Teresa Alicer

About Teresa Alicer

Mastered operational excellence in financial planning and analysis through progressive finance roles in large corporations. Established strong partnership with segment leaders to exceed financial goals. Scaled finance and accounting functions of various start-ups with solid fundamentals from Big 4 CPA firm and MBA from Wharton. Over 12 years of leadership with a track record of having the lowest employee turnover at multiple organizations. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Co-founded a ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage company; raised and secured seed round investment that enabled the firm to scale production and expand distribution to several events, hotels, restaurants, and stores• Designed and implemented integrated planning processes for various large firms that included multi-year strategic planning, annual budgeting, and monthly forecasting, which drove cross-functional alignment and accountability, and improved business insights• Led rescue efforts for a distressed company by liquidating $2.7m in assets that generated $508k of negative cash flows, eliminating $1m in overhead, and renegotiating investor agreements • Improved working capital of a cash-constrained start-up by changing billing practice from monthly to annually and promoting prepay incentives, thereby reducing Days Sales Outstanding by ten days or 33% and extending its cash runway by six months• Drove 5% profit improvement by revamping the proposal review process and creating an incentive plan that encouraged sales of highly profitable services

Experience

1. SVP Finance and Accounting

   Chargie

   Apr 2024 — Present

Education

• The Wharton School

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2019 — 2021

• Loyola Marymount University

  Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Finance
• Management Consulting
• Forecasting
• Analysis
• Strategic Planning
• Market Analysis
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Segmentation
• Financial Modeling
• Analytics
• Competitive Analysis
• Quantitative Research
• Market Research
• Competitive Intelligence
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Strategy
• Leadership
• Business Strategy
• Accounting
• Managerial Finance
• Financial Reporting
• Project Management
• Budgets
• Marketing Research
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Management
• Process Improvement
• Customer Insight
• Pricing
• Executive Management
• Start-Ups
• Business Planning
• Business Intelligence
• Analytical Skills
• Budgeting