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Transition Controller for a $100M, PE-backed Technology company. Prepared business requirements for upgrade to SaaS-based Accounting/ERP software package, set up accounting processes, sales reconciliation and process improvements for a new company.

Transition Controller for a $200M Entertainment company focused on Distribution of Film and TV content. Created an automated consolidation model and implemented a new monthly close calendar.

Interim Controller for a Cloud Infrastructure and Website hosting company throughout the bankruptcy process. Prepared monthly operating report for the bankruptcy court and led weekly cash management.

Transition Director of Financial Reporting and Compensation Accounting for a public real estate company. Recommended and implemented an external cloud-based software solution for equity compensation calculation, EquityEdge.

Served as CFO for a Real Estate Developer specializing in high-end custom homes, including the implementation of a comprehensive budgeting and financial reporting package for three distinct business lines: real estate development, rental property management and brokerage.

Managed revenue team for a publicly traded, $500M technology company, including expediting the company’s global monthly, quarterly and year-end close processes to remediate material weaknesses surrounding internal controls.

Transition Controller for a VC-backed, pre-IPO technology company with a multi billion-dollar valuation. Led process reengineering of a variety of accounting processes, the build-out of a NetSuite ERP improvement roadmap and the completion of a Workday HRIS implementation.

Interim CFO for a PE-backed aerospace company. Led a carve-out of a major business unit to establish a standalone entity, implemented a variety of Oracle modules and improved policy and process across the accounting organization.

Transition North American Controller for a publicly held digital marketing company. Redesigned the month-end close process, implemented the Oracle cash management module, Excel4Apps GL wand and improved revenue recognition policies.

Transition Controller for an Entertainment company in the Multi-Channel Network business, responsible for the consolidation of 16 subsidiaries after they were acquired by a publicly traded parent company in Europe.

Served as Director of Internal Audit for a publicly held digital marketing company while completely redesigning the company’s worldwide SOX scoping and testing process for Entity Level Controls (ELC), IT General Controls (ITGC) and business processes.

Performed Director of Financial Reporting duties for a quarter including the preparation and filing of the quarterly financial statements using WDesk.

Transition Controller for a $150M, PE-held Entertainment production company including management of day-to-day cash, weekly and monthly cash flow forecasting.

Served in combined Transition Senior Director FP&A/Senior Financial Analyst roles for a $200M+ high-end fashion apparel company which operates wholesale, retail store and ecommerce businesses. Rebuilt and operated several financial models that gathered and processed raw trial balance data and department manager forecasts for monthly Board reporting.

Served as Interim VP of Finance for a Cable TV Network while simultaneously assuming responsibility of vacated VP of Programming and Production and SVP Finance positions.

Transition CFO for a highly innovative commercial bakery; responsible for directing the company’s financial performance and setting administrative policy. Provided financial oversight of capacity expansion project, which tripled the production capacity of the business.

Transition Controller for a private-equity-held, specialized Entertainment company, managing all accounting operations including A/R, A/P, G/L, Payroll and Revenue Recognition.

Transition Assistant Controller for a $300-million international publisher of journals, books and electronic media. Provided recommendations for comprehensive restructure of the entire Finance department, including development of staffing plans, reallocation of responsibilities, recruiting of qualified personnel, on-boarding of new hires and identifying the need for a new GL system.

Interim Chief Accounting Officer for global, $320M, public company , reported directly to the CFO. Led the accounting organization of over 40 employees during a financial turnaround and sale to a strategic buyer, including operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, India and Asia-Pacific regions.

Served as SEC Reporting Director overseeing the SEC reporting for a $230 million public company, including published earnings tables, Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, XBRL and Proxy Statement, interacting with external legal counsel and senior-level stakeholders across the organization to complete the comment and review process through filing.

Transition Director of Financial Reporting providing guidance on annual and quarterly filings for a newly public company.

Transition Cost Accounting Director for an international publisher of journals, books and electronic media, managing the entire cost accounting function, including Work in Process, Amortization of labor costs, Overhead allocations, Cost of Sales, Inventory valuation, Freight on Board, Returns Reserve, Inventory Obsolescence Reserve, etc.

Interim Chief Financial Officer for a highly respected and public Advertising agency, shepherding the team through year-end internal and external audits, while simultaneously providing post-go-live hyper care for two critical systems implementations.