Brent Baker Email & Phone Number

New York City, Ny, Us

I am consulting a small business on raising capital for an environmental awareness and sustainability virtual reality (VR) experience. I have performed research and analyses on PC, VR & mobile gaming industry, create valuation and financial statement models, and assist in producing investor and grant presentations. We've raised over $300K to date.

New York City, Ny, Us

I led a 50-member team in all aspects of accounting and finance (FP&A, Commercial, Controllership, Credit) for $400M+ studio film and TV home entertainment consumer packaged goods (CPG) sales, licensing, ecommerce, and rental businesses. As a senior management team member, I collaborated with business head and cross-functional peers to drive strategic growth initiatives, produce annual budget, and lead 5-year long-range plan processes.* Enabled corporate strategic objective and $50M+ in overhead savings by overseeing data and cost-benefit financial analyses to evaluate value and viability of global physical joint venture with Warner Brothers.* Headed finance function workstream in multi-year JV transition, culminating in on-time, uninterrupted launch.* In conjunction with HR, created JV organizational structure, overhead budget, and compensation plans.* Supervised wind-down of legacy domestic physical division, closing all retail accounts with minimal bad debt.* Partnered with Sales to negotiate pricing and promotions, track pipelines, and produce market intelligence.* Served as financial lead in Universal’s main supply chain manufacturing and distribution vendor negotiations, facilitating 6-year extension with negligible 3% annual cost impact and implemented new rates across business.* Collaborated with Supply Chain to achieve a 15% reduction in inventory over a two-year period through a combination of targeted shipping practices, tighter GOGS management and data-driven product licensing.* Modelled fee and cash flow scenarios for third-party production deal negotiations, leading to new and extended relationships that generated $20M+ distribution fee revenue.

New York City, Ny, Us

I led the consolidation team for $1B+ global studio digital and physical home entertainment division. In this role, I managed reporting, analyses, and communications with Universal Corporate Finance, IT, HR, and Strategy groups. I led the organization and production of the global budget, forecast, and strategic plan financials and presentations that represented 20+ business unit and corporate teams.* Created global KPI dashboards and spearheaded budgeting and forecasting process improvements, saving ~2 weeks’ time / effort for international finance teams, thus strengthening strategic analysis and business partnering.* Administered DreamWorks Animation title onboarding into Universal catalog, adding $50M+ revenue.* Partnered with Corporate Sourcing and Global Marketing teams in saving $5M+ in annual costs.* Initiated and administered Global Finance Mentoring program with HR partners, enabling short-term rotational opportunities and increasing internal mobility.* Proficient in SAP BPC, Power BI, Salesforce and Essbase.

New York, Ny, Us

Drove enterprise-wide planning and performance management across five business segments for $5B+ revenue financial services, SaaS, and data & information technology company. Created presentations, analyses, and support commentary for president, CFO, and Investor Relations to use in quarterly earnings releases, investor conferences, and Executive Committee and Board of Directors meetings. Teamed with business units on new product idea generation, development, and market validation. Reported to Chief Strategy Officer.* Managed prospective M&A target, investment, and divestiture financial valuation, approval, and due diligence, completing 5 domestic and international transactions that ranged in value from $10M to $2.2B.* Evaluated and presented capital allocation recommendations to CFO and Executive Committee, resulting in Board-approved strategy for targeted acquisitions, stock buybacks, and debt retirement.* Produced and updated traditional and disruptive competitive landscape research, leading to corporate investments in FinTech, artificial intelligence (AI), and environmental, social & governance (ESG) venture capital.

New York, Ny, Us

I led the global annual, quarterly, and monthly financial forecast and close processes and 3-year planning cycle. I headed up the financial, operational, and controllership for Global Compliance, Marketing, and key executive support departments.* Saved 2+ days per month in time / effort by managing global organization in financial system transition from Oracle to Cognos TM1, including departmental testing, training, and implementation.* Relocated to London on short-term assignment to lead European FP&A; streamlined corporate reporting requirements, reducing manual analyses, and saving 1 day per month in time / effort.

New York, Ny, Us

I prepared annual Board of Directors’ fact book and quarterly earnings release results and analyses for CFO. I also served as lead corporate finance liaison to BUs, communicating and collaborating on forecast, budget, and long-range plan requirements. I maintained company-wide financial model and assisted Global Controllership with statutory SEC filings.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance And Business Economics

Executive Program In Corporate Strategy