Led global restructuring effort within the top 14 markets and the corporate center. As a result, the overall business model was changed, creating globalized functions to make quicker, more informed decisions while allowing the markets to focus on the key areas that are drivers of growth. • The effort delivered significant G&A savings in two major areas: Corporate restructuring and Global Business Services implementation.

Managed the Home Office financial support teams across the U.S. business.• Led annual income plan for the U.S. business with >$35B of systemwide sales, $8.5B of revenues and operating income >$3.5B. Managed large-scale G&A and capital budgets.• Oversaw the restructuring effort to reallocate a substantial portion of G&A to critical growth drivers. • Focused on process improvement in the financial planning and reporting area by changing G&A plan process to prioritize projects with highest impact, automated capital reporting for better visibility into spend, Hyperion implementation for planning and projections and data analytics process to better understand franchisee financial health.• Integral role on U.S. Leadership Team providing financial analysis supporting business generators strategy including new product rollouts, menu pricing, real estate development of new restaurants, rebuilds and remodels of existing restaurants, and Company owned vs. franchised ownership strategies.

• Played an integral role in the development of business initiatives working with U.S. senior management and franchisee leadership.• Led implementation of FAS 133 (Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging) which entailed migrating to a new debt system and working with Treasury to realign the derivative portfolio in order to mitigate risk to the company.• Provided financial support for numerous acquisitions including Fazoli’s and Pret a Manger.