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Business Planning & Reporting –* Lead the development of the annual planning cycle. Communicate and align with customer, channel and regional targets.* Prepare periodic business reporting against plan, prior year and prior forecast. Deliver actionable information in a concise format and come to meetings prepared with insights on drivers of changes and a clear point of view.Collaboration & Alignment -* Maintain dynamic relationships and communications across a broad matrix of business partners including daily or weekly work streams across FP&A, corporate finance and revenue management counterparts, periodic touch points with supply chain and demand planning and ongoing relationship management with regional & channel sales leads, customer teams and marketing leads.* Lead the next year innovation build process working across sales, marking, finance and innovation teams.* Ensure that finance is viewed as a business partner and not as an opponent or obstacle.Financial Stewardship -* Prioritize trade spend optimization as an ongoing re-evaluation process rather than a cyclical review.* Evaluate trade opportunities using clear, aligned and measurable criteria and then learn from and share out results on both successes and failures.* Understand the balance and trade-off between being right on paper versus winning.Leadership -* Successfully mentor and coach a roster of associate / junior finance managers with three of my last four direct reports moving up to managerial roles post rotation.* Firm believer in candid, ongoing and 360 degree feedback as tools to develop mindful, autonomous, collaborative work teams.

Provided behind the scenes support for husband's sabbatical project of opening a wine and cocktail bar - from ground up construction of the bar and kitchen to menu development. LUXE provided innovative craft cocktails and stellar customer service, was featured in USA Today’s article - '10 Great Places that serve Flights of Fancy' and won Moffley Media’s award for Best Wine List in their Best of the Gold Coast annual survey. Discovered the joy of talking to strangers and made hundreds of friends.

Provided financial support during the sale of Honeywell’s $1 billion automotive business (Prestone, Fram, Autolite) to an offshore private investment firm. Provided stability in internal financial reporting and key metric tracking during a period of high turnover and numerous ad hoc requests for financial information. Implemented daily cash flow forecast critical to ensuring liquidity during the transition.

Critical year end coverage for LOA employee: rollover of complex excel-based volume forecast models during peak reporting season, build out of new functionality that provided preview of profit implications for volume changes to forecast providing greater visibility and sales force education; replicated model for related fountain beverage business.

Serving as a business partner and finance point of contact to C-level Executives, directed a team of three analysts responsible for providing FP&A and decision support to the Company’s Corporate business unit comprised of 300 cost centers, 1,200 employees and an annual operating budget of $325 million. Presented monthly forecast and financial results to the Controller and VP of Finance. Provided monthly variance reporting for results versus budget, forecast and prior periods, including detailed, root cause explanations and recommendations for remedial actions.* Evolved the role of the department from one of financial support to that of an operational partner with an emphasis on understanding our internal clients' departmental objectives and five year plans as well as their cost drivers and variable budget components, allowing for better dialogue when suggesting tradeoffs and adjustments* Reduced the need for multiple reiterations during the annual budget cycle by consistently delivering first draft financial plans that met or exceeded corporate guidance targets* Co-authored departmental Sarbanes-Oxley control document detailing the groups' responsibilities, deliverables, processes and key controls including Visio process maps of all relevant procedures. Established appropriate testing parameters and documented ongoing compliance that resulted in an unqualified audit opinion on internal controls.* Made successive contributions to the annual budgeting process: implemented per person benefit and fringe calculations, linking capital budgeting to the fixed asset system and better capture of timing of variable expenses.* Directed ad hoc projects and analyses on cost containment. Established a monthly dashboard to identify and monitor KPI metrics impacting operational results. Identified risks and exposures in forecast and proactively suggested solutions to offset overages and identify and capture savings.

Prepared and presented annual operating budgets for multiple departments within Corporate Operations. * Prepared monthly variance analysis and narrative for financial results versus budget, forecast and prior year. * Increased financial transparency and ease of navigation for Controller by streamlining and standardizing the format of all monthly department deliverables* Assumed responsibility for administration of Hyperion financial system; coordinated the first software upgrade in seven years; set up multiple cost center hierarchies unlocking more robust management reporting

Provided financial support to cost center owners during forecast and budget cycles; prepared journal entries and account reconciliations; assisted with preparation of presentation materials for department budgets.* Led monthly and quarterly general ledger closing process for Corporate business unit; downloaded data from SAP, ensured appropriate reconciliations and controls took place; consolidated results in Hyperion Enterprise application

* Responsible for the preparation of the annual financial plan including capital budgeting and pro forma balance sheet and cash flow statements; worked with senior management, research directors and cost center department heads to review and implement internal budgeting and reporting requirements* Developed and substantiated revenue recognition policies for non standard service offerings* Prepared monthly reporting and analysis of corporate financial performance: provided the quarterly financial statements used in external financial reporting* Worked on the New Business Development team to incorporate external investments and acquisitions into the financial plan, provided financial orientation to new management, developed appropriate targets, metrics and compensations plans* Hired and trained financial analyst to assist with internal reporting and analysis

• Disaggregated financial results into monthly P&L statements by service offering; a highly scrutinized deliverable used to determine service profitability and year-end performance based compensation for top executives and their teams. Service level reporting required an extremely high level of accuracy, in-depth knowledge of business indicators and relationships, and the ability to build and manage positive relationships with strong personalities.• Prepared a monthly management report for the Executive Committee summarizing financial and sales performance versus targets. Monitored financial performance of new product offerings and investments in affiliates.

* Assisted in the preparation of internal management. Tracked the company's client-to-analyst ratio as part of META Group's client commitment policy; worked with Human Resources department to insure proactive staffing of rapid growth service offerings* Responsible for the preparation of the 1997 and 1998 Proxy Statement; coordinated review of proxy materials with legal counsel, corporate directors and officers, and transfer agent* Responsible for cash management of funds raised in initial public offering ($35MM), calculated monthly interest income accrual and quarterly mark to market adjustments* Served as the Employee Stock Option Plan and Stock Purchase Plan administrator including implementation and enforcement of blackout policy, Section 16 compliance for corporate directors and officers and preparation and filing of Forms 3, 4 and 5

Gathered public information to research acquisition opportunities; updated statistical data on stock recommendations & industry reports, handled bank correspondence regarding escrow accounts for private placements and offshore offerings. During my employment, Auerbach, Pollack & Richardson was a $7 million privately held security broker dealer.