Frank Connard

About Frank Connard

Senior Finance executive with expertise in FP & A, Accounting, Treasury, Financing, M&A, IPO• Driving quarterly and annual operational performance• Accounting, Audit Committee, IPO and public filing• Treasury: debt raises, cash management, hedging• M&A experience across multiple divestitures• Strategic long-range planning and investment analysis• Product list price structure and delegations, transaction pricing, sales incentive plans• Working capital and cash flow management• Overall leadership and development of large financial organizations (150+ staff)

Experience

1. Vice President, Corporate Finance

   GlobalFoundries

   Nov 2021 — Present · Saratoga Springs, NY, US

   Leading GF Corporate Finance during first quarters as a public company. An $8B revenue company with $35B+ market Cap• FP & A: Lead quarterly forecasting, annual budgets, strategic long-range planning cycles across GF enterprise• Establish quarterly guidance and manage all aspects of the business to achieve it. GF has beat/raised consensus estimates in each of its quarters since IPO, and has risen ~40% in value since 2021 IPO• Earnings Release and 20-F filing support• Control over $1B of operating expenses across SG & A, R&D, and IT. • Lead Corporate Pricing: list prices, delegations, key transactions.

Education

• University of Pennsylvania

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

• University of Pennsylvania

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

• Cornell University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Accounting and Finance

Skills

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Finance
• Business Process Improvement
• Outsourcing
• Erp
• Sap
• Change Management
• Business Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Forecasting
• Managerial Finance
• Business Strategy
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Modeling
• Process Improvement