Sandy Brunk Email & Phone Number

Lake Zurich Il

A $75MM air pollution control company with; Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, responsible for all banking, treasury and cash management activities in the U.S, Europe and China.Manage accounts receivable and collections for both the FUEL CHEM and Pollution Control divisions.Responsible for all debt compliance reporting and liaison with JPMorgan Chase. Manage the corporate insurance program and processing of bonds.Processed sales and use tax returns and annual reports for 45 states.Manage corporate stock option program, including FAS123R reporting using Computershare system.Integrated three acquired companies onto Fuel Tech's finance infrastructure, including banking, receivables, payables, payroll and real estate.

A $600MM North American insurance brokerage taken private in June 2007 private equity buyout. Reporting directly to the corporate Chief Financial Officer, responsible for all banking, treasury and cash management activities for 22 main 'hub' offices and 200-plus satellite offices.Serve as corporate point of contact for Bank of America (U.S.) and Bank of Montreal (Canada) banking representatives as all Hub offices are being converted to a common treasury platform.Direct a corporate staff in the processing and paying of accounts payable, including vendor invoice receipt, W-9 / 1099 processing, new vendor set up, payment terms, and check processing.Manage all cross-currency hedges, currency swaps, interest rate hedges, wire transfers, new account establishment, authorized signatories, and fraud prevention activities in global treasury system.Work directly with internal M&A group on funding in excess of 25 acquisitions annually, including escrow of funds, closing acquired accounts, and integrating newly acquired companies.Manage the payment and debt covenant compliance for Hub's capital structure, including a Revolving Credit Facility, Term Loan B, Senior Unsecured Note and Subordinated Unsecured Note.Serve as primary treasury contact for private equity owners Apax Partners, including cash flow forecasting, debt reduction projections and treasury conversion status.Responsible for all training of company financial talent on all treasury and banking systems.Implemented interest rate hedge for Term Loan B effectively eliminating the risk of an adverse swing in rates on $600MM of floating rate debt.

A $2.0 billion postsecondary education company with campuses throughout the U.S., France, Canada, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Finance, responsible for managing CEC's international bank account structure and cash management procedures, primarily on a Bank of America platform.In-house expert for domestic and international banking and cash investment matters, including credit card transactions, bank account maintenance, treasury fraud prevention, funds transfer, letters of credit, credit line activity, electronic student payments, currency swaps, and treasury policy establishment.Managed currency swaps (US$, CDN$, GBP, Euro) and floating-to-fixed interest rate hedges on various debt instruments.Managing a treasury team staff of two analysts.Developing and managing CEC's external banking relationship with Bank of America and ancillary business relationships with Trusco Capital Management, J.P. Morgan Chase and LaSalle Bank.Responsible for drafting and maintaining treasury-related Sarbanes-Oxley policies and procedures.Participating in quarterly cash investment review meetings with Treasurer and third-party fund investment manager; investment funds exceed $500MM.Buy/sell currency and process international wire transfers.Transitioned acquisitions from their current banking structure to Bank of America.Main liaison between staff and the bank group for all treasury related matters for 80 campuses.