Sales Manager

Lynne Grodberg, MBA

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Finance Manager

Proven financial planning and analysis professional proficient in Microsoft

Word, Excel, Access, SAP, Business Objects, Hyperion, Brio and Peoplesoft

Areas of Excellence

Financial Planning & Analysis ? Budgeting ? Management ? Contract

Negotiations ? Information Systems

Professional Track

Partners Healthcare (Boston, Mass) 2003-Present

FINANCE MANAGER - BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL - PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT (2004-

PRESENT)

. Responsible for financial management and reporting of $80M in expenses

across 22 cost centers

. Supervise two staff and work closely with these individuals to recognize

supply and other purchasing activity variances

. Lead in developing, analyzing and reconciling all financial reporting

documents and processes, review and highlight variances in activity, key

metrics and business drivers

. Prepare budget and reforcast analysis, work directly with department

heads to determine appropriate allocations

. Performs initial workup of all pre-and post close activities for the

department, reconciling any outstanding issues with accounts payable.

. Prepares routine and special monthly journal entries and year end close

and accrual activities for Department

. Negotiate contracts for instruments and large supply purchases

. Model, analyze, communicate and advise on the key metrics and drivers of

the business. This includes analyzing performance against historical

performance, plans, forecasts, and competitive results

Senior Financial Analyst - Partners Community Healthcare (2003-2004)

. Responsible for reporting, forecasting and budgeting functions for all of

Partners Community Healthcare.

. Provided technical expertise for all aspect of Income Statement, Balance

Sheet and monthly reporting.

. Collaborated with management on the development and analysis of ad hoc

and standardized financial reports and spreadsheets.

Showtime Networks (New York, NY) 2000-2003

Manager, Affiliate Contract Audit

. Managed staff in all phases of audit process for participating Viacom

companies.

. Created custom audit tracking application database for monthly reporting

and trend analysis

. Validated internal systems to accurate reporting

. Constructed complex models tailored to customer requests solicited during

the preparatory audit phase

. Planned and developed projects, assessing revenue risk, identified

opportunities to enhance revenues.

. Negotiated the settlement and collections process, worked closely with

the sales force to maximize revenue

. Summarized contracts and amendments, worked with monthly promoter's

reports for the Showtime Entertainment Television events.

Random House (New York, NY) 1999-2000

Senior Financial Analyst, Ballantine Publishing Group

. Developed the budget and quarterly forecast process with reports in

Hyperion for the entire Income Statement for Ballantine Publishing group.

. Created an access database to track sales and author's advances on all

books published by the Ballantine group.

. Prepared and presented business plan review for budgets and forecasts.

. Created acquisition and post publication P&L statements, provided monthly

commentary and variance analysis

. Designated as SAP expert, managed the migration from old systems to SAP,

delivered on-going consultation on utilization and reporting capacities

to operations, editorial, sales, marketing, and finance staff.

Lynne Grodberg, MBA

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Primedia (New York, NY) 1998-1999

Financial Analyst

. Prepared detailed financial analysis on key operating metrics for all

publications for the President of Advertising and Marketing

. Tracked and distributed bi-weekly advertising forecast to budget

including detailed variance analysis, consolidated multiple reports into

summary document

. Prepared spreadsheet and power point presentations for senior management

MCI (New York, NY) 1996-1998

District Business Analyst, NY, NY (1997-1998)

Financial Analyst, Atlanta, GA (1996-1997)

. Responsible for customer satisfaction and resolution, supervised four

sales coordinators

. Reviewed billing adjustments and sales allowance for accuracy

. Analyzed branch revenue performance and provided district reporting,

reviewed and reconciled district budgets

. Analyzed aged receivables, charge off, and disconnected customers and

provided adjustment information

. Conducted annual "clean-up" of customer base, negotiated cross-branch

transfer of customers to ensure proper revenue classification

. Resolved all incomplete and ineligible contracts

American General Finance (Atlanta, GA) 1994-1996

Financial Analyst

. Processed applications for a range of consumer loans; tracked

receivables; managed collections; and negotiated past due accounts.

Academic Credentials & Affiliations

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Masters of Business Administration, Finance and Technology (2008)

Syracuse University School of Management

Bachelor of Science: Finance / Economics (1994)

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