Christopher Hayes, Mba Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Manage comprehensive accounting functions for expenses charged to Cerberus funds, ensuring accuracy and compliance with financial regulations.
• Oversee cash management and general ledger maintenance, providing detailed financial insights and forecasts that support strategic decision-making.
• Develop and implement financial controls and procedures that improve the integrity and efficiency of fund accounting operations.

New York, New York, United States

• Lead a global team focused on designing, managing, and improving operations processes for Cerberus Operations & Advisory Corp
• Control financials for Cerberus subsidiary organization, ensuring accurate budgeting and resource allocation
• Update and maintain firm's reporting technology through Microsoft Power BI (DAX, SQL, R, Python)
• Create and maintain interactive reporting within Power BI and SAP Data Warehouse that can generate business insights
• Serve as a trusted business partner to firm leadership on expense allocation, reduction, and standardization

New York, United States

• Collaborated with teams throughout the firm to develop process maps with Visio, develop best practice documentation, and automate key repeatable tasks
• Coordinated with groups across the firm and third parties on two separate system implementations and led the associated change management process
• Built complex flows using VBA, Power Automate, and Microsoft Dynamics to automate key business processes; reducing risk and freeing up capacity

Greater New York City Area

• Designed and built interactive, self-refreshing PowerBI reporting; freeing up 30+ hours per month for other tasks
• Contributed to a reduction of $1M+ in management company costs by facilitating transparency to staffing reporting and analysis
• Worked with third party firm to implement a time tracking system for expense allocation purposes

Greater New York City Area

• Controlled financials for consulting projects in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Capital, Technology, Strategy, & Financial Advisory spaces
• Assigned to high-visibility role on 2nd largest account in the Financial Services Industry Sector
• Advised and worked closely with Engagement Principals and C-suite level clients to manage risk and ensure profitability
• Managed billings and collections processes for over $100M in project work across 40+ engagements
• Coordinated with teams around the firm to ensure effective change management with implementation of SAP HANA to 100k+ employees
• Built, maintained, and disseminated various financial and business intelligence reports with analysis using Excel VBA, SAP HANA, Tableau, Salesforce, and Analysis for Office

Greater New York City Area

• Researched and sourced small cap firms as clients for boutique investment bank that matches constrained growth opportunities to financial resources
• Developed financial transactions in the $1-20M range including: Buy and sell analysis, due diligence work, forecasting and strategic planning, capital raising support
• Advised C-Level executives on strategic moves including: direct lending, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, in-licensing and out-licensing, and asset divestiture/carve-outs
• Created, analyzed, and maintained pitch books and valuation models for use in obtaining financing
• Sample Deals: secured $5M debt facility for a private turf company; facilitated merger between two public battery companies; $5M private placement for an electric bike manufacturer

Jersey City, NJ

• Responsible for sales/revenue growth of $3 million plus per year in prime demographic market
• Achieved over 100% of store quota every month
• Coached 16 team members responsible for individual sales quotas as Sales Leader
• Established operational excellence with day to day store operations including opening and closing the store, inventory, cash reconciliation, and merchandising
• Graduate of the exclusive Career Development Program for high performers

Hoboken, NJ

• Responsible for meeting individual sales quota each month
• Achieved over 100% of goal in 19 of the 21 months on quota

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance & Accounting; Entrepreneurship Designation

● Omicron Delta Epsilon – International Honor Society in Economics ● Winner of Aspen Business Case Competition ● Graduate Assistant to.

Bachelor'S Degree, History; Minor In Business, Minor In Communications

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha President/Founding Father of Lambda Chi Alpha - Beta Iota Chapter

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