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North York, Ontario, Ca

Reporting to the CEO and CFO; responsible for the day-to-day management of the business.• Manage Weekly cash flow during the company refinancing activities. • Managed Monthly Reporting and Annual Audits• Instituted Perpetual inventory System in SAGE Intacct 12/31/2022.• Redesigned Deferred Revenue process to reconcile billing and monthly revenue reporting.• Reduced Accounting close to 7 business days.• Cleaned up the numerous balance sheet accounts to generate cash and provide more stable reporting.• Reconciled Salesforce orders to Order Entry and Billing to maximize invoicing activity.• Business Partner with all departments

Columbia, Maryland, Us

• Manage Monthly Reporting of the Consolidated Results.• Instituted Perpetual inventory System QuickBooks Advanced Inventory Module 1/01/2018• Launched new fully integrated project management accounting software.• Manage Budgets and Forecasting activities.• Reduced monthly closing schedule to 8 business days.

London, Gb

Controller US Financial Operations, New York City, NY & Sandy Hook, CT March 2016 to present• Monthly Reporting of the US Operations Results.• Effectively manage monthly accounting closing process, reducing closing times with additional controls and analysis.• Preform monthly Balance Sheet Reviews • Manage continuous process and procedure improvement • Working with Shared Services to maximize efficienciesDivision Controller of VTMP Business (Telephone Managed Services)Sandy Hook,Ct Nov 2015 to Mar 2016Reporting to the US CFO; responsible for the day to day management of the business, Analysis for the Business Operations, Contract Management and Monthly Reporting. • Monthly Reporting of the Division Results.• Contract Analysis, Review and Process Improvement• System integration from legacy systems to Vodafone SAP• Responsible for central preparation of standard and ad-hoc reports and providing financial analysis in support of the Business and Controlling Functions.• Telephone Managed Services business sold. Transiting business to buyer and moving into the financial operations role.

Reporting, Planning, Budgeting & Analysis for a World wide manufacturer & global provider of packaging dispensing systems and solutions.Reporting to the CFO; responsible for Budgeting, Planning, and Analysis for the WW Operations. Prepared monthly reporting package to Management. Served as business partner for four Regions and eighteen countries.•Participate in monthly management reviews of Regions and Business Units. •Responsible for planning consolidation, development and roll out of annual budget process.•Control worldwide estimate process by coordinating activities with Business Units and Sales Regions.•Provides detailed product, sales and gross profit analysis. •Managed Due Diligence reviews for company refinancing.•Manage the monthly World-wide Accounting closing process.•Strong interaction with Sales, Manufacturing and Operations•Special Project - including process improvement.

Reporting to the WW Finance Director, responsible for Budgeting, Planning, and Analysis for the WW Operations. Prepare monthly reporting to Management and Kodak Corporate Management.Serve as business partner for five Regions and five Business Units.•Participated in monthly management reviews of Regions and Business Units. •Responsible for total division planning consolidation, development and roll out of annual budget process.•Controlled monthly worldwide estimate process by coordinating activities with Business Units and Sales Regions.•Lead financial contributor to the world-wide SEM/SAP conversion initiative, provided more accurate and consistent reporting and planning processes.•Coordinated Quarterly Division Volume, Price & Mix Analysis for internal and external reporting.•Performed reviews of expenses for “Shared Services” to monitor trends, take corrective actions and remove redundancies. •Supported Marketing and Business Operations with financial analysis, forecasting and budget development.

Bellevue, Geneva, Ch

Director of Finance - North America Reported to the VP of Finance and Controller, responsible for Budgeting, Planning, and Analysis for the North American Operations through a staff of six. Performed monthly review of expenses for “shared services” to monitor trends, track budgets, and take corrective action. Prepared and presented monthly reporting to North American, Swiss, and Brands Management. •Served as business partner to assist the 11 Brand Presidents of Richemont NA in strategic planning.•Coordinated monthly review process and reporting for management and each Brand Operation for corrective action.•Lead financial contributor to the corporate-wide SEM/SAP conversion initiative. Implemented a new model for budgets and quarterly forecasts across 11 brands to standardize and improve processes.•Performed analysis on data from Marketing, Sales and Real Estate and created Five Year Plans for future growth.•Provided financial support and analysis for new business initiatives using sensitivity modeling.•Performed monthly review of expenses for “Shared Services” to monitor trends, track budgets, and take corrective action.•Compiled and analyzed detailed sales activity for Brand and Product Group reporting for all levels of management.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Director of Finance - North America (2001 to 2003)Reporting to the VP of Finance, directed Finance for North American Sales, Supplies, Service, Supply Chain, and Product Development Organizations. Responsible for Accounting, Planning, and Analysis and for managing forecasts and budgets. •Redesigned structure of reporting to measure performance of key drivers including revenue per salesperson, repairs by technician, product sales, supply sales, and inventory turns. Partnered with Senior Management for strategic planning.•Lead finance contributor on the Oracle Implementation Team, which included new system changes and process reviews.•Designed Oracle “Discoverer” reporting package for order fulfillment, sales analysis, gross profit analysis and other “Key Metrics”.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Reporting to the VP of Finance, Directed Finance for the global service organization with six offices in Europe, one in Canada, and one in the US, managing service activities for over 300 service technicians. Directed Accounting, Planning, and Analysis.•Coordinated all forecasting and budgeting for the global service organization. Led the reengineering of the budgeting models to improve revenue forecasting and budgeting.•Restructured expenses and re-deployed service resources for the worldwide service organization, reducing service expenses by more than 15%.•Developed an operations review process using “Key Metrics” to rate/manage field operation productivity and profitability.•Instituted streamlining billing for service in Europe which included Euro conversion and product reporting.•Consolidated service reporting to senior management team.•Analyzed service contract pricing and population movements to maximize profit and customer retention.•Directed the development and preparation of the monthly management commentary comparing actual results to expectations. •Participated in operational reviews throughout the service organization reviewing work flow and improving processes and procedures to maximize productivity.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance, General

Bba, Accounting

College Prep