Tresury & cash management, Corporate Finance, FP&A

Mark W. Scott 609-***-****

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

www.linkedin.com/in/mwscott1999

SUMMARY

Following a long, rewarding and successful career with Verizon Communications, I am ready for a new opportunity to challenge my financial aptitude, education and skills. As with all Treasury professionals, I am a jack of all financial trades from accounting to Z-scores, and a master of a handful:

Treasury Operations & Cash Management

Corporate Finance & Capital Structure

Strategy, Development & Planning

Financial Planning & Analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Verizon Communications, Basking Ridge, NJ 1991-2015

Manager – Strategy, Development & Planning, 2013 – 2015

Evaluate potential investment opportunities, construct financial & valuation models, conduct due diligence, assist in closing approved transactions, and oversee portfolio tracking and data management.

Assist with VC investments in Apio, Filament, MiTu, Skyward, Veniam and Your Mechanic

Led research, review, selection and implementation of a cloud based, browser accessed, smart phone friendly, pipeline to funding to capitalization table to IPO deal tracking system

Manager – Treasury Corporate Finance & Capital Structure Strategy, 2004-2013

Estimate costs-of-capital, WACC and risk premiums for Verizon parent and strategic business units. Member of Corporate Review Team where I analyzed and evaluated strategic investments and real estate proposals greater than $5 million; including writing briefing memos for the Treasurer and executive management. Prepared dividend recommendation/presentations for the Verizon Board of Directors, and performed ad hoc primary equity research & analysis.

Assist in the planning, development, implementation and analysis of the Association of Financial Professionals, AFP's, initial "Cost of Capital Survey".

Analyze the abnormal returns on the stocks of companies that issued special dividends or accelerated dividend payments to shareholders in advance of dividend taxation changes.

Analyze "Sum of the Parts” of Verizon stock price compared to peers, based on line of business trading multiples and sell-side analyst valuations.

Manager – International Treasury, 2001-2004

Provide treasury consulting in cash management, foreign exchange, credit and capitalization to Verizon international business units. Forecast international cash flows, liquidity requirements, and foreign currency exchange rates, using the PPP, Purchasing Power Parity model. Liaise with Legal, International Accounting and Tax to ensure optimal capital structures, funds flows, and duly authorized resolutions.

Assist with $25M CTI Argentina Debt Restructuring, acquisitions of telecom properties in Austria and Puerto Rico, and divestitures of European and Asian directory businesses.

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Manager – Treasury Corporate Finance, 2000-2001

Compute costs of capital and evaluate alternative financing opportunities. Prepare cash flow and interest expense forecasts. Manage $1.9 billion short-term investment portfolio.

Establish new treasury operations / cash management functions for a spin-off with $1.2 billion in revenues, including development of an organic, Excel based Treasury Workstation.

Led special projects including $125M real estate structured financing, $100M asset backed commercial paper program, and outsourcing of accounts payable and payroll functions.

Cash Manager, 1997-2000

Manage liquidity for 27 subsidiaries, including analyzing cash flows; managing a $5.0 billion, three dealer commercial paper program. Supervise staff of five financial analysts processing average daily cash flows of $900 million.

Coordinated treasury aspects of $3.5 billion sale of Government Systems LOB to General Dynamics, $2.5 billion wireless carve out and Genuity Inc.’s $2.0 billion IPO

Winner Chairman’s Leadership Award for assisting with moving Treasury Operations and cash management functions from Stamford, CT headquarters to Dallas, Texas.

Led special projects including: re-engineering accounts payable & payroll, reducing 15 disbursement banks to 2, with introduction of Match Pay with imaging; EFT project resulting in reducing 7 concentration banks to 2, while increasing electronic funds transfer security and quality of transaction reporting.

Assist with the selection and implementation of XRT Treasury workstation and development of intercompany note system.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Master of Business Administration, Corporate Finance, Highest Honors

University of Dallas, Irving, Texas

Bachelor of Science in Business, Accounting & Finance Concentrations, Salutatorian

Marymount College of Fordham University, Tarrytown, New York

Certificate, Treasury Management

Fairleigh Dickenson University, Florham Park, NJ

CTP, Certified Treasury Professional

Passed FINRA, Series 7, Series 27 & Series 63 License tests

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION

Member, AFP - Association of Financial Professionals

Skilled with: Bloomberg; CB Insights; Compustat; Dow Jones; Pitchbook and others

US Navy Veteran, Petty-Officer 2nd Class, E-5, Honorable Discharge; Navy Expeditionary, Good Conduct, Sea Service, Meritorious Captain’s Mast awards

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