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Columbus, Ohio, United States

-Lead financial strategy with the executive team to achieve 300% YoY growth and first profitable year.-Lead finance organization through challenges of the exponential YoY growth.-Developed processes, procedures and controls to deliver accurate financial results.-Developed automation strategies to handle growth within existing staffing and closing timelines.-Enhanced planning processes to monitor and act on variances in results.

-Drove company to improved improved profitability by regularly delivering actionable analysis of company profitability to profit centers and monitoring performance, resulting in a doubling of surplus during my tenure-Led the financial strategy as the company doubled in size, reduced the expense ratio by over 6 points, and grew investment holdings by 50%-Achieved AM Best rating upgrade through improved company performance, reliable financial plans, solid balance sheet support, and good strategic risk analysis and management.-Created an efficient finance department with a lower staff count while the company doubled in size-Successfully implemented financial systems, including a new general ledger system that was delivered both on time and under budget-Lead relationship and preparation of communications with AM Best-Performed M&A analysis on potential acquisition targets

-Managed finance organization through the acquisition, integration and consolidation of finance of a large M&A deal-Drove operating efficiencies by absorbing corporate growth while rationalizing staff needs-Managed finance function as interim leader through two CFO vacancy periods-Led implementation of several finance system improvements including a management reporting system that delivered enhanced granular reporting of company profitability, an expense reporting automation system, and an accounts payable process automation system.-Led financial analysis and implementation of $500 million run-off reinsurance agreement

-Led cross-functional effort to re-engineer statistical reporting processes, leading to a 95% reduction in assessed fines\penalties-Led effort to analyze and report unclaimed property for claims, resulting in over a 75% reduction in an unclaimed property settlement with a state regulatory agency-Drove efficiencies in the P&C external audit, resulting in an elimination of 80% of additional fees

-Designed audit methodologies to integrate IT, financial and operational audits-Led risk assessment for the P&C business during the model audit rule implementation