Colette Smith

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About Colette Smith

Global Finance & Accounting Leader with extensive experience in FP & A, Operations, Project Management and Advising Executive teams. Proven ability managing competing priorities while exceeding objectives using strong communication and interpersonal skills. Proficient at working successfully with diverse cross-functional teams to setup and implement finance and operations initiatives that improve processes, reduce expense and drive shareholder value. Worked with executive sales team for a $13B multinational financial services payment network. Structured deals through modeling and data analytics. Made recommendations for business decision support based on financial results. Facilitated contract development and post audit analysis to determine financial impact vs. projections. Defined business requirements, tested and fully implemented a new billing system which resulted in efficiencies that reduced payment processing time by three days. This more expeditious process allowed for new business opportunities and increased revenue by more than $2M in year one. Developed data analytic capabilities and business intelligence process for managing retail capital investment strategy. This enhanced the forecasting and analysis processes for $105M in annual capital spend. Are you a progressive, forward-thinking company that understands the real value of Strategic Leadership, who would benefit from having a proven, principle-based Global Finance & Accounting Leader to help you and your company achieve your goals? Let's get started! Colette cmscpa1@gmail.com Global Finance & Accounting Leader | Executive Leadership Advisor | Strategic Planning/Execution | FP & A, Budgeting & Forecasting | Operations Focused | Policy & Procedure Development | Business Requirements Development | Revenue Optimization & Profit Growth | P&L Management | Project Management/Green Belt | Multi-Site/Multi Unit | IT System Implementations | Contract Negotiation & RFP's