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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

IrishAngels is dedicated to funding high potential startups across the country in which a founder, Board member, or active investor is a graduate, student, parent, or faculty member at the University of Notre Dame.

Addison, Il, Us

Direct oversight of Strategic Analytics, FP&A, Legal, Accounting, Data Strategy and companywide KPI/problem solving process.Experience leading Pampered Chef's value creation process: strategic planning, budget and resource allocation, KPI and Scorecard process and A3-led problem solving

Addison, Il, Us

London, England, Gb

• Leader of global team, responsible for all accounting functions in 18 countries, including treasury, payroll, receivables, payables, tax, compliance, period close and consolidation of 21 P&Ls.• Executed 18-month audit, changing the company’s financial year-end to mirror the calendar year and drafting all financial statement footnotes and disclosures, which included three acquisitions, three dissolutions, one disposal as well as numerous complex accounting positions.• Reduced DSO by 24% through active account management and collections practices. • Improved global reporting and transparency by transitioning from nine accounting systems to one cloud-based system, implementing a global AP/PO/expense report solution giving real time visibility into company spend, and reducing month-end close from an indefinite timeline to 6-day solution. • Member of global restructuring team executing multiple physical office closures, legal entity rationalizations and establishment of regional centers-of-excellence.• Founder of Functional Leadership group, providing cross-functional communication at Director level. • Selected to class of 30 for Vista’s (Private Equity ownership) High Potential Leadership Program; identifying and developing the future C-suite for the portfolio companies

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Owned forecast and results reporting for region using SAP and SAP BW, consolidating 78 properties including foreign exchange considerations.• Integral member of Divisional, Regional and Property top-line strategy sessions for forecasting and budgeting purposes, with focus on maintaining profitability mindset and consistently driving margin improvements. • Position includes strong partnership with Revenue Management and Sales team as well as regular use of Segmentation and Pace reporting tools.• Create and distribute Performance Report for property-level comparison of monthly results against Starwood portfolio based on similar attributes (e.g. brand, type, city).• Champion the use of technology to create operational efficiencies, such as SAP BW tool enhancements, SharePoint usage and web-based Surveys.

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Oversight of Accounting Department, Budget & Forecast procedures and hotel reporting requirements• As member of Hotel Executive Committee and Revenue Strategy Team, worked to determine pricing and top-line strategies. During tenure improved Total Revenue by +$16.8M (+14.5%) and GOP Margin by +200 bps.• Recipient of “Best in Class” for StarVoice Excellence (employee feedback survey.)

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Direct oversight of Accounting Department, team of 8 • Managed month-end closing, 100+ balance sheet reconciliations preparation as well as monthly presentations of hotel profit and overall results to property management team• Developed, implemented and audited incentive plan for over 250 hourly associates.

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Responsible for managing Starwood’s SOX compliance program while working collaboratively with senior management, external auditors and global audit teams.• Founder and Chair of Green Council and Member of the Professional Women’s Network.

Gb

• International coordination and compilation of 300+ worldwide statutory audits for a Top 10 US GAAP PwC client. Led collaboration across 70+ audit teams in over 60 countries.• Improved client’s global audit non-compliance from 27% to 5% delayed completions while also increasing efficiencies through the implementation of standard audit procedures. • Co-published "Best Practice" on Statutory Audit Reporting for worldwide PwC use. • Completed statutory audit procedures over large, multi-national, SEC-regulated clients in compliance with both US GAAP and Swiss GAAP.

Bs, Accounting

Level 5 Certified, French