Assistant Vice President of Finance - Latham Centers
(2025-01)
- Supervise Controller and Director of Finance and oversee entire business office, AP/AR and payroll for multi-entity special needs school and adult residential program.
- Negotiate service contracts and facilitate procurement process for new vendors and oversee vender relationships in the areas of capital projects, insurances, facilities and development.
- Prepare Financial reports and statements for CFO, Board of directors and Finance committee and report on monthly agency performance and key ratios.
- Introduce technology and efficiencies throughout finance department with emphasis on eliminating manual processes
- Work with contracting and billing to ensure accurate and timely invoicing and act as point person for any aged AR issues while work with MA and out of State payors to reduce any receivable issues.
- Facilitate budgeting process for approx. 35mm annual expenditures and track actual expenses to projections.
- Provide leadership to junior staff and foster an environment where developed policies and procedures are followed. Review and update policies within the finance department.
- Collaborate with Advancement Department on fundraising strategies and ensure grants/gifts are appropriately treated in financials and track accurately.
- Lead agency wide financial and compliance audit. Act as liaison to external auditors for annual and semi-annual audit.
- Participate in feasibility, due diligence and obtain financing for capital projects and track projects to completion.
Owner – Founding Member - SFB Entertainment LLC, Jump ATP Holyoke LLC – dba Altitude Trampoline Park
(2018-01 - 2025-01)
- Oversee General Manager to drive revenue, limit expenses and ultimately optimize P&L.
- Manage all financial aspects of a multi-unit franchised business, including accounting, financing, budgeting and cashflow forecasting.
- Process AR/AP on a timely basis on order to maintain and enhance vendor relationships.
- Ensure management is following policy and procedures consistent with brand standards.
Senior Operations/Accounting Officer - Adage Capital Management L.P.
(2008-01 - 2018-01)
- Main point of contact and liaison to the Fund Administrator working on daily and monthly basis, reconciling and addressing any issues or inquires.
- Assist CFO in annual and semi-annual audit and work with Fund Administrator to prepare financial reporting and statements for all limited partners.
- Reconcile and sign off on month end NAV and reporting package as well as investor allocations and statements.
- Daily cash management.
- Process Daily AR/AP on a firmwide basis.
- Positions reconciliations to both fund administrator and 7 prime brokers.
- Select and manage research vendor relationships ensuring soft dollar research is compliant and monitor payment and balances in numerous commissions sharing arrangements.
- Conduct semi-annual broker vote and monitor commission allocations and Service/Vender payments
- Communicate with portfolio managers regarding Proxy statements and reorganization elections.
- Daily and quarterly SEC filing (13D, 13F, Form 4, Form PF, etc.)
- Assist Chief Compliance/Operations Officer in developing appropriate procedures to ensure transactions and subsequent filings are in compliance with SEC and foreign domicile Regulations.
- Create, maintain and update accounting and operational controls and ensure all procedures are accurately documented.
- Report daily positions and exposure to portfolio managers and perform various ad-hoc analysis at the request of traders and portfolio managers.
- Report P&L at the firm-wide level and reconcile individual portfolio manager performance on a weekly and monthly basis.
Accounting Manager - State Street Bank
(2005-01 - 2008-01)
- Perform all aspects of mutual fund accounting and operations.
- Manage a staff of fund accountants to ensure NAVs are reported accurately and within a specific time deadline.
- Validate and finalize daily net asset value and report to the client, internal/external stakeholders, and NASDAQ within a deadline oriented environment.
- Manage workflow across staff throughout the day in compliance with client, company, and industry standards
- Act as the direct liaison between fund accounting and senior management, the client, advisors, and other departments in the bank.
