Kirk Smith Email & Phone Number

Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area

Define, plan and implement significant partner programs in order to scale and improve Visa offerings primarily for Client Services, Card Holder Travel, Concierge and Benefits Offerings.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Lead the planning, analysis and performance measurement function for Client Support Services unit with revenue of $400M with over 1500 full time employees deployed worldwide. ● Financial and analytical leadership for business planning, performance measurement, KPIs and efficiency initiatives. Ownership of annual budget cycle and quarterly forecast process. ● Financial business partner for Call Center and Strategic Projects .● Prepare and present monthly results to executive management identifying key areas of concern and recommending improvement actions. ● Provide thought leadership to executive staff including Prepaid, Risk, Emergency Services, Disputes, Client Implementation and Technology Infrastructure groups. ● Quantify and Explain operational analytics to identify underlying drivers of the business. ● Appropriately manage and deploy resource expenditure for multiple programs in a high growth environment. ● Act as a key partner to business leadership, operations and program management to define new offerings, investments and products and support their economic viability through NPV/ROI analysis. ● Successfully implemented decision support systems which guided management in over $4M of additional efficiencies.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

•Financial Leadership Role •Key Business Partner For Regional Executive Leadership •Lead, Manage and Develop a Finance Team Consisting of 5 Subsidiary Controllers, Shared Services Manager, Credit Manager, and a Regional Finance and Compliance Team. •Direct All Aspects of Finance Including Long Term Planning, Fiscal Budgets, Financial Close, Compliance and Control•Restructured Market Units and Manufacturing Facilities to Maximize Profitability in the Business Unit. •Established Financial Centralized Shared Services Team in Central America Resulting In Additional Control and Efficiencies•Re-Engineered Cash Function For Payables and Receivables In Order to Maximize Control And Increase Cash Flow, Centralized Credit and Collections Group, Automated and Centralized

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

•Established and Re-engineered Financial Reporting, Forecasting and Annual Budgeting Process •Managed Subsidiary Controllers In 7 Market Units •Implemented Controls For Revenue Recognition, Manual Entrees, and Regular Provisions•Presented Results, Key Drivers and Issues To Executive Management

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

•Lead finance role for 2 Latin music labels. •Manage team of approximately 12 accounting, finance and operations analysts. •Define, prepare and present monthly financial package that includes key metrics and variance to plan/forecast commentary. •Prepare monthly forecast and detailed analysis commentary. •In conjunction with the legal department, prepare pro-forma P&L and NPV analysis for proposed joint ventures and new deals. Develop the financial structure of new deals

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

•Lead role for the subsidiary Services Controller community•Drive consistent objectives and commitments through the region for all controllers.•Align finance commitments with corporate goals and strategies related to all business metrics.•Investment Review Board and Opportunity Review Board representative for finance. •Perform analysis of bill rates (pricing) and recommend changes to align with corporate cost models.•Collaborate with services operations to develop financial requirements for enterprise wide platforms such as forecast system, billing and revenue recognition.•Manage the monthly financial reporting and analysis for presentation to the VP World Wide Services.•Drive the annual planning cycle, including definition of guidelines and target setting and final budget presentation

Fort Lauderdale Florida

•P&L management for 7 Latin American subsidiaries termed “High Growth”. RHQ contact for subsidiary controllers. •Implemented control and policy procedures related to bad debt and revenue recognition and purchasing.•Prepared detailed and comprehensive monthly reporting package and presented results to the Latam Regional VP. •Developed Enterprise Agreement reporting methodology for Latam to better understand new and recurring revenue. •Performed revenue, cost of goods sold and marketing analysis and presented to Executive Management. •Prepared subsidiaries for annual internal audit. Implemented pre-audit checklist reviewed internal audit findings and recommended changes.

Bogota Colombia

Expatriate assignment in Bogota Colombia•Financial management for the Andean sub region (Full P&L and balance sheet and treasury ownership for three countries). Managed approximately 10 accounting and operations resources•Responsible for monthly close, forecast, cash flow and consolidated regional reporting. •Prepared and presented NPV analysis business cases for significant capital investments (telecom infrastructure). •Performed financial due diligence for local acquisition/partner candidates.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

•Managed team that defined and implemented international (non-US) revenue planning, reporting and forecast tool. •Presented results in monthly revenue results and forecast meetings for all regional and product marketing groups

Mba Kogod School Of Business, Finance - International Business

Ba, International Affairs

International Business

Around The World Semester Focusing On Business. Ports of Call Bahamas, Spain, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Russia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong.