Senior Finance Professional

Joseph Lattanzio

*** ****** *****, ******* ******, PA 19348, 713-***-****,

***********@****.***

Senior Finance Professional with extensive international experience

developing and leading highly successful finance teams in a multinational

company. Balanced combination of financial expertise and business acumen

with a record of driving performance improvements via cross-functional

alliances. Experience with organization development/design, restructuring

and integration. Comfortable with the ambiguity of multicultural and

geographically diverse interactions. Valued confidant and trusted advisor

to senior management teams.

. Forecasting, Planning & Analysis

. Capital Expenditure Evaluations

. Performance Modeling

. Credit/Risk Management

. Corporate Governance

. ERP Implementations

. Corporate Development

. Change Agent

. Corporate Finance

. Management/Board Reporting

. Benchmarking/KPI Measures

. Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

. Treasury

. Cash Management

Master of Business Administration, Finance, Widener University, Chester, PA

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, University of Delaware,

Newark, DE

Professional Experience

Finance Consulting Services 2014 to Present

Senior Advisor - Finance Operations - Greater Philadelphia Area, PA

Currently providing "hands on" finance transformation advice and support

for a client in the health insurance industry. The scope of the assignment

includes defining financial planning and analysis requirements and

establishing a collaborative engagement model that positions finance as a

key business partner. As part of this effort, I am participating in the

determination of staffing requirements and key competencies for the new

support function. In addition, I'm supporting the planning process for

2015, preparing business cases for investment proposals and developing a

metrics-driven approach to evaluating business performance.

hibu (a leading provider of digital, media & search marketing services)

2011 to 2014

Division CFO, Global Operations - King of Prussia, PA

Finance leader for operations in the US, UK and for offshore business

process facilities in India and The Philippines. Responsible for providing

key commercial support functions including pricing, product costing, and

contractual agreements for book manufacturing, advertisement creation,

distribution and customer service . A member of the Senior Finance

Management team responsible for harmonizing finance practices while leading

FP&A, management accounting and business planning efforts. Executive

finance responsibility for offshore entities. Key metrics: 4 countries,

cost base of $500m, 4,000 productive employees, finance team of 20.

Achievements include:

. Integration of fulfillment entities resulting in an annualized cost

reduction of $5m

. Improved production offshore ratio from 40% to 58% generating $25m of

savings annually

. Rebuilt Manila's finance team driving a significant improvement in the

control environment and reducing risk

. Implemented offshore dividend policy facilitating the tax-efficient

repatriation of cash

. Secured tax holidays in The Philippines reducing tax exposure by $2m

over 3 years

. Offshore ownership for fast-tracked SAP implementation

LyondellBasell Industries 1988 to 2011

Director of Finance, Polyolefins Americas - Newtown Square, PA - 2009 to

2011

Accountable for FP&A, cash flow and working capital control, transfer

pricing process, marketing services and contract review. Governance of

performance reporting, capital and fixed cost spending, risk management and

compliance. Board member, Indelpro JV. Key activities include:

. BU Finance lead for Chapter 11 emergence process (reduced debt burden

by ~$21b)

. Negotiated favorable transfer pricing process enabling regional

arbitrage opportunities

. Business reporting process owner for SAP implementation

. Standardization of forecasting and reporting process

. Restructured finance organization

. Project lead - HFM forecast model, SAP BW PA communications, fixed

cost benchmarking

Director of Business Reporting and Analysis - Houston, TX - 2008 to 2009

Short term assignment to develop the management reporting framework

following the formation of LyondellBasell. Global coordination of FP&A

process. Board, Audit Committee and Senior Management reporting. Member,

Senior Finance Leadership Team. Accomplishments include:

. Formation of Business Reporting team

. Harmonized reporting and forecasting for Board, Audit Committee and

Senior Management

Vice President, Finance North America - Wilmington, DE - 2007 to 2008

Full finance responsibility for the business unit including financial

statement management, planning and analysis, credit oversight and

investment evaluations. Member of management team governing asset

rationalization, organization restructure, business performance, risk

management and covenant compliance. Noteworthy activities during

assignment:

. Board appointment, INDELPRO joint venture, Monterrey, Mexico -

initiated shareholder dividend practice

. Oversight of hedging practices minimizing exposure to natural gas

price volatility

. Business unit due diligence - Lyondell Chemical acquisition valued at

$12b ($48/share)

. Asset footprint restructure (2 plant closures; 1 plant restart; 1 new

plant) - improving EBITDA by $30m

. New KPI-driven reporting framework

. Railcar lease financing

Director of Forecasting, Planning and Analysis - Hoofddorp, Netherlands -

2003 to 2007

Accountable for group FP&A and corporate governance activities. Owner of

finance and control policies. Shareholder, audit committee and senior

management reporting. Led global harmonization team ensuring standardized

reporting measures across all businesses and entities. Owner of SAP

controlling modules. Managed post investment review program. Noteworthy

accomplishments:

. Standardized process for capture of individual business plans and

forecasts

. Development of responsibility-based fixed cost reporting

. Global Key Performance and ROACE Measures

. Due diligence team - supporting Access Industries acquisition of

Basell Polyolefins at $6b

Manager, Planning & Analysis, Zaventem, Belgium - 1999 to 2003

Expatriation assignment with full business planning & analysis

responsibility for the European region. Finance liaison for 6 different

(culturally diverse) country finance organizations. Controlling modules

team lead for SAP R3 implementation. Job dimensions included regional

business planning, forecasting, variance analysis, corporate reporting and

capital investment evaluation. Major accomplishments include:

. Development of a standard costing model for customer/product

profitability analysis

. Implementation of a global customer/product sales reporting database

. Led multiple integration efforts following merger of Montell, Targor &

Elenac to form Basell

. SAP project team leader - Controlling

. Y2K reporting solutions

Corporate Finance Manager, Montreal, PQ, Canada - 1997 to 1998

Short-term assignment leading a controlled effort to merge the Canadian

corporate finance function into the North American regional finance

organization. During this assignment I held full finance responsibility

for the Canadian entity and served as a member of the pension committee.

Manager, Business Analysis, Wilmington, DE - 1995 to 1997

Business Finance responsibility for Montell's Catalloy and PCMA businesses.

Job dimensions included planning, forecasting, variance analysis, business

interface and capital project review. Business metrics for profitability,

return on capital investment, inventory levels (days of sales on hand),

receivables, fixed and variable cost, variance analysis and budgetary

compliance. Two Plant Controllers and a Business Analyst reported to this

position. Major accomplishments include:

. Development of a management reporting database bridging data from

separate systems

. SAP R/3 and Business Warehouse project implementation

. Development of business unit profitability analysis tool

Division Controller, Houston, TX - 1990 to1995

Finance and control oversight for engineering, procurement and construction

of production assets valued in excess of $300m. Key contributions

included:

. Negotiation, review and approval of third party engineering and

construction agreements totaling ~$195m

. Overhead cost-reduction exercise generating ~$5m of cost savings

. Designed an integrated project management system

. Implementation and management of a worldwide capital expenditure

reporting network

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