•Provide financial support of the Communication Services business unit; overseeing 3-year revenue growth from $85M to $185M and EBITDA growth from $9M to $18M due to a combination of acquisitions, new products and increased sales. •Represent Finance on the senior leadership team; providing support on financial, tactical and strategic matters. •Served as project lead on acquisition of Commerce Financial Print and its print mail facility, delivering synergies which exceeded plan by 50%.•Developed and presented financial results catered to audiences ranging from senior leadership to town hall meetings.•Produced detailed quarterly forecast and annual budget.•Completed Month end close ensuring accurate and timely results.

• Collaborate with marketing and international finance on all phases of beverage equipment innovation, including development of financial business cases for the concept and feasibility stages.• Review monthly beverage financials and prepare full year latest estimates for coffee and tea categories with $550MM in annual sales.• Led the redesign of annual long range planning process with a focus on intergroup collaboration and creating more flexible input templates.• Develop financial acumen of marketing partners by clarifying category financials and developing communication standards.

• Oversee preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual corporate financial statements• Manage tracking and reporting for the Sara Lee restricted stock unit program in compliance with FAS123R; added efficiencies to the process which decreased preparation time from 3 days to 1 day • Coordinate consolidation of transformation restructuring charges between Sara Lee Corporate, Food & Beverage, Foodservice and Sara Lee International • Assist in preparation and writing of footnote disclosing exit, disposal and transformation activities• Prepared annual budget for corporate office; including salary, stock awards, benefit plans and other operating accounts• Actively participated in Hyperion Financial Planning transition project; which included working with members of the planning team, documenting procedures and assisting corporate departments• Supervise a staff of three accountants in the preparation of monthly financial results

• Prepared analysis of financial results for various reporting segments; which are used to prepare the Global Hyatt financial statements• Streamlined monthly processes to prepare Global Hyatt Financial statements; which helped reduced the preparation time from 90 days to 7 days• Developed accounting and internal control procedures in compliance with SOX requirements • Led team to create accounting treatment and documentation for the newly created Hyatt Gift Card program• Researched and documented GAAP issues relevant to Global Hyatt Corporation • Supervised a staff of four accountants in the preparation of monthly financial results

Compiled quarterly consolidated financial statements and presented them to the Board of DirectorsCreated and issued management reports to assist in making informed and profitable investment decisionsManaged the cash activity for SDI and its nine subsidiariesCoordinated the annual audit of the financial statements

Responsible for preparing monthly financial statements for eight subsidiaries