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Milwaukee, WI, US

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Leading the FP&A function for the Enterprise Payments business along with a team of up to 6 direct reports providing B2B payment solutions including ACH, Wires & Real-Time Payments

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Leading the Network Analysis team with 8 direct reports providing both invoicing of network fees to FIS Debit and Credit clients and quarterly network reporting to Visa and Mastercard on behalf of those clients.

Greater Milwaukee Area

Responsible for the management reporting and financial analysis of 2 operations within North American Card Services (NACS).Serves as principle finance resource for 2 NACS operations.Performs month end close and full FP&A analysis on resultsPerforms monthly Revenue and EBITDA forecast and full FP&A analysisDeveloping process improvements to reduce.

Greater Milwaukee Area

• Manage the Finance Improper Payment Prevention Center of Excellence (IPP CoE) and 5 down to 3 person team reviewing interactions with healthcare professionals and government officials ensuring all necessary FCPA.
• Serves as principle AST finance thought leader and knowledge source for business and IPP CoEs worldwide.
• Accurately identifies problems and provides solutions for AST users.
• Devised and implemented over 90 improvements to the AST successfully reducing approval times and simplifying processes.
• Devised and implemented procedures obtaining approval time efficiencies of 100% for transactions exceeding their IPP budget.
• Developed innovative lean initiatives successfully improving AST efficiencies.

Reading, United Kingdom

• Oversaw 4 international finance departments (45 finance personnel) and 4 UK-based finance personnel managing accounting for overseas projects representing $375m in global revenues. Reviewed and managed monthly US GAAP.
• Implemented changes to improve operational efficiency of reporting entities, ensured accurate SOx and FCPA Compliance, and wrote associated procedures.
• Devised and implemented key enhancements to the Indian accounting system leading to a 10% improvement in productivity.
• Conducted Hyperion reporting tool testing prior to UK implementation.

Ascot, UK

• Managed Finance, Administration, IT and HR functions of the $30-40m European business with 5-7 direct reports. Worked closely with COO and senior management reviewing sales contracts and occasionally negotiating with.
• Restructured the European business in concert with the COO resulting in 100%+ software sales growth.
• Devised KPIs for the European management team improving management information quality.
• Managed the implementation of reporting requirement changes through 4 ownership transfers and 5 direct finance line management transitions accurately assessing local and US GAAP conflicts and preventing finance.
• Prepared, co-ordinated and presented in concert with the COO the Peak Europe due diligence to potential buyers through 2 ownership transfers.
• Consistently ensured accurate monthly consolidation of results within 5-day reporting deadline.

Ascot, UK

• Consolidated monthly full financial results and commentary for both European and Hyperion reporting. Prepared weekly evaluations of 3 month financial forecasts for presentation to the European COO.
• Developed the monthly reporting and annual budget spreadsheets capturing 15% time saving, increasing the level of automated reporting and improving quality of management information provided.
• Devised various weekly sales reports for the European COO meeting changing business needs and improving management review processes.

Maidenhead, UK

• Preparation of UK consolidated statutory accounts and UK corporation tax information, liaison with local auditors and tax advisors, and undertaking of internal audits of all operating units.
• Devised the statutory consolidation model in both excel and a consolidation database.
• Provided control and process efficiency improvements resulting from internal audits (eg debtor management).

Reading, United Kingdom

Audited companies’ UK and US GAAP, multi currency consolidations into $ and £, fair value accounting, and reporting under Cadbury, Greenbury and Stock Exchange rules. Performed a 4 month secondment managing the accounts department of a $5m revenue company during its sale to Torex plc.

Basingstoke, UK

Audited companies, attorneys and magazine publisher circulation numbers. Prepared management accounts and UK corporate, personal, sales and payroll tax returns.

Ba 2.1 Hons, History

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