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Burlington, Ia, Us

General business consulting

Montpelier, Vt, Us

CFO for the Barr Hill portfolio of brands leading all finance, accounting, human resources and administration functions. Barr Hill is an award-winning, super-premium spirits brand, made in Vermont by Caledonia Spirits. The distillery proudly operates under its "Landcrafted" philosophy, skillfully and mindfully crafting its spirits with environmental stewardship in mind. Barr Hill opened a new, sustainably designed, 27,000-square-foot distillery in Montpelier, Vermont in 2019. The new headquarters will allow Caledonia Spirits to expand its production by 10x to meet demand for its flagship spirits – Barr Hill Gin, Tom Cat Gin, and Barr Hill Vodka – and to develop new spirits using local Vermont agricultural ingredients.Caledonia Spirits is distributed in bars, restaurants, and retail locations across 32 U.S. states, along with Puerto Rico, Canada, Denmark, Hong Kong, and Japan. For additional information on the distillery, its spirits, and more, please visit caledoniaspirits.com.

Burlington, Vt, Us

Established BOD governance and led all aspects of BOD planning and communicationManaged VC firm and banking relationshipsDesigned and led Internal company community development and structure across all levels of the organizationEstablished Senior leadership team structure and led the strategic and annual planning process in a dynamic environmentEstablished base operational and financial infrastructure to enable the company for success.

Burlington, Vt, Us

Reported to the CEOMember of the Executive Leadership Team, leading Finance, Accounting, Legal, IT and PMO across all areas of a high-growth CPG business Leadership of integration work for migration of Seventh Generation systems and business processes into Unilever operationsResponsible for restructuring of Corporate Services function, design and structure for new ways of working

Waterbury, Vermont, Us

Vice President, Finance and Global Business Transformation (2013 - 2016)Reported jointly to the Chief Information and Digital Officer and Chief Financial OfficerLed the business through design of unified business processes to support existing and new requirementsFull responsibility for program management with approximately 300 program team members, 60 full-time employeesInvolves strict program governance, tight communication processes and transparency for all stakeholdersVice President, Finance (2008 - 2013)Reported directly to the President, Specialty Coffee Business Unit (SCBU)Senior leadership team member representing all things financial and responsible for SCBU controlsBuilt the operations finance organization from the ground up, one manufacturing location initially to full US and CA operations and partnered with business teams on development of the supply chainResponsibility for capital planning for the company during expansion phase including greenfield start-ups, site selection, staffing and capacity ramp for all locationsResponsible for financial integration of all acquisitions into SCBUPrepared initial drafts of all quarterly press release scripts for SCBU President and participated in all earnings release strategy sessions and for Q&A support on all calls

Reported directly to the Chief Executive OfficerResponsible for Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Administration and LegalLed the company through complex litigation related to legacy contractsRestructured company and led the team through a sale process

Reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer, responsible for all earnings release analysis and all documents including scripts, financials statements, press releases, SEC filings, and annual reports.Initially joined as Controller responsible for general accounting and SEC reporting. Subsequently promoted multiple times with additional responsibilities including tax, treasury, revenue accounting, technical accounting, and financial planning and analysis.Built finance organization capability with team continuing operations as a global shared service for GE HealthcareFinance leader through multiple acquisitions, company-wide restructurings and through sale of company to GE

South Burlington, Vt, Us

Initially joined as Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis responsible for initiating a formal budget process. Subsequently promoted multiple times with additional responsibilities including creation of tax department, management of treasury, accounting, SEC and UFOC reporting, management reporting, and international shared servicesManaged state tax nexus review, initiated use of research and experimentation credits and passive investment company strategy in order to lower overall effective rates Designed and executed systems/staffing and reporting for UK, France, and Japan market entry and supported the company through high double digit growth

Advanced Management Program

Accounting, Business Administration And Management, Accounting