Gina M Russo, Cpa Cgma Mba Email & Phone Number

King Of Prussia, PA, US

Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare linen rental and laundry services provider to medical facilities throughout the continental United States and Puerto Rico, with a specialty in serving the healthcare market.

US

• Responsible for all accounting related practices & procedures, including ownership of the chart of accounts, allocations, profit & cost centers, to ensure accurate & timely financial reporting. Prepared acquisition.
• Reported to the Controller & managed a staff of eight.
• Directed monthly financial close process & operational analyses & point person for audit.
• Implemented OneStream software to automate consolidations of financial operations including development of global chart of accounts to map 25 disparate trial balances.
• Spearheaded adoption of ASC 718 Stock Options, ASC 842 Lease Accounting & ASC 606 Revenue Recognition procedures to financial statements.

Radnor, PA, US

• Reported to CFO
• Provided key strategic information for management decisions; prepared financial analysis, business cases & scenario analysis; developed pricing models, forecasts & budgets; provided variance analysis to understand.
• Partnered with business leaders to implement improvements to increase efficiencies and add value; worked closely with legal, commercial & operations in contract negotiations
• Prepared consolidated financial statements, detailed monthly financial reporting presentations and dashboards, quarterly management discussion and analysis, investor presentations, board packages, integration and.

London, Greater London, GB

• Managed accounting & finance, metal analysts, credit & collections, accounts payable, purchasing & information technology teams
• Responsible for financial reporting, asset control, budgets, forecasts, precious metal accounting & cost reporting for multiple sites; reported in US GAAP & IFRS
• Rebuilt & cross-trained the accounting / finance team, business partnered with operations & research & development, documented processes and increased focus on key performance indicators
• Promoted safety, ethics, personal development and team building while managing a finance team with stretch goals & objectives striving for continuous improvement and optimizing talent
• Point person for governance of internal controls; rolled out minimum control standards and segregation of duty & delegation of authority guidance

Concordville, PA, US

• Reported to Corporate Controller/Treasurer
• Directed global financial reporting, planning & analysis for over 30 legal entities
• Prepared presentations & presented reports to executives & board; participated in acquisition accounting & integration; managed the international audit process

Norristown, Pennsylvania, US

• Reported to CFO
• Directed global financial reporting, planning and analysis for over 50 legal entities
• Managed the international audit; integrated acquisitions, drafted and implemented policies & procedures; Prepared key internal control sets for SOX compliance / IPO readiness; provided working capital and US GAAP.
• Financial leader of Americas Region & integrated acquisition with significant savings

Valley Forge, PA, US

• Directed the accounting, budgets, forecasts, and financial analysis for 5 business units
• Prepared financial analyses for Six Sigma Projects & justification for capital expenditures

Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, US

• Joint Venture with PQ Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Group
• Managed, integrated & responsible for financial statement preparation & treasury functions
• Prepared & presented financial information for quarterly meetings to the Board of Directors

Villanova University – Cost Accounting 2001 - 2007Eastern University – Financial Environment of Management 2002 - 2004

• Reported to owner; member of Lean Executive Team engaged in key strategic decisions
• Managed all accounting and financial reporting including preparing combined financial statements, facilitated audits, calculated capital expenditure payback analysis, managed cash company-wide, treasury function & risk.

• Directed global financial reporting and budgets, acquisitions / divestitures and treasury
• Prepared consolidated financial statements, presented to the Advisory Board and prepared tax returns for the legal entities and defined benefit plans
• Performed activity-based management, Kanban & reengineering projects at a “turn around” manufacturing company and an insurance company in the portfolio

Worldwide, OO

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Accounting And Finance

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