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Irvine, California, United States

Irvine, California, United States

• Managed two direct reports including cross-training in netting, cash forecasting, and bank fee management
• Implemented excel-based improvements to cash management processes to increase accuracy and efficiency
• Executed various cost-cutting initiatives, including bank account rationalization, corporate credit card rewards usage, and check to ACH conversion
• Evaluated foreign risk associated with revenue and expenses in six currencies and managed cash flow hedges accordingly
• Led relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders, such as accounting, AP, fraud management, key banking partners, credit card processors, and corporate card providers

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Evaluated global liquidity structure options to optimize cash and FX management via netting programs, in-house bank structures, and virtual bank account technology
• Managed communications with internal and external counterparties, including AP, AR, Legal, IT, banks, and treasury system providers, via maintenance of a workplan, status updates and reporting, and senior management.
• Developed treasury systems strategy and drove execution of systems implementation improving efficiency of processes in cash management, FX hedging, and intercompany settlements (savings of 100+ hours/month in treasury.
• Identified potential savings of $1.1M+ per year in bank fees and transaction execution costs by designing an effective liquidity management structure (in-house bank and cash pool) for operations in 25+ countries
• Highly organized and detail-oriented leader for successful execution of large finance and treasury projects, including managing project budgets, timelines, and multiple workstreams/junior resources

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Developed strategy for cash, intercompany financing, equity and debt balance separation across 210 legal entities in 70+ countries to establish accurate opening balance sheets for divested business units
• Reduced manual workload and chance of error in $4.5B notional balance sheet hedging program, by identifying potential improvements in automation, controls, and centralization
• Led managerial reporting of wind-down activities related to closing 800+ bank accounts, $92B in intercompany funding and FX derivatives
• Improved efficiency and accuracy of accounting for 900+ cash flows by establishing program management, facilitating communications between 5 functional teams, and troubleshooting delays or discrepancies in accounting.
• Led teams of 3 to 6 junior to mid-level resources to successfully execute finance projects and internal initiatives (conferences, thought leadership, and educational classes)

Greater New York City Area

• Led banking and forecasting integration related to acquisition of After-market Services (AMS), a $1B revenue business with operations in Europe, Asia, and Americas
• Improved long-term forecast accuracy by creating 3-statement model that uses inputs of revenue, EBITDA, and CAPEX to forecast changes in working capital accounts
• Curtailed exposure to the interest rate environment by executing a floating-to-fixed interest rate swap on a $800M term loan facility
• Prevented default on debt by monitoring and forecasting credit and liquidity covenant calculations for leverage exceeding 4.5x of EBITDA
• Managed and mentored 5-person team to drive day-to-day treasury activities such as banking and portal administration, cash positioning, and payment execution

New York, NY

• Created US and global direct cash-flow forecast on a monthly basis to provide guidance on expected short-term liquidity to senior management
• Refreshed capital expenditure policies and procedures, including revising the cost-of-capital (WACC) model utilizing peer benchmarking and hurdle rate methodology

New York, New York

• Analyzed global operational and counterparty risk by evaluating credit metrics, credit rating agency reports, and other relevant news to provide recommendations on the corporate investment portfolio
• Conducted daily treasury operations, including executing US cash positioning, in-house bank and cash pool funding, and required foreign currency trades
• Led transformation of investment risk monitoring process to automate and implement real-time tracking using WallStreet Systems treasury software

• Analyzed top counter party risks, exposure violations, and subsidiary deviations; Created comprehensive report for senior management as part of annual review
• Examined 150 company subsidiaries and financial partners to evaluate counter party risk exposure
• Organized 200 receivable and disbursement bank accounts to streamline cash flow operations

Bachelor Of Science, Finance And Economics

Activities and Societies: Finance Society, Economics Honors Society, International Business Association, Gallatin Theatre Troupe.

B.S., Finance, Economics

Activities and Societies: International Business Association- Ambassador. Conducted documentation process of travel experiences through.