Head -Finance, Strategy & Business Planning
Chicago, Il , Us
Strategic priority was on rapid business development, geographic risk alleviation and one HGS brand. Served initially as Senior Vice President of Finance, North America, with $150M oversight. Managed profit-and-loss financials, including cross-border, dual currency, U.S. GAAP and IFRS, as well as audits, taxes, cost-saving measures, revenue budgeting and forecasting, capital budgeting, fundraising, cash-flow management, and migration from Oracle to SAP. • Developed business strategy and three-year plan for U.S. CRM, India domestic, and healthcare. • Represented Finance with analysis and initiatives status to the Board in quarterly meetings. • Evaluated 15 merger-and-acquisition targets, conducting due diligence on six, and successfully completed two, structuring transaction and integration of one target. • Served as member of Board of Directors—HGS Inc., TeamHGS Jamaica, and HGS St. Lucia. • Obtained term sheets for securing asset-based lending and long-term funding for $40M, as well as approval worth $7M for county and state incentives.