Dianne Austgen Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota

LinkUp / JobDig is a high growth online job listings platform and technology company. Completely unique to the recruiting space, LinkUp is the largest and fastest growing job search engine that indexes only jobs from company websites. LinkUp is updated every night, so the over 4 million jobs indexed from over 30,000 corporate websites around the country are always current and contain none of the job board pollution that plagues other sites (i.e., old jobs, work-at home scams, duplicate… Show more LinkUp / JobDig is a high growth online job listings platform and technology company. Completely unique to the recruiting space, LinkUp is the largest and fastest growing job search engine that indexes only jobs from company websites. LinkUp is updated every night, so the over 4 million jobs indexed from over 30,000 corporate websites around the country are always current and contain none of the job board pollution that plagues other sites (i.e., old jobs, work-at home scams, duplicate listings, fraud, identity theft, etc.). And LinkUp's expansive, extremely high quality job listings database enables capture of predictive labor market data. As a result of this highly differentiated approach to job listings and job search, LinkUp offers job seekers, employers and its data clients a unique and compelling value proposition. JobDig operations, which were discontinued in November 2016, was a multi-media recruitment advertising company delivering print, web, radio, and TV advertising to employers. Private equity, venture capital and angel investor ownership.Accountabilities included finance, accounting, risk management, H/R, legal, budgeting, forecasting and treasury. Show less

Chair of Membership Committee July 2016 - June 2017Chair of Professional Development Committee April 2013 to June 2016

High growth pharmacy benefit management company operating services related to pharmaceuticals, including commercial and Medicare Part D pharmacy claims adjudication and mail order and specialty prescription fulfillment. $2.0 billion annual revenue ($11 billion non GAAP). Vice President, Controller (2008 - 2012)Controller (2006-2008)Recruited to elevate finance function. Provided finance leadership which built and transformed the finance team as the company grew from $600… Show more High growth pharmacy benefit management company operating services related to pharmaceuticals, including commercial and Medicare Part D pharmacy claims adjudication and mail order and specialty prescription fulfillment. $2.0 billion annual revenue ($11 billion non GAAP). Vice President, Controller (2008 - 2012)Controller (2006-2008)Recruited to elevate finance function. Provided finance leadership which built and transformed the finance team as the company grew from $600 million to $2 billion in revenue in five years. Implemented significant infrastructure including people, process and technology and was promoted to Vice President in recognition of an expanding scope of responsibilities to support rapid growth. Managed team of 48 and budget of $5 million. Scope of responsibilities included budgeting and forecasting; strategic financial planning; financial and performance analysis; accounting operations; financial controls; treasury during first two years of tenure; financial systems; strategic sourcing and directing external audits and tax return preparation. Show less

High tech company that operates and manages all facets of websites for television stations nationally. Owned by major broadcasters and a private equity firm. $47 million annual revenue ($100 million non-GAAP). Controller and Assistant Treasurer (2004-2006)Controller (2000-2004)Recruited to provide finance leadership during height of dot-com bubble and led through times of significant contraction followed by transformation of the sales model which successfully drove new… Show more High tech company that operates and manages all facets of websites for television stations nationally. Owned by major broadcasters and a private equity firm. $47 million annual revenue ($100 million non-GAAP). Controller and Assistant Treasurer (2004-2006)Controller (2000-2004)Recruited to provide finance leadership during height of dot-com bubble and led through times of significant contraction followed by transformation of the sales model which successfully drove new growth. Managed team of 11 and growth from $9 million to $47 million in annual revenue in a complex legal and financial environment which included 45 legal entities. Responsibilities included financial analysis; accounting operations; financial and performance reporting; contract administration; cash management; financial controls; accounting systems; purchasing and directing external audits and tax activities. Show less

Milwaukee, Wi

Former subsidiary of Deluxe Corporation, providing financial and risk management services, with annual revenue of $400 million. Completed IPO in 2000. Selected by senior leadership to integrate all financial processes (some with an operational component) that “touched the customer,” including customer information, contract administration, billing, funds settlement and payment processing resulting from the spin-off of seven subsidiaries and internal divisions of Deluxe Corporation.… Show more Former subsidiary of Deluxe Corporation, providing financial and risk management services, with annual revenue of $400 million. Completed IPO in 2000. Selected by senior leadership to integrate all financial processes (some with an operational component) that “touched the customer,” including customer information, contract administration, billing, funds settlement and payment processing resulting from the spin-off of seven subsidiaries and internal divisions of Deluxe Corporation. Managed team of 75. Show less

Shoreview, Mn

Check printing and financial services company. Financial services included bank account and check verification, fraud prevention and prediction and credit card transaction settlement. $2 billion in annual revenue.Selected by senior leadership to move into a corporate level position to create shared services organization that processed all recurring financial transactions for Deluxe and its 14 subsidiaries. Directed all activities, and the transition of business units, related to the… Show more Check printing and financial services company. Financial services included bank account and check verification, fraud prevention and prediction and credit card transaction settlement. $2 billion in annual revenue.Selected by senior leadership to move into a corporate level position to create shared services organization that processed all recurring financial transactions for Deluxe and its 14 subsidiaries. Directed all activities, and the transition of business units, related to the creation of a 110 person shared services organization including organization development, change leadership and employee selection. Directly managed team of 5. Show less

Shoreview, Mn

Recruited by senior leadership to corporate headquarters to direct the team responsible for the Decision Support and Enterprise Structure Design for all 14 of Deluxe’s business units in a $48 million SAP ERP software implementation project. Also directed the team that defined the major accounting structural entities in SAP. Managed team of 13.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Subsidiary of Deluxe Corporation that provided credit card processing services to retailers. $65 million annual revenue. Recruited by senior leadership to provide financial leadership to establish credibility in financial information in an extremely weak internal control environment and assist in preparing the Company for divestiture. Responsible for all financial reporting and processes, forecasting and budgeting and credit card settlement. Managed team of 30.

Mba, Strategic Management

Cma

Cpa (Expired)

Received an award from the Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants ‘Minnesota Award of Excellence’ 1999 for earning one.

Bs, Accounting