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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Global operations and business development leader for a consumer products company with presence in 90 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.• Oversee international business segment conducted through 20 distributors across 80 countries. Partnered with executive team to define and implement short and long term financial, operational and product strategies for international markets.• Led several major ERP system enhancements to create new product development workflows, automate ordering and invoicing processes, and simplify logistics reporting.• Led operations team through an in-depth analysis of international markets. Identified $26M growth opportunities, developed tactical plans to increase share in under-performing countries by focusing on brand investment, retail distribution, and consumer pricing strategy.• Negotiated and executed a new distribution agreement in Brazil despite a tough economic and regulatory environment.

New York City, Ny, Us

Responsible for the Domestic financial operations of physical and digital retail film distribution. • Team leader for multiple groups across FP&A, Controllership, and Credit and Collections. Responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of balance sheet, profit and loss, and cash flow financial reporting across multiple revenue streams and distribution partnerships.• Key partner to Global executive team. Developed and presented long-range strategic plans, annual budgets, quarterly business updates and monthly operating reviews for physical and digital distribution to Studio executives.• Oversee financial systems and transactional processes to ensure adequate internal controls and SOX 404 compliance. Achieved SOC 1 certification in 2015.• Drove strategic initiatives that delivered the highest profit from digital platforms in studio history in 2015.• Enhanced operational cost controls, identified savings opportunities to achieve $10M budgeted cost reduction.• Partnered with sales to establish new pricing and placement strategies. Increased profit $500k on one product release when strategy was implemented.• Drove business development of product acquisitions. Developed deal structures, investment strategies and ROI metrics for acquired and licensed content. Generated $13M profit in 2015.• Oversee corporate financial functions of 1440 Entertainment, a global, non-theatrical feature film and animation production entity. Successfully developed and presented an investment plan to Studio executives to grow profit by strategically increasing production spend over the next 5 years.• Led IT steering committee, directed resources to meet the system needs of finance, operations, sales and marketing departments.• Partnered with HR to evaluate employee performance using a 9-block assessment matrix. Created growth and development plans and discussed results with each employee.

New York City, Ny, Us

FP&A and strategic planning leader for $500M operating division of Universal Studios.• Managed 4 direct reports and a team of 7. Led all financial reporting, planning, budgeting, and analysis of balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow, and ultimates for DVD, Blu-ray, EST, and VOD platforms. • Developed long-range strategic plans, annual budgets, and monthly operating reviews for two divisions.• Created a detailed operational scorecard to compare key performance metrics across customer base. Analysis led to new funding vehicles that drove up to 20% revenue growth at certain customers. • Led an initiative to analyze operational actions that effect freight cost. Implemented process efficiencies that reduced expedited freight by up to 7% at high cost to serve customers. • Succeeded with a company-wide initiative to improve cash flow forecasting accuracy. Cycle time to create new forecasts was reduced by 50% and volatility in estimates during close processes were cut by 75% (Received award for simplification).• Redesigned trade spend accrual process to better align with commercial practices, resulting in a more accurately stated liability.

New York City, Ny, Us

Managed monthly planning and forecasting of balance sheet, revenues and expenses, and operating and free cash flows• Grew FP&A team by hiring 4 people, reorganized to absorb additional responsibilities from restructuring activity (Received award for leadership). • Built and managed several complex financial models to forecast product P&Ls, revenue and expense recognition, balance sheet and cash flows.• Performed discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis to value film library for M&A activity.

New York City, Ny, Us

• Forecasted 10-year profitability estimates of new video releases, communicated updates and cost amortization impact to corporate finance group. • Implemented new ERP system and data warehouse, reconciled $8.5B historical data conversion. • Developed DCF and balance sheet model to provide critical legal and financial information for the sale of film assets, generated $31M cash.

Boston, Ma, Us

Performed financial and compliance audits across multiple GE businesses and industries.• Developed fair market valuation methodology for M&A activity resulting in $20M purchase accounting adjustments (Received award for execution and risk analysis).• Performed controls based audits to ensure SOX 404 compliance.

Boston, Ma, Us

Completed 4 six-month rotational management training positions in manufacturing, sourcing, 6 sigma and quality.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering