VP Finance, Global Controller, CFO | P&G, Tetra Pak, Nivea| Strategy executed in 190 countries ►Profitable growth

✔ Identifies targets & leads valuation, negotiation and due diligence, leveraging over 15 years’ management experience. Advisor for RTO (TSE) and Blank-Check IPOs.✔ Leads the interaction and negotiation with Private Equity firms during financial transactions, including presentations, structuring of projects, DCF valuations, and creating and executing on creative solutions.✔ Operational oversight for the due diligence process. Responsible for drafting, negotiating, and reviewing contracts and project documentation for all investments. Leads the oversight and coordination of outside counsel and experts.✔ Primary responsibility for corporate Board presentations and alignment with internal parties. Fosters relationships with financing providers. Leads the post-deal monitoring process. ✔ Coaches local management teams and clients on pricing, business development, international distribution, foreign exchange risk elimination, credit risk, working capital, financial accounting, tax and manufacturing cost reduction.
    
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Long Term Investments was established out of the collective ambition of investors experienced in the business and finance industries. 

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Long Term Investments, LLC

Global Finance Executive and Business Transformation Expert who leverages financial analysis, operations and global business expertise to build infrastructures and drive growth, margin improvement, and business turnaround – with contagious enthusiasm.Solid cross-functional experience in operations and headquarters. Broad, strategic thinker who grasps the implications of critical issues and quickly formulates and implements action plans. Interfaces comfortably in multicultural settings with diverse internal/external stakeholder groups to foster consensus for direction, vision and organizational alignment.
    
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      Procter & Gamble | Tetra Pak | Nivea | LTI
  

In addition to his role as VP Finance, Global Controller and CFO for Private Equity, George Benaroya teaches a graduate degree class at NYU. Students enrolled in his Finance for Marketing Decisions class at NYU learn how to secure marketing funding at corporations, private equity firms, and start-ups.


Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the world’s foremost research universities and is a member of the selective Association of American Universities. The first Global Network University, NYU has degree-granting university campuses in New York and Abu Dhabi, and has announced a third in Shanghai; has a dozen other global academic sites, including London, Paris, Florence, Tel Aviv, Buenos Aires, and Accra; and sends more students to study abroad than any other U.S. college or university. Through its numerous schools and colleges, NYU conducts research and provides education in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, business, dentistry, education, nursing, the cinematic and performing arts, music and studio arts, public administration, social work, and continuing and professional studies, among other areas.

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      University of Salamanca, Master's Program in Global Studies
  

Managed a team of 70 leading all global corporate planning, forecasting, and financial accounting/reporting processes as well as accounts payables, credit risk, and accounts receivables✔ Provided actionable management information to optimize trade promotion and pricing across 15,000 clients.✔ Reduced receivables, credit risk,  and cost through the implementation of ACH and credit card payments.✔ Presented the Corporate results at monthly review meetings with CFO and Executive team, explaining variances from plan and providing guidance on the rest of year outlook.✔ Managed the corporate accounting team, including oversight of month-end financial reporting, annual financial statements, dashboards, forecasting, and audits. Responsible for the company's financial plans and developing policies from scratch. Led the preparation of board material, corporate budgets, and pricing strategies.
    
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      Dawn Foods Global
  

Nivea, Eucerin, La PrairieRecruited by Board Member to establish, grow and make profitable the Emerging Markets region. Deployed a complete leadership toolbox that helped optimize processes and people performance. Instituted operational benchmarks to reduce costs and enhance efficiencies. Transformed the Distributors’ business ($1.5 Billion).  Opened and closed legal entities. An active member of the IT Board overseeing a $40 Million budget. ✔ Accountable for the evaluation and recommendation to the Board of 11 equity, M&A and global footprint projects. ✔Co-developed the company’s overall regional road map and 2020 strategy. ✔ Deployed ahead of budget/time a system to track sales growth, inventory and Distributor’s margin in 130 countries. ✔ Drove the implementation of the strategic plan and managed 15% annual growth, improving profitability levels while handling 30% currency depreciation in Turkey, India, South Africa, Brazil, and special cases (Argentina, Venezuela). ✔ Led and negotiated the sale of a pharmaceutical plant; a business transformation program and managed a  shared services implementation.
    
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About us

  Every day, our global brand icons, such as NIVEA, Eucerin and Hansaplast, make more than 500 million consumers in over 70 countries feel good in their skin. Care for consumers and our people worldwide is what has driven us all the time. More than 130 years ago, we invented modern skin care, kept continuously innovating it and still have a clear business focus on it. This is what has made us today's No.1 skin care company in the world. 

We are skin care.

Beiersdorf

Promoted at the height of the 2008 global market meltdown to manage critical operational areas of the Services unit. Controller role for the management of over 5,000 engineers and global inventory (400,000 SKUs)  at all distribution centers.✔ Perfected the selection and implementation of Global Distribution Centers in Mexico and China, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing policies and tax optimization while improving financial structure and reducing cost by 50%✔ Led a complex SAP implementation into global spaces with a lead role in Asia, Europe, and Latin America✔ Enabled multiple currencies invoicing, designed and launched a business transformation plan to reduce manufacturing cost at customers thus driving significant customer loyalty in very competitive spaces (China, Europe, Latin America)
    
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About us

  We are specialists in complete solutions for the processing, packaging and distribution of food products. Dairy products, juices and nectars, ice cream, cheese, dry foods, fruits, vegetables and pet food are examples of products that can be processed or packaged in Tetra Pak® processing and packaging lines. We focus on keeping the consumption of all raw materials and energy to a minimum during both the manufacturing process and distribution. The processing solutions are also designed to treat the products gently.

