Victoria Sydorowicz, CPA, CPC

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Phone Number ***- 537-7788

Email ad0dhu@r.postjobfree.com

Address St Johns, FL 32259

Website https://www.worklivesucceed.com

• VP of Corporate Finance with 20+ years of financial leadership experience in translating business issues into risk- mitigating actions by establishing internal system controls, implementing cost-reduction initiatives, and exceeding KPIs that truly represent organizational strategies for Allstate Insurance Company.

• Highly experienced leader specializing in building high-performance teams and building connected interdepartmental relationships which have had direct, positive impacts to the bottom line.

• Bachelor’s degree - Accounting

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Developed the Allstate Benefits (formally American Heritage Life) subsidiary revenue and expense budgets from scratch. The company ($3.6B in assets) did not have a formal, trackable budget or strategic plan. Putting this zero- based budget in place identified pain points and growth opportunities aligning with the company’s long and short- term goals.

• Responsible for $4M+ in annual expense savings while incenting sales teams, through compensation package design, to sell products that had the highest profit margin for Allstate Insurance Company.

• Designed and implemented an entire financial tracking system for technology projects resulting in full transparency of $62M in technology spend for Allstate Insurance Company. This resulted in changes in project priority and the adjustment of investments toward higher-value projects and away from underperforming ones.

• Developed a high-performing finance team that actively worked to add measurable profitability to the company through process changes, expense savings, and revenue-generating ideas.

• Established true trust-based relationships with fellow senior leaders and their respective teams where the finance department was viewed as a source of knowledge and support rather than a punitive body. This opened a world of ideas and contributors all working to better the financial and operational health of the company.

• Responsible for consolidation coordination between the parent and subsidiary companies for Detection Systems. This included developing and nurturing critical relationships with the company’s overseas partners such that a smooth transition and critical communication base could be achieved. This developed into a very prosperous and profitably union between a manufacturing arm and home office.

• Critical part of all strategic and operating plans for Allstate Insurance Company. This included a 10-year outlook including roadmaps that led toward the company’s goals. The strategic planning was adjusted via constant feedback and reporting to and from department leaders. EXPERIENCE

Owner

Southeast Executive Coaching, Jacksonville, Florida Feb 2018 - Present

• Provide small business financial consulting which helps business owners understand the financial health of their company and how to grow profitably.

• Write investment-grade business plans for the purpose of securing funding.

• Executive coaching for executives to develop their leadership skills and promote company growth.

• Proven success coaching teams and individuals through change in the corporate setting.

• Experienced in both individual and team coaching. Vice President Of Finance

Allstate Insurance Company, Jacksonville, Florida Mar 2006 - Jun 2017

• Finance leader that developed a high-performing team that resulted in $4M of expense savings per year.

• Responsible for establishing/negotiating expense budgets for all departments worth $150M.

• Instrumental in helping the company reach its profitability goals for six consecutive years.

• Managed technology profitability and ROI for $62M worth of projects resulting in a 100% increase in project transparency with direct positive impacts on profitability.

• Developed, implemented, and managed the company's sales incentive compensation package which shifted sales behavior toward the most profitable products. Assistant Vice President

Allstate Insurance Company, Jacksonville, Florida Mar 2004 - Mar 2006

• Lead a team of 4 direct reports.

• Presented expense results monthly including roadmaps to cost savings.

• Helped integrate the Finance Department into the parent company's processes.

• Completed numerous leadership programs.

Manager

Allstate Insurance Company, Jacksonville, Florida Aug 2000 - Mar 2004

• Completely built the expense budget process as the company had not had a formalized expense budgeting/tracking process.

• Developed the entire expense reporting system for the company. Manager

Acosta, Jacksonville, Florida Aug 1999 - Aug 2000

• Provided financial statement support.

• Maintained debt covenants.

Manager

Detection Systems, New York Mar 1993 - Jul 1999

• Responsible for all financial statement reporting for an international company.

• Analyzed trends, exchange rates, intercompany receivables/payables.

• Responsible for entire financial statement consolidation process

• Regularly traveled to Asia to establish and maintain working relationships with our partners overseas. Finance Leader

Detection Systems, Jacksonville, Florida

• With 10 direct reports

• Responsible for establishing/negotiating expense budgets for approximately 100 departments totaling over

$150M.

• Directly accountable for managing overall expenses within budget and strategically developing profit improvement plans to improve the company's return on equity.

• Responsible for all aspects of the “general accounting” functions of the company including cash flow, expense disbursements, and bank transactions.

• Provide financial support in all project-related endeavors.

• Recent Tangible Accomplishments in Current Role:

• From a finance perspective, I helped the company achieve profit goals six years in a row.

• The company's technology spend is currently $30M and has had almost no financial transparency.

• I have developed and executed the structure for this transparency for 2013.

• Redesigning, communicating, and supporting the company's incentive compensation package for field sales force to drive specific sales behaviors has given me the opportunity to understand what drives the company's sales from both an employee perspective and a market perspective.

• Due diligence work for exploration into the Canadian marketplace

• Currently charged with growing sales via Allstate's captive agent channel

• Saved the company $4.2M in 2016.

EDUCATION

Bachelor Of Science - Accounting

State University of New York College, Geneseo, NY

SKILLS

• Talent Management • Verbal and Written Communication

• Profit and Loss Analysis • Coaching and Mentoring

• Key Partnership Cultivation • Executive Leadership

• Strategize Plans • Leadership and People Development

• Reducing Costs • Consulting

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