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Portland, Or, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Corpay unifies Fleetcor's AP and invoice automation plus the commercial card payments solutions – Comdata Corporate Payments, Nvoicepay, Accrualify, and Corpay One – with our cross-border payments and currency risk management solutions – Cambridge Global Payments and AFEX – to create a brand that better reflects the evolution of our corporate payments portfolio.I am responsible for the full cycle Accounting function at 3 companies: Nvoicepay, Corpay One, and Accrualify with subsidiaries and managed headcount in the United States, Denmark, and India. I manage the banking relationship and account structure for the payment rails of our payment automation solution. My risk management responsibilities include treasury, tax, insurance, SOX financial controls, and banking compliance for the company. As part of the broader Corpay division of our parent company, Fleetcor, my role incorporates acquisition integration including enabling cross selling opportunities with other lines of business, incentive compensation, rebate payments, acquisition cost tracking, and payroll integration.My role serves as a member of the Management Oversight Team for Nvoicepay that acts as a proxy board for administrative and corporate governance issues.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

As Director of Finance and Accounting, I was responsible for all aspects of FP&A and accounting operations. This role served as a business partner to all department leaders providing business insights through analysis and reporting. Member of Executive team reporting directly to the Company President. I am managed a team of 7 finance and accounting professionals to support our department goals and leading them to achieve their career and personal development objectives.

Lake Oswego, Oregon, Us

Building Champions is an Executive Coaching firm that believes in self leadership and life planning as the key to improving organizational effectiveness and leadership development. The company has served clients globally for over 20 years and is a thought leader in the coaching industry. My leadership style as a pacesetter to encourage others to meet their potential was a good fit with the coaching practice at Building Champions.As Chief Financial Officer, I was responsible for financial management, strategic planning, compensation planning, operational execution, accounting, capital fundraising, risk management, and compliance. As a member of the Executive Team I helped guide corporate decisions, communicate with shareholders, instill culture, lead and motivate team member performance, encourage diversity & inclusion, and foster a supportive workplace environment. I was influential in supporting revenue growth through partnerships, business development, and sales operations while also implementing business case reviews for evaluating and prioritizing new capabilities.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Provided strategic decision support and financial management for 1,000 person engineering group in Nike Technology with $200M in annual spend. Prepared business cases for $165M of investment spend for contract labor, software purchases, and new capabilities. Applied GAAP accounting standards for technology expense recognition.• Improved financial management and faster decision making with new forecasting and reporting tools.• Crafted business case financials and oversaw finance program management to implement new capabilities, significantly lowering software testing and production support costs.• Interim Finance Director for new ERP implementation. Supported $90M software purchase from SAP.

Austin, Texas, Us

Performed Business Unit Controller role for $1.1B consulting organization representing 9,000 headcount delivering software implementation services across 7 global business units in 70+ countries. Industry verticals included telecom, health sciences, financial services, utilities, hospitality, retail, and construction.• Integrated $140M of incremental services revenue from acquisition of 9 technology companies.• Standardized KPI measurement, financial reporting, accrual processes, and bid profitability tools as member of global consulting finance council by providing thought leadership and business execution.• Expanded resources with direct staff in U.S. and indirect staff in offshore shared service center in India. • Invited to join Health Sciences GBU Leadership Council for 18-month leadership training.

Austin, Texas, Us

Consolidated forecast and budget for $35B global enterprise technology company. Supported CFO to prepare presentations for investor relations, board meetings, and quarterly guidance to Wall Street.• Integrated 15 acquired companies for GAAP financial reporting across global lines of business. • Improved management reporting administration, reduced consolidation time, and increased quality with implementation of Hyperion Essbase system.• Reconciled management reporting to external reporting for GAAP compliance for quarterly earnings.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Finance business partner for Corporate Alliances for intellectual property licensing deals at $13B global enterprise technology company. Managed staff of 5 to oversee contract portfolio for negotiations, accounting, and royalty payments of $93M annually. Implemented complex revenue recognition solutions for software and hardware licensing deals. • Negotiated licensing deal of Sun hardware and software to largest telecom equipment provider in China.• Successfully defended royalty accounting process in 2 audits and a patent infringement lawsuit. • Achieved $4M annual savings by instituting customer returns process with storage OEM partner.

Corporate Finance role for Board presentations, M&A transactions, and capital fundraising for digital archiving SaaS software startup with over $80M in revenue at acquisition. Business partner for Sales for pipeline, bookings, and revenue forecasting. • Prepared valuation model to support late stage round of equity fundraising. • Closed and integrated $50M acquisition of Steelpoint Technologies, a legal digital archiving provider.• Finance lead for Salesforce CRM implementation leading to more predictable sales forecasting.

Managed two person production accounting team for News division of Fox Sports Net with financial management of $48M annual production budget for daily sports television shows.• Provided finance support to divisional President for successful $112M business case proposal to combine regional and national news operations, saving $8M annually in production costs.• Initiated $2M annual labor savings through schedule and resource changes.

New York, Ny, Us

Member of production management team to create original content for launch of start-up cable television channel. Built Finance department and financial controls for West Coast office with $25M annual budget.• Supervised 3rd party firm to implement new G/L system improving reporting for decision making.

New York, Ny, Us

Production finance and accounting of original programming for HBO films, comedy specials, and episodic series. Reporting, auditing, and cash management of $40M annual production budget.• Saved $5M in production costs through foreign labor and tax credits, sale-leaseback transactions, and currency hedges in Thailand, Hungary, England, and Canada.

Burbank, Ca, Us

Prepared $800M of royalty cost projections for film and television creative talent. Decision support analysis for Miramax Films, Broadway stage plays, and motion picture distribution deals. • Presented 5-year business plan with global revenue streams for Miramax Films to senior management resulting in shift towards more motion picture acquisitions than original productions.• Increased profit by $10M by recommending more favorable deal terms for motion picture acquisitions.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance