Direct all activities in support of strategic and financial planning, economic analysis, contract pricing and periodic forecasting cycles. Surface and communicate meaningful insights into business strategy, performance drivers and provide an accurate assessment of the current and future impact of proposed/realized strategic and operational initiatives.

Responsible for enterprise planning and analytics, providing meaningful insights into business performance drivers and an accurate assessment of the financial impact of proposed/realized strategic initiatives. Provide direct support to senior management in preparing for and successful execution during senior level meetings with shareholders, the board of directors, business partners and credit rating agencies. This includes providing recommendations and implementation of strategic initiatives.

Initially recruited to support a long-range valuation process by the parent company, Pacific Life Insurance, that was successfully completed in December 2017 with a minority investment by Tokyo Century Corp. Currently building-out the Finance and Analytics resources, infrastructure and capabilities to meet existing needs and address anticipated industry opportunities and challenges. Recently tasked with helping the IT team achieve near-term objectives and continue the integration of IT assets across the organization.

Vice President Finance, Technology and Corporate Shared Services Direct all financial planning and management activities for 12 corporate functions with 590 employees and a combined operating budget of $370M. Effectively partner with multiple SVP and C-suite executives to set and achieve aggressive cost containment and cost reduction targets while maintaining superior shared service support. Lead a diverse team of 5 finance professionals in providing comprehensive financial oversight and detailed and actionable function-specific reporting and analysis.• Acted as finance lead and provided extensive deal support for 7 year, $700M IT Infrastructure Outsource deal with Dell. • Partnered with senior management to develop and execute 3 year, $100M corporate function cost reduction strategy.Senior Director of Finance, Corporate FP&ATasked with emergency assessment and repair of material errors and omissions in current-year budget and public guidance. Developed basic command and control infrastructure for 3 operating segments and corporate shared services. Successfully transitioned from a decentralized, holding company structure to a more effective centralized command and control corporate model. Introduced enterprise-wide data warehouse concept and single-source of truth financial reporting. • Lead interactive monthly operational/financial review with CEO, CFO and 16 business operators to specifically address identified operational and financial developments and assess mitigation strategies and near-term risks and opportunities. • Created comprehensive and standardized management reporting, directly supported CFO for Quarterly Earnings Release and BOD presentations.

Directly accountable for the overall financial management of 3 operating centers with 410 employees and a combined operating budget of $230M. Delivered comprehensive financial oversight and actionable operational insights by correctly interpreting the cause and effect of changes in key financial and operational metrics. Led a dynamic team of 5 finance and accounting professionals who consistently performed above expectations.

Directly accountable for setting and achieving production and profit targets for $30B annual home equity lending through Wells Fargo’s regional banking network. Led a dedicated team of 4 senior finance professionals and developed key partnerships with regional sales managers and corporate finance to develop local market intelligence, determine competitive advantages and challenges and successfully meld corporate growth targets with realistic performance expectations.

Built U.S. controllership for a rapidly evolving start-up business unit while maintaining seamless integration with the existing financial and managerial reporting structure of the international parent. Managed a staff of 4 professionals.• Developed a nimble FP&A team that provided actionable and timely financial intelligence to local management while fulfilling all traditional corporate reporting requirements.• Leveraged corporate resources to streamline month-end close process, eliminating manual entries and restatements.• Spent one month in Heidelberg, Germany training with the corporate controller.

Leveraged working knowledge of Disney’s best in class FP&A tools, processes and management philosophy to build a world class Finance function from scratch. Managed a staff of 4 finance professionals and indirect oversight of AP/AR departments.• Satisfied core FP&A responsibilities, generated timely and accurate business intelligence and enabled proactive financial control through sophisticated, predictive modeling.• Directly supported CFO/CEO during all contract negotiations, including restructuring of $350M bank debt financing and ultimate acquisition by Liberty Media Interactive.

Gained rapid advancement and critical experience successfully transitioning through core functions in accounting and finance, ultimately developing expertise in complex financial modeling and fact-based planning and forecasting. Managed a team of up to 12 finance professionals.• Supported senior business and legal affairs executives and CFO throughout all feature film negotiations including production and distribution agreements, joint ventures and individual talent negotiations.• Evaluated co-ventures with PIXAR Animation (Toy Story), Lucas Entertainment (Star Wars Prequels) and Miramax Films.