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Chicago, Il, Us

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Report to the Chief Accounting Officer.Manage a global team of 130 employees in the Americas, Asia, and Europe.Responsible for global close and consolidation accounting for over 150 legal entities.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Manage an accounting team of 10 based in US and Belgium with as many as 5 direct reports.• Focus on consolidations, internal/external reporting, foreign currency, non-payroll operating expense, cash, prepaids, intangibles, intercompany, AP, accruals, ROU assets and lease liabilities• Engineered reporting and allocation methods for transformation to a multiple operating segment reporting model. Recast 3 years of historical financials.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Led the implementation of Blackline’s financial close management solutions portfolio: account reconciliations, task management, and variance analysis.• Implemented LeaseQuery for adoption of ASC 842. Oversaw recording of lease accounting entries and disclosures doe SEC filings.• Managed accounts payable function. Centralized AP function from 5 separate accounting teams to 2 FTEs.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led the teams that serve as financial system administrators for Anaplan (Consolidation & Financial Reporting software) and NetSuite (Global ERP solution).

Chicago, Il, Us

- Managed the financial systems team that implemented, developed, and administered our Anaplan Consolidation & Financial Reporting modules. - Oversaw corporate accounting functionalities; focusing on intercompany transactions, execution of transfer pricing model, and calculating purchase accounting allocations.- Managed staff that performed monthly accounting responsibilities for multiple international holding companies, submitted monthly and quarterly VAT returns, and performed annual statutory filing requirements.- Recalculated prior period financial statements for discontinued-operations disclosure requirements.- Deconsolidated multiple subsidiaries following dispositions and legal liquidations, properly accounted for the gain or loss recognized on the transaction.- Demonstrated extensive knowledge on how foreign currency transactions are accounted for in general ledger systems and regularly trained accounting teams on how to review and reconcile foreign currency balances.- Performed monthly currency revaluation analysis for Treasury team to identify subsidiaries with significant foreign currency exposure and financial statement impact.- Panelist at Host Analytics World in Las Vegas, Nevada (May 2013) – Customer Success Stories

Chicago, Il, Us

- Implemented and served as system administrator for Host Analytics (Consolidation & Financial Reporting modules) and NetSuite (ERP). Host Analytics is now known as Planful- Was responsible for engineering and managing the monthly consolidation process for 236 subsidiaries in 48 countries operating in 37 currencies. - Constructed the preparation of financial reporting packages for all levels of executive management and external SEC reporting. - Participated in Groupon's IPO process by producing financials for back audit periods.- Established and documented an effective internal control framework for the financial reporting processes. - Built and led the development of Groupon's financial systems and corporate accounting teams. - On-boarded international accounting teams resulting from rapid global expansion.- Installed and developed Boomi, Dell's integration middleware, to reduce month-end data load process from days to minutes. - Regularly coordinated with external audit teams as part of S-1 filing, quarterly reviews, and annual audits.- Ensured appropriate access was provided to system end users and performed regular user access reviews.- Oversaw the testing and performance of various production support issues, application upgrades, development work, and end user training as needed by the business.- Started and chaired the Chicago Area Host Analytics User Group (HUG) – Scheduled and coordinated quarterly meeting with other local Host customers to explore and exchange ideas that benefit the Host Analytics’ customer community while providing insight and direction to Host Analytics’ future strategy and offerings.- Speaker at Host Analytics World in Austin, Texas (May 2012) – Groupon’s Rapid Global Expansion - Growing from Excel-Hell to Host Analytics

- I was responsible for engineering and managing the monthly consolidation of the Orbitz Worldwide financial statements from various accounting sub ledgers, Oracle General Ledger and Hyperion Reporting tools. - Reported directly to the Director of Consolidations and worked with multiple domestic and international business partners. - Constructed and maintained the process for the preparation of financial reports for all levels of executive management and external SEC reporting. - Additionally I was responsible for the calculation of multiple transfer pricing arraignments and the recording of the related intercompany invoicing.

Purchase, New York, Us

- Assisted in the preparation of consolidated financial results on a monthly basis by preparing the statement of cash flows, consolidated fixed asset and restructuring reserve rollforwards, earnings per share calculation, and working capital analysis. - Compiled financial statement footnotes and ensured all appropriate US GAAP disclosure requirements were met for quarterly and annual SEC reporting requirements. - Assisted in developing a Global Accounting Policy Manual by documenting financial reporting policies and participating in weekly update meetings to brief senior management on project status. - Assisted in the integration and implementation of a new financial reporting software application (Cartesis).

London, Gb

- Clients included Cardinal Health, Aon, Newell Rubbermaid, Brunswick, BP, Stericycle, & The Marmon Group. - Established project management skills by directing fieldwork on a daily basis, appropriately delegating tasks, training staff and managing their performance, and informing supervisors of engagement status. - Demonstrated a thorough understanding of accounting and auditing concepts and properly applied them to client situations.- Recognized potential audit issues or unusual relationships through analytical analysis of financial statements and communicated finding to team members.- Clearly and accurately documented the execution of specific audit procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, client's engagement history, and planned audit approach. - Demonstrated professionalism in the client's environment by maintaining a strong client focus, being responsive to client requests, and developing productive working relationships with client personnel.

Mas, Accounting

Bs, Accounting

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