Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (2013 – current)• Organize and manage the annual budget and forecast processes• Develop long range strategic three year plan• Lead monthly senior management P&L review meetings, supervise the production of the reporting packages• Significant impact on operating results by generating expense and capital saving ideas and helping management analyze revenue and business development opportunities• Work closely with the publishers to… Show more Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (2013 – current)• Organize and manage the annual budget and forecast processes• Develop long range strategic three year plan• Lead monthly senior management P&L review meetings, supervise the production of the reporting packages• Significant impact on operating results by generating expense and capital saving ideas and helping management analyze revenue and business development opportunities• Work closely with the publishers to create budgets and prepare business cases for book acquisitions• Key participant in monthly accounting review to support Controller’s close• Manage one financial analyst and also direct the work of two other financial analystsSenior Finance Analyst (2011 – 2013)• Created new revenue budget templates that were more user friendly for publishers • Redesigned the monthly reporting management reporting packages• Analyzed operating expense variances and reported to Senior Management• Tracked title release date movement to understand impact to full year projections• Calculated profit share statements for authors Show less

·Developed new one and five year financial models that decreased the time spent consolidating the individual business units from a few days to a few hours·Created a new annual forecasting model that gave senior management a more timely view of the expected year end results·Developed a monthly reporting package for senior management·Prepared discounted cash flow and lease versus buy analysis for potential capital projects

Director of Financial Planning (2005 – 2007)• Responsible for managing the complete budgeting process including long term financial planning and annual budgets • Developed a monthly metrics package that summarized the financial information in a format for senior management and the Board of Directors• Improved the quality control process over the internal reporting package by instituting a structured review process• Key participant in SOX compliance/accounting quality control… Show more Director of Financial Planning (2005 – 2007)• Responsible for managing the complete budgeting process including long term financial planning and annual budgets • Developed a monthly metrics package that summarized the financial information in a format for senior management and the Board of Directors• Improved the quality control process over the internal reporting package by instituting a structured review process• Key participant in SOX compliance/accounting quality control, including creation of a new procedure for purchases of resale equipment from budget approval to expense recognition• Supported numerous capital market and M&A transactions, including the sale of company to KKR, Carlyle and Providence, an IPO, debt transactions and the sale of the company to Intelsat• Supervised four professional staff employees• Co-lead of the Intelsat/PanAmSat planning and forecasting process integration, also supported program office with analysis for development of synergy opportunitiesManager of Financial Planning (2002 – 2005)• Worked with senior management to develop all departmental headcount, operating and capital expense budget targets• Calculated company’s performance for annual incentive plan metrics• Worked closely with Human Resources to determine financial impact of different hiring delay or base salary increase scenarios• Streamlined the expense section of the chart of accounts to eliminate duplicative accounts• Created a new expense accrual process, coordinating monthly with Accounting• Coordinated implementation and maintenance of automated month end departmental expense report to budget owners• Participated in integration of Europe Star, HGS, Esatel and Sonic acquisitions• Supervised and trained financial analystsSenior Financial Analyst (2001 – 2002)• Created and maintained model for annual budget and forecast; analyzed revenue and expense variances, created system financial statements in JD Edwards Software Show less

·Responsible for projecting company’s annual revenue budget·Worked with department managers to compile operating expense budgets·Prepared variance analysis for senior management·Created weekly reports that recapped branch performance which aided management in determining future strategy·Prepared historical and pro forma profit and loss statements for public offerings and SEC filings·Assessed companies for potential acquisitions·Developed and… Show more ·Responsible for projecting company’s annual revenue budget·Worked with department managers to compile operating expense budgets·Prepared variance analysis for senior management·Created weekly reports that recapped branch performance which aided management in determining future strategy·Prepared historical and pro forma profit and loss statements for public offerings and SEC filings·Assessed companies for potential acquisitions·Developed and enhanced reports using general ledger report writer·Supervised and trained junior financial analysts Show less