Sales Human Resources

Cari Creighton

**** ****** ****** ( New Rochelle, NY 10801

Cell: 610-***-**** ( Home: 914-***-**** ( **********@*****.***

Finance and accounting Professional

Experienced financial Management / Accounting / Control Procedures

> Prepares and analyzes financial statements

> Implements and maintains accounting control procedures

> Monitors and supports taxation issues

> Financial audit preparation

> Analyzes and advises on business operations including revenue and

expenditure trends, financial commitments and future revenues

Career Path

Partsearch Technologies - New York, NY

7/2001 - 10/2010

SR. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Joined as the third employee of Partsearch and saw the company through

growth to a now annual revenue of $80 million and staff of over 225. Set up

the company, incorporated them and established entire company books from

scratch. Prepared documentation for 5 investor rounds of financing. As the

company grew, handled expansion to 27 clients, 40 vendors and up to 50

different investors, including 4 NYS Capco investors.

. Reported directly to the CEO or President and, at times, a CFO.

. Led a staff of 15 and managed both Finance and Accounting Departments.

. Prepared annual budget and mid year reforecast for every department

including Sales, Technology, Vendor Relations, Call Center, Ecommerce,

Retail, and G&A.

. Was responsible for monthly financial close, quarterly financial

reporting to board members and annual financial preparation for audit.

Prepared detailed P&L statements, balance sheets and cash flows.

. Legal review of contracts and worked with outside legal counsel at

Wilmer Hale and Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati.

. Set up all the insurance policies including medical, dental and vision

as well as corporate comprehensive, director & officer and employment

practices. Companies include Chubb Insurance, Cigna, Guardian, and

Oxford Medical.

. Maintained banking relationships with Chase, TD Bank of Canada and

Bank of America.

. Worked with the legal team to write up the initial stock plan.

Prepared the stock option grants at quarterly board meetings, handled

all employee stock purchases and maintained stock ledger.

. Oversaw annual financial audits by three different audit firms.

Companies were PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Grant Thornton and BDO

Seidman.

. Responsible for human resources duties and was also Director of HR

until 2007. Performed payroll and benefits administration through

Paychex, CompuPay and ADP. Established 401k plan working with AXA

Advisors and ADP.

. Prepared due diligence documents for investors and worked with outside

legal team to write up preferred series investment documentation.

Reviewed all investment opportunities from proposal through legal

binders for series sales.

. Analyzed trending to produce budgets for sales and new revenue

opportunities.

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Idealab, Inc. - Pasadena, CA and New York, NY 4/1999 - 7/2001

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Performed accounting support for Idealab, a developer of new companies to

meet certain needs as the internet era emerged. Companies started out of

Idealab were Citysearch, Etoys, Overture and Commission Junction.

. Provided accounting and back office support for startup companies

until they became big enough to hire their own staff. Managed 4 - 8

companies at any given time based on size.

. Responsible for monthly financial packages, accounts payable, accounts

receivable, bank account setup, lease arrangements and facilities

rentals and preparation for potential investors.

. Provided consolidated financial reporting to assist in preparing

Idealab for company IPO.

. Partsearch was an Idealab company - Drafted initial proposal to obtain

approval for investment and set up all incorporation documents to get

Partsearch up and running from idea to startup.

. Moved to Partsearch as an employee after helping secure first round

financing and initial set-up.

AOL-Time Warner, Warner Home Video - Burbank, CA 4/1997 - 4/1999

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Handled all the financial reporting for Turner Broadcasting's 8 video

catalog lines, including TBS, TNT, New Line, Hanna Barbera, Turner Sports,

Turner Classic Movies, MGM and Castle Rock.

. Managed staff of 4.

. Tracked monthly sales and expenses and created the P&L's for each.

. Consolidated all individual P&L's for each video line into overall

financials for the Turner Group.

. Responsible for Royalty and Participation reporting for all titles in

each catalog for the purpose of executing payments to Producers,

Directors, Actors, Writers and others.

. Oversaw audits for any company coming in to review the books for

accurate Royalty reporting.

Turner Home Entertainment - Atlanta, GA 6/1994 - 4/1997

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Managed the accounting group for this division of Turner Broadcasting,

which handles all of the video, media sales, movie rights and distribution

for feature films after theatrical release.

. Supervised staff of 5.

. Provided financial revenue and expense estimates for home video sales

based on unit projections from the sales group as well as reported on

all actual sales and expenses for the division.

. Budgeting process performed included sales projections, factoring in

expected price drops, calculating the duplication and shipping charges

and division overhead, licensing revenues, advertising expenses for

trade magazines, TV ads, store standees, and other promotional

materials such as premiums.

. Transferred to Warner Home Video upon company acquisition.

ACCOUNTANT - Reinhardt Pontiac, Downingtown, PA 9/1992 - 6/1994

ACCOUNTANT - Star Pontiac, Easton, PA 6/1989 - 9/1992

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - ACCOUNTANCY, 1994

West Chester University

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