Douglas Larson Email & Phone Number

Garden City, New York, US

Providing Operations and Finance expertise to Consumer Goods Companies in all stages of development.Selected Engagement: Provide bi-lingual (French/English) analytical support to a PE-backed, E-Commerce start-up with both product sales and a subscription model.

Châtillon, France, FR

• Objective: Reduce financial risk by ensuring that every euro of the 120m€ annual budget was planned, approved, effective and efficient.
• Utilized zero-based budgeting ensuring every dollar was approved by senior management
• Ensured clear lines of responsibility for the team and budget holders
• Partnered with budget holders on operational decision making to ensure alignment
• Partnered with HR to ensure alignment on timing, salaries and merit increases
• Created a monthly reporting package with corrective measures to close gapsResults: Forecast variances rarely exceeded 0.5m€ on a one-month lag, allowing exceptional visibility to cash flows and reducing financial risk..

Châtillon, France, FR

• Objective: Enable an infrastructure to support commercial launch, ensuring ability to scale quickly to 200 employees and $1bn annual turnover
• Implemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 for accounting and controlling functions
• Implemented AMEX cards, AMEX Travel and Concur for integrated travel/expense management
• Onboarded tax and payroll providers for entities in Canada and Australia
• Partnered with legal to simultaneously reduce financial and enterprise risk management Results: Managed MS365 go live for the US legal entity with no external consultants. Enhanced internal control environment and.
• Challenged functional leads on spending plan and developed “what-if” scenarios

Marysville, Ohio, US

• Defined business unit strategy, spearheaded financial controls, and managed financial resources by improving and closely monitoring financial performance.
• Led a team of 65 associates in 10 locations (EMEA and Asia Pac).
• Performed strategic planning, budget maintenance, and prepared monthly forecasts.
• Executed supply chain finance, such as product costing, CAPEX, and operational reviews.
• Supervised accounting functions, including customer-facing credit, cash, and treasury.
• Coordinated internal controls—assessments and training of policies, including Sarbanes Oxley.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Marysville, Ohio, US

• Executed change management activities, including stakeholder management and internal communications.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Led a $25M initiative to further centralize International operations and create a new HQ in Geneva under a Tax Effective Supply Chain model.
• Oversaw an entire project life cycle of 50+ resources—from management of internal resources and IT support to supervising external consultants.
• Oversaw 2 SAP implementations in Switzerland and the Netherlands.
• Performed tax optimization and legal entity restructuring.
• Obtained a 10-year tax-free status for Scotts in Geneva.

Marysville, Ohio, US

• Supervised a team of 4, interfaced with US HQ, and led all reporting teams through influence.
• Ensured the reliability of reporting for International entities under US GAAP.
• Reconciliation reported results with SAP.
• Prepared dashboards, analyzed monthly P&L and balance sheets, and created monthly financial forecasts by entity.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Reported consolidated results using Hyperion and including intercompany eliminations in multiple currencies with 60+ entities.
• Executed capital improvement in all entities, including the creation of a cash pool, outsourcing local IT functions, impairment testing, risk analysis, and the finalization of Sarbanes-Oxley processes.

Marysville, Ohio, US

• Consulted on the centralization of Purchasing and Supply Chain management, as well as the centralization of Category Marketing with SKU rationalization.
• Supervised the closure of one factory in the UK.
• Managed multiple projects and provided status updates at the Board level, progress reporting to International senior management, ensuring all committed investments and savings were properly budgeted and tracked.
• Performed multi-year cash flow analysis and IRR calculations, budgeting, forecasting and frequent communication with the Global HQKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Finance lead for a $50m investment to centralize European operations.
• Led the SAP implementation for the finance modules in 4 largest countries—France, UK, Germany, and Austria.

Marysville, Ohio, US

• Performed revenue analysis for product and brand margins and trade spending,
• Executed spend analysis of BU overheads, sales force costs, R&D, marketing and media investments, as well as purchasing variances for raw materials and distribution.
• Supervised a team of 3 employees.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Evaluated and updated monthly reporting packages, resulting in savings of one headcount.
• Negotiated with suppliers and customers achieving the best results for the company and with negative average working capital.
• Designed new sales conditions and programs with marketing and sales leadership.

Paris, France, FR

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management

Master’S Degree, Accounting And Finance