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Stamford, Ct And Chicago, Il

Resolution Life's business model is to grow its business through the acquisition and management of in-force portfolios in the highly mature U.S. life insurance market, acquiring life insurers’ non-core businesses. Current responsibilities include evaluating potential acquisitions, performing due diligence on the target company's financial records and assessing the cost and effort involved in integrating its system and business processes into our current infrastructure. Post-acquisition, lead the timely execution of key integration activities in the most cost effective manner while mitigating execution risk.Initiated my role in this start-up company as a senior consultant for The Jacobson Group as the company's Chief Accounting Officer. Provided leadership in building a best in class finance team by recruiting talented professionals while also developing business processes and a technology infrastructure to support the recent purchase of a $12 billion block of business from Allstate and position the company for future acquisitions. Responsible for all significant accounting and reporting functions including regulatory reporting, reinsurance operations, management reporting, investment accounting, expense management and accounting policy.

Hartford, Ct

Senior executive at a boutique life insurance and annuity company with $21 billion in assets. Responsible for all significant finance and accounting functions, including investment accounting and operations, financial operations (including two broker-dealers), expense/vendor management as well as Statutory, GAAP and SEC reporting and analysis.Executive sponsor of the company’s Finance Transformation project. Provided leadership in the seamless integration of a new general ledger, streamlined administrative systems and related business processes that enhanced the analysis of financial results, improved financial controls and strengthened the company’s vendor management.

Farmington, Ct

Responsible for a broad range of finance-related functions for a newly publicly traded company that experienced rapid growth. In addition to the traditional Statutory, GAAP and SEC reporting, responsibilities included overseeing investment accounting, financial operations and the company’s treasury functions including its banking and vendor relationships.At Darwin Professional Underwriters, successfully built a team of talented financial and operational professionals from the ground up while also building a strong system infrastructure with sound controls. Provided leadership in the sale and integration activities during the transition to AWAC.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Responsible for controllership activities for a segment with $90 billion of assets under management. Responsibilities included Statutory, GAAP, SEC and management reporting for the retirement businesses, expense management and broker-dealer operations. Acted as primary financial liaison with the investment management, pricing, actuarial and product development areas.Upon the acquisition by Prudential Financial, led the financial integration team responsible for successfully transforming the CIGNA business processes, administrative systems and Sarbanes-Oxley internal controls to the Prudential infrastructure while reducing staffing costs by 23%.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Responsibilities included overseeing the investment operations for over $90 billion of invested assets and providing accounting support for the company’s complex investment portfolios, including private equity and partnership investments, real estate holdings and derivative instruments.

Hartford, Ct

Selected for an elite management rotation program within the financial areas of Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity, acquiring a unique blend of financial reporting, operations, investments and product development.

Hartford, Ct

Responsibilities included overseeing the accounting and cash management of a major real estate investment company involved in an aggregate of over $1 billion in ongoing projects.

Hartford, Ct

Responsible for the conduct of fieldwork at audit clients, with the concentration of audit work in the financial services industry with several large life insurers and banking clients. Specialized in the review of real estate investments and complex securities.