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.

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

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.

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.