Walter Michalski Mba, Cma, Csca, Cfm Email & Phone Number

• Support Senior Director of BP&A and CFO, providing insight into financial results and business metrics highlighting trends and areas for improvement, including monitoring of strategic plan• Administrator of TM1 budgeting and reporting system for CU, including management of TM1 related budgeting and forecasting process• Support Product and Department Managers, focusing on: online media, development and fundraising, and various support departments to create annual budgets, forecasts, and operating plans, as well as, ad hoc scenario modeling and analyses to monitor performance• Manage creation and distribution of monthend Operating Review Book• Write quarterly Financial & Operating Summaries for Board of Directors and Finance & Performance Oversight Committee• Work with Accounting Department during monthend close to analyze performance and coordinate closing and accrual process with product and department managers• Work with Senior Management to model and evaluate potential acquisition targets and business relationships• Provide ad hoc support and analyses to various levels of the organization

• Managed Plan and Forecast processes; develop targets and timelines, maintain databases, and work with groups to facilitate submissions working with product groups to develop annual plans and monthly full year estimates with a focus on worldwide sales and revenues of $1.5B• Responsible for administering Hyperion sales and revenue reporting tool, leveraging existing Hyperion assets to a develop sales and revenue reporting tool for use in forecasting and planning worldwide group revenues; this tool enabled the group to move from using only Excel modeling and allowed for centralization and normalization of the database• Worked with groups within Thomson Financial to facilitate reporting and information gathering for Thomson Financial and The Thomson Corporation• Worked as Controller for the Business Systems Group, which included: monthly full year forecasts, annual plan, and monthend closing activities• Worked with business heads of the Business Systems Group to identify areas for performance improvement and to help resolve and to implement agreed upon corrective action• Performed reporting and analyses as requested by Thomson Financial Senior Management• Developed, implemented, and maintained a worldwide Hyperion solution that facilitated sales and revenue related reporting across Thomson Financial• Updated and reviewed monthly activity and full year estimates with senior management in preparation of monthly business review meeting, providing insight into variances and highlighted potential issues• Selected by senior management to participate in Thomson’s Global Management Development Program

• Worked with senior management team to design and to implement new business model, and launch new web-based product• Developed annual plan and monthly full year forecasts for Nelson business• Worked with Sales, Marketing, and Product Management departments to align marketing and sales efforts with product release schedule and strategic business objectives• Analyzed potential acquisition targets, investigated divestitures of non-performing businesses, and monitored and evaluated strategic partnerships• Managed the Finance, Accounting, Network/Desktop Support, and General Services groups• Facilitated shut down of Port Chester office and movement of resources to New York City office as part of Thomson Financial office consolidation initiative• Attended Thomson Group Facilitator Training to provide internal support for team based problem solving

• Acted as a liaison between the Finance and Royalty departments, assisting with the development, testing, and implementation of new royalty system• Completed special projects for the VP, Finance and CFO

Various

Managed all aspects of theater operations.

Mba, Finance

Bba, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Member of Pace University Baseball Team 1988-1989 (Pitcher)

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting