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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Moon Township, Pa, Us

Durham, Nc, Us

Reporting directly to the CEO, in a private-equity owned organization. Responsible for all aspects of the financial organization, including accounting, tax, treasury, financial planning & analysis, business development, human resources, and legal. Prepare and present financial results to board of directors, and lenders.

Radnor, Pennsylvania, Us

Reporting to the Division President, responsible for financial leadership, integrity of financial results, SOX and policy compliance for the largest of four divisions, 300+ locations, and 3,700 employees.• Implemented business support center/shared services (BSC) supporting five operating companies. Support functions include approx. 220 FTEs in accounting, finance, investment management, sales and use tax, accounts payable, central billing, credit and collections, customer master/pricing maintenance, and real estate. • Successfully implemented key financial processes and SOX controls within a newly organized divisional finance team that resulted in both internal and external full scope financial and SOX audits, with zero deficiencies for all financial processes.• Converted three business units to SAP while consolidating back office finance functions to the BSC.• Evaluated, performed due diligence, and integrated 5 acquisitions contributing over $75M annual revenue.• Led creation of two additional business units, presented business case and analysis supporting new regional business units (one driven by large acquisition). Organized and aligned new regional finance teams including recruiting new VP’s Finance for both business units.• Provide strategic guidance to Operating business for annual operating/budget goals.• Improved working capital $11.8M, developed company-wide strategy for better Accounts Receivable performance.• Led negotiations with large strategic accounts to resolve billing and delinquent accounts receivables of >$1M, some examples include GE, IBM, and Kraft.• Lead real estate strategy for division. Review negotiation strategy for new property and lease renewals resulted in achieved annual savings of +$100k each year. Review and approve all significant capital investments for all real estate transactions, approximately $20M annually.

Radnor, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsible for financial leadership, integrity of financial results, SOX and policy compliance for a wholly owned subsidiary with 120+ locations, and 1,500 employees. Upon hire date, company was inconsistent in its ability to execute timely and accurate financial reporting processes resulting in large corrections and delays in closing out the periodic financial results. Led team of 90 professionals that included finance and IT.• Restructured finance team to align with business strategy. Hired new accounting team and implemented new account reconciliation review process to improve financial close process and improve overall financial integrity. Implemented new FP&A team that initiated area and branch based budgeting, forecasting, and metric analysis.• Organized and led first five year strategic planning process, presented to Regional Company President. • Evaluated, performed due diligence, and integrated 3 acquisitions contributing over $90M of annual revenue.• Created key controllable expense dashboard, and implemented new process controls that resulted in a reduction of controllable operating expensed by $3M or 20% over two years.• Worked with State taxing authorities on new processes to reduce tax exposure for IFTA and newly implemented fuel tax regulations in CT resulting in reduced liability of >$150k.• Led business planning and forecast process for $525M business unit including five areas and 120+ branches.• Designed and implemented company wide talent review process.

Established corporate wide financial planning and analysis capabilities in preparation for transition to a publically held corporation. Developed new FP&A function, partnered with 3rd party consultant to develop entity level financial controls, management reporting disciplines, including external financial communications. Led annual budget for $3B global media company. Led and implemented first company wide strategic planning process. Led operating expense analysis that identified and reduced corporate expenses by $30M.

Radnor, Pennsylvania, Us

Developed financial planning function for a $3B distribution company with 21 operating companies. Developed strategic planning models, financial analysis and forecast capabilities that led to enhanced target setting and earnings guidance capabilities.

Led financial integration for $350M asset acquisition. Managed all aspects of financial integration. Provided financial support for 3 operating units. Other roles included Accounting Manager, Capital Lease Portfolio. Managed all aspects of the financial close. Supported corporate reporting and quarterly analysis.

Senior auditor servicing clients in Distribution and Financial Services

Mba, Finance

Bs, Accounting