Vishal Patel

VP of Strategy & Operations / Finance

adg601@r.postjobfree.com • 630-***-****

LinkedIn • Chicago, US 60612

Summary

Analytical and Performance driven professional with extensive experience in business development, operations management, financial planning & analysis and data analytics. Demonstrated operational and performance improvement expertise by leading a company turnaround in the healthcare technology space. Has experience leading large-scale business operations, developing innovative strategies and business development processes, and leading productivity initiatives. Proven track record of excellence in financial analysis and forecasting, internal control/reporting, relationships building, stakeholder management, and requirement gathering and analysis. Skilled in conducting training and development programs for staff and directing teams to achieve shared visions and goals.

Areas of Expertise

Financial & Accounting Operation

Business Planning & Execution

Operations Planning & Control

Team Building & Leadership

New Business Development

Risk Assessment & Mitigation

Performance Optimisation

Staff Recruitment & Training

Data Analytics

Professional Experience

Outcome Health, Chicago, IL 2017 – Present

Vice President Strategy & Operations

Spearhead the turnaround of commercial operations team, including sales strategy, client success, deal desk, insight, and analytics and Engineering/Data Science team. Lead entire advertising revenue cycle, including identifying potential clients, partnering with sales to create the RFP, contracting the advertising deal, customer service for clients after and during the deal, execution of the advertising, and finally the measurement of the effectiveness of the advertising.

●Achieved 100% delivery performance by leading turnaround of commercial operations.

●Trained and mentored data analytics team to create an algorithm to assess the monetary value of all medical locations in the US.

●Created new data science & engineering tools to automate the order to cash process.

●Managed business development for organization to find strategic partnerships in both new products and revenue partnerships.

●Updated go to market and pricing strategy to reduce complexity and increase inventory yield.

●Led partnership with 3rd party auditors to verify and create the new fraud-free ad platform.

●Led partnership with 3rd party auditors to verify and create the new fraud-free ad platform.

Outcome Health, Chicago, IL 2016 – 2017

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis

Lead FP&A for a start up during its high growth phase which included building out a FP&A team, spearheaded integrated planning process which balanced a two-sided marketplace, managed CapEx budget and raised capital. Planed and implemented organizational data analytics framework, ensuring better decision making and capital allocation.

●Led due diligence and operational integration of $40M acquisition to ensure smooth running of work.

●Support due diligence and investor presentations for a $500M capital raise lead by CapitalG and Goldman Sachs.

●Built high powered analytics team of ten analysts to support specific business unit goals.

●Analysed and execute three workforce reductions resulting in ~$44M in OpEx savings.

Groupon Inc. Chicago, IL 2014 – 2016

Senior Finance Manager, Groupon Goods North America

Led finance organization with full P&L responsibilities to support +$1B Groupon Goods North America ecommerce business. Managed product deal level P&L economics to support margin expansion and merchandising buyer performance targets which aligned incentives and drove 31% increase in Billings and $12MM in gross profit improvement.

●Planned and implemented FP&A infrastructure, including real time inventory reporting for five warehouse locations to ensure inline flow of work.

●Collected data and conducted analysis to increase shipping free from $1.99 to $2.99 in addition to accelerating shipping threshold of $19.99 to $24.99, resulting in +10% revenue growth.

●Built FP&A infrastructure including real time inventory reporting for 5 warehouse locations.

Amazon.com, Seattle, WA 2013 – 2014

Senior Finance Manager, Worldwide Amazon Prime

Lead global Amazon Prime finance organization to deliver subscription program support in nine counties including rollout of new benefits, new market expansion & pricing strategy. Supervised development and growth of profitable Prime members to achieve Amazon’s strategic flywheel framework. Ensured international Prime expansion by conducting analysis on long term program profitability and member penetration. Analysed and evaluated potential new benefits and potential impact to the Prime program economics.

●Spearheaded US. Prime subscription program price change from $79 to $99, including extensive pricing modelling and risk assessment and mitigation with CEO

●Integrated UK and Germany Prime with LoveFilm subsidiary to form a new subscription program within each country.

●Conducted profitability analysis for Prime India and Prime China launch.

●Collected data and analysed marketing effectiveness for Prime sign up locations on amazon.com and third-party associate websites.

Additional Experience

Director of Finance Home Appliances Director of Finance Business Finance Manager Senior Financial Analyst at Sears Holding Company, Hoffman Estates, IL

Senior Financial Analyst, Worldwide Manufacturing & Procurement Cost Analyst, Worldwide Sourcing & Procurement Accounting Staff Analyst Corporate Accounting at SC Johnson & Son, Inc. Racine, WI

Education

Bachelor of Science in Finance & Information and Decision Science

University of Illinois at Chicago, IL

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