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Reports directly to the CEODirect the company's financial planning and analysis, treasury, accounting, human resources, legal and tax functions, and manage the investor, banking, outside auditor and insurance relationships. Provide day to day seasoned financial advice to the senior management team and serve as a key integral business partner in developing and driving the company’s financial vision and direction. Develop the annual and monthly Budget process with detail income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements and the three-year Plan. Develop monthly updated reforecasts based on the actual results and updated future projections.

Responsible for providing the knowledge and drive to build a world-class team and strong problem-solving skills for the organization and to the senior management team. Lead the annual budget process and the long-term strategic growth plans for the organization. Provided financial leadership and managed the company assets, controlled costs, and leveraged opportunities.On a daily basis the CFO role was responsible to ensure finance is aligned with stated goals and objectives of the company and provide strategic leadership on key issues affecting the company, monitor compliance issues, asset borrowing base, debt covenant compliance, prepare and manage budgets and forecasts and expenditures, developing modeling tools, work with the senior leadership to establish key operating metrics, provide Investors and Board with real-time performance reporting and Identify problems/opportunities, analyze the impact on the business, guiding/educating managers on financial issues impacting their budgets versus the actual performance.

SummaryPetmatrix is a Consumer products manufacturer and marketer (Private Equity Owned) located in Saddle Brook, NJ. Annual Revenue $75 million, with $20 million EBITDA. The major retail customers are Walmart, Target, Petco, PetSmart, Amazon, Chewy.com and Pet distributor’sResponsible for directing the company's financial planning and analysis, accounting, legal and tax functions, and manage the banking, outside auditor and insurance relationships. As CFO, I provided day to day seasoned financial advice to the senior management team and served as a key integral business partner in developing and driving the company’s financial vision and direction.Petmatrix was sold to a NYSE public company, Spectrum Brands Holding Co. The sale proceeds (15x EBITDA) resulted in a return of 6x the invested capital for the Private Equity investors. I provided strong support during the entire sale transaction and the post-closing transition and integration process for the new buyer.

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Friend Skoler & Co. pursues middle-market investment opportunities in a wide variety of Industries, (manufacturing, distribution, service, photography, retail and branded consumer products) targeting high quality established businesses with growth potential. The Company makes leveraged investments for management buyouts, industry consolidation, ownership transitions in family businesses and capital growth opportunities. Additional growth opportunities were heavily pursued through add-on acquisitions. Since 1999, I have been an active participant in eleven separate successful platform Portfolio Company acquisitions and ten smaller add-on merger/acquisitions which were merged into the platform Portfolio Companies. During a potential Acquisition/Disposition I actively assisted with the due diligence, preparation of the proforma financial statements and the valuation statements for the lending institutions and potential investors. I coordinated the third-party auditor’s review of the proforma financials.Post-acquisition, I worked with the CFO/Controller at the newly acquired companies to ensure the acquired company is properly informed and all financial reporting, compliance reporting, administrative, human resources, legal, treasury and tax issues are handled properly.I had responsibility for the different Limited Partnership entities regarding accounting practices and the relationships with the Lending institutions and the financial community. I handled the Treasury, Audit, Tax, Accounting, Human Resources, MIS and Insurance activities for the Limited Partnership entities.

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Post Graduate Cetificate, Accounting

Mba, Finance