Eric Melanson Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Framingham, Massachusetts, Us

• Carving out existing $190M in revenue Bose Professional business line from Bose Corporation• Preparation of monthly lender financial disclosure documents• Preparation of board of director materials for CFO presentation• Finance/accounting UAT and training partnership with other business lines for successful implementation of NetSuite to facilitate standalone financials from existing Bose Corporation infrastructure• Oversight of accounting close process• Responsible for review and approval of payroll and indirect purchases and payment release

• Worked closely with the CFO in the preparation of the financial statements and SEC filing documents for the Company’s IPO completed in July 2021.• Closed the books annually and quarterly to facilitate the annual audit and quarterly reviews of the Company’s financial statements and public filings by KPMG, the company’s external auditor.• Completed a conversion of the Candel accounting system from QuickBooks online onto NetSuite. • • Worked closely with the CFO in the preparation of the financial statements and SEC filing documents for the Company’s IPO completed in July 2021.• Closed the books annually and quarterly to facilitate the annual audit and quarterly reviews of the Company’s financial statements and public filings by KPMG, the company’s external auditor.• Completed a conversion of the Candel accounting system from QuickBooks online onto NetSuite. Worked with internal team and our RSM implementation partner to provide historical details for conversion and then performed necessary tie-outs to ensure accuracy of the conversion.• Managed all vendor payments and commercial banking interface including quarterly payments to over 50 clinical trial sites.• Established relationship with PEO and managed payroll and onboarding of employees from 30 to approximately 80 employees since 2019.• Successfully implemented a new 401K plan for Candel employees in September 2021

• Interviewed, selected and implemented a payroll and benefit provider for all employees • Reviewed the company financial statements, documenting and recording the necessary adjustments to the QuickBooks ledger to convert from cash/tax basis to US GAAP accounting• Responsible for daily financial operations for the company including all payroll and benefits as well as accounting and finance related activities• Mentoring and training of team members to work toward GAAP compliant operations and to identify operational efficiencies• Continued collaboration with CEO and CBO to identify areas of risk and to work on establishing processes which facilitated continued growth for the organization

• Studied full-time for the 4 CPA examinations, all exams taken and passed• Fourth and final exam taken in January 2016, License issued by Commonwealth of Massachusetts on March 31, 2016

Lexington, Ma, Us

• Provide timely and accurately financial reports to senior management by managing over the close process of the corporate general ledger, including foreign exchange rate updates, revaluation, translation and consolidation of the domestic and international entities• Facilitate the Cubist international general ledger expansion into Europe through the dissolution of a domestic legal entity followed by the reestablishment of the balance sheet into seven newly created international Oracle entities containing three different functional currencies• Improved corporate accounting teams understanding of the revaluation and translation process by preparing and presenting materials to the group and setting up a round table discussion • Reviewed and approved balance sheet reconciliations including other comprehensive income, goodwill, intangibles, fixed assets, intercompany and various others to ensure financial statement accuracy• Setup legal entities within the Oracle R12 test system using super user access and performed testing of the system for the global implementation of Oracle R12• Requested to remain during the transition phase to ensure a successful migration of corporate functions to the teams at Merck & Co.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Oversaw the monthly intercompany payment process for settling transfer pricing, equity awards and other intercompany charges in excess of $70 million per month• Created and maintained investment in subsidiary proofs for multiple legal entities used regularly to ensure balanced positions as a result of intercompany and consolidation activities• Identified and implemented process improvements with the Corporate Tax department to streamline the calculation, review and posting of the deferred tax on translation which improved the accuracy of the financial statement reporting and tax calculations• Audit coordinator for my team, ensured the accurate and timely delivery of information to Ernst and Young, and provided clarifications as needed so an opinion could be provided• Traveled abroad to train colleagues in foreign locations to use Oracle Financial Applications, Oracle Discoverer and Hyperion Essbase for recording and analyzing their accounting activities• Prepared the quarterly management package and analysis for SSGA International Holdings, Inc. which provided the board with the information needed to review the domestic holding company• Managed the hiring and training of the Northeastern Cooperatives for our team which was beneficial to both the students and State Street

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Continued to streamline the enhancements made in the reporting process and created better trend analysis for reports submitted the FED, SEC and Cayman Island Monetary Authority related to deposit, placement and other balances for Global Treasury• Partnered with a global set of colleagues in Boston, Luxembourg, London and GmbH Branches to create the necessary infrastructure to record the required isolated activity in the general ledger for the acquisition of the Intesa Sanpaolo's Securities Services Business• During the financial collapse in 2008 I created the reporting tools and setup the necessary accounts to record the issuance and purchase of the commercial paper as a result of the consolidation of the off-balance sheet conduit entities• Supplied the accounting guidance and setup the necessary intercompany general ledger accounts for the consolidation of the international nostros to reduce the number of external accounts• Presented material regarding the application of FIN 41, balance sheet netting to the Basel Team so that appropriate weighting of the activity could be determined for financial calculations

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Hired and worked with an external consultant to automate the collection and analysis of information needed to file various financial reports to the FED, SEC and Cayman Island Monetary Authority which significantly reduce the compilation time while greatly increasing accuracy• Regularly worked with international teams to ensure the accuracy of the corporate-wide financials including activity for 9 global sites and $90+ billion in balance sheet activity • Coordinated the external annual audit confirmation process for Ernst & Young LLP between the local and foreign State Street entities to ensure accuracy of the financial information• Reviewed and updated procedures to comply with the SOX 404 requirements related to internal control assessment and review for financial reporting

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Accounting And Finance

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics