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Mckinney, Texas, Us

Own and operate various real estate investment properties in Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Strategy and Growth - Business Unit CFO for the Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific region, covering all explosives operations in Australia and Southeast Asia. Led the business through a significant growth phase from $500M in Sales in 2010 to $900M in 2014. Developed and executed on the long-term business strategy together with the leadership team. Reviewed all significant growth proposals and ensured they met strict internal financial hurdles and aligned with the business strategy.Manufacturing - Successfully integrated a new Ammonium Nitrate manufacturing complex based in Moranbah, Queensland, with a manufacturing capacity of 330,000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate per year and a total construction cost of $950 million.Employee Coaching & Development - Coached and developed a high performance finance team with personnel located throughout Australia and Indonesia.FP&A - Directed all aspects of the annual budgeting cycle, financial forecasts, capital budgets and the establishment of all financial KPI’s rolled out within the organization each year. Monthly reporting and analysis of regional and customer performance metrics.Continuous Improvement - Driven significant improvement in working capital (A/R compliance from 67% in 2010 to 88% in 2014). Led the development of automated financial reporting utilizing Business Objects and significantly reduced reliance on Excel spreadsheets for reporting and forecasting purposes. Standardized financial model and business case templates for the evaluation of all new business proposals. Board Member - Member of the Board of Directors of Tenaga Kimia-Ensign Bickford Sdn Bhd, a joint venture company based in Malaysia, which produces nonelectric detonators for sale throughout Southeast Asia (2011 to present).

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Financial Planning & Analysis - Managed the explosives group internal financial reporting processes, including the preparation of monthly analysis and commentary for the Executive Team, Board of Directors and Investor Relations function. Led key business planning processes, including the annual consolidated budget and quarterly financial forecasts. Provided other general financial analysis and support, including the evaluation of strategic acquisitions and disposals of assets.Trade Working Capital - Directed working capital improvement initiatives across the organization, in particular the acceleration of collections – A/R compliance increased from 65% to 78% in less than 12 months.Capital Expenditures - Led roll-out of new capital expenditure approval process within North America and ensured project approvals were in compliance with delegated authority levels. Administered capex planning and approval process, ensuring proposed projects exceeded required minimum financial hurdles.

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Responsible for coordinating and executing due diligence and other transaction support services to many of the firm’s top-tier strategic and financial buyer clients.Managed cross-functional engagement teams on numerous large and complex domestic and international M&A transactions ranging anywhere from $50 million to more than $10 billion. - Coordinated due diligence engagements with client deal teams, external legal counsel, investment bankers and internal PwC teams (e.g., tax, human resources, and information technology experts).- Identified and communicated due diligence findings to clients through detailed written due diligence reports and presentations to management. - Prepared quality of earnings, working capital and other analyses on KPIs used by clients in their valuation models.- Assisted clients in their divestment activities, including the preparation of pro-forma standalone carve-out financial statements for divested businesses, drafting of the offering memorandum, interaction with potential acquirers, managing the data room process and negotiating the final purchase and sale agreement. - Advised clients in negotiating purchase agreements, post-closing purchase price adjustments, purchase accounting matters, SEC filing requirements, conforming accounting policies and one-time acquisition-related charges. Revenue Recognition- Technical accounting expert on complex software revenue recognition rules, providing support to local and other office engagement teams. - Reviewed significant customer contracts for potential revenue recognition and other issues. In one instance, identified and communicated a significant customer issue to a client resulting in a $30 million purchase price reduction. - Authored TS Deal Flash, published by PwC and distributed to global technology clients, covering potential deal implications from changes in SEC staff views on application of software accounting rules by hardware manufacturers.

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Leading and supervising audit engagements – Responsible for planning, performing and reporting the results of audits. Lead senior associate on the Yahoo! Inc. audit, responsible for supervising engagement personnel on the annual year-end audit and quarterly reviews and responsible for auditing critical revenue streams. SEC filing requirements - Assisted clients with their initial public offerings, including the drafting and preparation of the S-1 Registration Statement and responding to comment letters from the SEC. Coordinated the review and filing of clients' financial statements on Forms 10-K and 10-Q with the SEC. Internal controls - Identified and recommended changes to clients' internal control structures and internal policies and procedures.