Putnam, Connecticut, United States
Highly motivated and experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working and leading in a variety of business fields for the last 18 years. Skilled in financial planning and analysis, financial forecasting, project management and rationalization, quality assurance/expense control, and process improvement. Capable of working independently or leading a team.
Performed all non-construction onboarding tasks for new ground-up and acquisition store growth in U.S. and Canada.
Co-owner of real estate company, with holdings in Connecticut and Massachusetts valued over $1mm. Managed the annual operating budget while performing all key finance and accounting functions.
Created, developed, and implemented an annual and long-range financial planning process for 1300+ Valvoline Instant Oil Change stores with $900mm+ revenue and $100mm+ profit. Provided strategic input to senior management through financial and operational reporting with insights into the key drivers of performance.
Developed and implemented a standardized line item budgeting process for 271 company-owned Valvoline Instant Oil Change stores with $200mm+ revenue and $20mm+ profit. Consolidated and standardized the entire financial and operational reporting structure to be used throughout the entire organization for more efficient decision making.
Managed audit projects of 1-2 months duration and 1-2 staff per project. Responsible for all phases of financial and operational audits: risk assessment, data analysis, identification and testing of controls, presentation of findings and recommendation of actions to management, and necessary follow-ups.
Executed detailed audit testing in financial and operational audits with a specific focus on Sarbanes-Oxley compliance testing.