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Texas, United States

Irving, Tx, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Serving as Interim Controller for a $1B revenue operator and franchisor of family dining and entertainment locations. Duties include managing close, overseeing financial reporting and finalizing implementation of ASC 842.

Accomplishments include: - Partnered with operations team to Identify and implement improvements in accounting processes that improved profits by over $4 million and supported an improved hotel guest experience.- Led accounting team of 40 through spin off of real estate assets and merger of franchising and managed businesses with Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.- Drafted correspondence with SEC staff to address complicated accounting issues and related comments.- Led accounting team through SOX implementation.- Led team to assess and implement ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.- Prepared detailed analysis of ASC 842, Lease Accounting for management company client.- Identified over $2 million of cost savings opportunities for the company in construction and purchasing areas.- Prepared presentations to Board of Directors and Audit Committee addressing complex accounting matters.- Established and facilitated a Leadership Book Club to continue to develop managers and promote collaboration among finance team leaders.

Richardson, Texas, Us

Served as Controller for Company as it grew from privately held 400+ employee organization in the U.S. to publicly traded 3,000+ employee organization across the globe. Accomplishments included: - Led accounting team through S-1 filing for initial public offering and subsequent offering three months later.- Consolidated accounting from 21 acquisition targets into centralized corporate function and one field location, thereby reducing control points for SOX environment and reducing personnel costs through economies of scale.- Recruited accounting, collections and finance staff to adequately support a growing SEC registrant. Staff grew from 19 to over 90 in an eight year period.

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Oversaw treasury, $20 million maintenance revenue stream, inventory and financial technology applications. Supervised staff of three.

Director-level position over Financial Technology and Treasury functions. Maintain and enhance financial systems applications. Supervise staff of 6. Previous roles in organization included Financial Reporting and Planning and Analysis

Addison, Texas, Us

Responsible for GL Close, financial reporting, budgeting, integration of acquired companies.

Led budgeting and financial reporting for newly public company.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Internal Auditor for Property Management business.

Staff to Senior auditor; primary clients were in banking and insurance.