Craig Paul

Founded an independent CFO advisory practice providing CFO advisory, FP&A, finance transformation, cash and profit improvement, and exit planning/transaction readiness services to founder-led, growth-stage, and private equity-backed companies.

Directed finance, accounting, and treasury for a $1 billion specialty finance lender, reporting to the CEO. Managed all budget, forecasting, strategic planning, FP&A, financial controls, accounting, reporting, treasury, compliance, tax, analytics, and internal/external audits.

Advised the CEO and COO on strategic, tax, and corporate matters as an outside advisor. Worked extensively with the CEO and COO to launch the startup, Crowdmade, Inc., and incorporated the business and established the corporate structure.

Directed finance, accounting, and treasury for a $1 billion specialty finance lender, reporting to the CEO. Managed all budget, forecasting, strategic planning, FP&A, financial controls, accounting, reporting, treasury, compliance, tax, analytics, and internal/external audits.

Directed finance, accounting, and treasury for a $45 million FinTech auto lender, reporting to the CEO. Slashed OPEX expense by 15% by leading change process across all departments to institutionalize the business from a small business operation to a scalable company utilizing wide scale automation to administer and monitor operations while increasing the portfolio balance from $16M in 2014 to $45

Responsible for international planning of controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) to minimize subpart F inclusion and international audit risk. Lead tax counsel for international audits within North America and advised the business on tax related issues and provided tax accounting treatment for PayPal M&A.

One of six employees identified as bench leaders and selected by the eBay CFO and Finance Leadership Team to join a two year advanced rotational program that develops cross functional leadership skills through advanced training and rotating across eBay, PayPal, and Corporate Business Units every six months.

Managed the Business Intelligence Team to integrate automated solutions by establishing the project lifecycle through scope definition of the systems with the end users, planning, and executing the implementation. Implemented Hyperion Essbase for BillMeLater resulting in the automation of over 150 man-hours per month.

Managed the accounting and finance team responsible for accounts payable processing, general ledger posting, and cash management within Warehouse Lending Operations. Led the Operations Sarbanes-Oxley ('SOX') assessment of internal controls, established SOX control documentation, ensured SOX compliance and acted as the liaison for Operations internal/external SOX audits.

Charged with forecasting a daily cash flow of up to $3 billion and identifying which capital markets program to utilize when funding GMAC ResCap's lending programs. Implemented requirements to ensure compliance for a new asset backed commercial paper facility.

Provided accounting services to facilitate the restatement of Fannie Mae's SEC reporting. Ensured proper accounting methods were utilized in attaining mortgage insurance accounting reports for the independent auditors restating Fannie Mae's SEC reporting.

Recruited internally to review global custody services, manage client projects, and oversee the implementation of securities lending for SEI Private Trust Company. Identified as SEI Private Trust Company's liaison for conversion of global assets as well as new product development including the Global Wealth Management Platform.

Responsible for the Automated Customer Account Transfer division. Ensured the division complied with SEC and FINRA regulations.

Managed employees in central branch, as well as incremental management of other branch locations. Supervised the daily profit and loss analysis of a multimillion-dollar office to evaluate employee effectiveness.

Master of Laws (LLM) with concentration in International Business and Postgraduate Certificate in Tax Law.

Juris Doctorate (JD) with concentration in Corporate Law, Securities Law, and Taxation.

Master of Business Administration (MBA) with concentration in International Business.

Bachelor of Arts (BA) with majors in Sociology and Anthropology.

Certificate in Lending Compliance.