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Fort Collins, Co, Us

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Responsibilities focused on accounting, finance, manufacturing, product formulation, and operations• Built and operated brand from scratch with one co-founder, generating annual revenue of $167K• Raised and negotiated terms on $350K worth of funding through a diverse basket of financing options• Managed and increased production capabilities from 400 units per week to 30K units per week with minimal investment in manufacturing equipment• Formulated and made continuous improvements to product offering while maintaining a per unit cost structure that supported MSRP and margin goals• Built and maintained company forecast to support company sales and fundraising targets• Strategized, implemented, and maintained supply chain for all aspects of the product• Managed all state, federal, and third-party licensing requirements• Monthly and annual accounting reconciliation and closes, including tax preparation

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

• Responsibilities included but not limited to, accounting, marketing, customer acquisition/retention, product development, legal, and fundraising. • Successfully bootstrapped and raised external funding of 45K through convertible debt vehicle to build MVP• Along with other co-founders, conceptualized, managed, and improved companies core product• Performed external product testing for improvement with limited resources through unconventional gorilla testing methods• Responsible for companies accounting, forecasting, and quarterly reporting to investors• Mapped out and implemented corporate entity structure to maximize tax losses for reinvestment into the company, eventually transitioning from an LLC to C-Corp in preparation for larger institutional investment• Lead sales efforts in identifying target customer and deployment of customer acquisition strategy • Recruited and retained key advisory members that matched strategic initiatives

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

• Consolidate and analyze quarterly forecasts from all subdivisions of the company• Manage and forecast companywide annual G&A budget for 700+ employees• Effectively communicate ongoing business activity by serving as primary liaison between subdivisions and C level executives• Prepare quarterly written commentary and presentations for executive leadership and board of directors• Actively provide support & guidance for all M&A activity; most notably for $4B acquisition of Starz in 2016• Successfully implemented internal planning tools and procedures for new and existing business ventures• Daily management of small corporate team to provide company wide support for regular and ad hoc projects

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

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• Prepared and reviewed federal and state tax returns for Partnerships, LLC’s, Corporations, Trusts and High Net Worth Individuals (Primarily entertainment oriented)• Analyzed financials and other documentation received to clean up books and execute posting proper adjusting, reclassifying and tax journal entries as needed. • Prepared and engineered work papers for federal and state book to tax differences to achieve final taxable income• Trained new employees on tax work paper preparation, systems software and internal work flow strategy• Successfully delegated and reviewed work given to new staff and interns.• Performed a substantial amount of tax research on a wide array of tax issues and tax requirements by effectively utilizing external and internal resources.• Drafted responses to IRS and State bureau of taxation letters received by clients to abate tax penalties and interest that may have been unfairly charged to clients.

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Boston, Ma, Us

Bsba, Finance, Accounting

High School Diploma, General Studies