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VP of Finance

Location:
Smyrna, GA
Posted:
May 18, 2021

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JAMIE B. HURLEY, MBA, CPA

Smyrna, GA 404-***-**** Email: admio8@r.postjobfree.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiehurley1 QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Senior Finance Executive, with Duke MBA, and proven track record of increasingly responsible positions within corporate, financial and professional services firms. Broad experience including general management, strategic planning, finance and accounting. A proven performer who moves easily from vision and strategy to execution and follow-through. Skillful at conducting and motivating multidisciplinary teams towards the achievement of business goals and believer in a culture of empowerment and partnership. Highly adaptable with excellent interpersonal skills and passionately curious. Committed, dynamic and proactive. Key strengths include: Capital Structuring P&L Management Business Development Financial Planning, Budgeting, and Modeling Team Leadership Project Management PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Inspire Restaurant Brands, Inc. (Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Sonic, Jimmy John’s, Dunkin’ Brands) 2017 – Present Vice President of Corporate Finance / FP&A

Provide overall finance and decision-support analytical leadership for the consolidated Inspire Brands enterprise, and guide key financial planning activities including long-range model assumptions, annual business plans and quarterly forecasts to meet Inspire Brands objectives. Manage 5-8 mid-level and junior professionals.

• Responsible for forecasting and budgeting of consolidated financials for Inspire Brands

• Responsible for internal financial and compliance reporting for Inspire Leadership, Board Reporting and for Ownership

• Manage and own the long-range five-year model and strategic planning process

• Track over $360MM in synergies from Buffalo Wild Wings (‘BWW’), Sonic, Jimmy John’s and Dunkin’ transactions

• Implemented enterprise-wide FP&A software package for forecasting and planning

• Lead the Roark / Private Equity relationship for Inspire Brands managing expectations and deliverables

• Key point person for capital raising activities to support Treasury on deliverables for refinancing and compliance reporting

• Responsible for Shared Service G&A tracking and Fund creation for system wide savings

• Own brand level models for development approval and franchisee gating Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., Atlanta, GA 2011 – 2017 Senior Director of Finance / Business Strategy / FP&A Direct and lead all strategic and financial planning initiatives for corporate development including large M&A, purchase or divestiture of strategic assets / markets, capital structure transactions, and other strategic initiatives to steer business objectives. Professional in all aspects of finance and strategic planning. Created teams focused on accomplishment of critical initiatives. Manage 5-8 mid-level and junior professionals.

• Developed long-range five-year modeling and analysis to support strategic planning and presentations to the Executive Team, Owners and Board (detailed modeling that includes micro assumptions on sales growth rates related to check / transactions, cost of sales, key labor metrics, controllable expenses, marketing dollars and capital expense assumptions around projects, development, and remodeling)

• Support and instrumental in the development of the Annual Operating Plan and on-going annual Forecasting to include strategic planning initiatives and resource allocation

• Designed and implemented corporate Project Management Office to support and lead the delivery and implementation of mission-critical strategic initiatives for Executive Team tracking and monitoring to include project DCF, NPV, IRR, ROI, FCF, breakeven and payback period analysis

• Operationally, worked with several key programs to support our restaurants and improve operational metrics:

- Labor – partnered with Operations in various capacities in monitoring and controlling labor for efficiencies and variance analysis and quantifying the components and drivers (usage, rates, leverage, scheduling and staffing) and looking for investment for improvements (cook-and-hold ovens, dishwashers, kiosks, and staffing models)

- Energy – analyzed various energy efficient equipment for roll out as well as worked with our energy partners for best practices in our restaurants including programmable thermostats and equipment tied to back office monitoring

- Speed, Accuracy and Throughput – worked with Operations on various restaurant metrics to improve speed

(backline configurations), accuracy (headsets, ticket displays, order confirmation boards), and throughput (drive- thru configurations and digital and mobile ordering)

- Daypart Analysis – analyzed along with Marketing Analytics various daypart strategies for incremental transactions and margin improvements, including eliminating breakfast dayparts in non-strategic markets

- Franchisee Benchmarking – instrumental in setting up and maintaining a private and discrete toolset for franchisees to analyze margins by region and sales volume

• Structured deals with franchisees; manage corporate refranchising and M&A activities (refranchised over 300 stores / five markets). Significantly improved corporate cash flow and EBITDA for corporate valuation

• Manage corporate cash flow in conjunction with Treasury and Accounting to produce quarterly covenant compliance calculations (producing cash flow statements, EBITDA add-back calculations and bank reporting)

• Participated in capital raising activities for corporate dividend recap as well as capital raising activities for franchisee initiative for building and remodeling restaurants (maintaining bank credit report for on-line website ‘BoeFly’)

