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Dallas, TX, US

Northbrook, Illinois, US

Senior Finance Officer reporting to CEO. Responsible for all the company’s financial functions, including accounting, audit, treasury, corporate finance, risk management, bank compliance, and investor relations.

Northbrook, Illinois, US

• Interim CFO during 3 month search. Responsible for all the company’s financial functions, including accounting, audit, treasury, corporate finance, risk management, bank compliance, and investor relations.
• Led a team of 15 direct reports including Controller, Director of Accounting and 13 others across the Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable, and FPA teams; reported to Chief Executive Officer.

Northbrook, Illinois, US

Restructured the financial planning and analysis department to better align with and support restaurant operations. Implemented a unit-level forecasting model that integrated market economics, commodity costs, and labor needs for period and long-term forecasting. Partnered with Senior Executives to implement strategies for sales growth, cost controls, and.

CFO and Senior Operating Partner for a start-up, professional services firm specializing in government programs, with a focus on the Employee Retention Credit. Providing a “Big 4” level of tax technical know-how to small and medium sized businesses in navigating their COVID-19 recovery.

Miami, Florida, US

Liaise with C-Suite Executives on brand strategy, vision, and business growth tactics. Conduct extensive business performance reviews for internal and external communication. Prepare strategic opportunities for business development, market penetration and relationship building. Approve requests to upgrade physical assets and technological investments..

Miami, Florida, US

Key member of the executive leadership team for a 140+ unit “fast casual” restaurant brand. Responsible for all financial activities, providing value-added analysis and strategic support to all areas of the brand. Work closely with business operating leaders on daily execution of the company’s financial strategy. Coordinate with teams responsible for.

• An all-volunteer, non-profit whose mission is to provide clean, potable drinking water and sanitation to villages in Sub-Saharan Africa through fundraising and social awareness and utilizing partnerships with local.
• Participated in the creation of the organization’s overall policy, based on the corporate mission and vision, and exercise an oversight function, reviewing the actions of officers and management.
• Secure corporate and individual donations to fund projects and support general business costs.
• Traveled to Uganda and Rwanda (in 2012) to review water and sanitation projects; met with local business partners, government officials and residents to appraise current systems and future needs.
• Work with President to develop 3-Year Strategic Growth Plan and implement Annual Operating Plan.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Responsible for corporate budgeting, long range planning, forecasting, capital spending and P&L analysis for branded and private label products across all sales channels.

Montreal, Quebec, CA

• Key Accomplishments:
• Managed corporate overhead expenses and boosted reporting analytics and headcount KPIs to department leaders that directly led to sustainable annual cost savings initiatives.
• Promoted to roll created by CFO in FP&A group to bring better understanding of Product Management business practices, align performance reporting with functional leadership and improve value-perception of FP&A team.
• Led the Corporate Annual Budgeting process including alignment and integration of financials between Supply Chain, Operations, Sales and Administrative stakeholders and executive team.
• Created a dynamic excel-based financial forecasting model for long-term Strategic Growth Planning which integrated market assumptions and indicators, Product Category and Customer growth and Capital investments.

Kansas City, KS, US

• Morningstar, a private label dairy division of Dean Foods was acquired by Saputo Inc. December 2012.Key Accomplishments:
• Built innovative dairy category pricing model that leveraged a national production network to provide lowest cost solution and competitive pricing to channel sales team.
• Scope of responsibilities included Product and Customer P&L Management, Product Cost & Benefit Analysis, Financial Reporting, Product Bids and Market Pricing.

Farmers Branch, Texas, US

• Key Accomplishments:
• Finance support for executive team in Business Development Plan to realize incremental revenue growth, with an minimal cost, by maximizing core customer penetration, implementing B2B / B2C ecommerce, integrating Vendor.
• Created an account level, product line revenue and pricing tool for Sales Planning & Operations team; V.P. of Sales stated “this is one of the best pricing tools I’ve seen in accuracy and ease of use”.
• Streamlined and automated monthly reporting by modifying 100 printed pages to 20 concise slides for executive team to develop the strategic direction of the company and drive corporate value.

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Mba, Corporate Finance

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication And Media Studies