In 2016 we packed 77.8 billion of litres in 188 billion packages. Tetra Pak is present in more than 175 countries around the world.

Our products are divided into several categories:
-	Packages
-	Processing equipment
-	Filling machines
-	Distribution equipment
-	Service products

Find available packages, filling machines and processing applications suitable for your product by visiting http://www.tetrapak.com/packaging and http://www.tetrapak.com/processing

You can contact us at http://www.tetrapak.com/contact

Tetra Pak

“Never before did a CFO from any supplier come to visit me to show me how to improve my cash flow. We will continue doing business with Tetra Pak for a long time in recognition of Mr. Benaroya’s support during the financial crisis” - Owner, large dairy in Turkey to Tetra Pak’s CFO, October 2008 ✔ Initiated a successful pricing and hedging process which eliminated foreign exchange risk ✔ Set up a direct debit system that decreased collections and account receivables by 90% ✔ During the 2008 Financial Crisis, customers were unable to borrow at any rate. Constructed together with banks a factoring model to enable customers to receive cash for invoices from supermarkets ✔ As a featured speaker at Euromoney conferences advocated the issuance of credit lines for the dairy industry. Lines were issued, and quotas filled within 24 hours. Implemented a process to enable our customers to complete the applications in 6 hours. This service was provided free of charge and drove significant long-term customer loyalty
    
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Based in Tokyo, collaborated with business unit controllers to enhance financial controls and improve data transparency ✔ Facilitated the largest price change in company’s last 20 years and successfully introduced it to 144 key customers ✔ Generated business transformation methodologies that were integrated into broader Asian and European spaces, resulting in 300% greater profitability for the Services Unit
    
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Effectively managed a team of six business controllers in coordinating all global financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes for a $14 Billion business,  while following up on deviations and meeting critical performance targets ✔ Organized and executed yearly training sessions for all Finance Directors and Controllers in Asia, Europe, and Americas. ✔ Drove a workplace strategy that changed the culture, focused on maximizing regional engagement of top managers through regular visits and interaction with plants, retailers and customers.
    
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Recruited to rapidly identify and resolve a full range of operational obstacles involving embargo, devaluation and hyperinflation issues in fast-changing marketplaces. ✔ Succeeded in maintaining optimal plant productivity with no impact to customer satisfaction or dividends.
    
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Various Finance roles at international locations for Procter & Gamble and Clorox. ✔Promoted after initial on boarding as a Post-MBA Summer Intern to support opening the Argentina market, eventually growing to over $200 Million in annual sales. Analyzed pricing, cost reductions and promotional investment. ✔ Spearheaded identification of brands and companies to acquire and built the business case for M&As.  ✔ Acting GM for 12 months overseeing all aspects of the merger process for a newly acquired $90M business.  ✔ Analyzed all pricing, cost reductions, promotional investment, and import projects.  ✔ Completed extensive financial analysis in support of the launch of “Pantene,” “Head & Shoulders” and “Pringles” lines.
    
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About us

  P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a soap and candle company. Today, we’re the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands, including Always®, Charmin®, Braun®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Oral B®, Pantene®, Pampers®, Tide®, and Vicks®. 

The design, development, growth and success of these products—and many more—is thanks to the innovative and insightful minds of our people. From Day 1, you’ll help make everyday life easier for our 5 billion consumers through billion dollar brands. With our large global footprint, there are many opportunities to work with P&G in multiple locations. 

We offer opportunities in approximately 70 countries and continually aim to attract, reward and advance the finest people in the world. As a "build from within"​ organization, we see 95% of our people start at an entry level and progress through the organization. Here, we want you to get your career off to a fast start. That's why we don't have any rotational development programs or gradual ramping-up periods: you’ll be able—and encouraged—to dive right in from day 1.

Join us and help make life better through meaningful work that makes an impact from Day 1.

Procter & Gamble

Graduated from the MBA program, on a full scholarship, with honors, at age 21

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BBA in Finance & Law, with honors Magna Cum Laude, on a full scholarship, while working 30 hours a week, at age 20.

Senior Vice President Finance at Long Term Investments, LLC

Long Term Investments, LLC

Senior Vice President Finance

Procter & Gamble | Tetra Pak | Nivea | LTI

Vice President Finance

New York University

Adjunct Professor

University of Salamanca, Master's Program in Global Studies

Visiting Professor

Dawn Foods Global

Vice President Finance | Global Controller

Beiersdorf

Vice President Finance | Emerging Markets

Tetra Pak

Business Unit CFO | Global Finance Director

Tetra Pak

CFO | Finance Director

Tetra Pak

Finance Director | Controller Japan & North East Asia

Tetra Pak

Global Finance Director | Business Control

Tetra Pak

CFO | Finance Director

Procter & Gamble

M&A, Corporate Finance Roles | Procter & Gamble | Clorox

American University

Finance and Law

MBA

New York University

Faculty

Kennesaw State University

Finance

BBA

Parkview High School

High School

High School Diploma