David Duffie Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, US

New York, New York, US

• Direct report to CEO
• Oversaw store growth from 7 stores to 100
• Responsible for month-end close, including accounting for 50+ brands with 100+ physical store locations and answering inquiries from brand founders/CEOs/senior leadership on a monthly and ad hoc basis
• Integral part of debt refinancing
• Created data room for Series C funding, including uploading table of contents, financials, contracts, leases, board decks, etc.
• Sourced Deloitte for Leap’s first external audit (including beginning balance testing from FY2018 through FY2020) and completed successful audit with unqualified audit opinion for FY2021

New York, New York, US

• Direct report to CEO
• Developed commission plan for business development, customer service, demand generation, and real estate functions - including gross profit mechanism to ensure payouts are in line with the profitability of each.
• Steward of Company’s equity program management, including cap table reviews, new option inputting, cancellations, vesting schedules, terminations
• Responsible for sending monthly brand billing statements, including monthly sales activities, cash receipts, sales tax, and contractual operating plus percentage fees to brand contacts
• Operating plan creation and updates
• Responsible for AP and AR functions

Chicago, IL, US

• Responsible for month-end close, encompassing a team of 19 general ledger and accounts payable teammates
• Very close partnerships with Tax, Finance, Legal, Corporate Accounting, Treasury, Operations, Engineering, Product Development, and Logistics departments
• Work closely with International Accounting teams & Tax department regarding local international statutory audits
• Review global intercompany calculations, including: transfer pricing, 7 shared services, central billing, listing fees, and HQ charges, including monthly settlement processes
• Oversee Groupon Goods accounts payable processes globally
• Work closely with the Finance department on assessing risk, quantifying issues, and developing processes

Chicago, IL, US

• Played an integral role in developing Groupon Goods Europe, including: o Ensuring working papers are in accordance with US GAAP standards and Groupon policies, o Partnering with Logistics and Operations to help.

• Played an integral role in developing Groupon Goods since inception, including working with: o In-house legal counsel to revise standard contracts that sales reps used to execute new features, o Logistics to help.
• Established a variety of processes within my department to ensure ownership, efficiencies, and results
• Involved in the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiative to identify and establish key controls within Groupon as well as responsible for maintaining these controls within my department
• Involved in establishing and finalizing various Finance initiatives, including leasing versus CAPEX purchasing analyses, mobile redemption device tracking and capitalization, budgeting and forecasting, and liquidation.
• Review senior and staff working papers & ad hoc analyses
• Delivered multiple presentations to our department of fifty plus on a quarterly basis

• Responsible for North America revenue reconciliations
• Established multiple Merchant Identification (MID) numbers for Groupon's various revenue channels, including establishing and maintaining direct contact with credit card providers, gateways, and processors
• Played an integral role in developing Groupon's methodology surrounding the refund reserve liability as well as accounting behind Groupon "points" and gift cards
• Developed Groupon's fixed asset register (2007 onwards) and responsible for the maintenance of this register on a monthly basis (i.e. depreciation, additions, etc.)
• Developed and maintained Groupon North America's lease schedule - including monthly calculations of deferred rent, prepaid rent, and leasehold reimbursements for 20+ leases
• Played a key role in developing monthly close templates, activities, checklists, and processes

Worldwide, OO

• Recipient of an “Outstanding Performance Award”, May of 2010
• Responsible for assisting clients’ drafting of annual financial statements and review of these statements
• Review audit reports and work papers created by audit associates
• Responsible for ensuring the accurate accounting of various client complex accounting issues such as goodwill and impairment analyses
• Developed, communicated, and coordinated public and private companies’ Sarbanes-Oxley compliance
• Developed and executed overall audit plans, including risk assessments, as well as ensured compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. GAAP during quarterly reviews and year-end audits

Worldwide, OO

• Multi-billion Dollar Steel Corporationo Responsible for auditing and ensuring client’s cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, debt, and other fundamental balance sheet accounts are reconciled quarterly and.
• Private Japanese Semi-Conductor Manufacturero Performed inventory counts and reconciled inventory general ledger balances to physical count resultso Responsible for auditing various accruals including payroll, property.
• Mid-Cap Public Construction Supply Companyo Responsible for auditing the client’s standard costing of inventory at year-end, sales, cost of saleso Audited client’s fixed asset rollforward schedule, including beginning.

Masters In The Science Of Accountancy, Accounting

Bachelor'S In Business Administration, Accounting, Sociology