WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, IM

Consultant - Temp CFO

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for reviewing and improving all Financial Reporting for Confidential Partners and subsidiaries to prepare them for their first Audit by Confidential & Confidential Leading a team to create a new FP&A structure including Budgeting and Forecasting M&A Consulting on the acquisition of IM Global which included modeling, valuation analysis, and purchase accounting Project Planning for a new system implementation for Confidential and all of its subsidiaries
• Financial analysis, modeling, and due diligence for several potential acquisitions

Confidential

VP, Chief Accounting Officer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Financial Reporting and Tax requirements for one of the largest Duty Free retailers in the world with over $600 million in annual revenue with many different Business
• Units (Distribution, Traditional Retail, Online Retail, Software Development and Licensing)
• Managed a worldwide accounting team with 5 offices worldwide including
• (AP, AR, Inventory Control, Treasury, Finance)
• Finance lead for the rollout of 20 new stores worldwide including budgeting, financial reporting, system implementation (POS), and staffing
• Managed the FP&A function and built a brand new reporting package including KPI’s to be presented monthly to the Founder and Board of Directors
• Preparation of annual operating plans (including cashflow forecasts) and development of multi-year strategic plans
• Responsible for the financial analysis, modeling, and due diligence for a large Asian JV with one of the largest Airline catering companies in the world (SATS)
• Led a team that provided all Financial Reporting/Analysis/Modeling for the due diligence process, including a transactional audit by PWC and negotiations led by Goldman Sachs to close a 9 figure investment from Samsung
• In charge of all GAAP research including review of the amended standards, including revenue (ASC 606), Leases (ASC 842), Statement of Cash Flows (ASU ), and Derivatives
• Led the worldwide audit with Grant Thornton for all 82 entities
• Led the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics including a great deal of work configuring the consolidation module for an 82 entity organization with a complicated rollup structure
• Developed and implemented a new Month End Close process that cut the Reporting cycle each month to 7 days from 15

Confidential, Southern California

Managing Partner

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Founders developing operating and strategic planning/forecasting
• Developed Cashflow forecasts
• Helped develop pitch deck and prospectus package for fundraising with several VC’s and Investment Banks

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of annual operating plans (including cashflow forecasts) and development of multi-year strategic plans for several subsidiaries including Beatport (one of the largest online music retailers), Flavorus (Online ticketing platform), and Confidential & Confidential (live music events)
• Financial analysis, modeling, and due diligence for several acquisitions to determine stand-alone valuation and accretive valuation within the Enterprise
• Financial analysis and modeling of potential joint venture opportunities to measure effect on EBITDA yearly over a 5 year Confidential
• Budgeting and forecasting for several subsidiaries Designed and implemented the managerial reporting system to achieve timely
• Budget to Actual reporting
• Led successful implementation of new ERP (Netsuite)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Howard Janzen, CEO and Barry Rowan, CFO and designed the monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting packages
• Presented the reporting package to the Board of Directors (6 per year)
• Prepared variance analysis and conducted Q&A on company performance with CEO and CFO monthly
• Worked with Department heads on all Budgeting and Forecasting
• Worked with CFO and CTO on developing operating and strategic planning/forecasting
• Developed Cashflow forecasts
• Helped develop pitch deck and prospectus package for fundraising with several VC’s and Investment Banks

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Financial analysis and modeling on prospective acquisitions to determine IRR, Discounted Cash Flow Valuation, Cash on Cash Valuation, and other financial metrics
• Prepared the Financial Prospectus of acquisitions to Confidential ’s investment committee for approval
• Built Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual reporting packages to report on the financial performance of all properties owned by the JV

Confidential, South Florida

Manager of Financial Reporting

Responsibilities:

• Part of a team that moved all the Accounting & Finance operations of a large subsidiary in Canada and another in Mexico to the main office in Boca Raton, FL
• Performed a top down assessment of all Accounting & Finance functions, improving the efficiency of the Financial reporting as well as the Internal Controls
• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of Financial reporting for these subsidiaries including:
• Responsible for submitting the financials into the consolidation module and providing all commentary (MD&A) for the SEC filings (10K’s and 10Q’s) related to Sensormatic
• Overseeing all month end close processes
• Providing reporting package to upper management
• Responsible for all budgeting and forecasting
• Prepared and analyzed specific reports based on individual product lines related to Sales, Gross Margin, and Inventory levels.
• Analyzed monthly financial statements and provided commentary on variances to upper management
• Worked with a team on the Separation Project of Confidential, Int. which involves splitting the company into three publically traded companies (ADT Residential, Confidential Fire and Safety, Flow Control).
• Work on this project included:
• Answering questions and providing reports to the SEC related to the filing process (Comment Letter)
• Worked on the team to file the Form 10 Registration
• Planning and forecasting for the new companies
• Staffing decisions
• IT work plan for the new companies

Confidential, South Florida

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with the major business units to understand their reporting requirements for the SAP implementation
• Performed a top down assessment of every business process of FPL Utility and played a major role in designing the FP&A structure
• Worked with all the major business units to redesign their internal managerial reporting structure
• Played a key role in developing the budget in SAP for the 22 billion dollar Turkey Point 6&7 Nuclear plants currently in pre-construction
• Designed the Month End Close process for Confidential, Inc. including testing, successful implementation, and support in SAP
• Helped design the Integrated Month End Close process for Confidential, Inc. (FPL Utility, Confidential Energy Resources)
• Built Financial Statement Versions and Managerial Income Statement Versions for both Confidential, Inc. and FPL Utility in SAP

Confidential, Silicon Valley, CA and South Florida

Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Quarter end and Year end audits for many private and public clients in the field of high technology, biotech, retail and energy. Extensive experience working on projects for both public and IPO stage companies, which include Charter Life Sciences, Flextronics (FLEX), Office Depot (ODP), FPL Energy (FPL), and Natus Medical (BABY).
• Prepared and analyzed several financial modeling reports used to audit client estimates and assumptions
• Managed Internal Auditors on several projects for SOX related control testing
• Received special training for Private Equity firms and Venture Capital Funds including the valuation of Investments
• Gained experience working with numerous CEO’s, CFO’s, and Venture Capitalist that have all had tremendous success both starting and operating many high tech and biotech companies