Customer Service Accounts Payable

Andy Goldman, CPA

Email ***********@*****.***

Phone (Cell) 973-***-****

SUMMARY

Accomplished financial executive with 25 years leadership experience at venture capital and private equity backed companies. Hired by founders and investors to lead finance department, serve on management team, interact with board of directors, bankers and auditors, raise capital and drive the business to growth and a liquidation event. Broad based financial experience includes P&L management, business analytics, metrics dashboards, board reporting and cost efficiency initiatives.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

MMA Global VP Finance January 2019 to Current

Global Trade Association that supports initiatives for Chief Marketing Officers and the related MarTech ecosystem with over 800 members in 15 countries. The Trade Association provides annual memberships, trade events and webinars, research, initiatives and educational efforts.

• Report directly to Global CEO, Regional Managing Directors, and CEO of US based Conference Expo entity

• Prepared quarterly financial reports to the management team and Global Board Finance Committee

• Responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, audit, tax, payroll and benefits functions

• Converted financials from a cash to accrual basis.

• Improved membership reporting to track new business and renewal rates

• Established a separate for-profit entity for a US based Conference Exposition company that will begin operations in 2023

Industrial Color CFO January 2013 to December 2018 The Company provides a suite of integrated creative production and cloud based software for the photography and video marketplace. The Company has multiple business units including multi-office photography studios, still and video capture, post-production editing, digital retouching, and creative workflow software. Corporate headquarters are located in NYC with offices and studios in Williamsburg, Los Angeles, Dallas, King of Prussia.

• Hired by Founder/CEO and new Private Equity Owners to start the accounting department, which was previously outsourced to an accounting firm.

• Led the financial due diligence for two subsequent private equity sales, and three acquisitions

• Managed EBITDA to ensure compliance with Senior Debt covenant ratios and provided forecasts for obtaining credit facility and equipment loans.

• Established monthly financial review meeting with investors, supplying financial reports, key subscription software and service metrics, and business narrative.

• Managed pre and post acquisition audits conducted by EisnerAmper

• Act as liaison with insurance brokers and outside attorneys Conductor CFO July 2011 to Dec 2012

The Company provides a cloud based search engine optimization software that tracks rankings against competitors and provides recommendations to improve results.

• Raised Series C financing of $20mm from new and existing investors

• Created Operational and strategic dashboard to elevate key companywide metrics and determine health of operations.

• Lead search for new office space, negotiating and signing a 10 year lease and leasehold improvements

• Developed operational plan with management team and outside management consultant

• Developed revenue pricing model and approval matrix. Velocita Wireless CFO Nov 2009 to July 2011

The Company provides a wireless data network for enterprises deploying mission critical machine to machine applications.

• Hired by foreign owners to manage the office, lead the finance department, restructure the company and evaluate strategic alternatives.

• Hired and restructured the roles for the entire finance department consisting of six employees, reducing headcount and simplifying accounting processes.

• Established the financial planning and analysis function to manage the key business functions and track cash flow.

• Created dashboard to manage multiple subscription revenue models.

• Evaluated the existing tower network and created a strategy to align costs with current revenue streams, negotiating tower and telco contracts and reducing costs by 30%. The FeedRoom CFO Jan 2007 to Nov 2009

The Company provides cloud based video technology for the enterprise marketplace, allowing for the creation and distribution of video content on the web.

• Hired by the CEO and venture capital investors to replace CFO-founder.

• Prepared the company for sale to a publicly traded company, including due diligence, negotiation, legal, and integration efforts.

• Performed finance lead role in recent venture capital fund raising totaling $12mm, and also responsible for obtaining $5mm venture debt.

• Developed company wide metrics dashboard and financial reporting package to track sales, customer service and development efforts.

• Implemented pre and post acquisition cost saving strategies to reduce expenses by over 50%. Intralinks, Inc. VP Finance/SVP/CFO June 1998 to December 2006 The Company is a leading worldwide provider of secure, virtual datarooms where business communities exchange high value information across enterprise boundaries. The Company has cloud based software applications used in the mergers and acquisitions, loan syndications, private equity, clinical drug trial, and general corporate markets.

• Hired by the founders prior to Series B round to create the finance function. Promoted several times, eventually running the finance department during the company’s growth from pre-revenue to $100mm, 20% operating margins and over 300 employees worldwide.

• Led four rounds of venture capital and an internal recapitalization amongst investors.

• Prepared due diligence, S-1, and investor road show materials and implemented public reporting standards as a key member of management team that readied the company for its IPO.

• Sold the Company to a leading buyout firm for a 9x return to investors.

• Implemented Company-wide reorganization designed to better allocate resources in alignment with revenues. This resulted in a 30% staff reduction, break-even cash position, and increased operating efficiency.

• Designed and continuously enhanced the financial systems and management reporting functions, including the implementation of the Sales Operations function, which tracked subscription and transactional bookings and revenue forecast reports for multiple verticals and geographic locations.

Telesphere and Marketvision Controller Oct 1993 to June 1998 Leading worldwide providers of global market data and software for the institutional financial marketplace.

• Controller for two operating companies that were subsequently acquired by Bridge Information Systems. Subsequently promoted to Senior Director of Finance of parent company.

• Designed reports to track $150mm of revenue from five acquired product lines.

• Integrated the finance department functions resulting from two acquisitions, which included billing, accounts receivable, general ledger, accounts payable, human resources and payroll.

• Managed a newly created finance organization, which included hiring personnel, implementing systems and designing financial reports.

• Responsible for the finance functions, including financial reporting, general ledger, subscription based billing, accounts receivable, payroll and accounts payable. CBS Inc

Continental Grain Corporation

Ernst & Young

Internal and External Auditor

• Performed financial and internal controls compliance audits.

• Designed audit programs, performed audit tests, prepared audit findings, and issued management reports to Senior Operational and Financial management.

• Performed due diligence audits for the various properties purchased by the Company. EDUCATION Lehigh University, BS Accounting

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