Direct cash and debt management activities for term loans, revolvers, bonds and other financing. Lead Treasury team in executing financial transactions, cash positioning and treasury accounting.- Proactively manage multiple debt facilities and bond issuance along with related covenants for acquisition financing resulting in ~100% asset growth. - Experience with leverage reduction through bond tender offers, open market purchases and targeted prepayments to prepare for the spin-off of the international division into a separately traded company. - Initiated investment of all excess cash which was previously idle as the company emerged from bankruptcy. Manage liquidity planning for optimal cash deployment strategies. - Work with CFO to hedge interest rate risk by assessing interest rate options given a rising rate environment. Negotiate competitive pricing. - Responsible for developing a robust cash forecasting platform to provide current and projected cash and debt levels which allows for efficient capital management and scenario analysis. - Ensure operational excellence for all debt compliance, cash management and Treasury activities. Establish and implement new policies. - Execute share repurchase program including operations, settlement, broker relationships and financial reporting needs. - Prepare presentations for Senior Management, Board of Directors and/or Rating Agencies for debt covenants, liquidity requirements and funding sources. - Manage various relationships with loan syndicate, cash management banks, rating agencies and investment providers. - Implemented Kyriba, a treasury management system, to streamline payment and cash reconciliation processes as well as to consolidate financial transactions and reporting.

Selected for competitive ten-week pilot program designed to engage talented professionals back into the workforce after a voluntary career break. Extended 6 months.- Part of initial implementation team for Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR).

Passed all three levels of CFA program. Full-time parent.

Directed front office team responsible for short-term debt/investment programs (up to $30 billion), share repurchase programs ($10 billion), global cash forecasting, foreign exchange trading and varied risk management functions for Altria Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries.- Launched Kraft commercial paper program ($4 billion) to market with competitive pricing to provide low cost funding.- Designed forecasting strategies and platforms, specifically an integrated domestic/global long-term cash flow which incorporated projected interest income/expense on a consolidated basis.- Improved broker performance of share buybacks, on $10 billion program, by developing and implementing a competitive strategy among the broker/dealer group.- Analyzed asset backed securities and money market funds.- Managed global investment limits and guidelines by evaluating counter-party risk, liquidity risk and market risk.- Established and trained independent treasury departments at operating companies.

Managed daily liquidity of U.S. and Canadian treasury operations.- Strategized funding for Nabisco acquisition ($15+ billion).- Redesigned disaster recovery plan that was successfully executed under multiple scenarios since 2000. No losses were incurred to the Company.- Implemented share repurchase programs including broker selection, documentation, operational requirements and execution while ensuring compliance with all SEC regulations.

Planned daily cash position, executed short-term borrowing/investment activities and optimized aggregate bank account balance levels at 20+ banks.