Summary of Qualifications

Accomplished self-motivated finance professional with strong analytical, strategic thinking, project management and interpersonal skills. Recognized as a key partner of business unit leaders, creating and improving business processes in a fast paced environment. Proven ability to implement relevant operational Key Process Indicators (KPIs) in order to facilitate management decision-making. A driven leader who knows how to educate and motivate teams to achieve excellence.

Professional Experience

Fox – Century City, California Oct, 2011-Jan, 2020

Director of Finance Feb, 2017-Jan, 2020

Accountable for overall preparation and reporting of annual budget, monthly forecasting and long range plans. Supervises the revenue and cash flow reporting to 10 Fox divisions and third parties. Maintains domestic syndication ultimates. Oversees Accountant and Analysts’ regular workflow.

Automated the month end close processing for Fox TV Stations saving multiple hours monthly.

Redesigned forecasting/budgeting process’ resulting in significant reductions in time while increasing overall accuracy.

Aiding in the transition of Fox assets and financial process’ recently acquired by Disney.

Manager of Finance Oct, 2011-Jan, 2017

Responsible for annual budget, monthly and quarterly forecasting, financial reporting to senior management, and modeling of $1 billion in annual revenue across 10 Fox divisions and multiple third parties. Oversees the accounting and transfer of $25 million in annual revenue for Fox TV Stations. Manages all aspects of divisions Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 program and performs testing of all business process’.

Creates upwards of 50 financial models and pro forma analysis annually.

Enforces T&E policy and reviews over 600 expense reports annually with over $550k in spending.

Designed an Excel interface with third party system to generate and summarize Upfront Ad Sales progress saving months of development time and over $100,000 in direct costs.

Technicolor Digital Cinema – Burbank, California Oct, 2009-Sep, 2011

Senior Financial Analyst

Directed all financial aspects of the digital mastering and distribution of features and trailers in North America and Europe. Guided the accounting team during the closing process. Managed world-wide reporting, forecasting process and global business support.

Improved accuracy and speed of forecast completion by 50% through Visual Basic programming and management interaction.

Coordinated the consolidation and reporting of worldwide (United States, United Kingdom, Italy and Australia) activities and ad-hoc requests in order to provide a complete picture of Technicolor Digital Cinema’s performance.

St. Jude Medical – Sylmar, California May, 2008-Oct, 2009

Senior Cost Analyst

Redesigned processes to reconcile and analyze transactional detail, calculate and validate standard costs, analyze manufacturing variances, examine overhead rates for external processes and oversee reconciliation during the financial close process. Prepared materials and provided Excel training classes to departmental staff at all levels.

Improved efficiency through the design of an Excel add-in which interfaced with multiple Hyperion Essbase databases to enable users to retrieve and load to various databases in a simpler and faster format.

Automated monthly variance explanation templates of three major divisions for the summary of 100+ cost centers to reduce retrieval times and realize savings of over 6 hours during month end close processes.

Countrywide Bank – Thousand Oaks, California Sep, 2006-Feb, 2008

Assistant Vice President

Managed daily functions for this diversified financial services provider’s accounting and finance systems. Supported the controller and accounting staff in month-end activities, the creation, maintenance and review of financial statements and system upgrade projects.

Reduced labor efforts by over 100 hours monthly by instituting add-ons and automated templates to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Wellpoint – Newbury Park, California Jan, 2006-Aug, 2006

Senior Financial Consultant

Supervised financial functions for the nation’s largest health benefit’s company and one of the nation’s largest Medicare Supplement and Medicare Advantage insurers. Managed quarterly forecasting processes, consolidation of product lines, monthly financials and preparation of division financial models as well as ad hoc reporting. Supervised a team of junior consultants.

Spearheaded the redesign of the forecasting model which simplified multiple processes while improving overall accuracy of the division.

General Motors – Warren/Livonia/Detroit, Michigan May, 2000-Apr, 2005

Volume Planning Analyst/Process Development Project Leader Jan, 2003-Apr, 2005

Directed the assessment and communication of retail and non-retail order quantities to meet all GM passenger vehicle production schedules for this Fortune 500 automobile manufacturer. Responsible for day-to-day project management and development of new processes to increase efficiency.

Recipient of the GM 2004 Chairman’s Honors Award for assisting in the development of new methods of analysis and decision support tools that resulted in a $500 million increase in the U.S. Contribution margin.

GM Suggestion Plan Award recipient for the creation of a reporting tool for Local Area Marketing Managers that resulted in indirect cost savings in excess of $250,000.

Reduced number of labor hours and manpower required to perform recurring tasks from 100 hours to 4 hours.

Lead Time and Reliability Analyst Jul, 2002-Oct, 2004

Served as subject matter expert regarding Lead Time, Delivery Reliability and Constraint Elimination/Reduction performance measures. Acted as liaison to upper management and associates regarding creation and manipulation of in depth simulations comparing current lead time status to baseline.

Led the redesign of the current tracking system that increased efficiency of filling new orders for clients and delivering the orders to the dealer; efforts resulted in a decrease in canceled orders by clients during lengthy delivery times.

New Product Launch Team Member Jan, 2002-Jun, 2002

Took on a key support role in the launch of a new engine from prototype to saleable unit production. Daily tasks included determining key product features and functionalities for future products and helping manage device projects such as schedules and coordination of meetings. Prepared and presented status reports to management.

Increased delivery efficiency while reducing risk of injury to plant personnel by modifying plant traffic lanes for part delivery machinery and bulk storage.

Financial Analyst and Business Award Council Administrator May, 2000-Dec, 2001

Brought on to provide analysis and guidance regarding a $5 billion logistics budget for the North American Vehicle Production Centers. Produced reports for delivery to Executive Management on upcoming calendar year budget.

Developed database to track premium logistic transportation moves for North American Operations production facilities, thereby providing the ability to isolate specific occurrences for analysis and reassignment to the proper account of over 1 million monthly transaction lines.

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office

PeopleSoft

Business Warehouse

Visual Basic for Applications

Microsoft Excel Expert

SAP

Hyperion Essbase

Process Design, Engineering & Improvement

Education

Oakland University – Rochester, Michigan. 2001

Bachelor of Science with a double major of Economics and Finance

Student Representative to the School of Business for two consecutive years.

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