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Irvine, California, US

Transforming clients daily.

Costa Mesa, CA, US

Senior leader focused on business optimization and empowering Executive leadership. Responsible for full cycle Finance (Accounting, Tax, Business Intelligence).

Irvine, California, US

Finance Leader spearheading accounting policy, procedures, and operations related to recording and reporting financial performance, internal controls, GAAP compliance, cash management, and payroll. Instill finance best practices, automate key accounting and payroll systems, develop acquisition integration plans, and drive financial and control audit success.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• Member of the Finance Leadership Team contributing strategic and financial direction and end-to-end support of multi-year strategic planning, annual budget and quarterly forecast cycles, periodic business reviews.
• Led business planning cycle; aligned key stakeholders with strategic investments
• Profit maximization through cost and cash conversion cycle management
• Transformed P&L reporting from historical to forward-looking, creating insights by focusing on trends, outlooks, and resource deployment
• Implemented "capacity for growth" principals to align resources, shorten cycle times, and drive operational excellence

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• Led all accounting functions including close, statutory reporting, external audit, revenue recognition, accounts receivable, and accounts payable of $600m entity and consolidation of additional entities totaling $1B..
• Transitioned multiple accounting back offices to SAP
• Manage North America audits, ensuring alignment with scope and objectives
• Ensure compliance with IFRS revenue recognition (IAS 18)
• Diagnostic benchmarking and best practice assessment, reducing the close cycle by 40%
• Primary liaison to North America Tax, Treasury, M&A, and FP&A

Newcastle Upon Tyne, GB

• Managed key accounting operations including periodic close, revenue recognition, sales and use tax, accounts payable, and payroll of $400m entity; consolidation of additional entities totaling $600m. Reporting to CFO.
• Led the monthly close across seven disparate back-office platforms within six business days
• Enforce, update and communicate policies and create new policies as they apply to protecting the assets of the company, controlling expenditures and properly recognizing revenue
• Optimize back-office system performance; liaison with IT department to ensure priority status given to system enhancements
• Ensure accurate and timely payroll for 2,200 employees

US

• Led the forecasting, budgeting, planning and measurement of the annual operating plan and associated periodic outlooks.
• Primary Finance business partner to the Business Unit General Manager.
• Monitor pricing strategies and product offerings of key competitors and distinguish product offering strengths, value gaps, and go-to-market strategy.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously including leading and coordination of project teams, creative direction and vision sharing with senior management, and solution delivery.
• Risk assessment, capital spend and headcount planning, ensuring marketing/sales interlock, sales quota establishment and alignment with strategic objectives.

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Bs, Accounting

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting