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Redwood City, Ca, Us

Modesto, Us

CFO Consultant to hyper-growth entities. Specializing in ERP implementations, Internal & External Audit management, Tax Optimization ( including Transfer Pricing), Debt & Equity Fundraising, Full Cycle Accounting and Financial Reporting on numerous ERP platforms. Deep expertise and experience in the following Industry Verticals:FintechSAAS RetailMetaverse AR/VRManufacturing ( Medical Devices, CPG, Candy)Experience includes Senior Finance & Accounting positions at LVMH and Berkshire Hathaway.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Raised $6m+ in debt funding in 2021 in Nigeria (private money) & India (wholesale debt).• Led new products initiatives that achieved + 10% additional revenue in 2022.• Led the Company to become the #2 digital lender in Kenya and top 5 in Nigeria• Owned the presentation of financial and strategic plans to the Board.• Created and grew offshore finance teams in India and Nigeria.• Closed the acquisition of a leading regional consumer bank in Nairobi, Kenya.• Created a Transfer Pricing Model encompassing 5 countries.

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Leveraging exceptional professionalism, I was assigned the responsibility of driving informed company decision-making by overseeing accounting operations in the demerger of OneMarket from Westfield Properties. Improving financial stability by preparing annual budget. Defining vision for the future and identifying the organization's goals and objectives by setting up periodic strategic plans. Preparing and negotiating transfer pricing agreement between US/UK and US/AUS.Some of my key accomplishments include:• Slashed month-end close time by close to 50%.• Returned $130M to shareholders prior to unwinding corporation.• Ensured successful implementation of Blackline (Reconciliations tool), Expensify (exp reimbursement platform), and Bill.Com (Vendor payment platform).• Tracked financial performance by creating and filing company's first ever statutory financial Statements (4E) as well as interim financials (4D) on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Neuilly Sur Seine, Ile De France, Fr

My duties comprised of streamlining financial core functions by overseeing entire facets of accounting, treasury, risk management, and taxation for the North and South American operating entities with combined annual revenue in excess of $4B. Ensuring accurate inventory reporting, shrink calculations, and reserve analysis by managing entire financial aspects of supply chain. Enabling seamless workflow by steering successful deployment of SAP ERP systems in Brazil and Mexico. Negotiating transfer pricing agreements in USA, Canada, Brazil and Mexico. Supervising COO of Sephora South-East Asia and Sr. Finance Director of Canada to meet organizational objectives. Ensuring successful deployment of EMV compliant POS systems in all US stores to protect business and customers from financial loss. Ensuring compliance with both GAAP and IFRS standards by delivering comprehensive gift card accounting system.My key-contributions for this role are mentioned below:• Enhanced reporting to accomplish 4-day month-end closing.• Drove corporate success by acquiring two accretive businesses.• Successfully reversed $4M in taxes imposed by the Canada Revenue Agency.• Saved $5.6M in 2016 by decreasing effective tax rate by 160 basis points.• Attained annual savings in excess of $2M by developing and guiding offshore team of more than 50 accountants based in Bangalore, India.

Us

I was responsible for administering entire facets of financial reporting and performance (P&L, balance sheet & cash flow), forecasting, month end close, internal, and external financial audits. Contributing to implementation of full-scale budget with R1/R2 iterations and variance reporting by establishing company's first FP&A department. Delivering expert-level support to major internal customer departments by developing cross-functional departmental Cost Committee. Rolling out company's first ever Point of Sale system with keen focus on inventory reporting, sales auditing, and loss prevention.Within this role, I achieved the following:• Drove 25-year-old legacy systems replacement by implemented Oracle r12 ERP system.• Reduced the month-end close process from 12 to 6 business days, enabling smooth flow of financial activities.• Enabled accurate revenue recognition by digitalizing the company's gift certificate and gift card programs.• Played an integral role as key member of CEO's Senior Executive team and directed high- performance team of 39 accountants including 8 direct reports.

Saint-Mandé, Île-De-France, Fr

Dublin, Oh, Us

Bachelors, Accounting & Finance

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics