Jennifer Dembeck
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Ron Ploeg
Jennifer is bright, quick, equally comfortable and effective at the C-level and detail level. At TNS, her well-designed spreadsheet models were adopted as the enterprise standard for budgeting and forecasting, helping us to make the numbers and adapt to changing circumstances. She is insightful, energetic, always helpful, supportive, positive, and solution-oriented. She performs well under pressure and gets things done. She has a sparkling personality, and is well thought of and appreciated by all who worked with her.
Timothy Glackin
When I arrived as a Consultant to fill the Interim Director of Finance position required by the recent resignation of the CFO and ongoing illness of the current Controller, Ms. Courtney had been working closely with the CEO to ensure that the critical financial and cash reporting capabilities of the company did not suffer further during the transition. In addition, a recent Oracle Financials implementation required signifianct additional effort on her part to ensure the integrity and accuracy of all financial and cash management reporting. During this very stressful transition, Ms. Courtney displayed a positive outlook, worked tirelessly with enthusiasm and maintained control over her own area of Financial Analysis and Budgeting. I strongly recommend Ms. Courtney. Her accounting and finance skills, tenacity, selflessnes, work ethic, and attention to detail are qualities most essential in today's financial environment.
Ron Ploeg
Jennifer is bright, quick, equally comfortable and effective at the C-level and detail level. At TNS, her well-designed spreadsheet models were adopted as the enterprise standard for budgeting and forecasting, helping us to make the numbers and adapt to changing circumstances. She is insightful, energetic, always helpful, supportive, positive, and solution-oriented. She performs well under pressure and gets things done. She has a sparkling personality, and is well thought of and appreciated by all who worked with her.
Timothy Glackin
When I arrived as a Consultant to fill the Interim Director of Finance position required by the recent resignation of the CFO and ongoing illness of the current Controller, Ms. Courtney had been working closely with the CEO to ensure that the critical financial and cash reporting capabilities of the company did not suffer further during the transition. In addition, a recent Oracle Financials implementation required signifianct additional effort on her part to ensure the integrity and accuracy of all financial and cash management reporting. During this very stressful transition, Ms. Courtney displayed a positive outlook, worked tirelessly with enthusiasm and maintained control over her own area of Financial Analysis and Budgeting. I strongly recommend Ms. Courtney. Her accounting and finance skills, tenacity, selflessnes, work ethic, and attention to detail are qualities most essential in today's financial environment.
Ron Ploeg
Jennifer is bright, quick, equally comfortable and effective at the C-level and detail level. At TNS, her well-designed spreadsheet models were adopted as the enterprise standard for budgeting and forecasting, helping us to make the numbers and adapt to changing circumstances. She is insightful, energetic, always helpful, supportive, positive, and solution-oriented. She performs well under pressure and gets things done. She has a sparkling personality, and is well thought of and appreciated by all who worked with her.
Timothy Glackin
When I arrived as a Consultant to fill the Interim Director of Finance position required by the recent resignation of the CFO and ongoing illness of the current Controller, Ms. Courtney had been working closely with the CEO to ensure that the critical financial and cash reporting capabilities of the company did not suffer further during the transition. In addition, a recent Oracle Financials implementation required signifianct additional effort on her part to ensure the integrity and accuracy of all financial and cash management reporting. During this very stressful transition, Ms. Courtney displayed a positive outlook, worked tirelessly with enthusiasm and maintained control over her own area of Financial Analysis and Budgeting. I strongly recommend Ms. Courtney. Her accounting and finance skills, tenacity, selflessnes, work ethic, and attention to detail are qualities most essential in today's financial environment.
Ron Ploeg
Jennifer is bright, quick, equally comfortable and effective at the C-level and detail level. At TNS, her well-designed spreadsheet models were adopted as the enterprise standard for budgeting and forecasting, helping us to make the numbers and adapt to changing circumstances. She is insightful, energetic, always helpful, supportive, positive, and solution-oriented. She performs well under pressure and gets things done. She has a sparkling personality, and is well thought of and appreciated by all who worked with her.
Timothy Glackin
When I arrived as a Consultant to fill the Interim Director of Finance position required by the recent resignation of the CFO and ongoing illness of the current Controller, Ms. Courtney had been working closely with the CEO to ensure that the critical financial and cash reporting capabilities of the company did not suffer further during the transition. In addition, a recent Oracle Financials implementation required signifianct additional effort on her part to ensure the integrity and accuracy of all financial and cash management reporting. During this very stressful transition, Ms. Courtney displayed a positive outlook, worked tirelessly with enthusiasm and maintained control over her own area of Financial Analysis and Budgeting. I strongly recommend Ms. Courtney. Her accounting and finance skills, tenacity, selflessnes, work ethic, and attention to detail are qualities most essential in today's financial environment.
Experience
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Woodlawn Trustees, Inc.
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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VP & CFO
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May 2021 - Present
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The Innovation Space
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director Of Business Operations
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Mar 2018 - May 2021
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Comcast Spotlight
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United States
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Advertising Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Director of Finance
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2010 - 2017
Collaborate with key business leaders to identify best practices and then devise and flawlessly execute upon solutions that deliver a superior customer experience and drive financial results. Maintain strong, collaborative relationships across Spotlight to drive enterprise solutions to business needs. Established trusting partnerships with Divisional Sales organization. Empower, mentor and develop a staff of 16. • Prepare annual operating and capital budgets and monthly forecasts for $20M Operational Division of Spotlight. • Improve operational effectiveness, employee engagement and the customer experience by provide executive level support for operational and sales leadership. • Work closely with senior management on numerous process and workflow improvements. • Instrumental in directing efforts to devise and flawlessly execute upon plan to rollout Enterprise systems across the division; integrated a new market into our division with minimal business disruption. • Effectively present to and communicate with senior management. Continue to develop and maintain strong business partnerships across divisions and disciplines. • Won 3 Going the Extra mile awards.
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DIRECTOR BUSINESS PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
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2002 - 2009
Developed three-year strategic plans, budgets, forecasts, and related analyses. Advised senior management on key aspects of company financials compared to established targets to ensure proper resource management. Served as both interim CFO and Controller. Assisted in implementation of Oracle financial reporting system. Collaborated with Operations and Sales to devise strategic business solutions to drive revenue and / or reduce costs. Prepared competitive analysis and performed financial due diligence for more than 20 potential acquisitions (seven of which were completed) and joint ventures in order to highlight value to TNS. Successfully managed a distributed team of 8 who worked in 4 different locations across the country.
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MANAGER, FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
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1998 - 2002
Managed a remote staff of 5 who were responsible for all financial planning and analysis. Developed profitability reporting for 10 product lines using advanced Excel and Visual Basic features. Worked closely with business heads at TNS to reduce an annual $50 million budget by 20%, by reducing headcount, automating processes, deploying new technology, eliminating unprofitable product lines, and renegotiating contracts. Prepared annual budgets and monthly forecasts. Overcame significant institutional resistance to implement salesforce.com, a customer relationship management tool, across four business entities.
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SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
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1996 - 1998
Developed annual capital and expense budgets for 35 departments that equated to $30 million of annual expenses and $4 million of capital expenditures. Prepared monthly expense forecasts for 35 departments and related variance analyses in order to assist senior management in decision-making. Assisted managers in monthly close process. Prepared necessary accruals and journal entries in order to accurately reflect financials.
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Education
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Cornell University
BS, Applied Economics -
Villanova University
MBA, Finance -
Villanova University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance and Financial Management Services
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