Elena Diakova Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Manage the company’s financial planning and reporting function. Lead annual budget, forecast, and 3-year strategic planning processes. Develop KPIs to manage business and recommend actions to improve performance. Create management presentations and provide support for investor calls• Partner with cross functional leadership team to develop strategy for maximizing growth potential and optimizing profitability• Prepare detailed models and stress case testing for various economic and business scenarios such as increase in costs of capital or default risk• Manage a portfolio of over $500MM loan originations across several loan facilities. Monitor borrowing base submissions to maintain adequate liquidity• Support negotiations of Loan and Security Agreements for 3 lending facilities, participate in closing 4 securitization deals and one join venture. Manage residual financing (REPO) for all securitizations including daily marks, fair market value, repayments, etc. Understand key contractual deal terms to properly reflect the terms in budget and forecast models• Lead implementation of NetSuite Oracle/ Hyperion financial reporting system. Supervise a team of 2 analysts

New York, Us

Global Treasurer • Refinanced loans and negotiated 2 credit agreements for $42MM with Citizens bank and $20MM with Fifth Third bank. Managed the company’s debt covenant compliance and reporting processes. Coordinated debt activities such as borrowings, repayments, and interest payments. Managed inter-company liquidity, cash management, banking relationships, and working capital initiativesRenegotiated credit card agreement with Wells Fargo bank and negotiated new credit card agreement with Citizens bank. Reviewed term of agreements, pricing, program fees, revenue sharing rebate program, etc.• Prepared cash flow forecasts and performed financial modeling to maintain adequate liquidity for all entities. Approved, supervised, and reviewed company-wide payments and cash flows. Developed and reported KPIs to manage collections and accounts payables. Streamlined payment processing capabilities and drove global payments automationDIRECTOR OF FINANCE• Led financial planning process for Kentucky Owl and Louisiana Spirit businesses. Developed business strategies supported by competitive and financial analysis to increase KO and LAS sales by 50%• Worked with cross-functional deal team (Operations, Marketing, Sales/ Business Development) in developing transfer pricing and ensure profitability by product lines• Managed internal audit and all reporting requirements for banks. Designed management reporting to significantly increase visibility, accuracy and consistency of information

Norwalk, Ct, Us

" Manage financial planning process including quarterly forecasting, annual budget, and 3-year business development plan for Operations, IT, HR, Risk, Finance, Legal, and Facilities functions. Responsible for executing monthly/ quarterly/ year end close processes and financial reporting. Support 2,500 employees across 3 countries and 33 locations. Partner with functional leaders to review key trends, efficiency ratios, and cost savings. Prepare monthly reporting and presentations to senior management " Develop and execute organizational strategy to achieve key business objectives. Perform portfolio analysis. Partner with COO and her entire staff to develop business and operational plans. Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency and implement costs savings of $23MM " Establish operating metrics and KPI to measure efficiency (headcount, TSA revenue, shared services including IT, Operations, Finance, and Risk, etc.) " Drive and manage ad hoc special projects. Review outside suppliers' spend. Monthly track consulting and legal costs for GECA. Categorize expenses by function/ business unit on purchase order level to manage the costs " Work on projects tied to the divestiture of $100B in commercial lending and leasing assets. Perform advanced modeling in support of negotiating the sale and transfer of people and assets to 9 separate regulated entities. Monitor operating metrics to manage costs and productivity" Develop pricing for transitional service agreements. Support GE Capital divested accounts for 9 buyers with $300MM in annual costs. Responsible for consolidating, managing, and billing back monthly operating expenses GE incurs on behalf of buyers. Coordinate the TSA billing activities with functional teams (IT, Marketing, Operations, etc.) as well as other finance teams such as controllership and taxes" Lead efforts to close and eliminate trailing activity tied to divested businesses. Track $400MM sales expenses of 9 divested businesses

Bozeman, Montana, Us

• Developed investor documents leading to FICO’s acquisition of Adeptra for $115 MM • Led development of annual operating budget and long-term strategic plan for Americas, EMEA, and Asia regions. Managed 2 analysts and coordinated work of 3 country managers• Identified opportunities for new investments, process improvements, operational efficiency, and cost reductions. Defined sales targets, analyzed KPI and progress against goals. Monitored sales pipelines by products/ offerings/ regions. Analyzed financial & operational results versus forecast. Partnered with CFO and operations to drive improvements to net profits • Developed financial analysis to support “go to market” strategy for Asia and Latin America to achieve 40% revenue growth

Jersey City, New Jersey, Us

• Organized forecasting and budgeting processes; led the development of the annual operating budget and strategic three year plan. Tracked key performance indicators and monitored progress against goals. Developed new reporting to track profitably by channels/ brands • Evaluated growth opportunities such as new product development and international expansion strategy • Led multi-functional teams to support M&A transactions. Developed revenue forecast models, evaluated cost and revenue synergies

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Defined, developed, and implemented the enterprise strategy planning process to support company strategy and resource allocation to achieve incremental EPS growth. • Conducted portfolio analysis, identified potential growth areas and adjacent spaces, proposed frameworks to analyze opportunities, estimated market sizes, evaluated competition, and made recommendations.• Developed global financials, including board of directors’ submissions, in support for new services and product development efforts. Built financial models to evaluate projects and company profitability. • Led cross-functional teams across global business units to develop and execute growth strategies • Managed and coordinated the work of analysts, business units representatives, and corporate finance department

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Evaluated new products and services based on Pitney Bowes’ core capabilities, products’ profit margins, and growth rates, identified attractive offerings and potential acquisition targets using DCF• Analyzed macroeconomic drivers for various business segments, built forecasting models• Managed research project in order to evaluate impact of new technologies on business. Presented findings at the Strategy Round Table and CRRI conference. Published 4 white papers