LISA RAMUDO

Cell phone 305-***-**** acrh03@r.postjobfree.com

ACCOUNTING, FINANCIAL PLANNING & ANALYSIS

GAAP accounting Forecasting Financial Modeling

Project and cost accounting Budgeting Reporting

Financial systems Strategic Planning Variance Analysis Professional experience

Financial Management Consultant

Finance Manager

Miami, FL Mar 2014 – present

● Clients include: AvMed Health Plans, South Florida Home Staging Solutions

● Performance and variance reporting for senior management

● Preparation of accrual and adjustment journal entries HIPAA and SOX compliance

● Annual budget and monthly forecasts for multiple units Review project plans and actuals for capitalization, accrual and other accounting treatment

● Review of all department purchases for accounting treatment and budget compliance Open English Miami, FL Oct 2013 – Mar 2014

Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

● Data discovery, analysis and visualization for internet startup

● Financial planning and reporting

Brightstar Corp. Miami, FL Mar 2011 – Sep 2013

Lead Sr. Analyst, Global IT Finance

● Developed and wrote accounting policies such as capitalization of labor

● Led global chart of accounts redesign initiative

● Approved accounting treatment for all IT purchases and wrote audit memos for purchases and leases

● Directed IT organization’s budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning and financial reporting worldwide

● Managed IT Finance staff and “dotted line” remote employees

● Lead interregional and interdepartmental teams for process and system improvement projects

Financial Management Consultant NY/FL Apr 2009 – Mar 2011

● Clients include: Edelman Public Relations, Swiss Post Solutions, Russian Standard Vodka, Ibex Translations, Me Too Shoes

Mktg, Inc. New York, NY Sep 2007 – Apr 2009

Manager, Client Financial Management

● Client facing role tracking and forecasting marketing spend for clients such as Diageo and Nintendo

● Controller for revenues, receivables, and work in process of over $95M annually for experiential and integrated marketing company with 5 offices in the US and Canada

● Created system for job level tracking of deferred revenue, WIP, unbilled receivables, gross revenue, direct costs, and operating revenue

● Improved grading in financial management by client with over $60M in annual billings from C to A in 6 months

Bowne & Co. New York, NY Jul 2001 – Sep 2007

Senior Financial Analyst (Jan 2004 - Sep 2007)

Financial Analyst (Jul 2001 - Dec 2003)

● Designed, created and automated monthly & quarterly financial reporting packages for multiple levels of stakeholders in a division with $140M in annual revenues

● Introduced forecasting procedures with input from all business centers

● Managed annual budgeting effort, coordinating input from all department managers, manufacturing systems, corporate requirements, and accounting records

● Designed database and processes to track revenue, client and sales rep data, saving approximately $45,000 in software and employee costs annually TechSpace New York, NY Jan 2001 – Jun 2001

Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis

● Designed accounting and finance systems and procedures

● Implemented new computer accounting systems and trained all department staff in house saved an estimated $215,000 annually by streamlining and automating billing processes

Register.com New York, NY Feb 1999 – Jan 2001

Senior Financial Analyst

● Responsible for all business modeling and financial forecasting for an internet start up with approx. $116M in annual revenues and $269M in assets

● IPO: Key member of financial and legal team that took the company public in March 2000, raising $115 million

● Mergers & Acquisitions: analysis of target companies, forecasting combined financial results, due diligence, transaction support, and post merger tracking and integration TransImage New York, NY Sep 1995 – Feb 1999

Accounting Manager (Feb 1998 - Feb 1999)

Staff Accountant (Jan 1996 - Jan 1998)

Accounting Assistant (Sep 1995 - Dec 1995)

● Responsible for all financial operations for a translation and design firm with approximately 525 employees and contractors

● Implemented new accounting and CRM systems, timesheet and job costing database Education

● School of Visual Arts 1990 1995 New York, NY Bachelor of Fine Arts

● University of Michigan 1989 1990 Ann Arbor, MI College of Literature, Science, and Arts

Skills

● Advanced Excel and Powerpoint

● ERP systems: PeopleSoft, AX, Great Plains, Dynamics, Solomon, Sage, MAS 200 and 500, Netsuite, Quickbooks, Peachtree Accounting

● Forecasting software: Hyperion, Adaptive Insights

● Business Intelligence tools: Cognos, Tableau, Qlikview, Tibco Spotfire, Access

● Bilingual in English and Spanish, with good working French and conversational Italian

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