Renee Brick
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Credentials
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Project Management Principles and Practices
University of California, Irvine Division of Continuing EducationJan, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center)
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United States
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Hospitality
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200 - 300 Employee
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Director, Financial Planning & Analysis
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Jan 2021 - Present
Promoted to report directly to CFO. Leads global budget process and consolidation across multiple legal entities and four countries. Acts as a thought leader, deriving strategic insights from financial information to drive decisions. Manages team of 2 Senior FP&A Analysts and 1 Business Intelligence Associate - role expanded to include management of data analytics and KPI development for Innovation Space business.
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Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
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Sep 2018 - Jan 2021
Built FP&A function and processes from the ground up. One of two principal owners of long-range corporate model and key contributor to $60m series B capital raise. Strategic leader on financial decisions related to covid-response, specifically around short-term cash management and ongoing negotiations. Led translation of expansion models into operating models for Warsaw and Tokyo centers, both launched in 2020, and onboarded controllers in each location.
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Learning Technologies Group plc
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United Kingdom
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E-Learning Providers
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Financial Analyst, FP&A
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
Formerly PeopleFluent, a privately-held, $100M+ HRM SaaS company, acquired May 31, 2018 Key contributor to revenue, billings and cash forecast models for a subscription-based, software company. Role has expanded to include Revenue Operations, developing dashboard reporting in Salesforce and integrating a planning system (Host Analytics) with NetSuite. Formerly PeopleFluent, a privately-held, $100M+ HRM SaaS company, acquired May 31, 2018 Key contributor to revenue, billings and cash forecast models for a subscription-based, software company. Role has expanded to include Revenue Operations, developing dashboard reporting in Salesforce and integrating a planning system (Host Analytics) with NetSuite.
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Dell Technologies
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Advisor - Global Assurance & Transformation
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Feb 2017 - May 2018
Focused on creation and development of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) reporting function. Role shifted to SOX after Finance Transformation, a team chartered with unifying the Dell and EMC Finance organizations, was incorporated into GAT. Joined Finance Transformation in Feb 2017 in a role focused on efficient organizational design.
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Principal Financial Analyst - Enterprise Products/R&D Integration
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May 2016 - Feb 2017
Hand-picked to manage KPI reporting and expense integration for Enterprise Products/R&D Dell Integration work stream, specifically focused on developing a fiscal year expense baseline and identifying and achieving cost synergies.
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Dell EMC
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Financial Analyst - Information Infrastructure Products FP&A
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Jul 2014 - May 2016
Senior Financial Analyst, July 2014 - May 2016 Financial Analyst, March 2012 - July 2014 Promoted into R&D-centric, FP&A role acting as a liaison between R&D divisions and corporate FP&A for annual plan, goal, and forecast cycles. Simultaneously volunteered to become a super user and functional lead for EMC’s company-wide SAP implementation and subsequent upgrade. Senior Financial Analyst, July 2014 - May 2016 Financial Analyst, March 2012 - July 2014 Promoted into R&D-centric, FP&A role acting as a liaison between R&D divisions and corporate FP&A for annual plan, goal, and forecast cycles. Simultaneously volunteered to become a super user and functional lead for EMC’s company-wide SAP implementation and subsequent upgrade.
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Dell EMC
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Finance Training Program (FTP)
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Jul 2010 - May 2012
Completed 4 MBA-level courses sponsored by EMC executives, working in groups with international participants to present recommendations to upper management.
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Associate Financial Analyst - Unified Storage Division
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Jul 2010 - Mar 2012
Acted as a business partner to the VNX product team - managing the R&D forecast, reporting and financial close.
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Vanderweil Facility Advisors (VFA)
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Boston, MA
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Accounting Assistant
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Jan 2010 - Jul 2010
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GE
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United States
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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GE Water Financial Management Program (FMP) Co-op
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Jan 2009 - Jun 2009
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Morgan Stanley
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Prime Brokerage Strategy and Marketing Co-op
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Jan 2008 - Jun 2008
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Putnam Investments
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Sales and Marketing Co-op
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Jan 2007 - Jun 2007
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Education
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The George Washington University - School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Global Management -
Northeastern University
Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration; Concentration: Finance & Marketing; Minor: Math