CHRISTINE SCOVILLE RAMELLO

Implemented enterprise-wide improvements in corporate strategy, operations, financial operations, M&A, compliance, and FP&A that reduced risk, increased accuracy and fueled organizational growth.

· Led global corporate strategy via the introduction and adoption of EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) within all functions of the business leading to ;

· Led M&A function, including pre-close diligence, QoE evaluation, valuation, deal structure, deal thesis, legal, and post-close integration process successfully closing 3 acquisitions (Ava Woman, Nutrimedy, and Liquid Grids) within 7 months;

· Built on and offshore consolidated financial operations including FP&A, reporting, global equity, and accounting functions driving automation, and $0.2M in cost efficiencies;

· Managed $90M global budget- capturing over $6M in global operational synergies year one;

· Designed new budgeting function, successfully completing, and holding stakeholders accountable to the first global budget for 150+ employees, 7 entities, and 9 operational divisions within 2 months of joining the company;

· Designed and implemented global controls function within the organization;

· Moved from 14 disparate systems (ERP, AP, inventory, and budgeting) to consolidated solutions including Adaptive Insights and NetSuite creating over $0.5M in cost synergies year one;

· Led equity and investor relations functions, managed ESOP and all related equity compliance;

· Designed new Treasury function including integrated banking solution for US, UK, Spain, Switzerland, Greece & China – global 13-week cash flow and 3-year cash flow reporting;

· Led all fundraising efforts with CEO;

· Successfully completed all required global compliance audits and external audits;

· Led global compliance for teams in US, UK, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, China, and Philippines.

Led and built the Transaction Advisory Services practice from $0 to $8M+ in revenue which was pivotal in the successful acquisition of 9Gauge Partners by E78 Partners. Responsible for 45% of 9Gauge’s revenue generation. Member of Senior leadership team who helped create foundational building blocks of the firm from onset.

Engagement lead for Transaction Services clients in Director / CFO role for early stage to mid-market clients ($2B +); highlights include:

GI Alliance (Waud Capital): Engagement Lead / pre-close, August 2018 to July 2021

o Led finance organization in moving initial pillar practices, ASCs, pathology, and pharmacy from disparate cash based financial operations to consolidated operations, further lead numerous successful buy and build pillar, platform, and tuck-in integrations from pre-close on – streamlining operations and building the foundation for 20x growth and successful exit at a $2.2B valuation;

o Participated in board prep, reporting and in board meetings;

o Established consolidated reporting to budget, physician reporting, PE partner reporting, credit reporting and MSO reporting structure through the introduction of Adaptive Insights, improving accountability and automation from the onset of the transaction;

o Led team in establishing KPI views and EBITDA views to enable practice-level accountability, credit reporting, management, and board reporting;

o Created and advised on budget and forecast models, gaining practice physicians and PE partner buy-in; initial modeling structure is still being used and the 9Gauge team continues to automate budget and controllable cost processes to create insights and business efficiencies;

o Established process, structure and initial excel solution for accrual revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606;

o Two years of successful big 4 audits complete based on initial establishment of audit ready controls, financial reporting processes and financial statements;

o Full support in interviewing and buildout of the full-time finance department, efficient transition, and training from 9Gauge resources to internal resources;

o Full support in ERP and Budgeting tool selection and thoughtful buildout for foundation of expanded growth.

Retina Consultants of American (Webster Capital): Engagement Lead / Interim CFO - pre-close, Jan 2020 to May 2021

o Led team in establishing HQ finance structure and MSO structure for each of the initial five pillar practices building the foundation for further growth by acquisition;

o Led team of over 35 in the finance organization in moving five pillar practices from disparate cash-basis financials to consolidated accrual-based financials within 90 days post-close for credit reporting, PE partner reporting and audit deadlines;

o Established consolidated reporting and EBITDA views for credit reporting, management reporting and board reporting purposes;

o Led creation of physician's compensation, treasury forecasts and initial budget models gaining practice physicians and PE partner buy-in;

o Established process, structure, and database solution for accrual revenue recognition in accordance with ASC 606;

o Led team in establishing data warehouse in Azure with tailored revenue and liquidation dashboards to enable physician accountability and timely analysis of accrual revenue data for practice operators and PE partners;

o Implemented first year audit ready controls, financial reporting processes and financial statements;

o Established a simple, organized monthly close process without disruption to practice operations, templated ERP and data model for future M&A growth and expansion.

Enverus (formally Drilling Info) – Integration Management Office Lead

o Full responsibility of company-wide IMO management for 2 large simultaneous international acquisitions

o Successfully managed and executed 100-day plan for 8 workstream integrations from marketing to finance through the first 5 months pre-deal to post

Cantata Health Carve-out: NTT Data Carve-out

o Managed carve-out of finance workstream

o Established operational alignment within new co; selection and set up of banking / LOC, payroll / benefits, IT relationships, new leases and new facilities plan, customer and vendor transition from old banking to new

o Migrated carve out to new operating system (NetSuite & Adaptive Insights), trained resources on financial operations, and created budget / board reporting packages

