Deepak Kumar

• Responsible for HR, IT, Accounting, & Business Operations across separate entities
• Responsible for guiding organization's long-term financial health in meeting its goals
• Formulate organization's public funding strategy and financial impact assessment, advocating for legislative policies impacting early childhood education
• In charge of all state & federal grant management and compliance
• Led t integration and optimization of software infrastructure, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and compliance standards
• Developed and executed comprehensive corporate finance strategies, including cost allocation and financial planning & analysis, to support the organization's growth objectives.
• Reduced month-end close time by 50% by automating payroll journals, digitizing all AP functions, and creating hard close deadlines.
• Aligned various financial and operations teams' workflows by creating transparent, centralized database of all project plans, work folders, team notes, and master calendar of all projects.
• Increased collaboration across all departments under my management by leading mandatory in-person weekly meetings on campus to review project updates and collaborate, along with compulsory weekly updates to executive team on current projects at end of each week.
• Standardized key business and operational processes, documentation of all critical business functions.
• Successfully led construction of new middle school on time and within budget.
• Created SOP for reporting financial updates to CZI, focusing on transparency and consistency by aligning grant reports with monthly close process, which streamlined funding requests with CZI.
• Developed the organization's FY24 strategy for business operations and IT, with detailed outlines for implementation, milestones, and KPIs, successfully achieving 95% of my teams & organizational goals.
  Developed and implemented an investment strategy that Increased investment income by $200k inFY24.
• Updated internal accounting policies and procedures, including FY24 updates to lease recognition (ASC842), significantly reducing costs and required time for annual external audit.
• Secured funding through combination of external grants and cost savings to implement two major projects originally planned for FY25: relocation of
• Central Office team of 40+ staff to new off-campus office and implementation of NetSuite ERP in Q3 of FY24, resulting in overall positive budget impact of $100k.

• Managed AP, AR, Fixed Assets, HR, & IT departments
• Collaborated closely with CEA's Executive Director on reporting to State Association Board of Directors
• Create detailed forecast models for revenue, compensation, variable expenses & monthly FP&A updates
• Provided leadership to organization as one of five Executive Committee members responsible for monthly budget to actual reviews, voted on key hiring positions, and reviewed internal policies & items requiring board approval
• Responsible for leading organization's annual audit, 990 tax filings, & various other state & local taxes
• Performed regular spot audits of reconciliations, & expenses for accuracy
• Worked jointly with Executive Director in developing CEA's annual budget.
• Successfully implemented a strategy to eliminate paper and digitize all accounting functions & HR.
• 100% automation achieved in generating financial statements by utilizing Excel Power Query with PeopleSoft.
• 50% reduction in time spent entering AP invoices by Implementing Stamplii, SaaS AP automation software.
• Established monthly events calendar with detailed budgets, timelines, and contact lists to reduce operational risk and improve budget forecasts.
• Led the selection & implementation of Sage Intacct during Q2-Q3 of 2022.
• Increased cyber security by implementing 2-Step Authentication, Fortinet Security, Password Boss, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams across CEA & its state affiliates.
• Developed & implemented a board-approved investment policy to protect CEA's financial viability & member dues.

Held various executive leadership roles across affiliate companies under the ownership group's corporate umbrella, serving as a strategic 'firefighter' brought in to manage complex situations and high-stakes projects. The below work history omits any roles that were part-time or held for less than a year.

Director of Business Operations, Accounting, and Finance at Full Sail University, Orlando, FL (2017-2021)

• Managed following accounting functions: AP, AR, corporate treasury, fixed assets, and GL reconciliation.
• Supervised monthly revenue recognition process (ASC 606) and distributed revenue analysis reports.
• Responsible for ensuring financial transactions were recorded accurately and in accordance with GAAP.
• Reviewed and submitted PBC items for external audit of FY financials, CY tax prep, and annual NCES reporting.
• Updated internal controls and accounting procedures to comply with new FASB standards.
• Received periodic compliance training in fund accounting, grant administration, federal student loan programs, FERPA, ethical standards for public funds administration, and GASB financial reporting standards.
• Managed the following accounting functions: AP, AR, corporate treasury, fixed assets, and GL reconciliation.
• Supervised monthly revenue recognition process (ASC 606) and distributed revenue analysis reports.
• Responsible for ensuring financial transactions were recorded accurately and in accordance with GAAP.
• Reviewed and submitted PBC items for external audit of FY financials, CY tax prep, and annual NCES reporting.
• Updated internal controls and accounting procedures to comply with new FASB standards.
• Received periodic compliance training in fund accounting, grant administration, federal student loan programs, FERPA, ethical standards for public funds administration, and GASB financial reporting standards.
• 100% automation of prepaid expense schedules and reconciliation.
• 95% automation of bank reconciliations by integrating BAI2 and setting custom rules with Workday.
• 50% overall reduction in month-end close time through automation of low-volume GL accounts reconciliations.

Chief Financial Officer, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO (2014-2016)

• Reported to and worked with independent board of directors (BOD).
• Responsible for the organization's financial planning and analysis (FP&A), human resources, and business operations.
• Wrote updates to institution's attendance guidelines policy following new guidelines published by new Department of Education (DOE), Title IV refund calculation changes affecting attendance guidelines.
• Provided FP&A support to RMCAD's executive team from 2012-2014 and offered CFO position in 2014.
• Decreased direct educational costs by $2M through cohort consolidation and new class selection process.
• Completed corporate debt restructuring project in 2015.
• Developed new rolling five (5) year, three-statement financial model with dynamic multi-scenario analysis functions for monthly executive committee review.

VP of Operations and Sales, RedZero, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013-2014)

• Led development and execution of effective post-acquisition strategy to eliminate redundancies and wasteful spending.
• Consolidated 15 independent sales and IT departments per school into one location in Rio de Janeiro.
• Created presentation materials for Board of Directors and supported the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with financial planning and analysis.
• Successfully executed post-acquisition operational plan in Brazil, which entailed following:
• $50M+ acquisition of vocational school with more than 15,000 students in 2014.

Director of Strategic Planning, Full Sail University, Orlando, FL (2011-2016)

• Provided summaries of complex data analytics reports to executive committee, created predictive models for strategic planning, was primary LMS liaison for affiliates, consolidated affiliate financials, presented scenario analysis on critical projects, and served as interim executive for various affiliate companies when needed.
• Responsible for conducting the initial internal analysis of potential higher education M&A for the ownership group.
• Conducted research on industry trends & semi-annual KPI analysis of FSU top 50 competitors.

• Served as CFO and responsible for initial fundraising strategy and implementation.
• Secured $600K in pre-seed funding in 2019 through TechStar incubators.
  Achieved $1.3M in Seed Round in 2020 led by 186 Ventures, Techstars, and Valley Venture Mentors.
• Board Member from 2017-2019 & Board Advisor 2020-2022
• Helped facilitate successful merger with Pet Loyalty in 2022.
• Achieved sustainability within 5 years with >$1M in revenue and full-time staff of five.
• Rescued over 27,000 pets from shelters across US through Adopets adoption management software.