Greater Atlanta, GA 786-***-****

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Senior finance leader and business partner with an extensive track record of delivering results in controllership, FP&A, audit, tax, treasury, and commercial sales support. Experience with market leaders in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods, and Financial Services industries. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

P&L Ownership and Management

M&A and Business Development

Budgeting, Forecasting, & Ad Hoc Analysis

Organizational Restructuring & Integration

Cost Control & Productivity Champion

Controls & Compliance

Cash & Working Capital Management

Business ERP Migration

Tax & Legal Structure Re-engineering

CRM & BI Tool Design & Execution

OWENS & MINOR – HALYARD HEALTH 2019 – Present

Vice President Finance – Alpharetta, GA

Manage $1.5B P&L for medical products division of integrated medical distribution company post-acquisition, including directing transitional service agreement (TSA), deal purchase accounting, and integration of multiple legacy business units.

Implemented bottoms-up annual operating plan, quarterly forecasts, and long-range strategic plan.

Identified and executed annual operating plan to deliver over $56M profit improvement through pricing and operations productivity initiatives, cost control, and organization changes.

Developed costing and production capacity model to support $140M US government pandemic stockpile winning bid.

Strengthened commercial teams by establishing sustainable marketing and growth plans, evaluating pricing and promotions, identifying KPI, and developing performance dashboards.

GREY MATTER HOLDINGS Miami, FL 2016 - 2018

President Interim CFO – Miami Ft Lauderdale, FL

Manage multiple business services, including outsourced interim CFO and finance advisory services to start-up, growth, and transitional companies. Experience managing through spin-offs and mergers & acquisitions.

Managed all aspects of finance, including cash management, technical accounting (GAAP), FP&A, AR/AP, credit and collections, costing, and taxation. Execute transitional service agreements (TSA).

Helped develop strategic plans, interim and annual operating budgets, and regular monthly, quarterly and annual reporting.

Directed commercial support and shared services, including IT, human resources, customer service, supply chain and logistics. Implement interim, cost-effective technology solutions, as necessary.

MEDTRONIC (COVIDIEN) Miami, FL & Shanghai, PRC 2009 – 2015

Vice President of Finance, Latin America – Miami, FL (1/2015 – 9/2015)

Managed $1B P&L for regional operation comprised of 10 business units with over 3,000 headcount during the integration of the world’s largest medical device company, while continuing to serve as integration management office (IMO) steering committee member. Responsible for Controllership, FP&A, Treasury, Credit & Collections, Tax, Pricing, and Commercial Excellence (BI & CRM systems and support).

Developed consolidated annual budget and 5-year strategic plan, in addition to managing on-going financial reporting for 20+ legal entities.

Led financial modeling and due diligence activities for successful regional M&A deal for new hospital services business line.

Co-led initiative to convert 26 distributors across 10 BUs and increase direct sales 4% per year over 3-year period through contract restructuring, buy-outs, and channel consolidation.

Reduced costs by $12M of $30M target in 9 months, including eliminating 7 of 17 offices ($2M+).

Latin America Integration Lead, Medtronic – Miami, FL (6/2014 – 9/2015)

Co-led integration team responsible for identifying $30M+ (>15% SG&A) in value capture and developing all functions’ Day 1 - 100 planning. Led organizational and financial restructuring for the region, including setting up opening balance sheets for 13+ legacy entities and conversion to Medtronic SOPs.

VP of Finance, Covidien Latin America – Miami, FL (9/2013 – 1/2015)

Managed $500M P&L for regional operation comprised of 5 business units.

Within a 15-month period, established cross-functional balanced scorecard and led monthly operation reviews for regional president and an integrated Sales & Supply Chain weekly sales report; shortened monthly close cycle by 20%; standardized regional month-end close audit process (Blackline), payroll (Oracle PeopleSoft HCM), T&E systems (Concur), and banking & credit card vendor; implemented and rolled-out region-wide CRM (Salesforce.com) and BI tool (Tableau).

Re-engineered finance to align to business, reduced headcount by 10%+, and improved team skillsets through cross-functional rotations, short-term assignments, and revamped training programs.

Secured over $50M funding for Brazil Growth Plan, including M&A deal support and upgrade of commercial and clinical training facilities, R&D, local manufacturing and public market access.

Senior Director of Finance, Covidien China – Shanghai, PRC (8/2009 – 9/2013)

Managed $500M P&L and functioned as 2IC for operation comprised of five business units.

Designed and implemented growth plan initiative that grew sales from $100M to $500M, including 20%+ sales force expansion, integration of enhanced Commercial, Manufacturing, Clinical Training Center, & R&D tax structure under Emerging Markets strategy. Led M&A due diligence on local competitor resulting in successful investment of $40M+ and access to value market segment.

Established Commercial Excellence, including CRM and BI tools (Tableau), and independent Sales Support, Channel Management, Distributor Compliance teams.

Implemented processes and controls for customer collections, T&E, corporate credit card, which cut and maintained DSO to <20 days for 4 years, reduced back-office processing time by >25%, and internal audit report results from worst to best rating in under <12 months.

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER Baltimore, MD & Suzhou, PRC 2002 – 2009

Senior Director of Finance, Black & Decker – Suzhou, PRC (10/2004 – 8/2009)

Managed finance, IT, and administration for a $900M (COP) manufacturing operation, including 3 wholly-owned ventures and 1 joint venture throughout Greater China.

Coordinated acquisition due diligence, liquidation of legacy facilities, and production consolidation.

Managed planning for contract to toll manufacturing conversion, generating $20M+ annual savings.

Led SAP implementation for multiple manufacturing sites, generating immediate 15%+ productivity.

Audit Supervisor, Black & Decker – Baltimore, MD (6/2002 – 10/2004)

Led multiple internal engagements in North American and East Asia business units. Supported financial due diligence for multiple M&A deals. Piloted Sarbanes-Oxley methodology used for global roll-out. Conducted in-depth review of commercial, sourcing, manufacturing, and supply chain operations.

ERNST & YOUNG (ARTHUR ANDERSEN) Washington, Beijing, & Baltimore 1997 – 2002

Audit Senior, Washington, DC (1997 – 1999), Beijing, PRC (2000 – 2001), and Baltimore, MD (2002)

Led financial statement audits of listed and private corporations in the healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, and commercial sectors, including advisory services as audit senior on privatization and IPO of quasi-government entity.

EDUCATION

MBA, BS Finance & Accounting

BA Chinese Language & Literature

University of Maryland at College Park

TECHNICAL

Microsoft Office Suite, Hyperion,

SAP, JD Edwards, QAD MFGPRO, BPCS, Navision, Quickbooks, Salesforce, Tableau

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