, Gb

Met regularly with CEO, CFO and GM’s to recommended strategies for improving sales based on KPI’s, controlling overhead spend and managing wages. Led monthly presentation of cashflow management and projections for both operations and development projects, P&L and balance sheet review to senior leadership team. Appointed capital budget control for a $100M hotel in Miami and $28M private club in Los Angeles. Established collaborative, working relationships with onsite teams and financial lenders in the UK and US. Lead role in taxation adherence and legal compliance overseeing multiple state returns and audits. Built mapping that aligned budgets to actual spend and implemented bespoke, PO software throughout the organization to track all spend, resulting in improved visibility into cost control. • Directed the implementation of a new payroll system which improved GM’s ability to manage wage costs and resolve budgetary variances.• Partnered with Morgan Stanley to introduce 401k pension fund, short- and long-term insurance for all employees.• Revamped the U.S. balance sheet to include cost segregation analysis and fixed asset net book value allocations.

Strand, England, Gb

• Controlled P&L’s for four UK sites ranging from restaurants, members club to a 30 key hotel in Babington, Somerset, UK• Devised and managed calculations for entire groups V.A.T sales and recoding to HMRC

London, Gb

• Responsibility for the turnover rents and rates for 350+ sites across the UK. Assisted in capital controls for major expansions and refurbishments in existing spaces, totaling £50 m pounds per annum.

Strand, England, Gb

• Monthly bank reconciliations for 13 bank accounts. Monthly credit card account reconciliations for all groups. Quarterly accounts for large external client assisting with yearly audits. Deferred income and loan schedule reconciliations. Overseeing accounts payable, creditor and debtor ledgers and all applicable UK taxes for three sites.

Ba Business Economics

Acca, Accounting