Kimberly DeCarrera

Providing corporate legal, finance, and business consulting services to companies in diverse industries such as professional services, transportation and logistics, retail, media, restaurant, software and technology, and content creators. Provide fractional general counsel and Chief Legal Officer experience to clients that do not need full-time legal counsel and fractional CFO services to growing companies. • Corporate governance and entity management. • Commercial contracts, including MSAs, SOWs, vendor contracts, customer contracts, leases - drafting, negotiating, revising. • Labor and employment law - employee handbooks, policies and procedures, non-competes and restrictive covenants, severance agreements, DEI initiatives, investigations, compensation analysis, job descriptions, and more. • Turnaround business consulting, helping struggling companies recover through strategy, sales, KPI development, financial and legal strategies to facilitate manageable hyper-growth. • Advise and negotiate client merger and acquisition opportunities and deals. • Unclaimed property audit defense for client companies (including audits led by third-party auditors) • Audit Assessment Appeals • Comprehensive Compliance Strategies • Voluntary Disclosure/Compliance Agreements • Develop corporate policies and procedures • Internal Corporate Investigations • Legislation and Litigation Tracking & Legal Research • Educate and train key client personnel on unclaimed property and other legal issues

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Launched the Fractional CFO program at SMB Team to advise law firm owners on the financial aspects of law firm ownership. Used my own personal experience of running a law firm and other high growth companies to bring practical advice to firm owners, growing revenue and increasing profitability.

Led a third-party logistics (3PL) company with a cross-disciplinary approach to finance, legal, and human resources to streamline processes to allow for multi-city expansions and rapid growth in a fast-paced and competitive environment. • Established new financing and banking relationships, expanding borrowing capacity by 7.5x. • Built FP&A forecasts to enable the company to anticipate growth and hiring needs. • Negotiated customer and vendor contracts, including shipping, technology, and employee benefits programs. Drafted and managed standard carrier contracts, SaaS customer contracts, privacy policies, and Terms of Use. • Managed multiple ongoing litigation and regulatory matters, including non-compete, trade secret, EEOC, and wage and hour cases. • Restructured and rebuilt human resources, while implementing new 401k matching program and COVID vaccine mandate. • Implemented DEI policies in legal purchasing. • Led the expansion into three additional city markets, including lease negotiations and labor concerns. • Managed and mitigated risk concerns throughout the hyper-growth phase of the organization. • Launched a new factoring company, including drafting contracts and developing processes and procedures. • Managed financial and legal functions for Chameleon Software - a SaaS TMS for truck freight brokerages.

Provided unclaimed property advisement to Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries such as transportation and logistics, financial services, healthcare, retail, mining, media, software and technology, and manufacturing. - Managed audit and VDA program for all client companies. - Structured and executed gift card and loyalty programs for retail and B2C clients. - Designed and implemented policies and procedures for finance, accounting, legal, sales, marketing, and related departments, including educating and mentoring key client personnel. - Developed and ran an accounts receivable solution to manage historical credit balances, resulting in millions in savings. - Provided expert litigation advice and analysis to client decision makers, including C-suite and board members. - Led corporate investigations to detect financial fraud in client companies. - Negotiated the company's client and vendor contracts and managed these key strategic partnerships. Featured in Forbes, Tax Analysts, CBS Atlanta News, and Peachtree TV.