Kim Meyer Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Develop cash flows, forecasts, and other financial analyses

Kansas City, Missouri Area

2012 – 2020 KMU ANALYTICS, LLC, PRINCIPALStrategic financial consulting for companies or organizations in transition. Specialties in biotechnology and life sciences, heath care, and other high-change environments. Engagements staged to help maintain share in highly competitive markets, achieve rapid growth without sacrificing margins, turn around a once-flourishing company, or align infrastructure with an M&A partner. Significant engagements include:University of Nevada Las Vegas School of MedicineSr. Associate Dean, Finance and Business (Founding Chief Financial Officer)• Created and implemented all budgeting, financial management, and reporting of the start-up School of Medicine including the transition of students, 148 faculty, 24 residents and negotiation of the associated pay and leave. Initial state budget of $9M growing to 10-year state budget of $43M and all-in budget of $400M including private-public partnerships.Large financial services firm• Developed business-line analytics to drive strategy solution for reorganization or divestiture.• Recommended and facilitated executive-level decision-making impacting 160 locations and 1,600 employees. • Performed root cause analysis of customer retention, margin, and issues of slowing growth across various industries including Education, Financial Services, Biotech for Series A through mature companies.

Destin, Florida, United States

CFO and COO of Xplorie, a rapid-growth guest experience platform in the travel industry. • COO Achievements: o Launched transformation of Guest Services from purely transactional to relational with a vision of “Starbucks customer service”o Crystallized Destination Teams, a vision two years in the birthingo Hired VP of Guest Services who executed on the vision and led toward it dailyo Increased employee retention through defining and communicating career paths and opportunities, and increasing the pay, particularly for high performers o Defined and implemented organizational structure that optimizes leadership support of team and guesto Envisioned transformation of training o Established and implemented internal escalation protocols and ticketing systemso Contracted and implemented external Tier I service o Initiated transformation of Quality Assurance to partnering with team leaders to improve service• CFO Achievements:o Defined reproducible, repeatable, reliable Invoicing process built on Xplorie’s proprietary datao Automated invoicing: converting it from a month-long process to a two-day automated process o Defined auditable processes for Invoice Data Reconciliation. Reinstated AR Escalation Process. o Established Finance Calendar and identified opportunities for shortening month endo Moved Invoice Variance and Month End Review from error-checking to variance analysis of driverso Revised Chart of Accounts to better align with company businesso Led financial system transition from QuickBooks to NetSuiteo Restructured AP Process enabling separation of duties, transparency, and accountabilityo Automated 70% of AP bill payments, which transitioned these from 30+ days to a 2-day processo Established detailed seasonally adjusted budgeting for resell, enabling greater visibility into drivers of variance and into the performance of Guest Serviceso Successfully transitioned payroll and human resources systems and functions

Kansas City, Kansas

• Key finance and strategy advisor to Executive Dean in all areas involving KUSOM financial management, administrative activities and infrastructure• Primary responsibility for financial affairs of the School of Medicine and its 37 departments, ~$200M all-in budget• Develop high-performing finance team with mission of Integrity, Client Focus, and Excellence• Lead institutional commitment for policy and process improvements including position management, budget and accounts management, performance excellence and business intelligence

H&R Block Company

Director, Finance and Planning, 2007-2008• Perform capital and expense budgeting process for start-up with 22 P&Ls, including the 21 new offices and more than 100 employees• Define and design package pricing strategy, variable compensation, and economic analysis including comparing various expansion opportunitiesManager, DTS Analytics, Digital Tax ServicesKansas City, MO2006-2007* Design, build, and interpret analyses to help DTS leaders understand the Tax Market, the Digital Tax Market, and HRB’s position within theseSr. Analyst, Corporate Analytics, Retail Tax Services2004 – 2006Kansas City, MO* Create statistical analyses and models that transformed H&R Block's understanding of the company's expansion efforts

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Analyze market statistics, mathematical modeling, and consulting services• Mine and analyze large data sets using trend and statistical techniques• Write grant proposals, operations plans, and budgets for not-for-profits, particularly life sciences and education organizations

Chicago, Il

• Initiate and coordinate university-wide interdisciplinary project to evaluate and restructure curriculum. Established and strengthened collaborations between science and education colleges• Wrote and/or co-wrote several grants totaling more than $400,000 for three years • Directed information technology accreditation project and IT strategy• Led departmental mathematics education reform effort

Doctorate Of Arts, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: AWARDS: * National Science Foundation Project Kaleidoscope Faculty for the 21st Century, 1999-present * National.

Ms, Mathematics

Bs, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Kansas State Collegian Staff