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Santa Barbara, California, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Led the completion of operational accounting, budgeting, and financial planning and forecasting for the company. • Transformed the company’s accounting function from basic, cash-based bookkeeping completed by an outsourced accounting firm to full accrual-based, ASC 606 compliant, financial reporting performed entirely in-house in under six months. • Implemented a quarterly budgeting process with participation from 15+ departments to allow for more accurate financial planning and forecasting. • Pursued collection of company’s overdue accounts receivables, collecting over $2M of outstanding invoices aged between six months and two years.• Performed the implementation of sophisticated Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) to automate monthly accounting close and enhance the planning and forecasting capabilities of the finance team. • Acted as the system implementer for the entire implementation with only limited support from outside implementation consultant, despite having no prior experience working with the selected EPM system or implementing any EPM system. • Built sophisticated budgeting and forecasting models from scratch in the new system, saving the company over $30K in implementation consultant fees. • Completely redesigned the company’s chart of accounts to evolve from only allowing for basic record-keeping to one that supports sophisticated analysis and forecasting.• Designed and rolled out important companywide policies and procedures, including drafting of the company’s first procurement and expense reimbursement policy. • Supported the company through multiple rounds of fundraising and acquisition due diligence requests, being a key contributor to the successful acquisition of the company by its current parent company. Responsibilities included the compilation of customized historical and forward-looking financial reports and presenting of such data in front of senior members of potential investors’ due diligence teams.

Oakbrook Terrace, Il, Us

• Oversaw a team of three senior internal auditors in carrying out internal audit testing across 14 different ABF North America subsidiaries, all consumer goods/food manufacturing companies varying in size/revenue• Performed detailed review/ testing/ reperformance of all financial processes, including planning, forecasting, month-end close, purchase to pay, sales to cash, and cash management• Obtained an intimate understanding of what good business processes look like for manufacturing companies of various sizes (ranging from >$500 million to <$10 million in annual revenue)• Led the ABF North America Internal Audit department• Prepared the annual internal audit plan and annual department budget based on the plan, • Monitored the progress of internal audit plan completion, • Developed financial models and analyses to support audit fee allocation across the different ABF North America operating companies including ACH • Took charge of ACH’s company-wide business continuity planning (BCP) initiative• Developed project strategy and corresponding deliverables based on high level guidance from project sponsor• Facilitated 10+ brainstorming sessions with 30+ stakeholders to strategize contingency plans in response to potential business disruptions• Created and presented compelling summaries and dashboards to the BCP steering committee (including company CEO and other executives), allowing the committee to make informed decision accordingly

• Looked for potential acquisition targets within North America for Chinese companies looking for accretive investment opportunities• Managed US side of the company's operations

London, Gb

Manager, Advisory Services (Oct 2013 – Jul 2014)• Led 8 Advisory projects (with a total of 10+ direct and indirect reports) simultaneously • Managed project budget, including budget forecasting, budget versus actual monitoring, and post-completion reporting • Fostered and maintained productive long-term relationships with over 30 client personnel • Received consistent “Exceed Expectations” quality rating on projects completed without any time or budget overrun • Served as trusted advisor to clients and team members on complex technical issues• Assembled sales proposal based on client’s specific needs, leading to successful sale of Advisory services worth over $70,000• Coached and mentored 15+ junior team members, receiving multiple formal recognitions for excellent on-the-job coachingSenior, Advisory Services (Oct 2010 – Sep 2013)• Identified opportunities for client to realize substantial cost savings by eliminating or automating 50+ business process controls• Collaborated with financial audit teams in developing 20+ audit procedures for highly complex business processes• Presented IT process improvement recommendations to 10+ C-level executives at clients, resulting in immediate implementation Staff, Advisory Services (Jul 2008 – Sep 2010)• Identified major security vulnerabilities within client’s ERP system that helped them avoid potentially costly security breaches• Obtained good working knowledge of EY’s audit methodology through participation in external financial audit rotation

New York, Ny, Us

• Independently performed review of client’s financial statements with only limited guidance from firm partner• Performed compilation of client’s financial statements based on raw transaction data

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Strategic Management And Finance

Master’S Degree, Information Systems

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Accounting