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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.▪ Designed and implemented tax reporting process for high volume incentive payments to ViB community members▪ Manage budgeting and forecasting, design and administration of employee incentive plans and external tax preparation.

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 deadlines.• 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• Managed implementation of Intacct accounting software for standardization with Stagwell shared services• Supervised a team of fifteen including financial analysis, accounting, billing, collections and accounts payable.

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 employee incentive compensation, managed vendor negotiations, led merger & acquisition analysis, guided administration of company cap table, stock options and 401(k) plan. • 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 • Developed client profitability reports that contributed to 30% improvement in net margin between 2004 and 2007• 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 forecasting of company cash balance. Compiled monthly reporting package for management and board of directors.• 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 Accountant to Controller in 2001• 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