Michael Korman Email & Phone Number

Irving, TX, US

Kingsport, Tennessee, US

• Primary liaison for banking partners, investors, and legal during the $750M 2024 bond issuance. I oversaw the review of legal documentation and diligently managed the timeline to ensure our initial market debut.
• Collaborated with our Admin Agent on amending and extending the company's $1.5B revolving credit facility to secure bank group before upcoming capital market activities
• Work closely with FP&A and investor relations to ensure alignment and coherence in discussing company performance and strategic direction with external stakeholders
• Organize and facilitate pre-earnings calls with rating agencies to ensure thorough communication on financial performance and expectations prior to the official earnings release
• Conduct peer benchmarking to keep senior management informed of competitive positioning in relation to dividends and other financial metrics
• Prepare board materials for senior management with capital market updates pertaining to industry developments, credit spreads, cash flow, EBITDA, and dividends

Kingsport, Tennessee, US

Blackfriars, London, GB

• Prepare monthly financial reports across Dove, Dove Baby, and Dove Men+Care to analyze results, communicate key trends, and flag risks/opportunities in the portfolio.
• Creating a 5-year strategic forecast for the Dove portfolio. Collaborating with marketing on key business projects that will drive topline growth and meet future guidance for each product category.
• Assist on the creation of business cases to drive product innovation that will provide GM improvement and topline growth.

New York, New York, US

• Conducted a cash repatriation analysis on a Pfizer Inc. foreign entity resulting in a ~$200M special dividend to stakeholders. Benchmarked special dividend to competitor repatriations focusing on cash/debt ratios and.
• Designed a dashboard to track Pfizer’s financial performance metrics. The document linked to Bloomberg, using Bloomberg query language, and internal files to consolidate financial metrics (capital allocation, credit.
• Managed and updated Pfizer’s $1B+ equity portfolio. Kept track of monthly and quarterly gains/losses for SEC reporting. Collaborated with multiple departments to identify $200M in equities to monetize in 2020.
• Created a pharmaceutical competitor analysis that compared Pfizer’s financial strength to its peers. The analysis focused on financial metrics such as YTD total return, liquidity, M&A firepower/activity, leverage/PE.
• Primary contact for discount rate requests from groups such as BD and Global Ops. Rates varied for uses in valuating acquisitions, licensing agreements, and capital expenditures in established and obscure markets..
• Provided in-depth capital market write-ups for board meetings. Information focused on US and European economy/rate environment, financial markets, debt markets, and political updates.

New York, New York, US

• Reviewed the Cambridge's office commuter and health club subsidy which uncovered 5 years of over-payments, most notably a $1.5M over-payment in 2018. Resolved the issue by collaborating with the Global Financial.
• Supported the Pfizer Ventures team by processing capital calls and ensuring payemtns and fees were processed on time.
• Updated Pfizer Ventures equity portfolio. Researched and cataloged investments for senior leaders to easily track positions.
• Managed a $10M+ clinical trial budget. Updated future forecasts based on clinical study enrollment and purchase orders.
• Supported the Cambridge activities coordinator with the $5M Cambridge Site Operations budget. Lead monthly meetings, ensured invoices were charged to their respective cost center, and kept spend on budget.

New York, New York, US

• Collaborated with the managed market finance group to conduct a price increase analysis on the Women’s Health (WH) portfolio. This analysis unlocked hidden value of $15M in net revenues (2% of WH portfolio revenues).
• Wrote monthly commentary for senior leaders to explain which factors had a positive or negative impact on revenues in the WH portfolio. This write-up showed readers how each product was progressing against budget and.
• Updated product sales models with actual results pertaining to gross to net (GtN) revenues, market/product unit sales, demand, and unexplained sales. These updates provided insight to make accurate forecasts to end of.
• Worked with brand leaders on finance related questions pertaining to monthly, quarterly, and yearly revenues and unit forecasting. Collaborated with brand managers to evaluate product performance against their total.
• Created ad hoc projects in Excel to track financial results vs. budget and LE’s for the WH portfolio team. These files allowed the WH team to see how their products were progressing against benchmarks over certain.
• Created and presented a P&L (profit and loss) training PowerPoint for the Retail/Government group to educate team members on the construction and importance of a P&L statement.

New York, New York, US

• Consolidated regional P&L statements to calculate budget variance for senior leadershippresentations.
• Created year to date, full year, and need-to-meet Excel spreadsheets to determine whichregions were ahead or behind their budgets.
• Provided monthly and quarterly commentary to determine which regions andproducts were exceeding or below budget expectations.
• Rolled up and consolidated regional SG&A spend to calculate full year run rates and find cost savings.
• Created quarterly supply reports to determine which products were the largest drivers ineffecting the overall budget.
• Suggested a strategic acquisition to maintain leadership in key therapeutic areas whileincreasing shareholder value.

Paris, FR

• Managed $2M account six months into tenure to improve performance by organizing and processing accurate reports.
• Led members in five or more departments for each project to ensure client specific requests were implemented from project inception to completion.
• Analyzed survey data to find trends and variances between current and historical testing.
• Reported project savings between $1-$3K to increase profit margins, maintain accurate budget records, and forecast future project budgets.
• Formatted, created, and prepared ad hoc reports in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint for client service representatives.
• Assisted other team members by reviewing client reports or managing additional projects.

New York, NY, US

• Partnered with the NJEA to offer union members (approximately 200K) discounted tickets to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (RCCS).
• Developed a database of qualified leads through cold calling, direct mail, email, and networking.
• Created Excel spreadsheets of pending payments to ensure customer invoices were not overdue, recovering thousands of dollars in unpaid inventory, and completed sales to ensure clients received their tickets.
• Fielded questions from customers to assist them in the ticket purchasing process and provided information about current and upcoming productions.

New York, NY, US

• Brainstormed and implemented new marketing ideas with the productions marketing team for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular (RCCS) along with other holiday and family productions.
• Organized mailings of collateral to be sent out to marketing partners.
• Assisted market research team at shows to gather consumer demographic information.
• Tracked and analyzed daily sales in Microsoft Excel for family shows against historical records using Ticketmaster sales reports.
• Compiled attendance, ticket sales, and per cap numbers to be used for show recaps.
• Examined and analyzed pricing, discounts, and marketing efforts of Broadway shows to gain a competitive advantage for future Madison Square Garden Entertainment productions.

Morristown, NJ, US

• Edited contractual agreements, for revision by superiors, for upcoming performances at the Mayo Theater.
• Assisted visiting artists and their production staff by navigating them through the theater and directing them to higher management for specific requests.
• Worked with the production team in stage organization dealing with stage lights (gels and focus) and other stage equipment in preparation for upcoming shows.
• On show days assisted in equipment load in/load out, stage setup, and audio mixing.
• Performed grassroots promotions for upcoming shows by participating in local events for community members.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

Bachelor Of Contemporary Arts, Music Business