• Manage all aspects of ASC 842 accounting for all real estate leases.• Maintain analyses/models for quarterly SOX controls and audit requirements for Asset Retirement Obligations .

• Managing the adoption and implementation of the new lease accounting rules (ASC 842) for the client’s corporate real estate: Partnering with a multidisciplinary task force of client, consultant and Cushman and Wakefield personnel, setting up for the new rules includes system development/implementation of CoStar and it’s interface with SAP, process development for accounting and financial controls, lease administration, and alignment with the client’s Controllership and Financial Planning and Analysis teams. Training not only Cushman and Wakefield regional finance managers but also the client’s personnel in non-real estate functions on the impacts and new accounting methods to be implemented.• Maintain analyses/models for quarterly SOX controls and audit requirements for Business Restructuring Reserves, Asset Retirement Obligations and existing ASC 840 lease accounting per client guidelines.

Requested by client and Cushman leadership to lead the transformation of the financial management function for a highly complex, internationally operating client as they emerged from bankruptcy protection and became a public company after being privately-held for approximately 10 years.• Rebuilt team consisting of regional managers located in India, Germany and the US, realigning workload and providing day-to-day leadership to the overall team function.• Integrated forecast and variance reporting for the global operation, providing consistency and stability to expense category reporting. • Revamped analyses for balance sheet reporting and true-ups of liabilities based on operational data and revision of estimates, presenting the analyses directly to the client’s accounting policy, external reporting and controllership teams.• Partnered with operational service line leads to improve information flow processes to streamline and provide better feedback to those teams.• Developed data-driven modeling for expense forecasting as input to an IT for technology tool development, providing instruction on financial management to enable technical creation of business intelligence dashboards for operational assessment and analysis.

Led operating and IT teams through the design phase of the development and deployment of a global project management platform. • Served as project manager for the initiation and first steps of the multi-year effort to build a common platform for 3,000 project management professionals to build and maintain competencies in PDS standardized processes and reporting world-wide.• Managed service provider and internal staff to schedule, budget, quality and health of the project.• Provided regular communication and status reporting to team and executive leadership.

Finance Lead –Project and Development ServicesResponsible for management reporting for project management and related services provided to large corporate clients, facilitating operations and serving as liaison between client accounting teams and corporate financial operations.• Developed financial process for implementation of project management-as-principal engagements, and draft financial management policies and procedures for this process to be included in the corporate financial manual, engaging directly in the premiere implementation of this service for Verizon, C&W’s largest client.• Created data tracking and reporting of the PDS service line results by client across regions unavailable in current systems; implemented forecasting and analysis of variances to plan and forecast.• Documented accounting flows of revenue and cost recognition for various models of project services implementation, guiding operating teams on process flow to effect proper accounting.

Responsible for planning and control of Avaya’s real estate function in partnership with the Senior Director; a global span of control over an annual expense base of $200M and capital plan exceeding $20M, covering approximately 250 locations in 60 countries.• Avaya-Certified LEAN Master; program included cross-functional teaming and coursework over 1½ years and hands-on project leadership to eliminate non-value-added process steps, demonstrating the knowledge and expertise to act as a change agent utilizing the principles of LEAN.• Developed and implemented restructuring plans to streamline operations following the acquisition of Avaya by private equity firms. Coordinated multiple functional areas to reduce footprint by over 100 locations, saving $50M in expense.• Guided the RFP process for full-service outsourcing, including a $40M contract negotiation and leading transition to a new provider. Continued post-transition to manage the service provider relationship and integration with Avaya across Facility Management, Project Management, Lease Administration, Transaction Management and Financial Operations.• Conducted full due diligence, contract negotiation and integration planning for Avaya’s $900M acquisition of Nortel Enterprise and Government Solutions, which included a real estate portfolio with a $90M annual spend rate. Successfully managed the integration with Avaya’s location portfolio and operations, achieving synergy savings of over $40M annually within 6 quarters.• Led AGRE’s support of corporate development activities, i.e., various acquisition/divestiture/strategic outsourcing projects, overseeing all elements of due diligence and post-merger integration: developing and reporting against project plans and leading integration teams. Successfully spearheaded completion of over a dozen projects.• Previously held Financial Planning & Analysis positions supporting sales and operations business units.

Led financial analysis support team for multiple loan origination channels, coordinating accounting close with the Controller’s team and providing operational reporting for decision support.• Developed and implemented tools/systems to measure performance and productivity of direct loan origination units growing by 400% in loan origination in 2 years. Provided financial support through reporting of profitability, including detail of yield, margins, expenses and returns.• Developed and analyzed expansion plans for operations and marketing to support increased volume.• Created conversion metric measurement, forecast and pipeline management reports, which enabled control over and rapid adjustment to meet dynamic market changes.• Participated in technical data mapping projects and electronic publication of management information to further provide increased visibility and flexibility to operations’ management. • Developed models for allocation of origination expenses and marginal operating cost analysis for both actual and forecasted results to enable improved cash flow forecasting.• Managed development of operating plans, forecasts and budgets for origination units in the direct-to-consumer, wholesale/broker and correspondent channels.• Analyzed and managed modification and enhancement of Advanta’s interactive computer simulation and training program for managing a mortgage bank, facilitating intensive 2-day training sessions for over 100 front-line supervisors and managers as well as senior leaders from all sections of company.• Designed new monthly reporting packages including financial and operational analyses of forecasts and variances.• Analyzed service center workflow and development of a capacity/production model for wholesale/ broker service centers.• Performed quantitative analysis on first industry-wide benchmark study that Advanta participated in and contributed to development of the latest survey for cohorts.