Director of Finance and Operations
Resume:
NATHALIE K. ROUZIER
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Smart Starts Day School, Miami, FL October 2013 to August 2014
Director of Finance and Operations
** ***-******* *nd 1 Private K-8
FINANCIAL:
• Develop and maintain tools for review of critical financial information
• Plan, coordinate, and execute the annual budget process
• Develop, review, assess and analyze budgeted vs. actual to ensure compliance with long-term strategy
• Maintain and review banking relationship
• Partnered with owner to review, manage and report on cash flow and cash forecasting
• Provide owners with useful financial insight in order to make proper financial decisions and planning
• Contribute to the development of partnerships, strategic goals and objectives as well as the overall management of the
organization.
• Maintain continuous lines of communication, keeping the owners informed of all critical operations and financial issues.
• Represent the organization externally, as necessary.
OPERATIONS:
• Upgrade and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures.
• Oversee, direct, and organize the work of the staff under direct supervision.
• Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality.
• Establish and monitor staff performance and development goals, assign accountabilities, set objectives, establish priorities,
conduct annual performance appraisals, and administer salary adjustments.
• Mentor and develop staff using a supportive and collaborative approach: assign accountabilities; set objectives; establish
priorities; monitor and evaluate results.
• Ensure the proper implementation and adhere to company strategy, values and long-term plans.
• Assist owner various construction related projects for new schools.
• Supervise Marketing function to ensure proper promotion for all events including but not limited to Google ad words and
analytics.
• Supervise implementation and execution of food program in accordance with State Laws.
• Supervise Sales function to ensure proper practices and customer service to both existing and prospective clients.
French American School of Miami, Miami, Fl September 2001 to April 2013
Operations Manager
FINANCIAL:
• Develop and maintain budget, pricing and historical analysis review for school.
• Develop and maintain statistical records on school demographics.
• Prepared and maintained PowerPoint presentation for yearly financial and demographics analysis to Ministry of Education.
• Liaise with external organisms for the planning, development, coordination and implementation and forecasting additional
financial needs and associated fund raising activities.
• Develop and maintain tools for review of critical financial information.
• Partnered with owner for review of variances and determine proper action.
OPERATIONS:
• Supervise and manage all operations and related functions
• Assist owner in the development of rules and regulations to ensure the safety of school
• Liaise with Parent’s Club to plan, organize and coordinate school related fund raising and promotional activities
• Schedule and organize Parent Training
• Schedule and organize Teacher Training
• Organize various student/teacher/parent social and interactive activities
• Responsible for promoting a school-home-community relationship
• Responsible for maintaining school calendar
• Responsible for Maintaining Cafeteria supervision, developing menus and promotion of dietary principles
• Responsible for supervision of school building maintenance and janitorial crews
• Ensure that the school adheres to local, state and federal education standards
Patagon, Miami, Fl July 2000 to August 2001
Director, Cash Management/Treasury Operations
• Manage $350MM working capital facility
• Managed centralized treasury management system for a internet financial company
• Supervise cash management function
• Managed pricing and structuring of bank services and maintain banking relationships
• Established internal cash funding policies and procedures
• Develop and monitor cash flow projections for individual subsidiaries and company-wide
• Establish monitoring tools for budget vs. actual performance
• Developed Company expense policies
• Assist in CFO and COO in adhoc projects
UniCapital Corporation, Miami, FL
Manager - Treasury Operations March 1998 to July 2000
• Established Centralized Treasury Management System for a $100 Million lease consolidator
• Integrated all subsidiaries (12) into Centralized Treasury Management System
• Provide solutions to subsidiary operating deficiencies
• Supervise cash management function
• Established funding policies and procedures
• Participated in the Monitoring and compliance with debt covenants on $600MM aircraft warehouse facility
• Manage $300MM working capital facility
• Develop and monitor cash flow projections for individual subsidiaries and company as a whole
• Develop pricing and structuring of bank services and maintain banking relationship
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Brooklyn, NY
Global Network Associate October 1996 to February 1998
• Maintain and update network market coverage information worldwide
• Assisted client-side Network Manager in developing processes in maintenance, packaging and distribution of Network
generated information to both internal and external clients of Morgan Stanley’s Global Custody (MSGC) Network
• Review RFPs received from agent banks - both existing and prospective; participated on the RFP enhancement project team
• Coordinate pre-investment procedures for MSGC clients
• Interact with agent banks and foreign local authorities regarding pre-investment protocol and market changes
• Interaction with MSGC client base, coverage officers, operations and Network Manager
Analyst - Corporate Treasury/Cash Management March 1994 to October 1996
• Supervise the Firm’s cash management Bank Compensation function
• Ensure that banking relationships are cost effective, efficient and reliable; managing over $5 million annually in Bank
Compensation expenses
• Participated in bank pricing negotiation, identified bank pricing errors and restructured bank services resulting in savings of over
$2.8 million over two years
• Monitor the Firm’s daily cash receipts to ensure proper allocation of unreconciled items
• Participated on the Global Strategies Project supporting the long-term project needs of Firm’s offices
Applied Digital Data Systems, Hauppauge, NY July 1992 to February 1994
Business Analyst
For complete existing international client base in over 40 foreign countries, performed cash flow analysis and projections; supervised
credit collection and order approval functions; ascertained compliance with US export regulations and determined eligibility for
exportation; maintained export licensing fees; performed credit investigation on prospective clients; established and monitored credit
limits.
EDUCATION
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY
MBA, International Business, January 1997
St. John's University Jamaica, NY
BS, Finance, May 1992, Cum Laude
SPECIAL SKILLS
Fluency in French; proficiency in Spanish. Florida Public Notary. Extensive use of various software packages including Microsoft
Office (Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint), QuickBooks, Proliant and ADP payroll services.
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