Leslie Cook

Experience

1. Vice President of Finance

   Caesars Entertainment

   Jul 2015 — Present

   Responsible for leading the financial performance for Horseshoe Cleveland with annual revenues in 2015 exceeding $235M, EBITDAM of $53.2M and assets of $323M • Consistently monitor revenue trends to proactively update the forecasted expectations, including diligent review of operating expenses • Analyze departmental level expenses to provoke cost savings initiatives through consistent reevaluation of staffing levels to adhere to business volumes, renegotiation of contractual terms for external expenditures, capital deployment opportunities to enhance operating efficiencies• Integral subject matter expert leading the finance, accounting, and cage operations work stream transitional projects for the upcoming organizational change in operating management • Vigorously leading initiative to consolidate Thistledown revenue audit responsibility to Horseshoe Cleveland which includes accountability for an additional $157M in forecasted annual revenue • Led the 2016 property budget and plan presentation for the Rock ownership group• Proactively streamlined processes and redistributed tasks throughout both operations and accounting team members not only to gain efficiencies, but to ensure the team was appropriately challenged

Education

• Youngstown State University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Finance & Accounting

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Internal Audit
• Internal Controls
• Accounting
• Forecasting
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Auditing
• Customer Service
• Management
• Team Building
• Analysis
• Budgets
• Variance Analysis