Sharon Edwards Email & Phone Number

Greenville, South Carolina, Us

Sharon served on the Board of Directors as Lead Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and Executive Committee member of Reliant Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBNC) with over $3.0 billion in total assets. Reliant Bancorp Inc, a fast growing financial institution formed out of the merger of two legacy banks that listed on the NASDAQ in July 2015 was sold to United Community Banks, Inc. (NASDAQ:UCBI) In January 2022.✔ Elected Lead Independent Director of new Board formed out of a merger of equals✔ Worked in collaboration with management team to guide listing of stock on NASDAQ✔ Invited to speak at Tennessee Bankers Association on “A Director’s Perspective”✔ Progressed Director refreshment strategy by downsizing Board of Directors while tripling gender diversity.

London, England, Gb

✔ Held P&L responsibility for cross-matrixed global segments approaching $6B within an $8.5B corporation ✔ Partnered with Program Management Office Team to develop model to merge two company cultures & operating models for a fully integrated business✔ Oversaw development of SEC reporting and management reporting structure & processes for $3B global Corporate Risk & Broking segment.✔ Assumed CFO/Finance Director roles for Corporate Risk & Broking segment as well as North America - only finance executive to hold dual positions.✔ Established critical interim financial process during corporate integrations. Envisioned, developed, and deployed a “Go Forward” finance model for both North America and Corporate Risk & Broking segments✔ Championed Oracle ERP implementation.✔ Architected new North American Sales Compensation Plan.✔ Instituted financial reporting and KPIs for global division spanning 140 countries.

London, England, Gb

✔ Centralized financial operations & business support to lower-cost centers, eliminating $2M+ in costs & 30%+ FTEs.✔ Led the divestiture of non-strategic operations to improve margins and free up capital for strategic purposes.✔ Turned around operation with shrinking revenues/profits into a growth trend of 4% YOY.✔ Working with a $325M employee benefits business unit, realigned financial model and growth strategy that achieved compliance with a new Affordable Care Act model and enabled 1-2% accelerated growth.✔ Invited to speak at the University of Tennessee’s Global Leadership Scholars and Master of Data Analytics programs on Leadership and the use on Analytics in industry.

London, England, Gb

✔ Spearheaded $50M+ IT project, consolidating client management & accounting systems under a single SOX platform—largest IT project in company history.✔ Served on Program Management Office to lead financial integration of a $2.1B acquisition that doubled the North American business, ignited a 7X surge in transaction volumes & catapulted number of clients from 30K+ to 200K+.✔ Led a comprehensive sales operations re-engineering initiative that introduced enterprise-wide sales reports, metrics, and pipeline measurement tools to provide greater insight into the health and direction of sales efforts. ✔ Achieved over $125M in M&A expense synergies, surpassing proforma projections.

London, England, Gb

✔ Executed financial business process redesign project to boost EBITDA margin from a flat line up to 20%.✔ Drove implementation of strategic plan to set up a Financial service center operation and consolidate geographically disbursed work to lower cost US and offshore locations.

London, England, Gb

✔ Performed senior and staff auditor role on multiple companies predominantly in the Healthcare Industry. with a specific focus in the Senior Living and Long-Term Care industry. ✔ Worked with several customers on M&A transactions doing feasibility studies and putting together a prospectus for debt offerings

B.S., Accounting

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