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Finance

Senior Experience Level

Finance professional with background in spearheading financial planning and analysis initiatives, improving value-added processes, identifying major cost reduction opportunities, collaborating with key decision makers and expanding staff capabilities through mentoring. Provided structure for growing organizations and has functioned as an internal consultant to executive teams.

For a healthcare company, collaborated with the electronic health record team to analyze current trends, plan and budget future costs and monitor design and project implementation expenses against budgeted earmark targets. Developed multi-year financial projections including annual operating and capital budgets.

Established the budgeting, forecasting and analyses processes for an internet start-up software development company. Monitored key metrics and daily trends related to web traffic (click-thru visitors) and registered users. Prepared four-year business plans and monitor company results against forecasts. Oversaw cash management, monthly close and day-to-day transactions.

Implemented budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes for a telecommunications company that serviced county and state correctional facilities. Improved the annual operating planning process by analyzing revenue trends, product mix and margin drivers. Analyzed key performance indicators and suggested profitability improvements during monthly executive reviews. Spearheaded pro-forma modeling and pricing strategies.

Managed the financial planning & analysis department for an international consumer products, television, home entertainment and new media company that produced and distributed children’s entertainment. Budgeted and forecasted revenues and cost performance. Managed ultimates processes and production costs for all media to determine film cost amortization impact to EBITDA. Projected cash flows, fixed asset spending and long term debt for quarterly bank covenant reports. Prepared five-year strategic plans for library asset valuations.

For a large entertainment company, budgeted, forecasted and analyzed financial plans and trends for 65 territories ($800m rev/yr). Initiated detailed (by title) revenue, prints, ad/pub and overhead planning cycles for 80 cost centers. Prepared five year plan for foreign co-productions. Validated revenue, marketing expense and print cost ultimates by comparing them to actual results and trends. Prepared journal entries for month-end close.