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Brinda Subbiah
Chief Financial Officer
Hamden,CT
Summary
Highly accomplished and seasoned Finance Leader focused on helping companies accomplish their mission and drive growth through strategic initiatives, solid financial decision making, efficiency improvement and risk mitigation. A team player and clear communicator with a high degree of passion and integrity.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Chief Financial Officer
United Musculoskeletal Partners
Dallas, TX
01.2023 - Current
- Ownership and management of the Texas Market with $125 million in net revenue consisting of 6 orthopedic practices, 29 locations, 80 physicians and 126 providers with investments in 4 Ambulatory Surgical Centers and 1 Surgical Hospital.
- Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving by addressing all issues the market had with my predecessor within 90 days, thereby building trust, transparency, accountability, integrity and the ability to influence decision making.
- Directed budget development, monthly forecasts, financial management controls and cashflow/capital investment management.
- Oversaw accounts payable and receivable to track income and expenditures, drive statutory compliance and provide quantitative financial information resulting in a 5% improvement in cash collections through various initiatives and analytics.
- Strong communications and presentation skills with monthly report-outs to 6 physician boards, monthly MORs with the ELT and quarterly board meeting updates with private equity sponsors.
- Analyzed operational issues, assessed risk profiles and worked closely with legal and compliance to proactively address over $5 million of compliance risk on M&A prior to any investigation or fines.
- Doubled the Texas market size from 3 practices to 6 within 4 months by reviewing due diligence, assessing risk and mitigation plans and negotiating deal structure to get the M&A pipeline across the finish line.
- Collaborative leadership style with the ability to build strong relationships within my team and across the organization to ensure effective communication and an inclusive environment.
Vice President of Development, M&A Analytics
Tenet Health / United Surgical Partners Int’l
Dallas, TX
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Mergers, Acquisitions: Supervised critical M&A functions with cross-functional leadership to ensure pipeline management, more efficient due diligence process and enhanced analytics assessments to meet annual goals of over $500M in M&A spend
- Integration: Founded the Integration Management Office (IMO) and led the successful integration of a $1 billion acquisition
- Process Improvement: Enhanced the due diligence process by improving collaboration and communication with cross-functional teams resulting in improved diligence findings, seamless post-acquisition integration and a 20% reduction in the due diligence timeline.
Vice President, Operations and Strategic Finance
Tenet Health / United Surgical Partners Int’l
Dallas, TX
03.2017 - 01.2022
- Building Teams: Established the finance function, creating a culture of accountability across the organization, while building a high performing team with 100% retention and 70% internal promotions through recruitment, mentoring, and coaching
- Financial Modeling: Built complex models (i.e., 3 statement models), implemented companywide, to account for multifaceted inputs, triggers and timing that provide summarized outputs to make strategic recommendations and investment decisions
- Accounting Partner: Worked closely with accounting teams to ensure accurate financials, understand out of period adjustments and other GAAP impacts; worked with accounting to fix errors and reduce error rate from 5% to 3% over four years
- Strategic Thinking: During COVID shutdown, created complex models to mothball facilities, consolidate urgent cases, optimize staff, negotiate with landlords and vendors, support business insurance claims and manage grant relief efforts
- Growth Initiatives: Spearheaded numerous transformational initiatives, like shifting to higher acuity MSK and CV
- Promoted to Vice President of Development, M&A Analytics and Due Diligence
Director of Operations and Strategic Finance
Tenet Health / United Surgical Partners Int’l
Dallas, CT
10.2014 - 03.2017
- Budgeting & Planning: Led the annual budgets and 5-year strategic plans, implementing a new process that increased accountability companywide, reduced budget cycle time by 10% and increased performance vs. target accuracy by 25%
