Brenda Wu

Brenda Wu

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Director of Finance
New York, United States

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    Finance Director – Global FP&A
    DIGITAL REALTY TRUST
    Dec 2015 - May 2025 (9 years 6 months)
    − Responsible for North America portfolio revenue quarterly and annual budget & forecast, 5-year revenue planning, monthly revenue actual vs budget variance reporting, quarterly business reviews and long-term sales planning − Work closely with Product and Portfolio Mgmt to craft business cases on Colocation suite expansions worldwide for Management approval − Business Data Lead in company-side ERP system implementation aimed to integrate the Company's several CRM & accounting systems (resulted from various acquisitions) into one
  • Study Group
    FP&A Manager – Sales & Marketing
    Study Group
    Apr 2014 - Nov 2015 (1 year 8 months)
    − Main contact in the Sales Effectiveness Initiative launched by portfolio owner Providence Equity, tasked to provide various analyses of sales revenue data from 50+ countries to map out short-term and long-term sales strategy with business partners in New York and London. − Led multiple Salesforce projects to improve sales efficiencies, e.g. regional dashboard, quote tool, and promotion tracking
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    Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis
    Hibernia Networks
    Feb 2012 - Feb 2014 (2 years 1 month)
    − Participated in capital raise with Macquarie Capital for a submarine cable infrastructure project, with tasks including developing loan models and CIM, managing data room files and access, and responding to investor due diligence requests − Acted as the bilingual liaison between management and Chinese investors when the Company was sourcing capital from China
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    Senior Analyst (2010 CEO Circle)
    The Telx Group (acquired by Digital Realty Trust)
    Oct 2008 - Feb 2012 (3 years 5 months)
    − Participated and assisted in execution of various corporate finance deals, i.e. evaluation of new facility acquisitions and M&A opportunities, debt securitization, corporate credit ratings, pre-IPO preparation and the sale of Telx to Abry/Berkshire Parnters − Successfully led and implemented multiple BI projects including an in-house robust sales quote tool with built-in pricing/deal approval workflow within Salesforce, an internal sales commission (Xactly) and external broker commission payment module (in Salesforce), and a financial reporting application streamlining monthly report book production
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    Associate, Global Wealth Management
    Morgan Stanley Purchase,
    May 2007 - Jun 2008 (1 year 2 months)
    − Analyzed large amount of Financial Advisor sales performance data (e.g. AUM, cost of acquisition, length of service) and created metrics to develop recommendations on more profitable hiring bands for the Global Wealth Management Division
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    Project Consultant, Equity Research Product
    FactSet Research System, Inc.
    May 2006 - May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
    − Defined business and technical requirements with Directors of Research and IT executives at client firms to customize equity research reporting functionality; Built and tested custom reports and technical modules with technical consultants and developers (in New York and Paris); and coordinated with all parties to ensure deliverables were made on schedule
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    Equity Research Associate
    Griffin Securities
    Jun 2002 - Apr 2006 (3 years 11 months)
    − Initiated and updated research reports for several small-cap public companies in the Biotechnology industry; produced and updated industry reports including Oncology, Leukemia, FMS, and Avian Flu − Created and updated financial models as well as prepared presentations for institutional clients
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  • NYU Stern School of Business
    MBA
    NYU Stern School of Business
    Sep 2008 - Dec 2008 (4 months)
  • Binghamton University
    BS & MBA
    Binghamton University
    Sep 1997 - Jan 2002 (4 years 5 months)
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    Oracle Implementation
    Oracle Cloud.
    Feb 2019 - May 2025 (6 years 4 months)