Clara Senecal Email & Phone Number

Acton, Massachusetts, Us

Littleton, Ma, Us

Wimbledon, London, Gb

Senior leadership responsibilities include: finance division oversight for Americas, consolidation of financial results, and reporting to Board of Directors, forecasting, budgeting, FP&A, and supply chain operations.Leadership Achievements: Scaled financial operations to meet challenges of significant revenue growth. Hands-on executive in partnership with President to manage the profit and loss of the region and ensured accurate and timely finance deliverables. An agent of change in expanding the business through financial discipline in budgeting, forecasting and global initiatives. Improved financial reporting processes with developing new reports, KPIs, and metrics. Ability to understand commercial aspects of the business to advise President, Sales, and Marketing Heads on all financial matters. Financial Reporting – Developed and maintained robust process to enable accurate financial reporting metrics, cost control measures and performance tracking. Financial Modeling – Designed and built complex financial models for forecasting, including multi-currency forecasting requiring excellent Excel skills.

Waltham, Ma, Us

Leadership Achievements Led financial reviews that resulted in a restructure of a subsidiary. Collaborated with the General Managers and Controllers of two European subsidiaries to drive synergies in the Customer Service, Marketing and Finance departments that resulted in a 2% increase in operating income. Implemented the China subsidiary’s reorganization project, including outsourcing of distribution functions and improvements to the vendor selection process. Developed and executed the restructuring plan for the Malaysian operations resulting in SG&A savings. Proposed a change in the business model in a subsidiary that resulted in an increase in operating income by 5%.Management Responsibilities Financial Reporting and Analysis – Financial reporting and analysis role for both Biosciences (manufacturing group at $1.4B in size) and Worldwide divisions (international distribution group at $2B in size) for SEC reporting. Financial Compliance – Led internal financial audits for reporting inaccuracies and / or non- compliance to U.S. GAAP. Executed correction plans. Management Review – Reviewed monthly reporting, quarterly forecasting, annual budgeting and three-year strategic planning of subsidiaries on Hyperion and Oracle platforms. Due Diligence – Performed operational and financial due diligence on potential acquisitions. Mergers and Acquisitions – Led integration team to analyze and implement synergy plans.

 Initiated the research coverage of the Hospitality Industry in Asia; primary author of the Research Report. Developed valuation models of specific large hotel chains in Asia.

Miami, Fl, Us

 Responsible for regional consolidation, financial analysis, and financial reporting. Assisted in restructuring the Japan office to establish strategic partnership and reduced its overhead by 30%.

Stamford, Ct, Us

 Expatriate with executive power and oversight of Starwood’s interest in a $140M joint venture; achieved project savings of $5M at the completion of the St. Regis Hotel. Directly managed 12 Finance and EDP associates, and implemented finance policies.

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

 Managed 20 Accountants and Accounts Assistants in Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Brunei and Dubai. Hands on roles in managing General Ledger, Cost Accounting, Accounts Payable and Receivable, and Cash Flow for group and subsidiary reporting with compliance to IFRS.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, General

Bachelor Of Accountancy, Accounting