Celeste Everett Castaneda Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, Us

-Lead and mentor 15-person Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Treasury teams, including 7 direct reports (comprised of Senior Director, Directors, and Managers) in an evolving, high-growth environment with significant headcount expansion. -Joined DailyPay post Series D in 2021, after which the company more than tripled revenue - and achieved profitability. Report to CFO. -Plan multi-million-dollar annual operating budgets and quarterly reforecasts that drive revenue and profitability goals via the planning cycle. Determine annual goals, track performance relative to targets, and advise C-suite on risk‐informed, data‐driven decisions. -Own presentations and analyses for internal and external stakeholders, including quarterly Board financial analysis, monthly CFO and Executive Leadership Team reporting, and budget and projections summaries for debt and equity investors.-Partner with C-suite and senior leadership to complete ad hoc strategic, financial, and operational analyses, including multi-year financial models, new products & revenue streams, and due diligence reviews with current and potential investors. Create financial projections and evaluate risks and upside as part of business cases.-Directed the transition to a new modern Treasury Management platform to improve controls and automate daily cash management and reporting. Partnered with product, engineering and financial operations teams to scale financial infrastructure to best-in-class standards.- Support debt and equity fundraising by producing multi-year financial models and participating in due diligence reviews with current and potential investors. In the last year, supported efforts to renegotiate debt covenants, expand ABL facility capacity with Barclays and TPG Angelo Gordon to $660M including adding Citi as co-lender, and raise $75M D-1 equity.

New York, New York, Us

-Led the annual three-year budget and reforecasts across revenues and financial resources with the effective review and challenge of key assumptions and a focus on the optimal allocation of capital, funding, liquidity, balance sheet, and risk.-Reported to Managing Director, FP&A. Hand selected by senior management to join FP&A Team based on strong performance record.-Served as primary contact for Investment Banking, Global Markets, Asset Management, and Consumer & Wealth Management forecasting activities with 40+ stakeholders across business Finance teams and central teams.-Executed key global forecasting initiatives on 8-person FP&A team with 3 direct reports, including creating a central planning tool and establishing 30 driver-based models with financial and non-financial variables for a more integrated planning process in Anaplan, a cloud-based planning platform.-Evaluated business performance relative to internal and external key performance indicators and explained main drivers of variances to inform firm and business leadership.

New York, New York, Us

-Promoted from Associate role.-Directed quarterly budget planning across the firm’s $1.0 trillion balance sheet, sources and uses of funding, and capital allocations in partnership with business Finance teams, Risk, and Controllers.-Maintained the firm’s internal Capital Management Policy and executed the share repurchase program and dividend strategy.-Managed the asset liability management team, responsible for measuring the gap between the firm’s sources and uses of funding; led a global eight-person team, including three direct reports, and collaborated with a six-person engineering team.-Served as secretary to the Firmwide Asset Liability Committee, which oversees financial resource management and is chaired by the Chief Financial Officer and Global Treasurer.

New York, New York, Us

-Promoted from Analyst role.-Analyzed consumer products & apparel and gaming/lodging/leisure companies in the High Yield sector and formulated investment recommendations on their debt securities. -Built and updated company financial models to forecast quarterly earnings and cash flow, including detailed debt maturity profiles and valuation and capitalization tables.-Crafted multiple research reports per week, including news commentaries, quarterly earnings reviews and model updates, industry overviews, weekly debt security pricing sheets, and company initiations.-Built strong relationships with company management teams through investor meetings, quarterly conference calls, and follow-up calls with investor relation teams.

New York, New York, Us

Master In Professional Accounting

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting