Throughout my 30-year career in the public and private sectors, I worked in various leadership roles in centralized, decentralized, and shared-service environments while keeping a pulse on the operational and financial activities, organizational structure, and change management throughout offices in the United States and Canada. My hands-on approach and forward-thinking strategies enabled me to proactively identify gaps, such as implementing solutions & best practices, navigating economic challenges, improving cash flow, mitigating risks, maximizing sales, and serving as an internal consultant (subject matter expert). Through this experience, I gained a passion for the linkages between various business functions and integrating technology through implementation, configurations, customizations, custom-builds, and enhancements, improving the customers’ experience and reducing operating costs.
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Some of my expertise includes, but is not limited to, Accounting & Finance functions, Compliance & Controls, Financial Statement Analysis, Credit Management, Collections, Portfolio Management, Credit Insurance Negotiations & Execution, Reserve Methodologies, Order-to-Cash Functions, Accounts Receivables Analytics & Quality Assessment, Deductions & Disputes Resolution, Government Billing & Payments, Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Legal Environment of Credit, Bankruptcies, UCC Filings, Performance Metrics, KPIs, Dashboards, Analytical Reporting, Front and Back-Office alignment, 3rd Party Vendor negotiations, CRMs, ERPs, Policies & Procedures, Training, Mentoring, & Development.
Sectors I’ve worked in includes Garment, Electronics, Publishing, Electricity, Natural Gas, Energy Projects & Services, Home Heat, HVAC, and Oil & Gas. This exposure, along with several acquisitions & mergers, has allowed me to interact with various industries and cultures, looking at businesses through different lenses.
I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Finance and a certificate in Human Resources Management. My continuing executive education includes the Executive Award from the NACM Graduate School of Credit & Financial Management conducted at Dartmouth College and Financial and Strategic Leadership from Cornell University’s continuing education program.