Encore AMC Partners combines new levels of creativity and forward thinking from a team of executive leaders who can advise, manage and consult on strategic initiatives to either organically grow, acquire, sell, integrate and transform small-to-mid market companies with annualized revenues up to $250 million.

rinehimerbaker, is a leading Intacct reseller, implementer and outsourcing partner, Intacct is the leading cloud-based accounting and financial management technology. Specifically rinehimerbaker, uses Intacct and it's partners to solve the issues growing middle market companies face today, including:- Outgrowing Quickbooks- Cost and headaches of on-premise accounting systems and IT infrastructures- Replacing old, outdated accounting systems - Need for instant access and rapid scalability for high-growth companiesrinehimerbaker has successfully implemented Intacct since 2014, Industries include:- Country Clubs- Health Care- Hospitality / Restaurants / Franchises- Not-For-Profit- Property Management / Condo Associations- Service business- Software & Technology- Wealth Managementrinehimerbaker also outsources back office processes, on the Intacct platform, allowing our clients to focus on the core competencies of their business. We provide people, processes, technology and office facilities to perform these functions, while allowing our clients to collaborate interactively through an on-line portal.We solve the following challenges:- Headaches of attracting, retaining and managing back office personnel- Inability to realize economies of scale and segregation of duties due to limited headcount- Need for immediate and scalable back office processes and systems for high growth companies- Dealing with employee turnover in the back officeServices provided include:- Outsourced accounts payable- Outsourced billing and accounts receivable- Outsourced general ledger and month-end close- Outsourced cash managementOur client service experience with three of the world’s largest international accounting service firms and senior financial and operational management experience with enterprises large and small provide us with a strong sense of what executives want and need to get ahead and position us well to help you.

Advised and worked with business leaders from companies ranging in size from one million in revenues to global, multi-billion dollars.• Operated as contract CFO for clients to develop business ‘story’ including summary financial results, projections and written narrative of business description and strategy to facilitate obtaining working capital lines of credit from from large regional to global financial institutions. In each situation I cultivated multiple bank offers in difficult lending environments. Also, provided operating decision support analysis and improved financial controls over multiple engagements.• Advised US division of Premier Farnell, a London-based publicly traded company. Provided buy and sell-side advisory services which resulted in the purchase of an add-on acquisition for wire and cable division and development and execution of divestiture strategies for calibration testing division and commercial and industrial electrical parts distributor. In each case I worked directly with US CEO and senior team.• Engaged by company founder and owner to support startup of company providing PVD bright-finish automotive wheel solutions to OEM and aftermarket customers. Developed operations and financial infrastructure. • Successfully purchased, operated, restructured and sold $12M medical supply company in 1 year. Sold company to $4.5B publicly traded medical supply company. Acquiring company implemented key operational processes I developed across its broader business platform.• Purchase of majority interest in live-shot television studio and video services firm located in Orlando, FL. Successfully hosted VIP guests including US President, US and state Senators, Governors, professional athletes and nationally known musicians.

Served as finance executive and program manager within North American Human Resources and Shared Services executive team, designing and implementing improvements within HR service delivery, talent acquisition strategy, and benefits sourcing and planning. Directed strategic planning and organizational budgeting for all HR operations. Advised upon resource priorities and managed $100M HR budget and 90 FTEs. • Performed end to end review and restructure of US self-funded and fully insured benefits programs applicable to 8,500 US employees resulting in 10% reduction of employee medical premium costs and transparent cost reporting and planning processes. Restructured benefit spend, saving $2+M annually while also reducing employee contributions.• Supported development of flexible recruitment outsourcing model to decrease cost-per-hire and time-to-hire by 30% and 20%, respectively. With Chief HR Officer, restructured talent acquisition team and upgraded team leadership (impacting over 1,000 hires annually). With Director of Talent Acquisition, deployed newly developed selection process which in turn resulted in product and revenue growth.• Strengthened credibility and control over the management/measurement of HR services and costs by creating monthly HR scorecard and efficiency metrics. Increased focus on eliminating or automating transaction volume to lower costs and resources by 10% within the customer center.• Coached/advised Chief Human Resources Officer and operating managers to drive business results and professional growth. Increased focus on developing human capital while also improving efficiency and effectiveness of core HR transaction processing. Fostered a climate encouraging innovative ideas across US HR group and boosted group morale and performance.

Columbia House was largest direct marketer of entertainment products with +$1B sales annually. Key member of management team who worked with Blackstone Group to successfully complete leveraged buy-out from Sony and AOL Time Warner.Directed, spearheaded and supported the implementation of key business initiatives that increased sales, improved operating effectiveness and reduced operating costs. Among the initiatives, fulfillment cycle time reduced from 2 wks to 2 days, in-stock levels up from 90% to over 98%, hold times for 35 million in-bound telephone calls down by 75% and costs down by +$60 million annually.• Led development of operations strategic plan to notably improve customer experience and materially increase operations efficiency. • Hired and developed highly talented team of financial and operational professionals.• Led all financial budgeting, analysis and development of key operating metrics to track operational progress for $250M operations and product spend. Developed business cases that led to +$15 M of capital investments to improve service and reduce cost.• Managed company wide margin improvement program reviewing +$600M of spend and resulting in +$60M of annual savings.• Completed customer service review resulting in $3M investment to address service issues. Invested in technology to improve process, service and selling capabilities which grew add-on revenue from $0 to +$20M annually in three years.• Implemented supply chain forecasting and planning technology to improve customer order fill rates from 90% to 98% while increasing inventory turns 10+% across growing DVD SKUs. Managed +$100 million product spend. Restructured planning of monthly featured titles to use returns of early cycle returns to fulfill later cycle shipments.• Managed $60M postal spend; partnered with the USPS to review mail delivery times while reducing overall spend. Recognized with two innovation awards at 2004 National Postal Forum.

EoExchange was venture-backed startup developing industry-specific search solutions. Recruited to drive organic revenue growth by forging deeper customer relationships, product utilization and touch-points with customers’ existing web properties.• Jumpstarted planning and rollout of new product platform. Completed product upgrade across entire client-base on time eliminating need to support multiple platforms.• Negotiated key customer renewal agreement that increased company’s ad-share by 50% while simplifying ad-share calculations to reduce collection risk and improve timing of cash flows.• Restructured client-service multi-product, multi-location team to improve service and reduce costs. Initiative improved results by +$1M annually.

Macmillan Publishing was +$500M computer and general reference publisher within Simon and Schuster. Financial manager responsible for leading business unit financial areas and troubleshooting accounting and operations areas. Profit impact +$10M annually.Financial manager responsible for $100M division serving Corporate and Education customers. Led all areas of financial management including budgeting, analysis and investment support. Drove new product line investments to serve corporate training market.Led restructure of A/R operations to manage customer payment posting, account reconciliation and EDI invoicing process. Built new account reconciliation team to proactively manage customer chargebacks. Collected +$10M of disputed chargebacks and reduced DSO by 40%.Led customer operations and editorial operations teams (+100FTEs) and performed end to end process reviews resulting in improved service and decreased cycle times.Supported due diligence and integration programs upon Macmillan's purchase by Pearson plc from Viacom's Simon and Schuster.

Performed staff and senior audit duties. Chosen to work in turnaround management group. Was promoted to Senior Auditor in 2 years.