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Florida, United States

Orly, Île-De-France, Fr

* Overall ownership of Record to Report processes, month end close, fixed assets, intercompany, monthly reporting, annual audits, and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of accounting data.*Established standardized processes and utilized automation when appropriate.*Integration of acquisitions into the shared service center.*Managed a team of accounting professionals, providing mentorship and guidance when needed.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

*Manage the relationship between the organization’s outsourced provider and the operational stakeholders across the finance organization (AP, AR, GL, Reporting).*Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance ownership*Recommend process improvements cross functionally within the finance organization.*Budgetary responsibility for contract with the outsourced service provider of accounting services.

Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Us

*Provides strategic guidance to the Financial Management Directorate of the US Transportation Command (US Department of Defense).*Assess, redesign and implement changes in the areas of financial processes, organizational design and technical infrastructure.

Toronto, On, Ca

Developed and managed all projects and programs for global corporate tax group. Prepared project plans, identified milestones, mitigated delays, and presented to senior management.• Managed project to transfer over $1 Billion in intellectual property from US to Switzerland, which provided significant tax savings.• Completed valuation modeling of $28 Million in trademarks to sell to company’s Swiss entity, which resulted in significant tax savings.

Toronto, On, Ca

Designed, documented, and implemented financial processes, including ERP (SAP) use, reporting requirements, efficiencies, and internal controls for SOX compliance.• Developed and implemented solution to improve intercompany process, which eliminated manual effort and saved 3.5 FTEs, reduced foreign exchange gains/losses, and improved accounting controls.• Centralized and automated the foreign exchange revaluation process, which improved accounting controls and reduced costs.

Integrated finance operations for major news and information company with over $12 Billion in annual sales.• Handled financial process design, data migration, communications, and project management. • Worked as part of a team to convert a large portion of business from Oracle to SAP. Streamlined Record-to- Report processes through automation and redesign of global process.Integrated major acquisition for large telecommunication provider with over $100 Billion in annual sales.• Communicated with staff, reviewed processes, and created training materials. Developed presentations for use in communicating systems, processes, and project goals to staff. • Conducted detailed training sessions on Oracle general ledger system processes and organization procedures.

New York, New York, Us

Led complete process redesign, documentation, staff training, and implementation of Record-to-Report function for Global Finance operations, including all general ledger functions: journal entry processing, fixed assets, account reconciliation/analysis, statutory reporting, management reporting, and intercompany accounting. Managed project team of 6 located in London, Amsterdam, Singapore, and Bangalore. • Redesigned over 90 accounting processes using Visio. Identified offshore or regional process location, owner, Oracle responsibilities, detailed process narratives, and process key SOX controls. Migrated over 50 staff roles in Record-to-Report stream to single location in Bangalore, India, which saved over $1 Million annually.• Prepared training materials and conducted on-site training of new staff in Bangalore, India, which created a smooth transition to new shared service center.• Completed conversion of 40 legal entities located in over 30 different countries from SAP to Oracle resulting from strategic acquisition of major competitor. Prepared and reviewed purchase accounting entries to record $150M+ acquisition.

New York, New York, Us

Managed preparation of quarterly reporting requirements for London Finance according to IFRS, and monthly reporting of balance sheet and working capital results to senior management. Developed KPI reporting, led monthly reviews, and served as liaison with internal and external auditors. Maintained chart of accounts, cross validation/security rules, reporting hierarchy, supplier and employee bank details. Supervised data analyst, and communicated data process changes to business community.• Lead America’s cost center simplification project to reduce total number of cost centers globally from 14,000+ to under 1,000, which improved system performance and reduced budgets and reporting to manage cost centers.• Led implementation of Oracle Fixed Assets for America’s region, which improved internal controls and process efficiencies.

New York, New York, Us

Oversaw corporate accounting, including fixed assets, general ledger, period-end close, allocations, and monthly reconciliations and analysis. Managed 10 Finance professionals. Coordinated monthly consolidation of financial results for all regions, and external audit. Prepared annual reports, cash flow statement, and wrote footnotes. • Created new balance sheet reconciliation policies and procedures which strengthened internal controls and streamlined processes.• Integrated general ledger accounting functions from acquisition of Bridge Information Systems. Converted fixed assets and accounting transactions in general ledger from SAP to Oracle, and implemented new accounting procedures in accordance with Reuters’ accounting policies.

Us

Supervised 4 international accounting staff. • Reviewed month-end results and account reconciliations for completeness and accuracy.

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Managed the accounting functions of the International Division. Maintained the systems of internal accounting control, while being responsive and flexible to both internal and external client needs. Coordinated the development of the International Division’s $20 million sales budget. Purchased and processed foreign exchange forward contracts. Conducted monthly variance analysis review with senior division management and provided monthly forecasts.•Developed a pricing model to be used by sales and marketing worldwide.•Led a process improvement initiative in Mexico, which improved the efficiency of airline ticket accounting and credit and collections. This involved flowcharting the original process, redesigning and then implementing new procedures.