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Florida, North Palm Beach, US

• Finance lead for a high growth demand generation company with annual revenues exceeding $20M
• Development and ongoing oversight of monthly financial close process and company transition from cash to accrual accounting
• Developed revenue recognition process and completed multi-year revenue analysis in preparation for company’s first financial audit.
• Led roll out of ADP PEO partnership driving 30% savings on employee health insurance costs.
• Implemented Ramp spend and expense management platform to solidify financial controls and provide better cost visibility to department heads.
• Drove process for selection of banking partner and closed of $3M line of credit.

London, GB

• North America finance lead for marketing agency subsidiary of publicly traded Stagwell Inc. Provided comprehensive oversight of finance operations.
• Finance business partner to executive leadership and member of Executive Committee driving achievement of financial targets through actionable reporting and insights.
• Oversaw month end closing process and all accounting procedures including revenue recognition, expense accruals, general ledger (GL), accounts receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP) in compliance with strict corporate.
• Managed budgeting and forecasting, administration of employee incentive plans, annual financial audit, external tax preparation, and company banking relationship
• Reviewed and/or led pricing for new business models, large clients, or other revenue generating opportunities
• Led due diligence responses and financial integrations for key mergers and acquisitions; PMX Agency by The Stagwell Group, The Search Agency into ForwardPMX, The Stagwell Group and MDC Partners

London, GB

• Finance lead for a privately held integrated marketing agency with revenues in excess of $40M.
• Implemented financial and budgeting processes that drove 300%+ EBITDA growth from 2013-2016
• Directed technology team in development of a centralized revenue tracking tool which improved forecasting cadence from quarterly to weekly
• Streamlined billing process to reduce invoicing cycle by two weeks
• Assisted in negotiating $12M bank debt refinancing and all associated due diligence
• Implemented and managed annual financial audit process with Big 4 accounting firm

New York, New York, US

• Finance lead for a private equity-backed digital marketing agency with revenues in excess of $20M. Conducted financial reporting and analysis, developed company budgets and rolling forecast, designed and administered.
• Oversaw accounting operations including GL, AR, AP, month end close, annual audit and tax compliance.
• Integrated U.S. parent company and Indian subsidiary onto a single worldwide financial system
• Assisted in negotiating $10M bank debt refinancing
• Worked closely with CEO on June 2012 sale of company assets to XL Marketing and Paradysz, Inc.

Costa Mesa, CA, US

• Supervised all aspects of financial operations for a high-growth business unit with revenues in excess of $110M.
• Developed company budgets and short/long-term financial forecasts, financial reporting and analysis and accounting operations.
• Directed staff of three analysts and four accountants; oversaw financial reporting, forecasting, billing, payables and G/L.
• Scaled financial operations to support doubling of headcount and revenue between 2006 and 2009.

Costa Mesa, CA, US

• Supervised all aspects of accounting including internal controls, policies and procedures as related to billing, accounts payable and receivable and general ledger.
• Developed client profitability reports that contributed to 30% improvement in net margin between 2004 and 2007
• Conducted monthly, quarterly and year-end closing process and produced financial statements and variance analysis
• Streamlined billing process resulting in a 15% reduction in days sales outstanding
• Acted as primary liaison for internal and external auditor

• Supervised billing process and revenue recognition. Administered payroll and sales commission calculations. Prepared journal entries and performed account analysis for month end close. Provided weekly monitoring and.
• Managed successful migration to Experian corporate financial systems following March 2004 acquisition
• Developed standardized management reporting package of key financials and business metrics

US

• Oversaw accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing and payroll. Managed the monthly close process and prepared financial statements for a private company with annual sales approaching $10M. Promoted from Senior.
• Coordinated due diligence and assisted in creation of financial models for multiple private equity funding rounds.
• Managed successful integration of accounting systems following merger of Bigfoot Interactive with Expression Engines.
• Handled journal entries, account analysis, billing, collections, bank reconciliations, fixed assets and ad-hoc reporting.
• Reduced days sales outstanding by 30% in first three months.

Mba

Bs, Finance