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Waltham Cross, England, GB

Private equity executive with company sales ranging from $2B - $500M in revenue. Big focus on acquisitions.

Lake Mary, FL, US

• Oversee a team of fifteen employees covering international consolidations and reporting, treasury, accounts payable, and payroll. Responsible for accurate reporting of a multi-billion-dollar business.
• Key member of the management leadership team reporting directly to the Corporate VP, Controller.
• Lead and oversee the monthly corporate close and consolidation process of 50 legal entities, including cash, prepaids, fixed assets, leases, accruals/reserves, debt, allocations, jobs costing, and equity.
• Oversee all external and management reporting ensuring the numbers are accurate while meeting deadlines. Work with Japanese colleagues on special reporting requests.
• Developed and communicated closing timelines with business unit leaders.
• Identified approximately 55 financial statement errors in the millions my first six months.

London, GB

• SENIOR MANAGER/MANAGER- FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT FINANCE ADVISORY SERVICESProvided value to clients on financial statement reviews, agile finance, finance transformations, SSCs, tax-free spins.
• Successfully executed financial statement reviews at 40 subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway with revenues ranging from $500 million to $7 billion. - Tailored and executed audit programs for each subsidiary to determine.
• Acted as interim Controller of Bayer’s new $200M start-up division. - Successfully closed the books of the business unit to meet the month-end deadline.- Successfully implemented SAP S4 HANA.- Created the profitability.
• Enhanced the profitability reporting of a historic private institution for a private equity firm. - Implemented standards under the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging industry.- Identified the reporting.
• Managed the External Reporting, Technical Accounting and GA workstreams of a tax-free spin-off of Lamb Weston from ConAgra.
• Drafted and reviewed accounting policies for clients on various topics.

Hamilton, Ohio, US

• Directed all business planning; enforced accounting policies and controls with eight Controllers. Consolidated financial information of eight diverse SBUs (international) while ensuring GAAP compliance.
• Successfully consolidated the books of 8 business units of the $300 million company.
• Successfully implemented Oracle as a global-wide initiative.
• Ensured books were compliant with US GAAP and local country GAAP for each business unit.
• Successfully prepared the annual budget and updated the weekly forecast by effectively communicating with sales associates, business unit finance leaders, and corporate leaders.
• Successfully prepared the month end financial package which included a narrative on the financial results, the financial statements, and the KPIs to the executive team on a monthly basis.

• Provided value to clients on accounting policies, shared service solutions, and business process improvements affecting the overall bottom line; developed a SOX benchmarking study and shared service survey; and.
• Identified cost reduction opportunities in the millions through workforce reduction strategies by eliminating redundancies in Proctor and Gamble’s consumer market and tax compliance processes.
• Enhanced profitability by efficiently managing the work of third-party vendors in other countries.
• Identified cost reduction opportunities in the millions for payroll, accounts payable, and reporting through reduction in workforce and automation of processes for a SSC implementation at Gilead.
• Improved the corporate image by conducting international meetings within strict deadlines.
• Communicated lease requirements, transfer pricing, and a revenue recognition accounting policy.

US

• CONTROLLER (BridgeTek 2000-2005; ConTech 2005-2007)
• Grew the company organically from $14 million to $58 million and sold it for five times EBITDA.
• Elected to a twelve-member strategic leadership committee and was rewarded equity in the company.
• Reduced costs of approximately $1 million by developing a “Margin Analysis” procedure for outsourced production costs and freight costs.
• Reduced accounts receivable days outstanding by 20% with the development of a new procedure.
• Enhanced profitability by identifying $70,000 of annual cost savings for general liability insurance.

IN-CHARGE AUDITOR (1999-98); STAFF ACCOUNTANT (1998-97); and ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT (1997)Performed financial and operational audits for clients; prepared financial statements; prepared management recommendation reports; analyzed financial statements; and evaluated internal controls.

Mba, Management

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration, Accounting