Gerard Collins Email & Phone Number

Dallas, TX, US

Partner directly with our clients to deliver people, process, and technology solutions designed to increase operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve profitability. The work we do in BPI intersects strategy, finance, process optimization, and technology enablement – which means you’ll consult on a wide variety of high-impact engagements that.

Worldwide, OO

EPM teams include OneStream, Oracle EPM and Anaplan

Arlington, VA, US

Support / Lead engagements for Enterprise Performance Management (including Finance Planning & Analytics (FP&A), Corporate Close & Consolidation, Internal/Management and External Reporting, Finance Master Data Management Account Reconciliations, Tax Reporting, and/or Profitability & Cost Management) processes.System assessments and developing.

Mclean, VA, US

• Former IT Finance executive turned consultant with proven experience directing system implementation, business performance management office driving transformation across Finance, IT, and Operations. 25 years of.
• Project manage the implementation of EPM applications that provides consolidation, external reporting, operational reporting, driver base budgeting, forecast, people planning, and intercompany management.
• Evaluate clients progress towards achieving its goals and to map out future goals and plans.
• Analyze economic and business trends, review past company performance and attempt to anticipate obstacles and potential problems, all with an eye toward forecasting a company’s future financial results
• Out-placement IT Finance, FP&A & CFO support

Wayne, PA, US

• Provide corporate financial planning and analysis services by utilizing both quantitative and qualitative analysis of all operational aspects of a company in order to evaluate the company’s progress toward achieving.
• Evaluating the company’s current assets and investments are the best use of the company’s excess working capital, looking at return on investment (ROI) and comparisons with other ways the company might utilize cash.
• Gauging the company’s overall financial health, primarily by using key financial ratios such as the debt to equity ratio, current ratio, and interest coverage ratio
• Determining which of the company’s products or product lines generate the largest portion of its net profit
• Identifying which products have the highest profit margin (and which have the lowest)
• Working with individual departments to prepare budgets and consolidate them into one overall corporate budget

Washington, DC, US

• Provided director-level guidance within the Financial Planning & Analysis & SOX department, including financial and management reporting and analysis, as well as company-wide budgeting and financial forecasting.
• Prepared monthly management reports for FTI Executive Management and FTI Board of Directors, including appropriate financial information, key metrics and variance analysis commentary.
• Spearheaded efforts to collect Segments MD&A analysis for external reporting needs which included write/review commentary on segments performance and assisted in the development of quarterly press release and.
• Developed a process for providing management talking points and “box deck” in support of analyst calls, investor conferences.
• Liaison to segment/regional finance leads, Treasury, Investor Relations, Tax, auditors, bankers and CFO in support of informational requests.
• Increased company's international footprint generating 15% revenue growth through analysis, acquisition and integration of key European company.

Mclean, VA, US

• Independent Consultant leading a cross-functional team of Deloitte & Touché, Jefferson Wells and internal employees through the enterprise SOX project. Placed focus on documentation, assessment and remediation of.
• Led multiple cross-functional teams through the implementation of 120+ documented internal control processes and associated testing, dramatically reducing loss exposure.

Herndon, VA, US

• Developed monthly management reporting packages to be completed for each sub business group, as well as refined existing annual financial budget models. Led 3 direct reports.
• Met corporate year-end operating goals by leading efforts in dissecting cost activity to determine key drivers & metrics in establishing targets.
• Positioned the company to drive 600% revenue growth over five years by completing a complex move of corporate HQ as part of a complete restructuring within six months.

US

• Joint Venture between AT&T and BTPlayed an integral role in developing financial and management reporting systems, annual budget models and forecasting models. Held responsibility for critical analysis and partnering.
• Integrated financial planning and departmental accounting operations between two Fortune 500 companies three months from the completion of the joint venture.

Lagrange, Georgia, US

St. Paul, MN, US

Corporate Controller of the subsidiary of RO/CO Corporation(Water Treatment Company) and acquired in 1995

B.S, Finance

Mba, Finance