Steve E. Gerstenfeld Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

South San Francisco, California, US

New York, NY, US

• Integral Ad Science (IAS) is a global NASDAQ listed Digital Advertising Analytics & Verification Company with annual revenue of $400M+ in 2022.Responsible for global operating expense budgets and reporting, the.
• Led the quarterly forecasting process for global operating expenses and headcount.
• Finance Business Partner to the Chief Product and Technology Officers - including work on the annual Product Tech Roadmaps, capitalized software development, cost benefit and investment analyses.
• Supported the Company’s IPO process – collaborated with external auditors and consultants on the preparation of quarterly income statements and related analyses. Worked on S1 registration and walked the auditors.
• Modeled and advocated for the creation of a Center of Excellence in Pune, India which was established in 2020, and currently has ~150 cross-functional resources working there.
• Delivered financial data and analyses to facilitate Vista Equity Partners’ acquisition of IAS in 2018.

New York, NY, US

Norwalk, CT, US

• Reporting leader for the regulatory function - establishing new review process and procedures.
• Created dashboards and prepared monthly reports for the senior leadership team and GE Board of Directors.
• Coordinated and fulfilled regulator requests for cross-business data

Norwalk, CT, US

• Responsible for the GE Capital Funding Model - preparing the company’s forecasts for Debt, Equity and Cash on a weekly basis.
• Rebuilt the funding model from scratch - passing a stringent model validation exercise and increasing transparency.
• Built daily forecast which split the Cash balance between Primary, Supplemental, and Restricted.
• Provided Finance support for regulatory initiatives such as the GE Capital Plan, Recovery Plan and Capital Ratios.
• Coordinated and consolidated Treasury’s response to the supplemental data request related to the FSOC’s Systemically Important Financial Institution (SIFI) designation.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Integrated two separate Capital Markets Finance teams and processes into one– driving simplification & productivity. Identified best practices and reduced finance models by 50%.
• Increased engagement & communication with the GECC business segments resulting in increased accuracy in deal pipeline and income projections from securitization and syndication activities.

Norwalk, CT, US

• FP&A Manager for Media, Communications & Entertainment leveraged loans business.
• Managed the financial planning and reporting responsibilities for a global GECC business with ~$10B of assets and ~$200MM in net income.
• Partnered with Business Development on an asset exchange transaction resulting in $0.8B of new assets, $0.8B of Cash and a NI impact of $0.7B.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Streamlined reporting and forecasting processes while establishing a monthly Business Council Meeting (BCM) to discuss results and facilitate leadership discussion & key decision-making.
• Reduced the number of forecasting models by 40%, converting from Excel files to Hyperion.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Managed all financial aspects of the Risk Management function including reporting, forecasting and tracking of program spend.
• Supported $9MM in program spend initiatives that resulted in reduced Fraud and credit losses of $100MM+.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Earned certification as a Six Sigma Quality Black Belt
• Coordinated the outsourcing and migration of 80+ jobs from the US accounting center to the India Center of Excellence- resulting in an annual savings of ~$1.8MM to the business.
• Led cross-functional team that successfully replaced the business’s financial systems.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Analyzed, forecasted, and reported operating expenses and headcount for the ~$300MM IT function.

Norwalk, CT, US

• Produced an activity-based costing analysis used to determine pricing for credit card services offered to external companies.

Norwalk, CT, US

Graduated from GE’s premier Finance training program- completing the relevant coursework and rotational assignments in Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis and Treasury.

New York, NY, US

Led teams of auditors and ensured successful completion of assigned audit engagements, inclusive of pre-planning and wrap up activities. Communicated audit results and identified issues to senior management.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Accounting

High School