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Amy Ford

Amy Ford

Thousand Oaks,CA

Summary

Accomplished professional with 25 years of expertise in overseeing accounting, treasury, and finance functions for multinational companies. Proficient in directing end-to-end accounting cycles, SEC financial reporting, and policy and procedure development. Talented collaborator across finance functions, within cross-functional teams, and among outside advisors and auditors.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Financial Controller

Zwift
Long Beach, CA
07.2021 - Current
  • Led a global team of 10 internal accounting professionals and 3 external firms to prepare monthly financials, payroll, AP processing, and recognition of over $200 million of annual revenue, across 6 countries.
  • Responsible for accounting, tax, treasury, internal controls, 409a, financial reporting, and successful completion of the annual audit.
  • Hired to collaborate with supply chain to launch 1st party hardware, which is critical to growing the company's subscription revenue business. Key contributions include the set-up of 3 new foreign entities, integration of an acquisition, and conversion to standard costing.
  • Implemented NetSuite and led efficiencies that drove month-end closing process cycle time from 10 to 7 working days.

Senior Director of Accounting

Semtech
Camarillo, CA
09.2019 - 07.2021
  • Responsible for managing a team of 13 in the areas of SEC reporting, accounting research, equity administration, treasury, payroll, annual audit, and quarterly audit committee presentations.
  • Assisted in negotiating a credit facility from term loan to revolver structure, managing interest rates and foreign currency hedges, and overseeing insurance renewal processes.
  • Ensured smooth integration and proper functionality of the newly implemented systems for lease accounting and consolidations.
  • Detected and rectified inaccuracies in share-based compensation reporting to prevent potential material weakness.

Assistant Corporate Controller

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
Aurora, IL
06.2018 - 06.2019
  • Member of CFO's leadership team, mentoring 13 finance professionals in the areas of SEC reporting, M&A, consolidations, and product costing.
  • Collaborated on due diligence, integration, and financial reporting of a $1.5 billion acquisition of a public company, doubling the company size. Mentored SEC team and collaborated with legal, auditors, and outside advisors to file S-4 to issue new equity and prepared pro forma financials for required regulatory filings. Worked with treasury to obtain debt ratings to secure $1.1 billion in Term Loan B debt and coordinated with investor relations on press releases and segment reporting matters.

Finance Director

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
Aurora, IL
12.2016 - 06.2018
  • Reported to CFO and managed a team of 13 in the areas of FP&A, treasury, and cost accounting. Responsible for long-range strategic planning, annual budget, forecasting, and supporting strategic decision-making through financial analysis.
  • Collaborated on a capital deployment initiative, which included assessment of the 2017 U.S. Tax Reform laws, repatriation of nearly $200 million of overseas cash to the US, payoff of term loan, and communication to investors of the intent to distribute at least 50 percent of future free cash flow.
  • Led the company's first-ever Global Finance Summit for the growth and development of 45 global finance employees.
  • Led annual 5-year strategic plan effort, including presentation to the Board of Directors. The plan formed the basis for the company's budget, served as a benchmark for ongoing merger and acquisition analyses, and was utilized in the company's Credit Facility negotiation.

Various Finance Roles

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
Aurora, IL
02.2001 - 12.2016
  • Spent 8 years in various accounting, SEC reporting, and controllership roles. Researched and implemented requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including the creation of the company's Disclosure Committee. Led cross-functional project to evaluate the 2006 requirements for expensing equity compensation, presented impact and ideas to the Compensation Committee, and implemented a new equity compensation plan design.
  • Leveraged experience in SEC reporting and knowledge of the company to serve as Investor Relations Manager for 4 years. Managed external investor communications, including quarterly press releases, earnings call scripts, IR pages of website, and general investor presentations. Led two Investor Day events in New York, which required developing key messages, targeting investors, coordination with Executive Team presenters, preparation of presentation materials, and event planning. Responsible for educating and building relationships with buy-side investors and sell-side analysts to create a pipeline of institutional interest and maintain an appropriate level of research coverage. Traveled with CEO and CFO to participate in conferences and non-deal roadshows.
  • Held diverse FP&A management positions, encompassing budget leadership and integration of competitor acquisition. Oversaw the installation of Hyperion Essbase for planning and budgeting. Suggested cost-saving strategies and monitored financial cutbacks amid the Great Recession.

Staff Accountant

Sikich Gardner, LLP
Aurora, IL
01.2000 - 02.2001
  • Started my career in public accounting, performing audits, preparing tax returns, and pioneering the company's accounting services division.

Education

MBA -

DePaul University
Chicago, IL
05-2005

Associate of Science - Accountancy

Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
12-1999

Skills

  • SEC reporting
  • Board-level presenter
  • Executive leadership advisement
  • Treasury
  • Tax
  • Policy development
  • Budget administration
  • Internal controls
  • Financial analysis
  • Consolidations
  • Accounting research
  • Cross-functional partnership
  • People development

Certification

  • Certified Public Accountant, Illinois License #239.006901, May 2000

Timeline

Financial Controller

Zwift
07.2021 - Current

Senior Director of Accounting

Semtech
09.2019 - 07.2021

Assistant Corporate Controller

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
06.2018 - 06.2019

Finance Director

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
12.2016 - 06.2018

Various Finance Roles

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation
02.2001 - 12.2016

Staff Accountant

Sikich Gardner, LLP
01.2000 - 02.2001

MBA -

DePaul University

Associate of Science - Accountancy

Northern Illinois University

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