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Overland Park, Kansas, US

Nashville, TN, US

• Led a team of 350+, including 11 direct reports, for strategic transformation of finance and operations practices for a $5B business, targeting improvements for pricing, growth, and safety. This paved the way for.
• Executed capital spending plan to lease new tractors (~35% of total) and trailers (~27% of total) to decrease maintenance costs and provide necessary resources.
• Developed strategic plan for a 5-year union contract and established financial guidelines for the labor team to begin negotiations with Teamsters’ union.
• Supported the labor team during negotiation of the economic terms of the contract (wage, benefits and pension), signing and ratifying the agreement in 2019.
• Managed investor relations strategy, including coordinating consistent outreach to the investment community and existing shareholders.
• Led the analysis and design of executive compensation and equity incentive plans, including advising the Compensation Committee and Board of Directors.

Nashville, TN, US

• Led a team of 10, including 2 direct reports, responsible for managing and coordinating the accounting and financial reporting functions for YRCW, with a ~$3M budget. This included annual forecasts using spreadsheet.
• Established, implemented, and monitored appropriate internal controls and policies to ensure conformance and compliance with U.S. GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley
• Designed and implemented financial policies and procedures to identify, resolve, and document accounting issues.
• Delivered analysis of quarterly financial results to the Audit and Ethics Committee.
• Served as the lead liaison to the external auditors for quarterly reviews and annual year-end audit process, as well as distributed timely and accurate SEC Filings.
• Managed company benefit programs, including healthcare and 401(k) programs and designed company short-term and long-term incentive plans.

Nashville, TN, US

• Led a team of 3 in the consolidation of 4 operating segments with 50+ individual business units. Additionally, prepared required quarterly SEC filings including planning and coordinating the accumulation of supporting.
• Served as the SOX liaison between management and internal and external audit, including responsibility for internal control development and deficiency remediation.
• Managed monthly and quarterly corporate and enterprise services closing processes and analysis of accruals and reserves, including debt and equity.
• Responsible for the accounting for stock-based compensation including maintaining a direct relationship with our stock plan services provider.
• Prepared the financial pro forma data for the 2011 debt to equity exchange offer.

Nashville, TN, US

Nashville, TN, US

London, GB

• Managed an audit team of 2 to 3 individuals on multiple engagements from the planning to completion stage with responsibilities including staff supervision, monitoring engagement profitability, resolving accounting and.
• Completed the consolidation of the financial statements of a manufacturing client with five separate divisions during the annual audit for fiscal years 2002 and 2003.
• Participated on a major client’s $250 million public debt offering in November 2001 and $75 million tack-on offering in April 2002. Responsibilities for the offering included ensuring SEC documents were accurate and.
• Participated on a major client’s $100 million perpetual preferred securities offering in October 2003 and a $50 million tack-on offering in March 2004.

Masters Of Accountancy, Accounting

Bs In Business Administration, Accounting