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Brian Menezes In 60 Seconds...
Entrepreneurial CFO with CPA, 30+ years of leadership, including CEO, in finance, operations and tech for international, public, private, small and large entities + not-for-profit boards. Delivered higher growth, profitability, and equity valuation through leveraging of physical, intellectual and human capital using business planning and control, organizational buy-in, accountability and alignment
Specialist Skills
Strategic Thinker
Served a trusted advisor to CEO and board of directors
Profit Improvement
Delivered significant cost reductions and improved returns on investment
Financial Operations
Improved financial reporting, controls and organizational capacity
Business Planning
Led strategic planning , budgeting and tax efficiency initiatives
Exit Planning
Negotiated divestments of non-core businesses at top of desired price range
Track Record Highlights
- As a public company CFO, delivered multimillion-dollar earnings/revenue +23.4% efficiency over 5 years, from Lean and six-Sigma cost reductions and improved operating accountability
- Delivered major efficiencies in working capital and total assets utilization resulting in +390% higher working capital, +100% higher total assets (ROA) respectively and -98% in debt.
- Improved relationships, with the Nasdaq exchange, S&P and Moody's, SEC regulators; improved transparency, partnership and financial conditions with customers, suppliers, external auditors and lenders.
- Utilizing mostly in-house finance personnel, completed a $100 million+ corporate Chapter 11 reorganization re-emerging in just 5 months, avoiding (saved) $5-7 million in forecasted adminstrative costs
- Utilizing mostly in-house resources, delivered corporate-wide Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, enhanced financial controls/ reporting at global-wide subsidiaries and $3-5 million ilower than expected costs
- Led the targeting and negotiation of an aggregate $100 million+ in multiple M&A and divestitures initiatives for revenue growth, diversification and improved cost synergies.
- Implemented FX hedging to reduce procurement and subsidiary earnings variabilty, and a pricing strategy for foreign inter-affiliate production transfers to save unwarrented tax expenses.
Sector Experience
- manufacturing, transport & logistics: Automotive & industrial
- technology, media-telecoms: Internet software
- property / real-estate: Office & Warehousing
- Services: Small Business Consulting
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