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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

- P&L Management to maximize financial performance.- Financial Process Improvement - redesign of financial processes- Creation & Implementation of Impactful Managerial Metrics - targeting relevant areas to enact meaningful changes.- Financial Planning & Analysis- Team Management

White Plains, New York, United States

• Clients include a variety of organizations, including corporations and small/medium businesses.
• Work closely with business leadership and summarize business performance via creation and presentation performance results and insightful decision support.
• Serve as interim finance director on a variety of project areas for clients including reviewing and improving financial processes, financial reporting, and overall optimization of finance functions toward more.

Greater New York City Area

• Led the FP&A team, including managing and developing forecasts/budgets.
• Created, developed, and tracked financial and operational metrics and performed cost analysis.
• Worked with the pricing team to refine customer project offerings and customize efficiency projects.
• Enhanced forecast accuracy via collaboration with operations and sales leaders, understood and created financial models to support decision making.
• Assessed current financial and accounting processes to discover methodology and technology improvements that led to improved business insights.
• Established a comprehensive review of performance results cadence, providing leadership with improved decision support.

Stamford, CT

• Lead broad financial support of financial and operational leadership, including management of budgets and forecasts, internal management reporting /dashboards, and ad-hoc financial analysis.
• Lead the planning/budgeting process for operations, Capex, SG&A and pro forma EBITDA.
• Lead process and technology process improvements resulting in 12% team performance improvement.
• Collaborated with operations & sales leaders to drive and support process improvements, leaner staffing and leveraging of technology.
• Developed and managed KPI's, and other business metrics to drive & monitor efficiency in the business.
• Collaborated with external auditors and internal stakeholders to ensure financial integrity & compliance.

Stamford, CT

• Drove working capital initiatives in process redesign that exceeded goals with a 25% improvement.
• Established the Treasury processes of this new organization after separation from Pitney Bowes, including management of daily cash balances and related cash, AP and AR reporting processes.
• Built banking relationships to facilitate treasury operations, credit line availability and vendor financing.
• Created and led the cash flow forecasting process working with CFO, CIO and Operations Leadership.
• Lead mgt and renewal of corporate liability insurance programs, including property & casualty policies.
• Ensured lender & regulatory compliance by establishing and maintaining appropriate corporate policies and procedures, and adherence to credit agreements.

Stamford, CT

• Accounting, forecasting, budgeting and operational support, incl. GAAP & Sarbanes Oxley compliance and Audit mgt.
• Financial support of Operations and Sales VP's as decision support and creation of financial plans.
• Drove P&L optimization initiatives & developed performance metrics.
• Created and established new financial and operational processes for operations finance support teams.
• Established a processes for management and training of the finance team.

• Financial forecasting and planning, financial modeling, analysis & special projects.
• Established and continuously refined the Sarbanes Oxley Compliance review of the division, and ensure overall compliance with corporate guidelines and GAAP.

• Business partner to account leadership and account teams to provide strategic support and maintain the teams focus on efficiency and profitability.
• Accounting, forecasting, budgeting and operational support.

• Design and execute operational and financial audits of financial services (including lease finance & lease operations) in accordance with GAAP.
• Identify, investigate and substantiate weaknesses found in financial and operational financial processes.

Mba, Finance & Management, 3.5 Gpa

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics