SAMANTHA RING, CPA
Suwanee,GA
Summary
Strategic leader focused on driving business outcomes. Adaptable leader of finance and accounting operations with proven abilities in managing organizational change, operational efficiency, comprehensive FP&A support, treasury operations, financial systems, reporting and consolidations. Instrumental in understanding the business and driving a vision for innovation. Technical leader with success in transforming data into value-added metrics and reporting to leverage business insights for proactive decision-making by senior leadership. Effective communicator and decision-maker with solid analytical, process, and leadership skills
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Director of Business Analytics and Insights
tk Elevator
Smyrna, USA
01.2018 - Current
- Provide business insights to line of business and commercial sales leaders to drive business decisions and strategies
Director of Corporate Finance
tk Elevator
Smyrna, USA
01.2018 - Current
- Owned the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation and FP&A processes including management reporting, variance analysis, forecasting and scenario planning for Business Unit North America
- Managed cash reporting and forecasting for Business Unit North America
- Led and managed the development of playbook for North America budgeting process to re-engineer the long-range planning process and well as the annual budget cycle with the key focus on producing financial plan to meet investor objectives
- Goal is to drive efficiency and accuracy while meeting key deadlines and deliverables
- Work with process stakeholders to ensure that budget meets organizational objectives including strategic initiatives, financial and operational targets, and stat-based KPI’s
- Coordinate and present budget presentations to Board
- Led the reporting and analysis of key performance indicators and operational metrics supporting growth strategy
- Maintained a long-range plan in support of the company's growth strategy in partnership with executive management and finance leadership
Director of Treasury
tk Elevator
Smyrna, USA
01.2018 - Current
- Implemented the factoring program (~€200 million volume) for Business Units North America to achieve working capital optimization
- Responsible for cash reporting, forecasting and liquidity management
Director of Accounting and Controlling/Assistant Controller
tk Elevator
Smyrna, USA
01.2018 - Current
- Managed monthly consolidations and reporting for Business Units Americas with €3 billion revenue
- Managed P&L and cash flow forecasting and budgeting process for Business Units Americas
- Implemented IFRS 16 Lease Accounting for Business Units Americas
- Supported pre-sale due diligence process and post-sale PPA pushdown process for Business Units Americas
- Responsible for corporate accounting (i.e
- Lease accounting, fixed assets, insurance reserves, bad-debt calculations) for Operating Units US Field
- Acted as interface between German parent finance organization with regards to questions, issues, reporting requirements, etc
Consolidations Manager
WestRock Company
Norcross, USA
12.2014 - 12.2017
- Managed the global consolidation for a public company with $16 billion revenue
- Managed overall M&A consolidation activities (including $6 billing merger with MWV occurred in 2015)
- Partnered with senior executives and accounting leaders to architect integration strategies, integrated close activities, designed and set up separate ledgers to account for the acquired companies or carve-out companies due to spinoffs, recorded opening balance sheet and purchased price adjustments, managed pushdown entities to subsidiaries subsequently and reconciled at the group level, and prepared pro-forma financials as required
- Reviewed and prepared external and internal financial statements (including results of operations along with earnings per-share calculations, statements of cash flow and cash flow commentary, board books slides, etc.) and footnote disclosures of acquisitions and dispositions, goodwill and other intangibles for SEC filings, Press Release, and BOD reporting
- Managed accounting for intercompany reconciliations, cash settlements and clearings, remeasurement and elimination for transactions across countries and systems
- Implemented multi-currency and a systematic cash flow using HFM
Manager of Global Financial Reporting
Scientific Games Corporation
Atlanta, USA
12.2010 - 11.2014
- Managed the consolidation of over 90 domestic and international reporting units using HFM
- Managed accounting for intercompany transactions, profit eliminations, corporate allocation, and foreign currency transactions and translations
- Reviewed and prepared the information used for 10Q, 10K SEC, MD&A, Press Release and BOD reporting, including footnote disclosures of acquisitions and dispositions, restructuring, goodwill and other intangibles, PP&E, restructuring, guarantor and equity method investment
- Managed and developed the cash flow for the individual and consolidated domestic and international units
- Assisted in the integration of major acquisitions for consolidated reporting purposes and the accounting for disposition of a division
- Managed the implementation of new chart of accounts in HFM, which includes initial design, review of new chart of accounts and entity structure, data loading and validation, parallel testing and report writing
Senior SEC Reporting Analyst
Scientific Games Corporation
Atlanta, USA
12.2010 - 11.2014
- Responsible for the preparation of required quarterly and annual SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q and earnings releases
- This requires coordination with various departments throughout the Company both domestically and internationally
- Prepared footnote information, accounting updates and MD&A in SEC filings
- Assisted in the adoption and ongoing support of XBRL financial reporting
- Assist external auditors with support for annual audit procedures
- Reviewed contracts to ensure compliance under multiple element arrangements revenue recognition
- Assisted in the research of technical accounting issues and developed accounting policies
- Performed Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 compliance documentation and testing in China Audit with company’s Internal Audit Department
Senior Auditor
Simon & Edward (BDO Alliance)
Los Angeles, USA
01.2010 - 08.2010
Assurance Associate
BDO Seidman
San Francisco, USA
09.2007 - 12.2008
Education
B.A. - Business Economics
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
01.2007
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Financial Analysis and Modeling
- Financial Reporting
- Technical Accounting
- Working Capital Management
- Cross-functional team leadership
Qualifications
Lead and manage the FP&A function for Business Unit North America to develop a consistent and standard monthly close and forecast process. Analyze and communicate financial results to senior executives. Instrumental in developing forecast and budget to align with investor objectives while stabilizing the FP&A function to ensure business continuity after finance restructuring. Recognized by senior finance leadership for success in this area and received the CFO award in Spring 2022 and attained an “outstanding” individual performance rating for FY23., Managed overall M&A consolidation activities (including $6 billion merger with MWV occurred in 2015). Partnered with senior executives and accounting leaders to architect integration strategies, integrated close activities, designed, and set up separate ledgers to account for the acquired companies or carve-out companies due to spinoffs, recorded opening balance sheet and purchased price adjustments, managed pushdown entities to subsidiaries subsequently and reconciled at the group level, and prepared pro-forma financials as required., The research and implementation of technical accounting standards to ensure compliance for IFRS 15 revenue recognition and IFRS 16 lease accounting. Work closely with external auditors for audit readiness. Recognized and selected for the TKE Senior Management Talent Program., Implemented a consolidation tool (Hyperion Financial Management) for a large global public company. This initiative provided operational efficiencies by eliminating manual processes and leveraging systematic solution.
Personal Information
Title: CPA
Timeline
Senior Director of Business Analytics and Insights
tk Elevator
01.2018 - Current
Director of Corporate Finance
tk Elevator
01.2018 - Current
Director of Treasury
tk Elevator
01.2018 - Current
Director of Accounting and Controlling/Assistant Controller
tk Elevator
01.2018 - Current
Consolidations Manager
WestRock Company
12.2014 - 12.2017
Manager of Global Financial Reporting
Scientific Games Corporation
12.2010 - 11.2014
Senior SEC Reporting Analyst
Scientific Games Corporation
12.2010 - 11.2014
Senior Auditor
Simon & Edward (BDO Alliance)
01.2010 - 08.2010
Assurance Associate
BDO Seidman
09.2007 - 12.2008
B.A. - Business Economics
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES