Rory Griffin

*** * ** ******, ** *****

773-***-**** ab9itc@r.postjobfree.com

Experience:

Root Capital

"Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that grows rural

prosperity in poor, environmentally vulnerable places in Africa and Latin

America"

Financial Reporting and Grants Manager

Cambridge, Ma - 1/2013 to Present

. Prepared and presented the financial statements each month to the

Executive Team and reviewed variance analysis and business performance

results;

. Updated the process of creating the organizations financial

statements, and produced accurate, timely financial statements on a

monthly basis, at both the consolidated level and by region and

portfolio/fund;

. Reviewed data on historical and future trends in performance and

developed reports and provided advice to management for development of

appropriate actions;

. Worked with management to define Key Performance Indicators and track

the performance of those indicators monthly;

. Updated the process of creating the organizations financial

statements, and produced accurate, timely financial statements on a

monthly basis, at both the consolidated level and by region and

portfolio/fund;

. Worked with Investor Relations and program staff to prepare donor

financial reports in accordance with grant terms;

. Worked with Investor Relations team to identify grant revenue needs

and support the team in exceeding assigned grant revenue goals;

. Played a lead role in implementing the donor reporting process,

including ensuring that the information from the organizations three

IT Systems (SalesForce, Adaptive Planning, Intacct) are integrated.

Budget Manager

Cambridge, Ma - 1/2012 to 1/2013

. Managed all aspects of the budget process for a social investment firm

with a budget of over $15 million and over 20 budget departments;

. Played a lead role in facilitating the creation of the annual budget

and the five-year budget, as part of the annual planning process;

. Worked with department Finance Managers to monitor and revise the

budget throughout the year;

. Reviewed forecasts and trends of expenses and identified issues and

opportunities;

. Supported the Executive Team in communicating information about the

operating budget and financial position to senior management, the

board of directors, investors and donors;

. Played the lead role in developing program and donor budgets and

monitoring donor spending.

. Monitored financial compliance and helped prepare donor financial

reports in accordance with grant terms;

. Played a lead role in the implementation of Adaptive Planning for the

Finance and Budget module.

Alvarez and Marsal

"Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global professional services firm specializing

in turnaround and interim management, performance improvement and business

advisory services."

Dispute Analysis and Forensic Accounting - Manager

Chicago, IL - 12/2005 to 9/2011

. Managed up to six person teams during forensic accounting and

consulting engagements

. Assisted a banking and financial services firm, that had entered into

bankruptcy, in reviewing the cure payments made to vendors;

. Prepared business reporting solutions for a banking and financial

services firm that had entered into bankruptcy and were preparing to

retire IT assets;

. Worked with applications owners, end-users and IT Administrators to

understand the core reporting requirements and build parallel

reporting solutions via SQL queries;

. Assisted a power generation equipment company prepare for the audit of

its financial statements in an effort to emerge from bankruptcy;

. Assisted in preparing restated financial restatements for a large

energy company;

. Analyzed goodwill and debt issuance and prepared journal entries to

correct previous general ledger misstatements for these items.

Wm. Wrigley. Jr. Co.

"Wrigley is a recognized leader in confections with a wide range of product

offerings, operations in approximately 50 countries and distribution in

more than 180 countries."

Consolidations Group - Senior Financial Accountant

Chicago, IL - 9/2004 to 11/2005

. Managed a team of three during the monthly and quarterly close

process;

. Researched, reviewed and prepared monthly, quarterly, and year-end

financial statements submitted to corporate headquarters;

. Reconciled general ledger accounts and performed extensive account

analysis;

. Maintained and balanced subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating,

posting, reconciling transactions, and resolving discrepancies using

Hyperion Enterprise and SAP;

. Coordinated quarterly and year-end audits with public accounting

auditors.

Internal Audit - Senior Internal Auditor

Munich Germany - 11/2001 to 8/2004

. Planned and implemented the development of an audit program for the

newly implemented SAP system in over 20 countries;

. Assessed operating processes and developed conclusions about their

effectiveness and identify key control points of systems;

. Reviewed transactions, documents, records, and methods for accuracy

and effectiveness; conduct interviews and observations and complete

account verification;

. Planned and performed internal audit projects, both compliance

(Sarbanes-Oxley) and operational related;

Arthur Andersen

"Arthur Andersen is a global professional services firm specializing

in assurance, tax, transactions and advisory services"

Audit and Business Advisory - Staff Auditor

Chicago, IL - 8/1999 to 10/2001

. Assisted in the execution of financial statement audit engagements;

. Evaluated the clients' internal controls and compliance with federal

laws and regulations

IT System Experience: SAP R/3, Adaptive Planning, Intacct, SalesForce, SQL,

Microsoft Office

Education:

DePaul University

Masters of Science in Accountancy

Chicago, IL - 6/00 to 9/01

Denison University

Bachelors or Arts - Psychology Major, Communications Minor

Granville, OH - 9/95 to 6/99

Alumni Award Scholarship,

George M. and Harriette McCann Roudebush Scholarship

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