VENTURE CAPITAL ANALYST

• Completed the divestiture of a profitable but growing division by helping to create the offering memorandum and facilitating information flow with the potential purchasers. The divestiture created an important source of cash in-flow needed to fund growth opportunities in the remaining divisions.

• Successfully performed due diligence for a major acquisition then helped the new organization become fully integrated into the company's financial system. The new division expanded existing product lines and eliminated a key competitor.

• Completed a private placement of debt by helping to create the offering memorandum. The issuance of this debt provided the financing for the corporate relocation.

• Reviewed contract terms and debt covenants re•ated to securing new corporate financing that funded working capital needs.

• Participated in the divisional valuation process that was required to change the organization's status from for-profit to not-for-profit. This change in organizational status helped facilitate the goals related to the international charitable function of the organization.

• Represented the finance function on a mission-critical systems project related to the enterprise software that was recently installed (ERP - J. D. Edwards). The resolution was to confirm the proper working of the order fulfillment system identifying that work-arounds and hardware configurations were stopping the timely and accurate processing of sales orders.

• Identified the product/customer matrix categories used as the cornerstone for the new system implementation. This matrix was the basis of how financial statements are summarized and reported.

• Understood the financial system reporting in order to perform account analysis as needed to better describe the financial statements.

• Adapted to various accounting and operating systems. This included not only the navigation of the current ERP system but also using Comshare's database program (FDC). This program provided reports through the use of templates and changing relevant input variables to avoid the reentering of information into Excel.

• Responsible for non-transactional journal entries that included reserves for sales, accounts receivable, and inventory as well as prepaid expense amortization as required by GAAP.

• Helped create a financial management control system for a foreign subsidiary, which significantly aided its leadership in making better decisions and solving profitability issues.

• Involved with all levels and functions of the organization. A recent illustration was a day working on the shipping line trying to understand product fulfillment issues relative to recording transactions in the g/l and then participating in a conference call with the president and his direct reports reviewing 401k investments.

• Created and expanded the monthly forecasting package and integrated it with on-going accounting statements. Coupling past performance with the annual forecast provided an objective view on whether the current year goals would be achieved.

• Identified reporting needs required for executive level review and decision making. Created reports to respond to those needs which, not only included the forecast package previously mentioned, but also others such as the sales flash, front-list product analysis, etc.

• Helped identify and implement divisional requirements that included income statement policy charges. Assisted in the implementation of divisional cash reporting that held divisions accountable not only for their P&L but also their asset growth as well.

• Redistributed corporate debt across operating divisions to assess cash performance. This analysis laid the groundwork for identification of the strategic divestiture previously mentioned.

• Created a corporate cash projection model that was used for projecting divisional goals.

• Assisted operating divisions by creating models used in the forecasting and budgeting processes. These models provoked discussions on appropriate tactics used to achieve desired results.