Dean Baker

About Dean Baker

I am a finance management professional with over twenty years of broad experience in all aspects of corporate finance. In particular, I have led financial functions of financial analysis and reporting, budgets and planning, general accounting, financial and tax audits, cash management, pricing, competitive analysis, business integration, and purchase accounting. I also have been involved in M&A activity, securing venture capital funding and debt financing, and managing lender relationships. I consider myself particularly strong in working across various business functions to ensure sensible business practices that lead to improved efficiency, productivity and financial performance. As a hands-on leader, I focus on creating and developing a strong finance team that serves as an integral part of the business. I am experienced in leading the finance organization of a privately held global company and heading the global FP & A function of a large publicly held multi-national consumer goods company and a mid-sized private-equity owned professional services company.Specialties- Building and developing highly functional finance teams- Financial/Business Analysis & Reporting- Budgeting & Forecasting- Strategic/Financial Modeling- GAAP Accounting/Controllership- Purchase Accounting- Bonus and sales compensation planning and administration- Business Process improvements- M&A valuations and integrations

Experience

1. Vice President of Fp & a and Business Systems

   Samsonite

   Jul 2019 — Present

Education

• Boston College

  BS, Finance

  1993 — 1997

• Bentley University

  MBA, Corporate Finance

  2002 — 2008

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Financial Analysis
• Budgets
• Finance
• Analysis
• Forecasting
• Analytics
• Accounting
• Internal Controls
• Corporate Finance
• Mergers
• Financial Reporting
• Management
• Gaap
• Business Analysis
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Pricing