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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Franksville, Wisconsin, Us

A private equity-backed manufacturing company that builds electrical drives for testing of automotive engines and EV batteries.Reporting to the CFO this position is global in scope (two separate corporate entities that consists of 10 international markets) and is responsible for forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting on consolidated revenue of $250M.• Manages the consolidation of financials, analyzing and reporting on financial performance, and building the presentation for all quarterly board meetings and monthly results calls.• Leads monthly management reporting reviews with international leadership including action plans to align with targets.• Acts as a strategic advisor to ensure that committed growth and profitability is achieved and business decisions are informed by financial analysis and impact.• Partners with market FP&A on monthly forecasting process to ensure the forecast reflects the most accurate projection of full year performance.• Lead the re-implementation of Adaptive Insights, a financial planning and analysis cloud platform tool, for best of class forecasting and reporting.

A private equity-backed firm (brought private in 2010) that provides industry leading high-speed Internet, TV and Phone services for residential, small / medium and enterprise business customers.Reporting to the SVP of Finance, this corporate position is national in scope and is responsible for all markets forecasting, budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting on consolidated revenue of $1.5B and 1.0M customers.• Manages the consolidation of financials, analyzing and reporting on financial performance, and building the presentation for all quarterly board meetings and monthly results calls.• Drive forecasting, budgeting, and financial analysis for 13 markets spread across nationally• Works closely with all markets and coordinates with accounting to assist in issues surrounding close, accuracy of financials, and any other issue impacting the financial performance of the markets.• Lead the implementation of Planful, a financial planning and analysis cloud platform tool, while also maintaining Hyperion Reporting• Responsible for the financial integration of acquired companies / assets• Due diligence support for RCN/Grande/Wave’s sale to private equity firm Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in 2020

Senior Director of Finance for the Chicago market that manages the financial operations of 115,000+ subscribers and $140M in revenue • Lead the development of the annual operating plan, monthly forecasting process, and all strategic/financial planning activities for the full P&L and capital expenditures.• Manage the monthly close process including all reclassifications, accruals, financial statement analysis, charts and analytics, MD&A, and discussion with the executive team regarding the results.• Built a high-performance team of seven (7) direct reports• Drive ongoing business performance improvements through weekly Operational Reviews for all business segments to review key performance indicators (KPIs) • Built detailed subscription service revenue models based on KPIs, customer segmentation, and seasonality analysis• Due diligence support for local acquisition opportunities and RCN’s sale to private equity firm TPG in 2016• Assumed General Manager duties March 2016 – December 2016 on interim basis • Established a local collections process that doubled recoveries for Enterprise and High Value customers.• Administer a real estate portfolio that includes 22 individually leased properties and 3 subleased suites.• Supervise a retail service center for customers to manage their account or pick-up and return equipment• Responsible for the regulatory reporting and compliance activities in accordance to the regulations as defined by Village of Skokie, City of Chicago, State of Illinois, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Chicago, Il, Us

A private equity-backed start-up (brought public in 2013) that is the world's leading provider of in-flight internet. Through its Gogo, Gogo Biz, and other services, they offer internet connectivity on laptops, smartphones and PDAs on nine of the top U.S airlines and on nearly 6,000 business aircraft.Manager, Financial Planning & AnalysisThis position requires expertise in financial planning and analysis, treasury, equity financing and its corresponding due diligence, complex financial models, sales support, and financial reporting in a fast paced, start-up environment • Drove the quarterly financial planning and annual budgeting processes to meet the needs of a dynamic start-up company. Identified and leveraged planning process inefficiencies to reduce cycle time to 4 and 6 weeks respectively.• Led the monthly close process in reclassifications, accruals, financial statement analysis, charts and analytics, and MD&A.• Created long-term financial models to support all areas of the business with a specific focus on Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing, Inventory, and Sales.• Teamed to successfully close on commercial agreements with major airline partners. Agreements required detailed revenue analysis based on subscriber ramp expectations. 10 year commercial deals for valued in excess of $400M NPV• Designed complex models based on a deep understanding of wireless spectrum, satellite technology, and network traffic variability to analyze alternatives in Aircell’s technology roadmap. This analysis successfully identified the most profitable long-term technology plan. • Drove ROI maximization on marketing initiatives by analyzing multiple strategies to improve forecasted outcomes.• Successfully closed on multiple rounds of private equity financing totaling $200M+• Teamed with accounting on GAAP capitalization issues, internal audits, and the design and implementation of SOX compliance processes

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Key finance business partner / controller for $500M global service line with 3,000 employees on 425 commercial accounts. Managed spending budget and executed all finance activities and deliverables including: plan rollup, expense management, investment analysis, long range planning, and cost efficiency analysis.•Developed models and financial analyses to identify incremental opportunities for improving profitability by examining historical cost data. The analysis driven implementation drove a savings of $73M.•Led the monthly close process in reclassifications, accruals, and business unit financial statement analysis.•Prepared and presented monthly executive presentations detailing the business unit’s financial performance

Bachelor Of Science, Business

Mba, Finance