Director of Finance & IT

340928 | Contract

This strategic Director of Finance & IT, MBA, has a background in IT and 20+ years of expertise leading financial and operational success. Industry experience includes food manufacturing, restaurants and hospitality.  Recent experience includes overseeing 400+ franchise and PE-owned restaurant chains, developing and reporting operational KPI initiatives and effectively leading teams through integrations and system efficiencies. Systems experience includes Sage Intacct, CTUIT, Oracle, Adaptive Insights, Hyperion/Essbase, SAP, MS Great Plains, QuickBooks and advanced Excel.

Additional qualifications include:

  • Oversaw vendor management, supply chain finance and developed all due diligence for capital planning on future locations including multiple portfolio growth scenarios
  • Managed and coordinated the implementation and training of all restaurant technology, hardware and software
  • Provided corporate governance documentation and provided regular financial reporting
  • Oversaw two departments including new back-office systems, managed all costs, set up inventory and parameters on yield and conversions including hands-on activities of weighing raw materials to ensure the correct product costs
  • Managed a multitude of due diligence assessments on acquisitions, pro forma financial creation, cash flow modeling as well as remodel schedules with ROIC (return on invested capital) analyses for 59 PE-backed stores
  • Built her FP&A career overseeing a large portfolio of over 400 franchises with a mixture of PE and privately-owned businesses across N.A.
  • Provided full strategy plans for due diligence on new store rollouts and concepts with a great achievement of closing on 100 different stores in three markets in three days
Skills: Budgeting & Forecasting, ERP, Software Implementation, Essbase, Financial Reporting, Great Plains, Hyperion, QuickBooks, Sage, SAP, Supply Chain
Skills: Budgeting & Forecasting, ERP, Software Implementation, Essbase, Financial Reporting, Great Plains, Hyperion, QuickBooks, Sage, SAP, Supply Chain