Pam Long

About Pam Long

EXECUTIVE PROFILE Highly accomplished finance professional with experience in…

Experience

1. VP of Finance, Operations

   TEGNA

   Oct 2015 — Present

   Key business partner to the Chief Operating Officer of TEGNA. Developed financial analysis to highlight areas to improve sales performance and reduce the organization’s cost structure. Influenced Senior Leadership on multiple strategic changes to improve overall company performance. • Ownership over the corporate and field finance organization of fifty individuals that support multiple business units throughout TEGNA. Hired, trained, and developed the finance team to be financial business partners. • Supported investor relations and corporate accounting with various financial data and analysis for the SEC filings and quarterly earnings calls. • Ownership of the enterprise budget process. Establish guidance and targets based in business insights and trends. Communicate expectations to field and corporate leaders and manage the entire review process. Presented the consolidated annual budget to the CEO and CFO of TEGNA. • Responsible for the Enterprise 18-month rolling forecast. Collaborate with operational and functional leaders to understand revenue and expense trends. Provide monthly updates to the COO, CFO, and CEO on future quarterly projections against multiple data points. • Developed and implemented a new driver-based budget and forecast process in Oracle reducing the time and resources needed to complete these two processes. • Created Executive level dashboards with key financial data such as customer churn, average revenue per account, and other performance indicators that improved revenue forecasting for multiple products. • Managed various pricing models to support new digital product lines. Collaborated with sales leaders to creatively structuring product inventory and features based on customer needs while maximizing profitability. • Implemented internal controls for a start-up digital business unit and improved the accounting process significantly reduced audit findings.

Skills

• Forecasting
• Operations Management
• Leadership
• Accounting
• Recruiting
• Business Planning
• Variance Analysis
• Management
• Account Reconciliation
• Business Development
• Training
• Talent Developer
• Strategy
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Marketing
• Higher Education
• Budgeting
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Program Management
• Mentoring
• Budgets
• Auditing
• Project Management
• Financial Reporting
• Internal Controls
• Analysis
• Public Speaking
• Sales
• Human Resources
• Coaching
• Staff Development
• Change Management
• Financial Planning
• Finance
• Process Improvement
• Managerial Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Financial Modeling
• Due Diligence