Michael Judson Email & Phone Number

Chertsey, Surrey, Gb

•Led the finance department at the largest unit in the Fortune 500 company to 17% higher growth and 20% higher profitability despite a general downturn for the rest of the units. •Managed to cut 12% of the budget without terminations or cuts to employee benefits. •Led several large projects to improve the functioning of the department, fixing the IT issues, transitioning to new accounting software, reworking the department’s staffing makeup, and professionalizing the entire financial function of the unit.

• Performed a wide array of financial consulting and accounting duties at various businesses, including day to day accounting functions such as cash management, A/P, A/R, billing, payroll, journal entries, reconciliations, monthly and yearly closes, and financial reporting and analysis. • Helped clients beef up their financial controls, processes, analytics and reporting, particularly with regard to producing actionable financial information. • Worked with insurance procurement, audits, mergers and acquisitions, software package transitions, and many other one-off projects. • Filled in with human resources, information technology, and office management, as well as benefits administration

Portland, Oregon, Us

Came into McClenahan Bruer, a mature marketing communications agency of 20 years, as its first finance/operations executive, and helped the agency develop a comprehensive strategic direction that produced immediate and tangible results.Developed new processes, analytics and reporting that enabled the executive committee to make more informed strategic decisions about its financial and operational goals, staffing plans, project management processes, and short and long term investments.Helped improve workflow oversight and communication between managers and employees, and provided managers with better project tracking tools and reporting in real time in order to improve agency productivity and efficiency.Improved processes and reporting led to agency profitability increasing by 2 percentage points in 2013 over 2012 despite a significant revenue drop. Revenue per employee increased by 14%, overservice (hours worked but not billed) dropped by more than 50%, and operating costs were cut by 10% with no layoffs or benefit reductions.Oversaw all other areas of agency operations, including Human Resources, Office Management, and Information Technology. Developed new employee onboarding procedures, and researched and installed a comprehensive new software program that integrated accounting, project management, trafficking, and sales and marketing into one all-encompassing package. Responsible for agency banking, investments, evaluating and procuring all agency insurance policies, managing client and employee legal issues, and working with outside CPA on tax returns

Came into The Rose Group as its first finance executive, building and reshaping the agency’s financial and operations structure from the ground up. Cut non-labor overhead by over 20% over 24 months, saving agency over $500,000.. Developed and tracked annual budgets, and introduced to the agency client profitability reports, revenue and expense projections, cash flow projections, and staffpower/capacity reports designed to maximize staff productivity. Revenue per employee increased by 18% during my tenure, and the agency’s revenue-to-salary ratio increased by 15%, all during a difficult recession period. . Oversaw other areas of agency operations, including Human Resources, Office Management, and Information Technology.Responsible for agency banking, evaluating and procuring all agency insurance policies, managing client and employee legal issues, and working with outside CPA on tax returns.

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Responsible for agency’s financial function, supervising controller and staff accountant, developing and maintaining annual budgets, and providing financial reporting and analysis.Helped develop and execute agency’s strategic plans with CEO, COO and Chief Account Officer.Managed integration effort between FischerHealth and parent company Porter Novelli after 2003 acquisition, including office move and accounting transition.Managed earn-out process, including annual audits and payment calculations.Worked closely with COO and eventually oversaw other areas of operations, including Information Technology, Human Resources, and Office Management.Assisted Porter Novelli Director of Finance on financial reporting consolidation from offices worldwide.

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Responsible for creation of and adherence to agency’s accounting controls and practices.Developed and tracked annual agency budgets, salary plans, capacity/staffing plans, IT budgets, and new business budgets.Maintained various banking relationships involving loans, investments, etc. Worked with COO on procuring agency insurance policies, as well as employee medical, life and disability policies. Led “Finance 101” sessions for agency employees to help them improve their understanding of the financial side of the business—initial budgeting, contracts, billing, tracking budgets, controlling overservice, client profitability, etc.