Greater Philadelphia
CAREER SCOPE: Finance Reporting (GAAP,IFRS), FP&A Management, Shared Services Operations, SOX Compliance & Internal Controls 🔸 LEADERSHIP: Oversees Matrixed Teams up to 30 🔸 GEOGRAPHY: Global An Energetic and bottom line driven senior financial executive with international experience (European, Latam & South America). leading private equity controlled, publicly traded and privately held companies. “Big 4” CPA with an exceptional record of driving improved cash flow, executing mergers & acquisitions and integrating businesses. Recognized as confidant and business partner of the CEO and management team. Delivering strategic vision for world class organizations ( Veolia, IKO, Aramark, Mars, Sara Lee & PwC) to drive innovative and deliver practical solutions. Strong track record in leading finance transformation, business start ups working with V.C. & P.E firms. Sector experience includes CPG, biotech (orphan diseases) life sciences, F&B, hospitality & entertainment and multi-unit operations (facilities management) Software knowledge, Hyperion (HFM), Cognos, SAP (R/3, RAR, B/W, CRM, SRM, MM, SD), JDE, Tableau, Concur, Blackline & Salesforce.com. KEY STRENGTHS: • Building, leading HPT teams through engagement • Global financial consolidation reporting & IFRS • Revenue gross to net analysis (ASC 606) • Government pricing (AMP)/Sunshine Act • Leading ERP implementation SAP RAR,BI/BW, SD & MM • International Business Experience • Manufacturing, distribution & supply chain • Mergers & Acquisitions & international manufacturing • PAP Program, Reimbursement and Copay Assistance Programs • SOX 404 principles/processes • FP&A management, zero based budgeting, KPI's & metrics • Lean continuous improvement, Six Sigma and S&OP
Leading the finance organization for four legal entities in North America (three in United States, one in Canada, Montreal).
Previously, SUEZ, Water Technologies & Solutions (Acquisition) in 2022.
Managed U.S. Shared Service operations, (34 direct FTE's), supporting finance & accounting, order to cash, buy to pay, payroll, Tax, HR Benefits, information technology & FP&A. Identified and successfully implemented a BPO solution to process and account for a $45M consumer rebate program. Designed and implemented RPA using artificial intelligence that led to decreasing the payment cycle timeline by 5 days and designing new payment methods. Member of a collaborative team that successful implementation a new online employee business expense reimbursement system, that improved reporting accuracy and delivering annual tax savings of $63,000. Designed and implemented quarterly customer and product profit and loss statements resulting in a 2% gross margin improvement.
SOBI Corporation (Biotech - Rare Orphan Diseases, RA & Hemophilia) Interim CFO North America operations, member of U.S. leadership team, responsible for all aspects of financial reporting, FP&A, cash flow, banking & treasury, audit, tax, IT, & international reporting (IFRS).
Leadership for the financial compliance group within Sports & Entertainment division. Overseeing 215 operating locations (Opco's), $1.3B revenue with P&L, cashflow, and shared services responsibilities, supporting food & beverage services, facilities management & retail operations. Manage and training finance team supporting food & beverage, facilities management & retail accounts delivering consistent, quality, and timely reporting to support all key commercial decisions creating a culture of continuous improvement. Designed and implemented an online intranet SOX (audit) compliance checklist ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley SEC reporting requirements. Designed and developed a mystery shopper program at the operating unit level delivering improved customer satisfaction, client relationship, and alcohol service compliance scores by 27%. Designed and developed an online training tool to support the alcohol service policy initiative. Providing remote training to over 200 General Managers, District Managers and Senior Executives