David Hughes

Director of Financial Planning & Analysis Financial Planning & Analysis Manager @Sorenson Communications

Salt Lake City, UT, US

Lead FP & A strategy for a multi-million-dollar communications company with $800M P&L and employees, driving margin expansion and revenue growth through advanced financial modeling and operational initiatives. Built a $450M refinancing model to guide private equity and investment banking decisions, optimizing EBITDA, revenue, and free cash flow outcomes. Delivered $65M annual free cash flow improvement through a three-statement budget model integrating ERP data and cross-functional planning inputs. Designed AI-powered captioning workflows to optimize agent mix and cost modeling, increasing annual gross margin by $40M. Shifted captioning operations from ASR to offshore agents in response to regulatory changes, generating $16M in annual savings.

Northwest Nazarene University

Masters of Business Administration

Southern Virginia University

B.A.

Saint Joseph's University - Erivan K. Haub School of Business

Master's degree