Helen D.

Helen D. has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Helen is currently working as the Chief Financial Officer at GOBankingRates since January 2023, where they are responsible for financial management. Before that, they served as the Director of Strategic Planning at the same company from June 2022 to January 2023.

Prior to their role at GOBankingRates, Helen worked at CDW as a Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis from April 2021 to June 2022.

From November 2016 to April 2021, Helen held the position of Senior Manager of M&A at Sphera. In this role, they successfully managed various acquisition processes, including sourcing, due diligence, closing, and integration. Notable deals they closed include the acquisitions of thinkstep AG, a corporate sustainability software provider based in Germany, in September 2019, and SiteHawk Inc., a SaaS chemical data solution provider based in Nashville, TN, in May 2019.

Helen also gained experience at CDW as a Senior Financial Analyst from 2014 to 2016, and at RSM US LLP as part of the Transaction Advisory Services (M&A) team from 2013 to 2014.

Their career began at The Walt Disney Company in 2012, where they worked as an MBA Intern in Strategic Planning for three months.

Helen started their professional journey at KPMG in 2009, serving as an M&A Advisory Consultant until June 2011.

Helen D. pursued their education with a Bachelor's Degree in Business, specializing in Accounting from New England College. Helen attended this college from 2004 to 2008. Later, they pursued further studies at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where they completed their Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) between 2011 and 2013. Their concentrations during their MBA program were in Finance and Economics.