Manager Financial

Anthony F. Manuelli

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – Finance executive with management experience within the professional services industry, more specifically: Architecture, Interior Design and Engineering, Advertising, Media, and Communications. Key responsibilities include financial and strategic planning, banking and capital markets, and operating profit performance. Experience in managing M&A process and risk management as well as divestitures, audits, real estate, & IT capital spending. Strong team leadership skills with proven ability to analyze operations, identify solutions, and improve financial performance and create shareholder value.

Professional Experience

Nelson Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Philadelphia, PA 2010 - Present

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, EVP / PARTNER / Operating Board

Nelson is a privately-owned global interior design, architecture and engineering firm specializing in commercial markets via a national clients and local geographic service strategy. Gross billings over $226M with 1,200 teammates. Quintupled the size of the company in the last eight years.

Led over 18 mergers in the last five years performing financial due diligence, strategic assessment, deal pricing, banking and financial consents, E&O liability and coverage, in tandem with professional licensing requirements and “playbook” integration plans.

Improved working capital/liquidity, client fees and market pricing, financial metrics, key performance indicators (KPI’s), and dashboard management for Executive Team.

Successfully negotiated with investment banking firm a $128M Finance package, inclusive of approximately $85M of senior secured credit facilities and $48M of junior capital in the form of subordinated notes and preferred equity.

Implemented an Internal Stock Option plan for C-Suite and Regional Executive plan.

401k Trustee with Investment monitoring and 10% fund cost savings on a $56M value plan.

External role assessing national fortune 100 client contracts and procurement to single one off local projects, managing risk management and governance standards on best practices.

Led the M&A financial analysis and modeling to negotiate and execute deals with the CEO.

Carat USA, Inc., NY, NY 2006-2009

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, EVP

Carat USA, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aegis Group PLC. Carat is the sixth largest media buying, planning and consulting agency and is part of the Carat Global Network

As CFO, Key Finance lead on the Carat USA Executive Management team with over $3B in billings, over $85M in net revenues. Manage financial & operations for a 550 plus staff with 60 staff in finance, facilities, and IT. Merged offline and on-line media disciplines into one integrated company.

Responsible for client contracts, strategic initiatives including acquisitions and management of company financial objectives and company performance targets/goals.

Managed the operational and operating and capital budget process, real estate, client profitability reviews, working capital, time reporting, voluntary Escheat filings/unclaimed property and, incremental revenue opportunities within sister agencies.

Deutsch Inc., NY, NY 2000-2005

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE

Deutsch Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)

Member of the Senior Management team charged with financial planning, forecasting and implementing strategic initiatives.

Responsible for capital budgets, department and client profitability reviews, working capital, real estate, revenue recognition aspects of Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

Managed the creation and implementation of a client profitability database.

Performed key role as Deutsch liaison with IPG representatives for financial due diligence review, including outside counsel and auditors to complete the $250M acquisition of Deutsch by IPG in November 2000.

Saatchi & Saatchi Holdings Inc., NY. NY 1992-2000

TREASURER/SVP

Responsibilities included banking relations, cash management and worldwide liquidity issues as well as budgeting, forecasting and administering working capital management programs. Over eight-year period achieved increasing responsible direct reports in Asia/Latin America.

Renegotiated $400M in bank lines which significantly reduced interest costs by 15% and eased restrictive bank covenants for capital investing and general liquidity.

Worked to remodel the group’s five-year financial plan and internal forecasting

Coordinated bank reductions of over $90M.

Implemented a highly successful “Net Working Capital Program” resulting in over $15M of improved cash balances.

Metro Mobile CTS, Inc., NY, NY 1986-1992

TREASURER/Cash Manager/VP

Start-up cellular Telephone Company with regional licenses throughout the USA. Hired as 18th employee earning $3M in revenue. Company grew to over 300 employees and $125M in revenue until acquired by Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems (Verizon Wireless) in 1992.

Prepared ten-year financial projections to illustrate 27% average annual growth and 30% average annual cash flow growth, to obtain bank financing for an $850M syndicated credit facility.

Acted as company liaison under CFO with investment banks, outside counsel, auditors netting $40M in equity capital after first IPO and $168M in secondary offering nine months later.

Martin Marietta Data Systems, Princeton, NJ 1983-1986

SR. BUSINESS MANAGER/CONTROLLER

Mainframe applications division created through acquisitions of privately held software companies.

Oxford Software Corporation, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

CONTROLLER

Privately held $8M entrepreneurial software application company; Acquired by MMDS.

Professional Education

M.B.A. – Corporate Finance, Pace University, December 1987

B.S. Business Administration, Montclair State College, May 1983

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