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New York City Metropolitan Area

Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nl

Provide hands-on Finance Executive Leadership, accounting, tax, business strategy and management services, including ERP system implementation to start-up, small and mid-sized companies

Initial finance resource for the company - implemented global reporting and accounting policies and procedures - Implemented NetSuite ERP Systems, finance infrastructure and developed finance team to manage the growing needs of the business. Helped the company grow from 11 employees to 83. Managed treasury function, cash flow forecasting and monthly burn rates. Assisted with People and Culture and Payroll Processing. Managed company wide audits and tax filings.

London, Gb

Controller – Head of Global Fund Operations & SEC Financial Reporting: The World Gold Council is the market development organization for the gold industry.• Responsible for reporting, accounting and operations for a family of global Funds in excess of $40bn AUM – listed on NYSE Arca and foreign exchanges.• Completed SEC registration statements and launched new family of currency based Gold Fund’s.• Prepared SEC and foreign regulatory reporting including 10Q quarterly filings, 10K annual filings, and ongoing maintenance, development and compliance with SOX.• Responsible for the accounting books and records for all U.S. Legal Entities (Sponsor, Investment Advisor registered with CFTC) and consolidation into London parent company including revenue and expense allocations.• Led SOX implementation, internal control processes and performance improvements.

Financial Controller, FinOp: Publicly traded riskless principal broker/dealer that owned and operated an electronic fixed income trading platform.• As the organization’s first financial controller, responsible for the development and oversight of the Corporate Finance team.• Managed SEC Reporting including consolidated 10Q quarterly filings, 10K annual filings and development, implementation and compliance with SOX.• Led FINRA Reporting including monthly FOCUS preparation, review and filing. Registered FinOp and financial liaison to FINRA.• Implemented new general ledger system, management reporting processes, corporate equity management system (ESOP) and accounting policies and procedures.

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Chief Financial Officer: A private equity firm managing $150M+ in assets which closed its New York office in 2011.• Oversaw the accounting and reporting of several Venture Capital / Growth Equity portfolio companies within the Energy, Media, Healthcare and Aerospace sectors.• Administered capital calls, fund accounting, waterfall distributions, tax, control and reporting of multiple domestic and offshore entities (LP’s, LLC’s and Ltd.’s.).• Took part in fund raising activities, including preparation of deal books, model analysis, road shows and investor presentations and meetings.• Managed accounting and operational due diligence on target acquisitions.• Developed, implemented and enforced all Corporate Policies and Procedures.

New York, Ny, Us

Ramius Capital is a $10B+ multi-strategy hedge fund. I served as the firms first Global Controller and was tasked with facilitating the outsourcing of fund administration. I was also responsible for developing a management reporting package and staffing the corporate accounting area of the group.

New York, Ny, Us

SVP - Chief Financial Officer: A leader in investment management with $13B AUM.• Managed controllers, fund/portfolio administration, human resources, information technology and marketing support personnel – 48 employees spanning 4 locations.• Responsible for all assets under management in excess of $13B, in a variety of financial products and investment vehicles. Products included distressed equities/debt/ABS, long/short equities, real estate and mezzanine lending, fund of funds, taxable fixed income, municipal bond arbitrage, commodities and other alternative strategies.• Managed financial, tax and client reporting for 250+ separate accounts and 25+ limited partnership’s consisting of private equity and hedge fund vehicles.• Managed financial and tax reporting for several Registered Investment Advisors, numerous privately held LLC’s and a single Broker Dealer.• Implemented a new portfolio accounting and general ledger system platform.• Managed all financial aspects of the CEO’s and President’s Family Office operations, including the maintenance and monitoring of several offshore trust vehicles.• Responsible for the financial aspects of the CEO’s Charitable Organization.• Prepared and presented monthly management reporting to management and Executive Committee.• Administrated and managed firm-wide sales commission programs and senior management incentive compensation programs.• Materially involved with the successful launching of several new hedge and private equity funds in addition to a joint venture partnership with a large foreign investment bank – worked alongside newly formed Sales & Marketing Team to raise capital for underlying funds.

Moore Capital is a Hedge Fund that invests primarily in a Global Macro strategy. I served as Accounting Manager and was responsible for the Corporate Accounting function in addition to migrating the firms books and records from Quickbooks to Great Plains and developing a management reporting package.

Recruited from KPMG as AVP - Finance Group - tasked with gaining operational control of the firms monthly general ledger close process. Promoted to VP the following year and assigned additional responsibilities including management reporting, forecasting and cost allocation control.

New York, Ny, Us

Senior Auditor in the Investment Management - Brokerage Industry. Clients included Zurich Scudder Investments, Dreyfus Corporation, Salomon-Smith Barney, Deutsche Bank and various Investment Partnerships. Implemented KPMG’s Business Measurement Process on assigned audit engagements focusing on areas of operation deemed high risk. This focus resulted in the sale of additional services, in the form of consulting and client assist engagements