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Provide consulting services to Accel-KKR portfolio companies including post-M&A integration of business operations, achievement of strategic initiatives, and performance and efficiency reviews.

Madison, New Jersey, United States

Certified Bar Method Instructor teaching 5-10 classes per week. Manage studio operations, develop co-marketing programs, evaluate opportunities to purchase additional franchises, key performance metric reporting and analyses.

West Caldwell, New Jersey, United States

Successfully opened and managed franchised fitness studio and grew the business 300% in 7 months. Achieved client conversion rates which exceeded national benchmarks. Managed studio operations including front desk and operations, teaching staff, marketing, and financial analyses.

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Achievements:• Achieved annual cost savings of $1 million in rating agency fees by analyzing cost structures and negotiating contracts with rating agencies.• Exceeded 100% of individual performance bonus target in each year of employment.• Developed and maintained cooperative relationships between Treasury, other corporate departments and operating divisions by establishing credibility, building consensus and problem solving in all areas of cash flow forecasting and budgeting.Responsibilities:• Developed, implemented and maintained the company’s cash flow forecasting system by conducting focus groups with divisions, designing forecast models to address capital market concerns and maintaining models to determine action needed to achieve targets.• Managed interest expense for the company including: short- and long-range forecasting, budgeting, rate-volume analyses, variance explanations for external financial reporting. • Determined optimal level of share repurchases given target leverage ratio and using “what if “ scenarios of net debt levels.• Designed and executed Sarbanes Oxley internal controls testing procedures for Treasury Department, acted as primary liaison between Treasury and internal/external auditors and compliance groups.

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Achievements:• Implemented Hyperion software, standard charts of accounts and report templates for monthly financial statement consolidation of vertically integrated divisions with $4 billion annual revenue.Responsibilities:• Developed reporting models for cash flow statements, cash projections and investment analyses.• Primary liaison for accounting and operational issues between corporate and division/joint venture executives of manufacturing, sales, record labels and marketing companies.• Wrote executive reports for senior management to summarize operating results, compare industry statistics and highlight operational and financial events.

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