Derek Halliburton

Chief Operating Officer @ Stites & Harbison, PLLC

About

Multi-faceted, dynamic oriented executive with extensive financial expertise, operational leadership and management experience. Visionary strategist with a track record of success in reorganizing, streamlining, and strengthening financial operations, process improvement, and team leadership to maximize performance and profitability. Record of sound financial guidance for multiple businesses within complex corporate environments. Proven expertise in orchestrating enterprise mergers and acquisitions, implementing synergies to restructure and redesign businesses and establishing shared services. Committed to driving value add results and exceeding expectations through disciplined decision-making, intuitive business judgment and creative idea generations. Excels at leading, coordinating, and controlling enterprise-wide financial processes and systems, and building and mentoring high performance teams within global Fortune 500 environments. Experienced with highly automated financial and business metrics used to manage performance and drive profitability. Well-versed in positioning companies for dynamic change and profitable expansion. Leadership Qualities that Deliver Company and Stakeholder Value: ● Business Growth Strategies ● Continuous Process Improvement ● M&A Transactions ● Big 4 CPA ● Strategic Planning & Execution ● Cross-Functional Team Leadership ● Expatriate experience ● P&L and Cashflow Management ● Shared Service Models ● Organizational Development ● New Business Development Team Building and Mentoring ● International Operating Markets ● Business Process Outsourcing

Country

United States

City

Louisville Metropolitan Area

Industry

Law Practice

Skill

Finance, Strategy, Financial Analysis, Strategic Financial Planning, Change Management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Forecasting, Accounting, Business Analysis, Financial Planning, Process Improvement, Business Process Improvement, Vendor Management, Operations Management, Cost Management, Business Strategy, People Management, Financial Modeling, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Turn Around Management

Experience

Chief Operating Officer

Stites & Harbison, PLLC

2018-4 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

Louisville, Kentucky Area

VP Strategic Operations & Delivery Transformation

Conduent

2016-1 - 2018-4 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Senior leadership role responsible for Business Transformation & Strategic Operational programs driving cost efficiencies, best practices and key account turn-around initiatives. Responsible for monthly Operational and Governance programs focused on P&L and KPI performance and to ensure alignment between our Vertical industries teams and Horizontal capabilities (Human Resource Outsourcing, Finance, Accounting & Procurement, Customer Care, Transactional/Digital Processing. Learning Outsourcing, Legal & Compliance Outsourcing, Workers Compensation).

Chief Operating Officer - Buck Consultants

Buck Consultants at Xerox (formerly Affiliated Computer Services)

2013-8 - 2016-1 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Buck is a global HR and Employee Benefits consulting firm. Chief Operating Officer for Buck's global operation and direct P&L responsibility for two Practices - Healthcare Spending Account administration and Brazil. Key responsibilities include: leading all weekly and monthly operational meetings focused on KPI's, growth and cashflow, driving strategic planning programs, approving all new business pricing deals, managing all staff planning and executing on operational cost efficiency programs.

SVP & Chief Financial Officer

Xerox Services - Commercial & Enterprise BPO (formerly Affiliated Computer Services)

2002-8 - 2013-8 · 11 yrs 1 mo

Executed executive leadership responsibilities associated with finance, budgeting, forecasting, and modeling during an explosive period of growth for ACS. Closed and consolidated the global books and records. Spearheaded JD Edwards ERP implementations. Implemented SOX documentation and controls. Led multiple offshoring initiatives and created Barcelona and Manila based shared accounting operations. Played an instrumental role in closing key expansion acquisitions, which encompassed due diligence and integration efforts.

Finance Country Controller - Czech Republic

Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation

1997 - 2000 · 3 yrs

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic

Responsible for the coordination and supervision of all accounting and finance activities including international and local financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and training.

Audit Manager

Deloitte

1995-12 - 1997-3 · 1 yr 4 mos

Prague, The Capital, Czech Republic;

Responsible for managing completion of certified audits in accordance with GAAP, International Accounting Standards and local regulations for US multi-national and international firms and development of Czech audit practice.