VICE PRESIDENT & INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLER Resume MA - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Senior executive with broad financial and operational experience at both the corporate and business unit levels including U.S. and international operations.
Hands - on leader with strong inter-personal skills and expertise in: GAAP, Statutory and Tax accounting & reporting; financial planning & analysis; strategic analysis and business plan development; internal controls; Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) / Model Audit Rule (MAR) compliance; systems implementation and project management.
Enhances profits by implementing process efficiencies, best practices and developing high performance teams. Mitigates risk by building well-controlled and fiscally responsible organizations that are operationally sound, accountable and compliant with all laws and financial standards.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, MA

VICE PRESIDENT & INTERNATIONAL CONTROLLER

Responsibilities:

Directed all aspects of internal and external accounting and reporting for the Company s foreign operations.
Generated consolidated quarterly and annual U.S. GAAP financial statements and analyses presented to senior management.
Prepared and submitted local GAAP and IFRS financial statements and statutory filings required by foreign regulators and tax authorities.
Coordinated with external auditors in the U.S. and foreign markets in addressing and resolving U.S. and foreign accounting policy problems and issues, and completing required financial audits and tax filings.
Modeled and monitored capital solvency, net worth maintenance, loss reserves, reinsurance and other financial measures to ensure ongoing compliance with local regulatory requirements and agreements.
Worked with businesses in modeling key metrics to maximize EBITDA and returns, and to optimally manage working capital and cash flows.
Project Management - SOX Implementation Used strong leadership skills and my ability to influence, motivate and educate team members and senior management to lead the Company s efforts to ensure initial and ongoing compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404.
Formed project team, set timeline and milestones and established a Steering Committee to provide guidance. Defined methodologies and created actionable steps to meet project objectives and remediate control gaps

Confidential

INTERNATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT

â€‹Responsibilities:

Reported directly to the Executive Vice President & CFO, responsibilities included business strategies and accounting oversight for Company s insurance operations and its Chinese and Indian Investment Funds.
Led project team that generated $80M in projected savings in taxes and other expenses by converting the Company s Branch operations to a subsidiary.
Generated a $25M tax savings as a key member of team that converted a corporate holding company to a limited liability corporation.

Confidential

CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENT

â€‹Responsibilities:

Served as chief financial and operations officer in Corporate Investment Department. Supervised support staff responsible for investment accounting and reporting provided to management, state regulators and SEC.

Confidential

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

â€‹Responsibilities:

Held Controller role for Company's start-up international insurance and asset management operations.

Confidential

PROJECT CONSULTANT

â€‹Responsibilities:

Recruited as senior member of project team implementing a company-wide Expense Management System.

Confidential

CORPORATE AUDIT MANAGER

â€‹Responsibilities:

Planned, organized and administered financial and operational audit examinations of various GE businesses.

Confidential

SENIOR FINANCIAL AUDITOR

â€‹Responsibilities:

Planned and supervised audit examinations of financial statements and internal control systems for a number of service industry and manufacturing clients, including SEC regulated companies