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Wesley Chapel, Fl, Us

Wesley Chapel, Fl, Us

New York, New York, Us

Checkmate is an advanced SaaS platform that offers seamless integration between a restaurant’s POS system and over 100 ordering platforms, such as DoorDash, Uber Eats, GrubHub, and ChowNow. ItsaCheckmate synchronizes the menus and prices directly from the POS system to the ordering platforms and incorporates orders from those platforms directly into the POS system. ItsaCheckmate also includes a sophisticated menu management layer, allowing customers to update prices, add, edit, or delete items, manage images, and make menu changes across all ordering platforms from a single source.

Santa Monica, California, Us

IPSY is a $1B+ revenue beauty subscription company. * Managed $50M+ daily cash tracker, improving CFO’s decision-making. * Oversaw FY 2019 audit by KPMG. Maintained the relationship with external auditors, provided pragmatic solutions and alternatives to challenging audit requests and inquiries.* Owned monthly sales-tax compliance through the Avalara platform. * Authored implementation memos for ASC 606 Revenue Recognition, ASC 842 Lease Accounting & PL 86-272 economic nexus. Drafted and implemented key policies and procedures and spearheaded implementation and training of new accounting standards.* Drove scalability and operational excellence by evaluating existing infrastructure, processes, and controls. Integrated NetSuite & BlackLine, improving internal controls.* Identified areas of improvement, innovation, and additional investment and improved efficiency through automation and streamlining accounting processes. Created NetSuite saved searches, expediting close & month-end reporting. * Demonstrated strong working knowledge of accounting systems, processes, U.S. GAAP, and internal controls.* Led the full cycle general ledger monthly close process and related activities to ensure all accounts are US GAAP compliant. Owned Argentina entity set up in NetSuite and monthly consolidation with parent entity. Managed Argentina based accounting partner.* Collaborated cross-functionally to build streamlined and scalable processes.* Owned monthly flux variance analysis and thorough understanding of accounts.* Participated in key strategic initiatives.

WellSavvy is an e-commerce wellness startup launched in the UK. I joined as an investor leveraging my Amazon experience to expand in the EU. * Managed financial operations of the company, including Quickbooks, Chart of Accounts setup, month close, timely production and accuracy of all financial reporting, cash flow management, Sales tax/VAT, and external compliance.

New York, Ny, Us

The College Board is a mission-driven $1B+ revenue non-profit organization, engaging 7M+ students annually.Budgeting Process: • Guided programs and service units across the College Board through budgeting and financial reporting processes, managing staff towards tight deadlines for the $800M FY18 Budget. • Managed communication of key insights and actionable intelligence across the organization, in order to drive sound business and strategy decisions. • Deeply understood the economics of the College Board, including revenue and expense drivers, key performance indicators, and recent historical trends; served as primary liaison to programs and service units so that they are equipped to apply these insights to various aspects of their work, including goal-setting and strategic decision making. • Developed, and then translated for executives, analyses of revenue and expense drivers, performance indicators, and recent historical trends. This work played an essential role in clarifying tradeoffs and enabling the VP, Strategic Finance and SVP, Finance & Global Strategy to make sound strategic decisions to support the College Board’s work. • Demonstrated outstanding skills at analyzing data, telling stories, and collaborating with colleagues.SAT Digital Initiative: • Led development of strategic plans, financial projections, and performance reports, collaborating with the project lead for College Board's $100M+ four-year SAT digitization initiative.

New York, Ny, Us

ShermansTravel is a digital media company backed by TEGNA & Adams Street Partners.Business Transformation and Strategy: • Growth Initiatives: Partnered with CEO in launching CruiseCritic.com competitor in $37B cruise industry, building detailed financial model with inputs from senior management team. • M&A: Led due diligence on potential targets including BudgetTravel and DunhillTravel. Researched synergies and deal rationale. Analyzed merger ratio using DCF, Trading Comps and Transaction Comps. Financial Controls and Operations: • Budgeting & Forecasting: Reduced annual budget preparation time by half. Improved accuracy of Pro Forma financials by working with department heads. Prepared quarterly forecast with variance analysis. • HR: Slashed payroll and benefits administration costs 24% by migrating to PEO, while ensuring enhancements of services. • Process Improvements: Automated billing by integrating QuickBooks & Salesforce. Migrated company to tiered commission structure to incentivize and motivate sales reps. Stakeholder Management and External Interface: • Banking: Closely monitored AR-funding facility and monthly Asset Coverage Ratio covenant. Saved $20K annually by negotiating 1% fee reduction on $2M Line of Credit.