- External Communications: Spearheaded scripts and talking points for investor call preparation, board of director presentations and analysts
- Sales Finance: Developed innovative insight that led to a revamp of the sales team structure resulting in a 2% increase in volume
- Promoted to Vice President of Operations and Strategic Finance
Finance Manager
Rent-A-Center
Plano, TX
01.2013 - 10.2014
- Emerging Markets: Effectively led this newly created position to grow the international footprint from 5 to 22 retail stores and grow the online business by 35%, making it the most profitable arm of the company
- Sales Strategies: Created innovative scorecards to test sales strategies, including pre and post periods and control group comparisons, to recommend the most profitable selling strategies based on market conditions and demographics
Senior Financial Consultant
Mavenir Systems
Richardson, TX
01.2012 - 01.2013
- IPO Preparation: Key financial player in the IPO preparation and successful IPO launch on the NYSE in 2013, raising $44.5M
- Vendor Management: Negotiated more favorable contracts and terms with over 20 vendors saving the company over $3M annually
- Revenue Recovery: Created an algorithm to review invoicing milestones on 800 projects and identified +$2M of missed billings
Co-Founder and CFO
ZEV Vodka
Dallas, TX
09.2010 - 01.2012
- Culture: Established the organizational structure and culture while ensuring customer satisfaction
- Finance Oversight: Oversaw and audited the accounting, payroll, tax, treasury, human resources, legal and finance functions
- Raising Capital: Successfully raised capital by preparing and presenting investor presentations with ROI, 5-year plan, exit strategy
Finance Manager
Mohawk Industries
Dallas, TX
04.2009 - 09.2010
- Managed the P&L for the $500M Hard Surfaces Division, drove financial planning, analysis, and accounting
- Optimize Profitability: Developed a complex model that increased margins 100 bps by introducing tiered pricing strategies and managing down impaired inventory levels; model was soon adopted by and implemented across the entire company
Senior Financial Analyst
Mohawk Industries
10.2007 - 04.2009
- Maintain the monthly financial forecast, monthly sales, COS, inventory, SG&A and margin reports by plant, channel and SKU for newly acquired hardwood division
- Analyze the P&L, ROI and related financial metrics for existing and new business scenarios such as the automation of hand-scraped wood and the innovation center
- Responsible for working with plants to analyze productivity and output measure
- Promoted to Finance Manager
Financial Analyst
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Moorestown, NJ
07.2002 - 08.2005
- High Potential: Accepted into the highly selective Finance Leadership Development Program
- Results-oriented: Budgeted and completed a $950 million proposal with one-third the time and manpower resources
- Predictive Analytics: Reduced staffing costs by 10% by creating an innovative tool to predict labor and assess staffing proactively
Education
MBA - Finance And Strategy
Boston University Questrom School of Management
Boston 09.2005 - 05.2007
BBA - Finance and Strategy
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Ann Arbor, MI 09.1998 - 05.2002
Skills
Relationship building and management
Strategic and financial planning
Business development expertise
Financial analysis and reporting
Decision-Making
Budget forecasting
Staff Management
Revenue Generation
Software
Interests
Writing, Reading, Meditation, Self-Improvement
Timeline
Chief Financial Officer
United Musculoskeletal Partners
01.2023 - Current
Vice President of Development, M&A Analytics
Tenet Health / United Surgical Partners Int’l
01.2022 - 01.2023
Vice President, Operations and Strategic Finance
Tenet Health / United Surgical Partners Int’l
03.2017 - 01.2022
Director of Operations and Strategic Finance
Tenet Health / United Surgical Partners Int’l
10.2014 - 03.2017
Finance Manager
Rent-A-Center
01.2013 - 10.2014
Senior Financial Consultant
Mavenir Systems
01.2012 - 01.2013
Co-Founder and CFO
ZEV Vodka
09.2010 - 01.2012
Finance Manager
Mohawk Industries
04.2009 - 09.2010
Senior Financial Analyst
Mohawk Industries
10.2007 - 04.2009
MBA - Finance And Strategy
Boston University Questrom School of Management
09.2005 - 05.2007
Financial Analyst
Lockheed Martin Corporation
07.2002 - 08.2005
BBA - Finance and Strategy
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
09.1998 - 05.2002