• Lottery.com SPAC Transaction: CFO / Engagement lead -Assisted the company in preparation and execution of SPAC transition
• Unity MSK (Trinity Hunt Partners): CFO / Engagement Lead – pre- and post-close, led the team in building initial pillar practice reporting for all stakeholders, which included moving from cash to accrual-based reporting, building out MSO structure, compliance policies, control policies, credit reporting, revenue structure, payroll structure and physicians compensation models creating the foundation for growth. Participated in board reporting and board meetings.
• Buy-side diligence healthcare, tech, software/hardware, oil & gas software: Engagement Lead – Led teams to analyze deals from a finance and operations perspective for multiple clients; PE to corporate. Assist and present the build of investment thesis, 100-day plan and identification of risk, opportunity and strengths in the finance workstream.
• CWBHF: Engagement Lead – Supported finance function optimization pre/post public offering, FP&A optimization for operational efficiencies and public markets.
• PE Backed Payroll Software Company: Engagement Lead – Pre and post-close planning and integration including: selection of valuation team, NWC, transition to full GAAP based financial statements, credit reporting, credit compliance, presented Finance matters to board
• Newgistics (now part of Pitney Bowes): Engagement Manager – Successfully led the finance integration of two newly acquired business’ finance functions.
• Neighbor Favor (Silverton Partners, S3 Ventures): Engagement Lead / CFO – Managed finance and accounting operations from 6-person startup to multi-million corporate exit; including migration of ERP, selection and migration of payroll solution and HRMS solution, build of 25+ market P&Ls / budgets / strategy, maintenance of revenue transaction database moving from 10k transactions to 800k + transactions, successful first year big 4 audit.
• Spanning Cloud Apps: Managed finance and accounting operations from startup to exit (Dell EMC), assisted with transaction.
• PTV Healthcare Capital & Serent Capital: Engagement Lead – Launch and assistance with fund financial operations.

Proven success in engagement management and supervision, including scheduling, budgeting, scoping and planning of engagements; supervision and evaluation of staff; and communication relative to engagement progress, profitability and technical issues. Proven success in maintaining profitability of engagements while delivering quality results in an effective manner. Able to negotiate, organize, delegate and work under pressure. Extensive experience related to time management, project management & working multiple projects at one time.

Reported to Chief Financial Officer. The Partnership was formed in March of 2012 through a major acquisition via private equity funding. Responsible for oversight of year-end 2012 and ongoing 2013 financial statements. Responsible for oversight of hedging and derivative activities. Responsible for smooth migration of accounting systems (Excalibur) and practices from third party to in-house.

· Created various financial models pinpointing cost accounting issues related to expense and revenue projections; saving the company expense and time. These models were further used in investor and bank relations.

· Served as liaison between tax accountants and auditor to ensure data integrity and quality timely reporting to private equity investors and bankers. Tax returns and audit were finished ahead of schedule.

· Monitored and assessed derivative investments on a recurring basis to hedge price risk and volatility in earnings.

· Created original set of financial statements and footnotes in accordance with US GAAP and SEC standards for current and future use. Oversaw other day to day operating activities and staff, such as; revenue accrual process, insurance policies, AP, equity and payroll.

· Designed and implemented processes and internal controls governing hedging activity, revolving credit line, captial assets, and cash transactions for monthly, and quarterly reporting.

• Ranked in top 10% of peer group for performance rating in FY2009, FY2010 & FY2011
• Served as lead senior associate for transaction, advisory, financial statement, and internal control audits (including SOX compliance) within the Not-for-Profit, Real Estate, Financial Services, Hospitality, Manufacturing Technology and Higher Education Practices for both public (Fortune 500 & Fortune 100) and private clients; highlights include:
• Hitachi and Western Digital - Fortune 500 computer hardware manufacturing: Lead senior coordinating new client on agreed upon procedures for merger and acquisition of two multi-billion-dollar companies; responsible for 14-person team and engaging various global KPMG employees to complete procedures for international subsidiaries in relation to the transaction and in accordance with US GAAP
• Transaction related procedures were completed on time and received highest ratings in KPMG internal Quality Peer Review
• Joint Commission - Not-for-Profit Healthcare certification organization: Lead senior for two consecutive busy seasons; leading a five-person team
• Gained extensive experience in accounting for non-routine intricate alternative investment structures and revenue streams
• Real Estate Investment Fund: Lead senior on 7 funds within the organization
• Spearheaded new computer integrated audit system for client’s 54 funds; effectively streamlining auditing processes to reduce workpapers and documentation requirements
• Gained extensive experience in accounting for Not-For-Profit & Pass-Through Entities
• Real Estate Hospitality Fund, Private Equity Real Estate Investment Fund, Higher Education, Not-for-Profit Hunger-Relief Charity: Lead Senior
• CH2M Hill - Engineering, Construction & Real Estate: Associate for two consecutive years on global, SEC reporting client
• Performed year-end US GAAP and statutory audits, quarterly reviews, agreed upon procedures and obtained wide exposure to SEC reporting requirements
• Established scope of work for internal auditors related to SOX compliance improving audit efficiency
• Planned and executed practices for use of KPMG Global Delivery Center and forensic auditing of journal entries directly improving engagement profitability; these practices are still used on the client today
• Gained extensive experience working with non-routine business transactions including; acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and currency translation adjustments
• Coordinated international US GAAP audit scope for subsidiary legal entities
• Received an early promotion to senior associate to complete work on second busy season and audit of Company’s philanthropic foundation
• Supervised and coordinated work with data integrity, valuation, and tax specialists to meet client needs
• Gained extensive experience in accounting for non-routine business transactions REIT transactions, Real Estate Fund Transactions