• Lead finance role for a 25-employee financial services firm with $6mm+ in annual revenue• Senior executive on a team that closed on the sale of a $4mm book of business, creating the liquidity event desired by the third-generation family owners• Trusted advisor to the owners and main point of contact for M&A firm during financial due diligence process, ensuring EBITDA margins are maximized• Manage the monthly financial close process and ultimately responsible for the preparation and analysis of all financials distributed to the owners and division heads• Run monthly Finance meeting with company owners to review current month and year-to-date financial activity – analyze trends, ensure receipt of all commissions and fees, set departmental revenue goals/expense budgets, review outstanding operations/technology/HR related matters• Ensure senior management is following office protocols and that financial goals are being met – review departmental financials, discuss HR/operations/technology related issues, review sales pipeline• Advise the owners on structuring senior management’s compensation packages – profit center models, gross revenue related bonuses, salary benchmarking, pro-forma statements• Analyze and evaluate projects to determine if they meet ROI criteria, as well as support the long term growth of the business• Manage Staff Accountant who is responsible for booking in all AP/AR, payroll, 401k, employee benefits and HR functions• Manage outsourced IT consultants – work with Sr. Account Manager and company’s CTO to ensure service levels are being met, oversee all technology related projects • Manage outsourced Marketing consultants

Responsible for the company’s financials – directly responsible for revenue management and ensuring receipt of approximately 200 checks/wires on a monthly basis from 100+ insurance carriersCoded all revenue to applicable accounts and entered into Peachtree accounting software – approximately 200 transactions per monthPrepared and analyzed monthly financials for distribution to owners and division headsAttended monthly Finance meeting with owners to review current month and year-to-date financial activityManaged Staff Accountant who was responsible for booking in all AP, payroll, 401k, employee benefits and HR functionsManaged outsourced IT consultants – worked closely with IT to help manage the successful transition of the company’s network from a terminal server environment to the Cloud (Office 365/SharePoint), ensured service levels were met, served as in-house IT supportManaged outsourced Marketing consultants Managed ReceptionistResponsible for all of the company’s recruiting efforts

Managed Staff Accountant who was responsible for accounts payables, payroll, employee benefits and HR functionsCoded all revenue to applicable accounts and entered into Peachtree accounting software – discovered and brought in approximately $100,000 in outstanding revenue in first 3 months Prepared and analyzed monthly financials for owners and division headsManaged Marketing AssociateHandled internal 401K administrationHandled all licensing and contracting for agency sales representatives

Managed two units consisting of 13 associates responsible for the payout of commissions to all of John Hancock’s distribution channels, processing manual commission adjustments, facilitating agent and agency transfers and the review of replacement activity on Life, LTC and Annuity productsOversaw and forecasted for two Cost Centers with budgets totaling approximately $950,000Served as a liaison between several business areas and the Commission Systems UnitPrepared and administered performance development reviews semi-annually for each associateTracked and reviewed production data to ensure accuracy and timeliness of the analysts' daily processingInterviewed and hired all new potential candidates for employmentServed as internal unit tech support

Manually calculated and paid out commissions for Charter and Marketplace FUT policiesFacilitated all agent and agency changes for annuity and bulk life transfers via MS Access and Excel with links to the JH MainframeWas a member of a project management team that was responsible for the reconstruction and expedition of General Agency commissions paid out via EFTServed as Local Security Administrator to ensure new hires and terminated employees complete all required paper work, and have all required hardware/software Info-mapped department procedures to provide documentation of their functionality for training purposesProvided computer and technical support to the Commissions UnitUpdated/maintained the Commission Unit’s Rumba Mainframe JCL applications and MS Access databasesAssisted management with the streamline/restructure of the Commissions Unit