New York, Ny, Us

Business Transformation and Strategy:• Turnaround: Survived the company in extremely cash-strapped situation in first year of my tenure by creating & maintaining a 52-week running cash forecast to precisely predict weekly ending cash balance and a 4-months running sales velocity multiplier model to accurately project monthly revenue.Financial Controls and Operations:• Accounting: Managed team of two accountants in expediting month-close Journal Entries, accruals & bank recs. Designed & implemented effective AR collections protocol that cut Days Outstanding by 33%. Negotiated payment plans with vendors on legacy AP balance. Oversaw annual audit by outside CPA.Stakeholder Management and External Interface:• Financial Reporting: Significantly upgraded quality & effectiveness of periodic Board of Directors communications deck.

Fishers, Indiana, Us

Tasting Table is a digital media company backed by Bob Pittman's Pilot Group.I provided accurate & actionable insights to the CEO on big-picture finance matters, including raising additional debt to meet future working capital requirements, taking proactive actions to meet the lender’s Liquidity Ratio & 6-month rolling-EBITDA covenant levels, and setting standards for reporting to investors.* Developed & maintained a Free Cash Flow analysis model to determine acceptable levels of AP/AR aging. Owned all FP&A tasks such as building the annual budget & maintaining the current forecast.* Led two junior analysts in keeping the company’s QuickBooks in excellent shape. Owned month close tasks such as updating Depreciation schedules, reclassifying inter-department expenses, etc.* Automated expense and OT reimbursements using online tools such as Harvest.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Financial Controllership: • Provided financial leadership to four fulfillment centers in the East Region. • Built quarterly and yearly fixed and variable cost budgets with the combined annual outlay of $60M. • Tracked & approved all FC related expenses. Performed NPV, ROI & Payback Period analysis on Capital Asset Requests. Led $750K equipment buyout CAR, with Payback Period of 2.2 years & NPV of $350K. • Ensured that each site achieves the 5% year-over-year VCPU improvement target. • Led the month end close process, including all accruals using a broad range of tools such as Oracle Financials, DataWarehouse, Essbase and Cognos.Financial Risk Analytics: • Performed weekly Risk & Opportunity (R&O) analyses to measure fixed and variable cost impacts of variance from the annual Operational Plans and from the current forecasts. • Provided in-depth and insightful analysis to highlight trends and understand business drivers of cost variances to plan. • Built automated MySQL & ETL queries on BI Analytics Engine for actionable data.Labor Planning: • Led a team of two labor analysts in performing weekly headcount need forecast based on a multitude of factors, including productivity rates, absenteeism and attrition rates and volume forecasts.Facility Optimization Initiatives: • Provided financial validation to prioritize and lead cost reduction efforts. • Participated in a Kaizen to reduce cost of stowing process by using Automated Guided Vehicles. • Validated the financial ROI number to support the second phase of pilot project investment.

Blue Beacon Capital is a Telecom, Media & Technology-focused boutique investment bank. • Sell-side Advisory: Executed the sale process for a California-based nationwide reseller of voice and data services with $26M in annual revenue and $1.5M in EBITDA. Performed DCF and Comparables valuation analyses. Authored Confidential Information Memorandum and executed NDAs with target buyers. • Sell-side Advisory: Led the sale process for a facilities-based provider of broadband and hosted VoIP services in Oregon with $4.6M in annual revenue and $1.0M in EBITDA. Authored teaser, CIM and Bid Process Letter. Managed Letter of Interest submissions and negotiated term sheets. • Private Placement: Raised $15M Series C round capital for a California-based VoIP technology start-up targeting the consumer market. Developed investor presentations and led marketing effort to select VCs.

London, Gb

* Leveraged Finance: Structured acquisition financing package for proposed LBO of Mirant, a $9B power company. Developed a dynamic LBO financing model. Drafted leveraged finance committee memo.* Leveraged Finance: Evaluated feasibility of HSBC financing an LBO of Innopack, a $240M Mexican bottler. Principal Investment: Core member of the global team tasked with funding and launching a principal investment fund targeting distressed debt and equity. Drafted investment committee memo.* Equity Private Placement: Key member of private placement deal team for First Data bridge equity held by HSBC. Negotiated and helped draft Equity Syndication Side Letter with KKR.

London, Gb

* M&A Proposal: Authored a $1.5B merger pitch involving a catastrophe reinsurer and a casualty reinsurer. Recommended valuation range based on market multiples, a P/B versus ROE regression and comparable M&A transactions analyses. Stress-tested accretion sensitivities. * Buy-side Advisory: Performed acquisition modeling, reviewed data room and participated in client calls for a $200M buy-side mandate involving a US-based insurer and a UK-based mortgage insurer. * IPO: Drafted S-1 for a $150M IPO for a Brazilian SPAC. Managed background checks process on client.

Mba, Finance

Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Development Economics And International Development