Jonathan Remington

*** ****** **** ******** *****, New Jersey 07422

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Senior Finance Professional with 15 Years Experience and MBA

Natural leader with repeated success guiding worldwide financial divisions in structuring and consolidating financial plans and reports to consistently contribute to substantial company growth. Highly articulate and astute professional, presenting complex financial information to executive management, business affiliates, sales force, and other project stakeholders with clarity and consummate accuracy.

Superb analytical acumen and attention to detail to analyze and streamline fiscal operations, implement key project metrics and enhancements, and ensure compliance with all government and organizational regulations. Create highly productive work climate by cultivating open lines of communication and support with financial, accounting, and marketing teams across multiple locations.

Financial and Management Competencies

Corporate Treasury / Accounting

Cost Analysis and Reduction

Strategic Planning and Implementation

Technology Systems / Integration

Team Building and Leadership

Profit and Revenue Optimization

Regulatory Compliance Initiatives

Budget Administration / Management

Brand Financial Forecasts

Variance, Sensitivity, and Benchmark Analyses

Career Experience

Moody’s Investment Services, New York, NY, 2011-Present

Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis – 2014-Present

Assistant Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis – 2011-2013

Manager all finance activities for the Commercial Engagement Group, with full P&L and analysis control globally. Manage a staff of 6, with key functionalities being the creation of new reporting, P&L analysis and create and maintain new compensation plan for over 100 sales associates. Global creation and consolidation of the yearly budget and processes. Manage the creation and approval of new head count, as well as the promotion process within the team. Create multiple global reporting packs for senior management to address state of the business and relationship to targeted goals and objectives. Review forecast process and implement changes to correct forecasts due to lag times between signing and billing of new mandates. Support the strategic plan process for $2.0B division of the company.

Key Contributions:

Created global reporting for team that uses structured format to help drive discussion and ease of review.

Created a new compensation plan for over 100 sales professional to help promote pay for performance structure within team.

Incorporated Salesforce.com pipeline information into reporting, forecasting and budget processes.

Created productivity metrics used by Senior Executives to monitor overall health of business.

Created corporate scorecard report used by several Senior Executives in Finance and Sales.

Developed strategic planning model for business and managed 5 year strategic plan process.

Present monthly financial results to senior leadership discussing key performance drivers and outlook for future months.

Manage and present pricing impact of business to senior leadership, identifying key concern areas based on exceptions granted to customer base

Manage full P&L, including approval of adds to plan and reallocation of operating expenses globally for Commercial team.

Demonstrated ability to manage forecasting and planning responsibilities across global divisions operating within rapidly changing FX climates.

Created value add reporting within group focusing on both unbilled items and lengths of time between contract signing and billings.

Full control of all new hire requests and fills, as well as approval of salary increases for existing team.

Created several monthly presentations for both regional sales and corporate finance to focus on key drivers of business, current performance to plan, and future issues.

Represent finance team at sales meetings to review all finance issues with global team leaders.

Develop key metrics indicators for both business drivers and top performers on staff.

Ensure that new order and order pipeline is robust enough to cover future plan growth.

Global Crossing, Florham Park, New Jersey, 2006 – 2011

Senior Global Finance Manager

Optimize all corporate finance activities for $2 billion telecommunications company. Manage staff of 3 financial analysts in creating financial reports for North America, Global Partner Program, Latin, American, and Asia carrier data service lines generating yearly revenues of more than $675 million dollars. Closely analyze alignment of actual results with revenue forecasts and expense budgets to inform preparation of recommendations for senior management; manage yearly and quarterly planning processes. Administer compensation planning and payouts for 100 sales representatives, provide ad hoc financial reports to sales department, and approve all financial terms in new contracts; present complete financial data at quarterly sales meetings for 4 different sales groups. Review customers' disputed claims, abridging journal entries and accruals to reflect status of disputes and bad debts.

Key Contributions:

Bridged natural gap between corporate finance and sales teams which allowed both teams to be focused on common corporate goals.

Consolidate all global reporting, budgeting, planning and financial analysis for $1 billion a year business.

Manage business that has consistently grown 5%-10% year over year.

Demonstrated ability to manage forecasting and planning responsibilities across global divisions operating within rapidly changing FX climates.

