- Trail & Ultra Running Coach- sharing a love of trail running with others

RRCA running coach Coaching runs in all distances, focusing on 5k - Ultra

As Director of Finance/Head of Operations (2015-Present) & Financial Controller (2012-2015) I led a wide range of financial and operational activity with a focus on cash flow, driving operational excellence and communicating with PE Board. Both roles served 4 regions (US, LATAM, Canada, Mexico) and 1 global practice area (Global Private Equity Practice) M&A• Participated in two successful PE buyout transactions, the last of which saw double digit YoY growth • Opened and closed foreign entities, handling all set up, integration, exit activities (e.g., gov’t registration) • Drove strategic and financial alignment of key tech platform partner (CorpU)Build New/Change Management • Designed and implemented global pricing model that set and maintains strong margins• Instituted shift from cost + margin model to value pricing, which led to largest per activity revenue rate increases• Built structures from scratch for Quote to Cash, Revenue and Pipeline Forecasting Team Leadership• Americas Leadership Team: Guide decisions across a range of operational and strategic initiatives• Head of US Finance & Operations: Oversee 4-person finance and operations team • Client Director: Oversaw 5-person client team across portfolio of 5 clients to meet $2.5M revenue targetDrive Performance• Improved client retention through targeted training for finance/operations• Negotiate client price increases (e.g., 14% price increase with YSC’s largest global client by revenue)• Drive moving parts across multiple regions/local currencies, from analyzing P&L to preparing budget.

- Supervision of US Team (three direct reports) in all financial areas including A/R, A/P, T&E, bank reconciliations, customer billing, accruals, and asset depreciation.- Annual budget preparation.- Assemble and analyze P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and other Key Performance Indicators.- Create Monthly report detailing Business performance for Global CFO.- Responsible for forecasting revenue as well as expected cash positions.- Part of team involved in enhancing and developing Deltek accounting and CRM system. (heavily involved in three system upgrades and data migrations)- Process US payroll monthly.- Prepare audit documents and coordinate annually.- US and Canada federal, state, local tax return coordination with outside partner.- Responsible for processing and reconciling company’s 401k employee matching.- Coordination of intercompany office settlement between US, Latin America, Canada and all other countries.- Involved in customer/supplier contract review.- Involved in office space moves and lease negotiations for Houston, Chicago and NY offices - Act as Backup for HR manager; covered all aspects of HR while the position was unfilled for six months (process new hires/leavers, administer benefits, create employee offer letters)- Appointed as Americas IT project manager to work closely with outside global IT vendor to be sure all monthly service and hardware support is met; led project to upgrade our US server based in NY.- Member of Americas Leadership team; provide financial and operational guidance on business decisions.

Personal Running Coach (5k to Marathon)

Started as a Staff Accountant and quickly moved up within the company. Directly managed nine staff and senior accounts. Reviewed staff work.Instituted multiple changes in the billing cycle to help automate customer invoicing and streamline billing cycle time. This reduced billing time from five days to two days.Worked directly with the President and COO of the company to assist clients with contractual questions. Worked closely with Controller and CFO on accounting issues and projects.Recommended and implemented customizations to the accounting system.Worked effectively and closely with IT department on customizations and systems corrections.Oversaw and organized entire billing process for clients. Managed special projects, particularly related to system & report modifications.Assisted with budgeting/forecasting, including cash forecasting for banks. Oversaw aircraft loan administration.Compiled month-end, quarterly, and annual financial reports and supporting schedules. Assisted with external audits.Oversaw Contracts Administrator area; supervised one additional staff member with client contract execution. Answered sales exec & customer inquiries.;

Responsible for posting month-end journal entries.Accumulated customer set data and information for stockholder report.Analyzed customer profitability for executives.