Incisive, high-energy and results-driven financial executive and business partner who focuses line management on delivering above-target results. Key strengths include:
Business Partnering: Key leader of the senior management team of a $1.4B business unit and collaborator with the CEO and CFO of an $8B public company on strategic and financial direction. Translates financial goals into operating objectives, identifies and raises key issues and drives the organization to achieve superior performance.
Financial Planning and Analysis: Expert in FP&A with experience establishing a department, systems and processes to address company P&L, balance sheets, profitability, capital expenditures, budgets (both top-down and bottom-up), forecasts, decision support and impact on earnings per share.
Communications/Interpersonal: Excellent writer and presenter able to work with senior executives, persuade and influence, and develop C-level and board presentations.
Operating Performance Improvement: Able to set and hold business units to targets, control spending and implement process improvements.
Leadership and Management: Effective leader and manager with a record of hiring well, providing guidance, clear targets and mentoring to achieve high team performance.
Business Breadth and Judgment: Business perspective based on learning from broad experience, international, m&a, experience with multiple industries and business models, and business decisions at the corporate, group and division levels including strategy, M&A, research and development, pricing, operations and sales support, enhanced by a Harvard MBA.
Professional Profile Smart, quickly contributes to the business with a strong sense of urgency, ability to work well under pressure, and organize for performance.
Specialties:Leadership, achieves targets, operations oriented, realistic budgeting, business analysis, cost control
