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New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Formerly Sterling National Bank - Served in a Chief of Staff role to the President of Sterling’s legacy $20B commercial bank. ➥ Served as a key advisor and trusted partner to the President and executive leadership colleagues leading the development, implementation, and oversight of all revenue-generating strategies spanning 300+ bankers and more than 25+ revenue-generating teams.➥Functioned as the senior executive and liaison at the intersection of credit, risk, finance, and operations.➥Assumed lead role for the commercial bank in all enterprise-wide technology, revenue, and efficiency initiatives.

Westport, Connecticut, United States

Functioned in a strategic position driving the financial reporting, analysis, and forecasting activities for the prominent and world-renowned investment management firm. Responsible for owning the annual budget processes, providing insight and recommendations on the impact of operations, and monitoring financial trends to position the enterprise for success.➥ Spearheaded the standardization and automation of management reporting including variance analytics, storyboarding, risk, and opportunities.➥ Responsible for the design and execution of innovative processes including a homegrown metric and scorecard tools driving accountability across every pillar of the organization.

Estero, Florida

Achieved multiple prominent promotions during tenure gaining progressive responsibility and influence based on exceptional leadership, outstanding performance, and business intelligence. Acted as the Chief Financial Officer leading financial decisions for Finance, IT, and HCM centers of excellence.➥ Performed as the voice of the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President FP&A by providing powerful presentations including comprehensive analytics and reporting creating the framework of accountability.➥ Led a team responsible for partnering with senior executives to analyze financial performance, validate forecasts, identify organizational risks, and propel action on opportunities enhancing best practices, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Estero, Florida

Performed in a key position championing the overall strategic planning of the enterprise while ensuring financial management and investment decisions aligned with the strategic direction of the organization. Tasked with developing new processes and frameworks to meet the criteria of the company vision and objectives.➥ Led the development of the capital management team within the corporate financial planning and analysis division responsible for delivering effective governance, process, and analytical discipline related to organizational capital investments encompassing ~$220M in annual spend.➥ Facilitated capital prioritization discussions across all divisions and COEs; worked to surface and resolve prioritization disagreements across the senior management team.

Estero, Florida

Key member of a three person team that led the Hertz finance transformation project; responsible for evaluation of financial processes, organizational structure development, and FP&A redesign.➥ Partnered with Kearney, Hertz FP&A, Accounting, Treasury, and Tax to map/redesign the 3 year strategic plan, annual business plan, monthly CE, weekly flash and monthly close processes; obtained buy in and approval of new processes from key cross functional stakeholders including the CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, and Treasurer.

Park Ridge, Nj

Managed global and regional audits focusing on capital spending, treasury operations, recent business acquisitions, international business reviews, and international licensees.

San Francisco Bay Area

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