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Senior Director, Corporate Development

Top Management

Record of success in diversified, progressive leadership roles in finance and corporate development in early stage and growing organizations.

- Deep experience in budgeting, financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting
- M&A transaction lifecycle
- Investor Relations and Quarterly Earnings
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and formal oral and written presentation skills
- Thrive in hands-on, dynamic environments
- Proven ability to build trusted and productive relationships at all organizational levels
- Proven success in diverse and multicultural environments, including international experience
- MBA|PMP

* Led divestiture of $500 million customer care business carve out, with 16,000 employees in 15 countries
* Led divestiture of off-street parking business based in Paris and operating in France, the UK, and the US
* As company pivoted to acquisitions, developed disciplined approach to evaluating buy-side opportunities
* Create business cases and financial models for each potential transaction; Evaluate the opportunities and risks
* Lead cross-functional diligence activities on targets including operations, IT, finance, accounting, & legal
* Leverage models and analyses of potential acquisition targets, incorporating DCF, comparable companies, trading multiples, and precedent transactions to derive appropriate valuations
* Structure and negotiate deals, work with senior leadership to gain approval
* Regular discussions with the most senior management on the strategic direction of the firm
* Partner with business units to drive internal thinking on expansion opportunities
* Regularly execute special ad-hoc projects such as various CEO initiatives, sum of the parts analyses, and internal incubation and investment programs

* Member of company's founding Investor Relations team as corporation spun out from Xerox
* Worked directly with CEO, CFO, and other Senior Management on quarterly earnings presentations
* Regularly interacted with investors and analysts sharing company's story and the investment opportunity
* Worked regularly with CFO on budgets, financial performance, earnings reporting, and ad-hoc queries
* Created processes & templates for consolidation and reporting of figures, including a comprehensive package
for senior management, updated regularly and used as baseline for public earnings presentations
* Consolidated budgets, forecasts and monthly updates, including the creation of materials for senior
management and the Board of Directors
* Analyzed revenue, expenses, cash flows, and company balance sheet
* Directly supported multiple corporate functions in budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis

Senior Director, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations

* Managed development and administration of budgets and forecasts for $160 million business portfolio
* Worked with operations leads to identify and address risks and opportunities to optimize fiscal performance
* Reviewed new business opportunities and financial models to ensure strategic and fiscal objectives met
* Responsible for recurrent forecasting and variance analysis and reporting of financial performance
* Managed team of domestic and international reports

Director, Finance

* Supported creation and administration of €300 million annual budget and overall project budget of €2.7 billion
* Analyzed budget performance on an ongoing basis; liaised with operations leads to understand trends and to determine corrective actions; reported both internally and externally to stakeholders
* Authored formal papers for organization's 35-nation governing body, including financial status reports and others related to budget, cash flow, resource planning, and foreign exchange rates
* Assigned to build and manage a dedicated budget for supplemental €96M sub-project; maintained changes to project plan, performed variance analyses, and reported on earned value metrics

Finance Officer  - Saint Paul-lès-Durance, FRANCE

* Created and managed €150 million budget for a dedicated project scope
* Developed framework to manage €300 million annual income and cash flow budgets
* Resolved unforeseen budget shortfall of €10 million by creating a proposal and persuading senior management
to collaborate with Member parties to adapt contributions accordingly

Senior Budget & Finance Consultant  - Saint Paul-lès-Durance, FRANCE

Led projects on innovation metrics & product pricing; presented results and proposed actions to executives

MBA Intern, Marketing Finance

* Established organization as founding management team member; developed all fiscal systems and procedures
* Worked closely with Board of Directors, including regular formal presentations and recommendations
* Improved net income >50% YOY, enabling organization to become self-sustaining
* Managed all financial activities: budgets, month close, variance analyses, and successful audit completion, etc.

Director of Finance & Business Operations

* Supported 44 properties representing $400 million cumulative annual budgets
* Trained new controllers & operations managers throughout region; served as interim controller as required

Floating Controller, Western Region

* Founding management team member, opened new site; Oversaw staff of five
* Managed all fiscal activities: budgeting, variance analysis, forecasting, reporting, journal entries, A/R and A/P

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