• Instrumental in the integration of our $3Bn acquisition of Buffalo Wild Wings in 2018, leading the IMO (‘Integration Management Office’) within my team and participated in the capital raising activities of producing the Offering Memorandum and presentations to investors and rating agencies

• Developed and managed the new restaurant build model to support growth of new units and developed remodel performance tracking with regression analysis to analyze PPNOC (‘pre- post- net of control’) sales results

• Recipient of annual corporate value ‘Work-Hard’ award among 400+ employees (one of six corporate value awards nominated by peers annually)

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Atlanta, GA 2010 – 2011 Director / Business Development Officer – Corporate Lending (ABL) Oversee two direct reports; eight indirect reports; 4-5 employees. Served as Business Development Officer; responsible for technical sales, sales management, team leadership, and business growth and expansion

• Lead national multi-syndicated deal relationship team for SunTrust ABL, overseeing client management relationships within the bank. Successfully structured 33 new clients, $1 billion in loan commitments, and $14 million in new revenue.

• Managed the underwriting and portfolio staff (team of eight) for new client additions and new business revenue.

• Collaborated with Coverage Bankers to cross-sell financial products internally to include derivative interest rate swaps, foreign exchange and equity derivatives and other bank products. Post Properties, Inc. Atlanta, GA 2007 – 2009

Director of Finance / Treasurer

Managed corporate finance functions and long range planning. Expert at maintaining banking and external relationships with creditors, rating agencies and investor community.

• Directed capital structure consisting of over $1 billion of debt, resulting in the successful financing and refinancing of over

$840 million of secured and unsecured debt and repayment of over $250 million.

• Asset manager for property portfolio; executed all required reporting and debt covenants.

• Managed treasure function, directing day-to-day cash flow of 17 bank, $630MM line of credit.

• Served as advisor for derivative risk management products to include interest rate swaps, caps and appropriate accounting treatment.

• Executed financial modeling and budgeting of annual and 5-year model of cash flow for the Company utilized for capital structure and development purposes.

• Directed the risk management function of the Company, managing the property and liability renewals, limiting risk and maintaining coverage.

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Atlanta, GA 2002 – 2007 Vice President / Underwriter and Portfolio Manager – Corporate Lending (ABL) (2005 – 2007) Responsible for the underwriting and portfolio management of corporate loan and banking products.

• Underwriter for secured and unsecured obligations, modeling collateral and cash flow scenarios, working with appraisers, field auditors and examiners for complete underwriting package.

• Negotiated credit documents and legal terms for best position of the bank, negotiating with lawyers, bank group and the client for favorable outcomes.

• Managed the day-to-day execution activities in client portfolio, focusing on credit maintenance, capital markets cross sell opportunity identification, client profitability and customer relations.

• Reported on monthly trends within portfolio for credit performing or deteriorating trends, staying in front of any changing trends and being proactive in discussions prior to any defaults.

• Exited effectively two work-out relationships with 100% recovery for the bank, working through holidays / weekends to secure best results and securing large bank fees in the process ($1-2MM for each workout). Accounting Manager / Vice President – CIB Accounting Department (2002 – 2005) Managed three direct reports; three indirect reports; 30 employees. Directed financial reporting staff, consisting of certified public accountants and financial analysts, to ensure timely reporting for one-day close. Prepared and delivered executive-level presentations to both internal and external audiences.

• Liaised between NCF Financial Services Inc. and SunTrust Bank Inc. for consolidation of broker dealer entities, resulting in positive relations and $2.5 - $3.0 million in monthly revenue synergies including consolidation of internal operations

• Spearheaded internal control processes and documentation for Sarbanes Oxley compliance, resulting in adopted standards.

• Established company-wide accounting policies relevant to capital markets to include FAS 133 treatment for derivatives.

• Assisted in preparation of quarterly SEC disclosures and served as key contributing member of the board report team. Arthur Andersen LLP Atlanta, GA 1998 - 2001

Senior Accountant – Business Assurance & Advisory Service Planned, supervised, and executed financial statement engagements for companies ranging from closely-held high growth companies to multinational public entities. Supervised and managed staff accountants during audit engagements.

• Oversaw numerous audit engagements, successfully coming in under budget and within tight timeframes.

• Managed numerous IPO filings, S-1 registrations, and due diligence work to facilitate successful mergers and acquisitions.

• Evaluated business processes and analyzed financial data; provided recommendations to support adoption of best practices. EDUCATION

Duke University, Master of Business Administration, Weekend Executive Program, October 2005, Durham, NC University of Georgia, BBA, 1997, 3.5 GPA; Master of Accounting, Top 10%, 3.7 GPA, Two-Term VP in Beta Alpha Psi, 1998, Athens, GA

CERTIFICATIONS

CPA: February 2001; Series 7, 27, 63 while in banking



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