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Mesa, Az, Us

Scottsdale, Az, Us

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

►AWARDS• CFO of the Year Finalist (2015, FEI – Large Company Category): Led company to record growth in post-merger period.• Company Presidential Award for leadership in guiding company through a major product recall; recovered all financial losses.• “Pursuit of Excellence” Award for achieving 9 consecutive years.►OVERVIEW• Chosen to lead rapidly-growing $1B company as sole chief financial executive after international company merger. • Lead 100+-person organization, manage 6 direct reports, collaborate with/report to parent company executives, and to oversee multifaceted operations, including financial and cost accounting, income tax, information technology, treasury and risk management, credit, financial reporting, forecasting, strategic planning, direct-store-delivery (DSD) administration, and warehousing. • Initiate and lead $MM cost savings, profit increases, and performance improvements.• Effectively lead, communicate with, and build solid relationships cross-culturally and internally.• Reputation as strategic-thought leader and positive-change agent.►LEADERSHIP• Selected as 1 of 100 employees (from 81,000 employees) to participate in inaugural Stanford Executive Leadership Program.• Executive Operating Committee: Chosen as 1 of 12 members responsible for company strategy and critical-issue response.• $100M 401(k) and Profit Sharing Advisory Committee: Chosen to serve as 1 of 5 members.►EXPERTISE:• M&A• Annual Plan• Business Integration• DPO • Negotiations• Tax Strategy• Cash Pooling Strategy• Insurance• 401(k)• Talent Development

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Managed 40+-member team responsible for financial and cost accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, strategic planning, and payroll.M&A / Cost Savings: Led a highly-motivated team through pre-acquisition due diligence, the merger transaction and subsequent post-merger integration. Prepared and participated in delivery of management presentation to potential buyers. Coordinated all aspects of due diligence. Facilitated realization of related synergies worth over $50M.Value Chain Insights and Innovation: Accelerated company’s profit growth by devising changes to the profit management model, shifting accountability for profit creation to each operating segment, resulting in YOY record performance.Financial and Operational Discipline: Improved and upheld “zero internal control deficiencies” system of governance and internal controls after doubling in size and added complexities from the merger. (Company has never had one significant or material deficiency of internal controls reported by its independent auditors.) Performance Improvement: Streamlined accounting close procedures to meet the parent company’s 2-day close requirement and 3-week annual close requirement for the public release of financial results in January.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Director of Planning and Reporting (2005 – 2007); Sales Controller (2001 – 2005); Western Division Controller (1999 – 2001) Performance Improvement: Partnered with IT leadership to lead transformation of accounting and sales administration, consolidating formerly decentralized functions and resulting in the closures of offices nationwide. Saved $Ms in administrative costs – majority of which was expensive real estate leases nationwide.Advisory and Business Partnering: Hand-picked by Vice President of Sales to develop and administer several training sessions with sales personnel to increase awareness and understanding of business drivers. Recognized by Vice President of Sales with Pursuit of Excellence award.Leading through Adversity: Tapped to co-lead company through reaction, implementation, and recovery of major product recall. Awarded Company Presidential Award for leadership demonstrated throughout 6-month process. Responsible for recovering all related financial losses from incident through insurance.

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Santa Clara, California, Us

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Bsba, Accounting And Finance

Alfa Executive Leadership Program, Finance

Alfa Executive Leadership Program, Negotiation

Alfa Executive Leadership Program, Strategy And Leadership, Organizational Leadership