Tara Charf

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About Tara Charf

Provides clear rational financial counsel via simplified, timely and actionable insight. During over 20 years of financial management with publicly traded global marketing and communications agency, have restructured, concepted, designed, implemented, maintained, modified, improved and constantly fine-tuned pricing, processes, analyses, reporting and controls in five separate offices. When it comes to data insight, nothing is unexamined. Building on this, able to provide counsel resulting in material profit margin improvement for multiple offices over the course of career. Also led the local roll-out of two corporate financial system conversions (the latter to SAP).Specific areas of expertise:Financial Planning/Forecasting & Analysis (FP & A)Revenue & Expense Budget Setting & ManagementFinancial Presentation Design & DeliveryFinancial Report Design, Updating & ProductionContract Terms & Remuneration Strategy/NegotiationStaff/Salary/Resource Planning & Cost ManagementROI & Strategic Purchase/Acquisition AnalysesCorporate Reporting & General Ledger ManagementCross-Department/Office/Business Unit CollaborationMulti-location Staff Supervision & Team BuildingOffice Leadership TeamProcess Development & OptimizationPolicy & Controls Development & EnforcementGAAP & SOX Compliance / Auditor LiaisonOffice Relocation & Buildout Design OversightFinancial System Migrations & ImplementationsSystems/Software: Advanced MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, SAP, Hyperion, Longview, SharePoint, FileMaker Database Design/Use