• Budgeted, forecasted and analyzed expenses of $68M for 30 teams in the Advertising Department. This included managing payroll of $40M and staff reporting for department of 270 employees. • Effectively collaborated with Advertising Management, Financial Department, Shared Service Center and vendors to successfully meet financial reporting requirements, complete contracts and address operational issues. Handled monthly and year end closings. Experienced in Peoplesoft, Concur, Essbase and the Microsoft Office Suite.• Developed and enforced expense policies. Trained staff in policies and procedures

• Selected for newly created position to provide strategic vision and lead change in reporting functions. • Managed staff of six employees. Transitioned team to SAP from Admarc billing and reporting system. Developed SAP reports and trained sales and reporting staff.• Served as Incentive Compensation Plan Calculation Financial Manager. Led staff that calculated quarterly sales bonus awards of $5M-$7M per annum. This involved setting targets and devising calculation methods using advanced spreadsheet techniques to incentivize staff. Communicated payouts to management for staff distribution.

• Streamlined operations as the lead contact for all financial functions for the printing plant.• Performed product costing for special sections and prepared contingency plans for various plant functions.• Developed budgets, handled monthly closings, forecasted and analyzed expenses.

• Business Manager for Circulation Fulfillment. Financial Liaison with Publishers Circulation Fulfillment (3rd party handling home delivery, billing and customer service). Budget liaison for Circulation Fulfillment and PCF. Duties included reviewing all invoicing and ensuring that all invoices were properly documented. Interfaced with Regional Managers to address Single Copy financial issues.• Circulation Financial Strategist Leadership role in the Unified Billing Project to transfer wholesaler billing of $200 million to City & Suburban, streamlining and centralizing wholesaler billing. This eliminated duplication of duties, reducing headcount and improving efficiency. Managed circulation billing and receivables functions, converted national home delivery system to Papertrak system. Provided key information for migration of the Accounts Payable system to the Shared Service Center.

• Managed staff of 15 employees in Accounts Payable, Transportation Accounting, the Cashier's Office and Administrative Services. • Handled monthly closings, maintained banking relationships, supervised sales and fuel tax audits and prepared Financial Services budget for Department Director. • Installed and maintained updated version of Accounts Payable system. Interfaced with IT Department to communicate Financial Department needs and designed and led systems testing.