Vice President/Finance

Vice President

Area of Focus: Finance

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Forward-thinking, performance-focused, and success-driven professional, offering more than 17 years of experience in all aspects of the finance industry. Effective at assuming multiple leadership roles to support company objectives. Adept at identifying financial objectives; assessing effectiveness of business processes; and conducting internal financial control in pricing areas, as well as credit and collection. Highly capable of creating budgets and executing corrective actions. Equipped with solid interpersonal skills in coordinating with professionals of all levels. Areas of expertise include:

Financial Planning and Analysis Fund Management Regulatory Compliance Budgeting

Staff Supervision Process Improvement Relationship Building Policy and Procedure Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fuchs Ventures, Stamford, CT

Vice President, Finance and Operations 2016–Present

úCo-found and oversee the daily operations for an outsourced call center and a virtual reality gaming center

úEfficiently operate the organization’s payroll, accounting, and banking platforms

úAdminister general ledger, bank reconciliations, cash flow projections, balance sheets, and income statements

úHandle client services, investor relations, and sales support tasks

úExecute primary duties, including tracking accounts receivable and payable, as well as managing all state and federal tax filings

úSet strategic direction in health benefit programs, 401k plans, and corporate insurance policies

úPreside over interviews and partake in the onboarding of new employees

úSet strategic direction with the implementation and migration of new cloud-based letter management and reporting system

úWork on the establishment of financial projections and evaluation of second domestic call center opening

úDemonstrate leadership capabilities in training financial analyst on daily and month-end responsibilities

úDesign financial models to maximize call center dialer attempt resources; streamline minimum dollar account balances of debtor letters made by cycle; and predict collection levels

WWE, Stamford, CT

Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis 2016

Director, Financial Planning and Analysis 2013–2016

úFulfilled multiple roles, such as head of finance for TV Production, Digital Media, Publishing, and Integrated Sales business units; as well as financial partner for chief strategy and financial officer (CSFO), chief revenue and marketing officer (CRMO), chief technology officer (CTO), and chief brand officer (CBO)

úAssumed responsibility in maintaining annual budget as well as monthly forecast and business reviews

úRendered expert oversight on business development projects and other strategic initiatives

úCoordinated vendor negotiations for digital network (OTT) partnership with Major League Baseball Advanced Media

úPlayed a lead role in vendor and partner contract negotiations, while serving as liaison throughout business groups to integrate legal, accounting, and human resources requirements with business objectives

úLed the development of new analytics and reporting tools to analyze performance of recently launched mobile gaming applications, gamification platform, and short-form video syndication

Career Highlights:

Effectively redesigned and built financial models for yearly budget, monthly rolling forecasts and monthly business reviews

Established monthly department manager cost reviews, which involved staffing requirements and capital expenditures, consequently improving forecast accuracy year-over-year by 20%

Served as the driving force behind the successful attainment of the following:

-Requisite corporate reporting which covered board of directors and investor relations materials for supported business units; and

-Supported launch and operations of location-based services live events application and international expansion initiative with financial and operational modeling, and strategy evaluation

Kantar Media, New York, NY

Director, Financial Planning and Analysis 2010–2013

Finance Manager 2009–2010

úLed initiatives with company’s senior leadership teams ranging from pipeline analysis and commission plan development to identifying cost efficiencies for operations and technology groups

úFunctioned as finance lead, responsible for assisting the CFO in dealings with global leadership to acquire approvals for financial projections, new staffing, investments, and business development opportunities

úCreated quarterly financial reviews for executive management on areas of potential revenue risk and inefficient cost expenditures with analyses of key business metrics

úContributed in designing product profitability tracking and reporting tools

úDrove efforts in managing annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting for six businesses

úConsolidated financial reporting of seven businesses worth more than $150M in revenue and four financial systems into one unified forecasting and analysis process

úTook charge of three FP&A staff members in business planning, as well as carrying out global initiatives and monthly financial reporting

úFormulated the organization’s sales pipeline analysis tool for 21 account executives

Career Highlights:

Successfully championed the evaluation of status of international expansion for two digital properties

Significantly decreased operating expenses by $1.7M in 2009; $2.1M in 2010; and $2.2M in 2011

CBS Television Stations Digital Media Group, New York, NY

Finance Manager 2008

Business Operations Analyst 2006–2008

Led corporate finance department and 32 television stations in ongoing forecasting Internet revenue and in maintaining network P&L statement

Offered strategic and expert oversight to further strengthen market presence based on specific Internet traffic and revenue

Conducted market specific case studies with local sales teams to realign sales strategies and maximize advertising inventory values.

Career Highlights:

Rendered strategic direction to strengthen market presence based on specific Internet traffic and revenue metrics, thus boosting average monthly unique visitors 104% from 2006 to 2008

Investigated traffic trends, user behavior, and navigation preferences to enhance user experience, consequently increasing total yearly page views 130% to 1.2B from 2006 to 2008

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Aramark, New York, NY

National Account Financial Analyst

Headed reporting of all 40 Citigroup locations nationwide, which covered financial results, key performance indicator (KPI) tracking and operational summaries to national client

Food Service Director

úEstablished annual budget and spearheaded staff to achieve financial objectives

Production Manager Director of Catering

úOperated dinning and catering businesses by managing inventory and food costs

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration with Specialization in Strategy and marketing

New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York, NY

Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics, Major in Business Management and marketing

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

TECHNICAL ACUMEN

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) TM1

Cartesis JD Edwards Oracle Tableau Xero & Gusto

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