Michael Lyons, MBA, CPA

Experience

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  Deloitte

  May 2004 - Aug 2004

  Intern, Audit and Enterprise Risk Services
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  Ernst and Young

  Sept 2005 - Aug 2008

  Senior Associate & Associate, Assurance and Advisory Business Services

  • Early-career opportunity to learn diverse industries while developing people leadership in a rigorous professional setting• Elected by peers to staff leadership committee in service as a liaison between associates and firm leadership

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  Newell Brands

  Aug 2008 - Aug 2012

  • Finance partner to the CIO and IT R&D organization and member of program management office responsible for deploying SAP enterprise software platform across four international divisions (North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Europe); drove initial business plan development, ongoing monitoring, and legacy restructuring initiative to achieve $20M cost synergy• Primary financial stakeholder on all technology initiatives with responsibility for planning, forecasting and capital investments• Managed monthly and quarterly financial close and forecast, ensuring the integrity and transparency of financial information Show less

  • Senior Manager & Manager, Finance - Global Information Technology

    Jan 2010 - Aug 2012

  • Leader, Finance - Mergers & Acquisitions

    Aug 2008 - Jan 2010
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  The Home Depot

  Aug 2012 - Oct 2018

  Director & Senior Manager, Finance

  • Led three separate teams ranging from 3 to 9 members, gaining a reputation for strategic planning, process improvement and empowering teams through development and recruiting: visible and challenging roles with significant P&L and capital investment responsibility, and direct business partnerships• Finance leader of $1B Home Services division responsible for complete financial results including revenue, gross margin, EBIT, and lead generation; reduced margin volatility by 1000 basis points by identifying root-cause drivers within manufacturing and installation, and partnering to implement cost accounting controls• Finance partner to in-store environment (internal creative agency) and merchant teams, including responsibility for 6 fuel & convenient store P&Ls and multi-location warehouse operations; generated $3M of productivity by reducing slow moving inventory and consolidating service providers• Responsible for total financial management of $4B annual supplier rebate program; developed process and technology improvements to prioritize gross margin expansion, resulting in >$50M of cost take-out over three years• Developed and implemented a framework for $250M capital investment across national retail chain, which included investment prioritization, measuring returns and developing an early funding mechanism for long-lead time initiatives – this framework has been permanently adopted Show less

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  Change Healthcare

  Oct 2018 - Feb 2023

  • Member of the senior leadership team (SLT), working with and across executive leaders on a wide range of financial analysis, board and CEO financial updates, and investor relations earnings activities • Lead and scale ~30-person corporate finance organization, providing data-driven insights, business decision support and finance process across the company, including annual and long-range planning, M&A analysis, and revenue analytics• Retained responsibility for FP&A and capital investments, while adding treasury and risk management, corporate services, and financial systems – this includes free cash flow oversight and external guidance, and partnering to deliver systems improvement to internal finance users• Drove confidential valuation analysis and proxy statement filings related to the eventual combination with Optum Insight – this included working directly with economists, outside counsel and investment bankers on financial initiatives related to a successful merger litigation versus the Department of Justice• Company Ticker: CHNG (acquired by Optum in Oct 2022) Show less • Integrated capital investment process of two legacy organizations by developing technology assets, new processes, and tools to drive the end-to-end investment process• Established annual capital investment summit and framework to align investments with growth opportunities – and served as investment committee chair with final approval of all investments <$1M• Finance partner to corporate services executive team spanning multiple functions including legal, people solutions, real estate and finance with emphasis on developing insights and influencing executive leaders to mitigate cost increases with productivity Show less

  • Vice President of Finance & Corporate CFO

    Apr 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

    Aug 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Senior Director, Finance - Capital Investments & Corporate Services

    Oct 2018 - Aug 2020
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  R1 RCM

  Feb 2023 - now

  SVP Finance & CFO Modular Solutions Division (Cloudmed plus R1 Modular)