SUMMARY Finance executive with 20+ years of increasing responsibility in all aspects of accounting, auditing and financial management for public and private companies. Highly skilled in leading and developing small to large teams of finance professionals and working with other departments to achieve common company goals. Adept in streamlining financial processes, enhancing productivity levels and eliminating inefficiencies. Primarily have served the telecommunications, agribusiness, real estate & hospitality, healthcare and services industries. AREAS OF EXPERTISE ü* Financial statement analysis ü* Implementation of new GAAP policies ü* Revenue assurance & recovery ü* Purchase accounting & appraisals ü* Cost-saving & efficiency opportunities ü* M&A due diligence & synergies ü* Financial stewardship & cash management ü* Sarbanes-Oxley compliance ü* Budgeting & forecasting ü* Business development ü* Monthly & quarterly close processes ü* Technology & process enhancements CAREER HIGHLIGHTS * Played significant due diligence role for Alltel finance team in over 10 major wireless acquisitions, in addition to its landline spin-off, taking the company private and its ultimate sale to Verizon Wireless. * Spearheaded project to physically inventory & track majority of $7B in wireless network assets across U.S. Selected and engaged consultants to inventory and install tracking software in 75 + markets with ~15,000 switch and cell site locations. Data collected was used to reconstruct and support NBV as well as automate asset retirement process for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. * Assessed and recommended market opportunities for expansion of domestic irrigation tubing sales into South America and launched initial successful trial in Argentina. * Evaluated and selected vendor for payroll outsourcing function, eliminating manual & outdated process and improving employee morale. * Led significant finance role with consultants for successful acquisition of primary irrigation industry competitor, resulting in dominant market share of 90 +%. * Selected consultants and internally led project to create exception reporting & workflow of Revenue Assurance team to automate $30M + annually in wireless revenue recovery. * Eliminated several redundant, time-consuming tasks to reduce monthly close process by 2-3 days, affording more time for teams to analyze results. * Implemented several efficiencies by leveraging internal staff to reduce external audit fees of wireless partnerships by 33%. * Initiated & completed several IT projects to ensure both consistency in customer billing practices through comparison of two internal billing systems and optimization of billed wireless revenue.
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