Created and oversaw the $20M annual budget
· Managed investor relations and board preparation
· Strengthened compliance, governance framework, and rules & regulations
· Scaled team from 20 FTEs to 40+ FTEs, recruited and onboarded the first global FTE
· Responsible for Finance, Accounting, Tax, Legal, People Operations, IT, Facilities, and Compliance

Led the successful $100M Series C-1 and $176M Series D financings
· Created and oversaw the $150M global annual budget
· Chaired the Portfolio and Design Committee, responsible of approving all investments across the Product Lifecycle Management
· Created and executed the rollout of the company’s OKR process
· Strengthened compliance, governance framework and rules & regulations
· Completed two M&A deals-a$125M asset purchase and a $15M stock purchase

Finance and Business Transformation
· Created and oversaw the $100M annual budget and preparation of 10-year business plan
· Identified $1.2M of annual cost savings within first three months
· Identified the business’ definition, tracking and reporting KPIs
· Led a team of three direct reports and six indirect reports
· Focused on growing Gross Merchandise Value (“GMV”) (+100% YoY) and revenue growth (+60% YoY), while improving EBITDA
· Responsible for Finance, Accounting, Legal, Operations, and People Operations

Head of Rakuten’s global integration team
· Supported newly acquired companies, prepared/amended business plan, annual budget, forecasting process, monthly financial closing, cash flow management, improving internal governance and controls, define KPIs, and implement IT infrastructure
· Led 5+ projects directly, including one acquisition, one divestiture and three PMI projects

Created the integration framework, structure, playbook, tools, and templates and led Rakuten’s global integration team
· Set the M&A integration strategy and led the integration execution, with a focus on back-office and corporate functions
· Led 12+ projects directly and 30+ projects indirectly, ranging from a few million dollars to over a billion dollars

Transaction Services
· Provided financial due diligence to clients on domestic and cross-border engagements (buy/sell-side, structuring advice, carve-outs, SPA preparation, post-merger integration)
· Managed small and large engagements, including financial analysis, problem solving, report writing, client presentations, managing staff, deal negotiation and risk management
· Achieved over JPY 100 million of net revenue in billings per year

Boutique investment bank focused on origination and execution and participated as co-investor ranging from large public-sector superannuation funds, blue-chip corporates, and high-growth entrepreneurial and well-established family-owned businesses
· Advised on transaction execution, financial/valuation modeling, research, and origination

Manager, Transaction Services (Sydney)
· Provided financial due diligence to clients on domestic and cross-border engagements (buy/sell-side, IPOs, and product disclosure statements)
· Reviewed sophisticated financial valuation models, financial analysis, problem solving, report writing, client presentations, managing staff and risk management
Senior Consultant, Audit (Melbourne)
· Performed financial statement audits, internal audits, financial control reviews, operational/performance reviews, compliance plan audits and post-implementation reviews