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Addison, Texas, United States

Bridgepoint Consulting, an Addison Group company, is a leading management consulting firm that helps organizations throughout their business lifecycle. Offering a broad range of finance, technology, and risk/compliance services, Bridgepoint supports clients from the startup phase all the way to IPO readiness and beyond. Whether an organization needs interim expertise to improve infrastructure and processes, or strategic management of a major transition or transaction, Bridgepoint’s team of over 170 industry leaders can provide the critical support needed to ensure success. Learn more at www.bridgepointconsulting.com.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Aubert Ingenuity LLC is a management consulting company dedicated to helping organizations drive value and improve performance through practical and efficient solutions to business challenges.Currently the business/project lead for transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 company

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Managed overall financial processes, including strategic and annual plans, period forecast, accounting, and reporting for PepsiCo global IT budget and SAP transformation program. Worked closely with CIOs and finance teams from all global sectors representing North America, Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Latin America to leverage best practices and seek opportunities to deliver continuous productivity programs to lower total cost of ownership. Led team of 37 located in geographically dispersed areas and partnered with worldwide business finance teams. Evaluated potential projects for financial viability. Enforced governance and lead accounting and process policy management for significant multi-year projects.• Collaborated with project leadership to ensure alignment on shared objectives and successful delivery of projects.• Developed tax-efficient business model to enable global budget management.• Drove efficiencies through process harmonization and improved collaboration between sector and global teams.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Oversaw all aspects of financial management, reporting and governance of Frito-Lay North America's annual capital portfolio spending. Increased level of visibility to spending through implementation of robust forecasting, planning, and strategic planning processes, and through enhancements to reporting and analytics on capital portfolio returns. Improved internal Frito-Lay capital appropriation committee practices and PepsiCo capital appropriation committee preparation.• Led post-audit review process to ensure realization of anticipated returns.• Streamlined capital project approval process, resulting in 300% improvement in approval timeline and significant decrease in manual work effort.

London, United Kingdom And Dallas/Fort Worth Area

- Managed centralized sales settlement function. Led team of 90 and participated in cross-functional system enhancement projects and field deployment of new initiatives such as e-check, salesperson pay alternatives, and next-generation handheld software. Drove field process/policy development and implementation, including over/shorts policy/analytics, out-of-pocket policy, fraud escalation/research protocol, and high-risk reporting. Ensured integrity of accounting and reporting of revenue.- Oversaw all aspects of accounting/reporting/control for shared services budget. Managed team of 15 in charge of general ledger close, financial reporting/analysis, cost allocations/intercompany accounting, fixed assets, balance sheet, project accounting, and systems. Ensured SOX compliance: assessment of control environment, determination of key controls, implementation of enhancements, process walkthroughs and key control testing. Assisted with plan and forecast.- Implemented financial reporting system to ensure compliance with new tax-advantaged legal structure, delivering millions in annual tax benefits. Delivered reporting system to track pricing to top customers in multiple countries, requiring influence of senior leadership to provide resources and data to gain visibility into pricing variances across countries in Europe region. Executed consolidation and analysis of results of 17 countries in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Performed balance sheet, due diligence, and internal control reviews for operations in multiple countries.- Oversaw financial reporting, consolidation, cost allocation, intercompany, and foreign currency translation for multi-billion dollar global division. Transitioned accounting for headquarters operations after purchase by AmeriServe Food Distribution and consolidated combined company financials on different fiscal date cycles. Implemented Hyperion financial reporting to automate consolidation, reporting, and allocations.

Planned, supervised, and executed procedures on audit engagements. Supervised internal audit function of Fortune 500 client. Prepared and analyzed financial statements, including footnote disclosure, for compliance with GAAP.