Management Manager

CAREER SUMMARY

Treasury professional with over 16 years of Global Treasury experience, encompassing a broad array of strategic Treasury/Finance initiatives, achieved through well-organized, detail-oriented approaches, professionalism with high standards, and effectively meeting tight deadlines. Experienced in managing daily cash flow and liquidity needs, balance sheet and cash flow modeling, Banking and Merchant Services Relationships both domestic and international, Letters of Credit, compliance related to debt agreements/indentures among a multitude of other finance related activities.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS

Board of Directors, Treasurer - Pittsburgh Association of Financial Professionals (PAFP) – 2007- 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Nutrition Centers, Inc. (GNC) 1997 - 2014

$2.6 billion Global Specialty Retailer of Health and Wellness Products

Treasury Manager, Nov 2008 – June 2014

oTreasury lead on strategic initiatives, (Debt Refinancing, other Capital Structure analysis, IPO, Follow-On offerings, Acquisitions, Share Buyback programs)

oMajor role in recent refinancing of debt, in absence of Corporate Treasurer

oDeveloped and maintained Pro Forma Cash Flow model and Balance Sheet budgets and projections for Board of Directors and Senior Management

oManage Syndicated Credit facility compliance, additionally research and give perspective in conjunction with outside counsel for potential strategic initiatives.

oDesign and enhance foreign banking structure for start up business units(Hong Kong, China, and Korea) and acquired business units[United Kingdom, Ireland], taking into consideration Legal and Tax implications to create initial Capital Structure and the most efficient banking structure for consolidation, intercompany sweeps/loans

oIn absence of an established IR Dept, launched “competition” summary and analysis from competitors earnings calls, benchmarked press release content from “best in class” companies

oManage staff of six, while having daily interaction with Senior Management (CFO, SVP Finance/Controller, VP Tax, VP of FP&A, VP Treasury/IR, along with multiple non-finance Management)

Treasury Supervisor, Nov 2004 – Nov 2008

oManage daily liquidity functions, short/long term cash flow forecasting

oLetter of Credit administration for Workers Compensation Insurance

oLead role in debt covenant compliance packet compilation, ratio and excess cash flow calculation

oOversee Merchant processing program, assist in contract negotiation to fee analysis

oReview budgeting and analysis of Cash Management related expenses, report results and recommend solutions to reducing expense

oSupervise Treasury Analyst and Charge Card Clerk

Treasury Analyst, Sept 2000 – Nov 2004

oResponsible for daily cash positioning, investing/funding, and cash flow reporting to senior management

oMajor role in converting cash management operations from Mellon Bank to JP Morgan, structuring entire cash management system to streamline cash flows

oImplemented a bank module to streamline cash reporting for GNC Canadian operations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)

Assistant Treasury Analyst, Jan 2000 – Aug 2000

oAnalyzed and monitored bank fee expense, provided recommendations for cost reduction, achieved $175K in annual savings on bank fees plus $40K of immediate refunds from banks

oImplementation of a bank account analysis software package including testing and custom development

oInitiated all wire and ACH transactions

Senior Bank Reconcilement Specialist Oct 1997 – Dec 1999

oResponsibilities included bank reconciliations for approximately 900 company owned stores.

o Assisted in the implementation of an automated reconciliation system. Developed and documented the procedures for the use of the system for the Treasury Department.

o Assisted in implementation of an automated credit card reconciliation which included working with credit card processing companies to receive electronic information.

Mellon Bank 1996-1997

Trust Processor II, 1996 – 1997

Global Financial Services Company

oResponsibilities included the posting of principal and interest payments on corporate/commercial trust funds.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SKILLS AND EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

oMentor role in GNC Finance Dept. Mentor program – 2013-2014

oCertified Treasury Professional – certified since 2002

oAssociation for Financial Professionals – member since 2001

oPittsburgh Association for Financial Professionals – member since 2001

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

oProficient in MS Excel, MS Word

oReconciliation Software: Chesapeake System Solutions

oGL platform: SmartStream

oSOX module: Trintech

oStock Option Portal: Merrill Lynch Online for Admin

oSecurity Administrator for multitude of online banking platforms

EDUCATION

oBachelor of Science in Business Administration, Waynesburg University, 1996

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