Cut monthly reporting time down by 25% for revenue and opex.

Ensure that new order and order pipeline is robust enough to cover future plan growth.

Restructured revenue reporting processes to increase accuracy and ensure achievement of all internal deadlines.

Implement financial policies and procedures globally for acquired divisions.

Managed integration of Impsat financial planning activities into global budget, forecast and analysis when purchased by company.

Manage the budgeting, forecasting P&L and expense management for 4 groups on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis.

Present business cases to Capital Expenditure Board on carrier data spend to secure capital for various business projects as needed.

Provide all information and create presentations for carrier data leadership that is presented monthly to both the Global Crossing Senior Leadership Team(includes CFO, CEO and all top executives).

Present financial presentations to both Sales and Senior Leadership.

Determine key metrics for sales leadership to determine top performers on team.

Determine profitability of all product lines to ensure that margin and revenue targets are being met at a regional and global level.

Deloitte, Parsippany, New Jersey, 2001 – 2006

Financial Manager

Directed staff of 6 in providing comprehensive financial reporting for Research and Development National Practice. Planned and executed financial analyses to assess profitability of division engagements; managed billing and payment data for engagements. Handled evaluation of revenue accruals for all divisions; performed trend analyses of time charges and revenue accruals to identify potential directions for future revenues. Delivered support to service line partners, creating comprehensive financial reports for each line, budgeting workforce and expense capital, and forecasting revenues for each accounting period.

Key Contributions:

Successfully delivered timely P&L and monthly financial reports, future year budgets, and revenue predictions and goals for 13 divisions to optimize management of $100 million in annual revenues.

Managed businesses that consistently grew 25%-50% year over year.

Ensure that customer order pipeline had enough opportunities to ensure continued growth of business.

Key point person on the testing and installation of internal project reporting and revenue accrual system.

Served as point person on financial matters for 25 internal business partners.

Initiated Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) renegotiations of contracts and significantly heightened accuracy of all financial reporting processes.

Updated and reviewed client listings to facilitate identification of potential marketing opportunities and support retention of key accounts.

Tested and trained associates in use of all new systems.

Novartis Consumer Health, Summit, New Jersey, 2000 – 2001

Senior Financial Analyst

Prepared and submitted cost-benefit analyses, budgets, and project reports to Director of Planning and Support and marketing department to inform development of consumer promotions for all brands within Gerber division. Performed analyses of coupon redemption rates, forecasted future project costs and recommended cost-saving contingencies, and prepared monthly balance sheet account reconciliations. Utilized J.D. Edwards to set up purchase orders upon receipt of invoices and authorize payments.

Key Contributions:

Contributed to testing and launch of procurement card system enabling marketing department to more efficiently order and bill services through system.

Managed the spending and reporting of success for the marketing group on Gerber Consumer Promotions.

Ensured consistent achievement of sales and EBIT objectives by providing monthly P&L analyses for Baby Food Division.

Merck-Medco Managed Care, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, 1997 – 2000

Senior Financial Analyst (2000) / Financial Analyst (1997-1999)

Held bottom-line responsibility for performing internal analytical audits of MIS reports to review and verify pricing errors arising from non-compliance of contract agreements. Analyzed pricing agreements for adherence to corporate pricing policies stated on health care plans; structured detailed forecasts of potential financial impact of instances of non-compliance in contractual pricing agreements. Assessed billing claims and approved adjustments; conducted analytical reviews of contract changes to ensure accuracy in pricing of new claims.

Key Contributions:

Played key role in testing system upgrades to proactively monitor functionality and accuracy in adjusting and rebilling claims.

Managed implementation of all new contract agreements to properly price all medications in plan.

Managed dispute resolution process for all customer pricing disputes.

Facilitated technical implementation of marketing department's new programs by analyzing capacity of adjustments systems to support proposed changes.

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Additional professional experience as Accounting Analyst for Ernst & Young, LLP, Lyndhurst, NJ (1996-1997).

Education and Credentials

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance May 2003

Montclair State University – Montclair, New Jersey

Bachelor of Science, Accounting Dec 1995

Fairleigh Dickinson University – Madison, New Jersey

Presidential Scholar

Technical Proficiencies

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Oasis, JD Edwards, TM-1, and SAP on Windows

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