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Partner with Finance, People Operations, IT, Purchasing, Operations and Executive Leadership teams to develop and implement strategic initiatives focus on supporting growth, minimizing waste and enhancing liquidity.Work closely with Private Equity Sponsor and Board to reduce risk, provide financial insight and increase enterprise value.

Richmond, Virginia, US

• Instrumental in driving EBITDA expansion through data analysis and back-office cost-savings, creating $21.6M of enterprise value in first 12 months
• Integral to the investment banking, quality of earnings and due diligence process for thesuccessful exit of the business after only 15 months
• Leading the financial transformation of the newly combined company to allow forscalability and a potential IPO exit

Richmond, VA, US

Richmond, VA, US

• Empower and engage teams to drive change and eliminate waste to support rapid organic growth
• Providing leadership of a multimillion dollar ERP (NetSuite) system implementation
• Implemented the power of measuring/KPI’s with alignment to corporate strategy & staff goals leading to record breaking metrics

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Built infrastructure and process to allow for rapid international expansion and successful integration of acquisitions
• Enhanced global accounting talent through recruitment, training and team-building
• Empowering teams to problem-solve, understand, and automate processes leading to improved quality of data, work-life balance, and employee engagement
• Key contributor of new ERP (MS Dynamics AX) design and global implementation

Conklin, NY, US

• Hands-on, dynamic team leader of global accounting and tax, payroll, credit/collections, consolidations, treasury, SOX and risk management
• Oversaw the financial reporting and controls of 35 worldwide subsidiaries including two standalone companies with aggregated sales of $400 million
• Designed effective policies and procedures to control global assets, manage risk and reduced operational inefficiencies using Lean initiatives
• Managed working capital and cash flow by developing cross-functional synergies
• Experienced in negotiating, implementing and managing various credit facilities

Downers Grove, Illinois, US

• Financial planning, analysis and consolidation of 13 decentralized, global operating companies with $1.3B in revenue
• Recommended best practices relating to internal control and process improvements to operating company’s executive management team
• Member of a core team that successfully created the Dover Sarbanes-Oxley core internal controls used by ~700 legal entities
• Performed merger and acquisition due diligence and purchase accounting

Worldwide, OO

• Audited and prepared financial statements and SEC reporting of publicly traded manufacturing clients
• Critiqued inventory and computer related controls
• Assisted underwriters and legal counsel in the preparation of debt and stock offerings
• Performed procedures with respect to mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs

Binghamton, NY, US

• Planned, supervised and audited commercial corporations and employee benefit plans
• Developed a strong working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principals
• Prepared federal and multistate corporate and personal tax returns

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Mba

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting