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KEVIN MALONEY

Middlesex,NJ

Summary

Strategic Finance Executive with 15 years of leadership at the intersection of financial strategy, commercial operations, and data analytics. A high-impact advisor to C-suite and board members, specializing in driving EBITDA expansion through data-driven insights. Expert in scaling finance functions from infancy to AI-ready maturity, managing budgets of $150M+, and orchestrating complex commercial negotiations.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

VP, FP&A

FIRST
New York, USA
01.2017 - Current
  • Executive lead for full FP&A and Commercial functions, aligning $150M+ in annual spend with corporate growth.
  • EBITDA Optimization: Engineered a strategic pivot toward high-margin operating models, delivering a YoY margin expansion to 15%+.
  • Capital Events: Orchestrated due diligence and financial modeling for business divestiture, securing a high-value exit valuation.
  • Board Advisory: Act as primary financial liaison to the Board, providing advanced revenue modeling and actionable intelligence for enterprise-wide decision support.

VP, Business Analytics

FIRST
New York, USA
01.2023 - 02.2025
  • In addition to existing remit, took on Data + Insights teams to build the global analytics department from the ground up, focusing on 'AI-Readiness.'
  • Digital Transformation: Established Master Data Management (MDM) and governance frameworks, creating the foundational architecture for AI implementation.
  • Data Architecture: Architected a unified data warehouse environment, eliminating silos and ensuring 'single source of truth' accessibility across global functions.
  • Operational Intelligence: Deployed Tableau-based KPI ecosystems that automated functional insights and identified immediate performance gaps.

Commercial & Business Director

FIRST
New York, USA
04.2021 - 01.2023

Led revenue strategy and contract negotiations during a period of intense market volatility.

  • Revenue Generation: Spearheaded a targeted rate-increase initiative for the existing portfolio, netting $4M in incremental annual revenue.
  • High-Stakes Negotiation: Principal lead for contracts up to $60M, utilizing sophisticated cost-plus and value-based pricing strategies.
  • Crisis Leadership: Navigated in and out of the COVID-19 pivot by architecting new virtual event pricing models, successfully protecting market share and commercial stability until return to normal business.

Commercial & Business Manager / Analyst

FIRST
New York, USA
07.2017 - 04.2021
  • Rapidly promoted through three roles in four years due to high performance in revenue forecasting and process optimization.
  • Modernized the commercial function by implementing advanced budgeting tools and P&L workflows to better inform pricing recommendations and commercial negotiations.

Prior Experience

KCG
New York, New York
05.2012 - 06.2017
  • Worked for a customer-facing market-making firm, developing KPI reporting, market research and analysis, and coding up model optimization.
  • Business development expanding into new markets, new verticals for proprietary trading and working on volume exchange discounting

Education

Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
05-2012

Skills

  • Executive Leadership
  • P&L management ($150M annual budget)
  • Treasury, Cash flow, Working Capital management
  • M&A experience
  • Annual operating plans, KPIs, EBITDA optimization
  • Commercial Strategy
  • AI strategy implementation
  • Data visualization with Tableau
  • Enterprise resource planning
  • Customer relationship management
  • Data Governance and Architecture via data warehousing

Technical And Systems Expertise

P&L Management, Cash Flow Forecasting, M&A Support, Annual Operating Plans (AOP), Tableau, SAP, Salesforce, Data Warehousing, AI Implementation Strategy

Timeline

VP, Business Analytics

FIRST
01.2023 - 02.2025

Commercial & Business Director

FIRST
04.2021 - 01.2023

Commercial & Business Manager / Analyst

FIRST
07.2017 - 04.2021

VP, FP&A

FIRST
01.2017 - Current

Prior Experience

KCG
05.2012 - 06.2017

Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Finance

Seton Hall University
KEVIN MALONEY