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EXECUTIVE VALUE OFFERED
- Strategic investment analysis, go-to-market funnel optimization, margin framework development, Risk management, integration decisioning and roadmaps; financial planning and analysis (FP&A).
- Board, investor, and regulatory reporting expertise including quarterly reporting, annual financial statements, earnings releases and stress testing.
- Proven skill in growing high-performing teams in challenging and changing environments.
- Cost optimization through top down recommendations and earning alignment with department heads to implement cost-cutting measures without compromising quality
- Builds scalable processes and workflows to manage multiple projects, and deliver on time.
- Subject Matter Expert with deep knowledge of financial principles, accounting standards, and regulations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Square (part of Block), San Francisco, CA / Remote June 2021 – Feb 2024
Head of Corporate Finance & Strategy
Hired to build first centralized FP&A team in Square and act as strategic advisor to Square CEO, implementing scalable processes to bolster revenue and increase margins
- Owned Board materials and partnered with Investor Relations to set narratives e.g., Earnings Release, Earnings Script, Q&A, Competitive Analysis, quarterly Board of Directors documents
- Developed forecasting, budgeting, and reporting cadences improving forecast accuracy and providing meaningful insights. Drove cross-functional initiatives to influence business strategy that meets aggressive financial milestones in targeted areas such as year-end Revenue, Profit EBITDA, and Operating Income.
- Managed global (US, APAC) team of 14 including analytics, compensation, and operations specialists
- Analytical partner for product pricing actions and M&A transaction decisions along with post-acquisition people and system integrations
- Acted as Interim CFO of Square during leadership transition
Amazon, Seattle, WA April 2017 – June 2021
Marketing and Prime Membership Finance, Jan 2020 – June 2021
Established team that drove alignment on cross-company market penetration strategy in countries new to Amazon and/or its membership benefits
- Designed and implemented playbook to introduce and accelerate customer pipeline using $100M of go-to-market investment in APAC and LATAM, establishing new finance function, resulting in leadership alignment and execution of the pivoted strategy
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Head of Payments FP&A Function, April 2017 – Dec 2019
Responsible for Amazon’s second-largest cost (payment acceptance) and its intra-company allocations and analysis plus revenue generating consumer and merchant financial products
- Designed and implemented tools to scale the Payments organization 4X in 2.5 years through goal ownership, data & report automation, initiative documentation, & roadmap prioritization
- Provided added-value analysis of company-branded payment instruments such as gift cards, cobrand credit cards, and merchant term loans.
American Express, New York, NY March 2010 – April 2017
Corporate Planning & Analysis Manager, Nov 2015 – April 2017
Developed and communicated new analytical framework for CFO to review normalized quarterly results, highlighting changes in key revenue drivers during the period of transition of strategic portfolio sale
World Service Finance Manager, Aug 2013 – Nov 2015
Responsible for end-to-end support for external vendor relationships inclusive of financial analysis of pricing, insourcing/outsourcing decisions, cost saving initiative strategy, customer behavior and service improvements, and contract negotiation
Risk Finance Manager, June 2011- Aug 2013
Optimized Internal Risk Scoring for Line Management actions identifying an opportunity to subsegment the population and maintain profitable engagement by cardmembers
Finance Manager Intern – Consumer Card Acquisition, 2010
Consultant – Merchant Services, 2010
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
US Peace Corps, Tanzania, East Africa – Education & Community Consultant Volunteer
WESST, Albuquerque, NM – Non-Profit Marketing and Development Director
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Biological Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Financial Software – Oracle Essbase, IBM TM1 Cognos
- Data Software – Tableau, Looker, Redshift, SAS, SQL
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