I am an experienced M&A advisor and corporate finance analyst. I can build out an entire corporate finance function, or simply assist as needed.Make sure you check out my series of FP&A model governance and risk management articles written for the 31,000 member Association of Finance Professional website. Here is the link:https://www.afponline.org/ideas-inspiration/topics/articles/Details/financial-modeling-and-the-executive-suite/The AFP Spring Model Governance and Risk Management guide which I authored will be out at the end of April.I develop and manage data, teams and systems for cash flows, forecasts, and valuation analysis for a variety of purposes, conduct and negotiate M&A transactions, and assist in answering critical corporate finance questions such as business line/unit performance assessment, external bench-marking, share price, cost of capital, optimal capital structure, investment analysis and capital budgeting. I have worked every angle of M&A through dozens of transactions, as buyer, seller and intermediary.ExpertiseM&A I Valuation I Due Diligence I Integrated Statements I Cash Flow Forecasting I Cost of Capital I Capital Structure I Debt Waterfalls I External Bench-marking I Model Risk Management I Model AuditSystems and Applications Hyperion I Essbase I Smartview I SAP I ERP I Business Objects I Excel I Power Query I Power BI I VBA I TableauIndustries Manufacturing I Energy I Private Equity I Retail I Transportation I Travel I Financial Services I Internet I TMT I Consumer Goods Education MBA, Finance Boston College I Valuation Accreditation I Risk Certification I M&A Certification I Agile Certification I Lean TrainedEnvironments Corporate I Roll Ups and Highly Visible Acquisitions I LBOs I Buyouts I M&A I Change and UncertaintyInvestment Bank Trained (Houlihan Lokey)Resources I contribute to and draw upon include SEC documents such as 10-Ks and Qs, PR Newswire and market data from sources such as Bloomberg, Thomson First Call, and others.C suite collaboration and confidante throughout career.I utilize the FAST standards for financial modeling.I employ SR 11-7 model risk management methodologies and techniques.I am Agile Leader certified.I am also teamed up with Cognitio Analytics as their Vice President, Project Management. Cognitio is a leading data and model strategy, governance & management firm focused on data and model management initiatives such as storage, security, cataloging, and analytics. Languages include Python, R, SAS, and SQL.