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Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Advising new businesses on formation of corporations and business structures, drafting policies and structuring agreements.Provided cost analysis, ROI and long range planning models for the purchase and refurbishing of multi-family real estate investments in South Florida.

Deerfield Beach, Florida

Denver, CO

Public, non-profit, philanthropic organization founded in 1981. Through emergency, catastrophic, and holiday assistance, as well as educational scholarships, the foundation has created a tradition of caring for Colorado residents in need.Key leader of budgets, forecasts, financial reporting, banking, investment strategy and risk management.

Denver, CO

• Responsible for the integrity of financial information and systems.
• Trained staff and upgraded financial infrastructure to meet the requirements of a sustaining market leader.
• Directed the activities of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, financial reporting and compliance, management and business metrics reporting, state and local tax, treasury and all accounting.
• Closed the year’s 2007 and 2008 financial records and created bank compliance reporting within the first four months of joining Swingle, Inc. mid September, 2008.
• Uncovered $1 million in receivables that had not been invoiced during 2008. Set up control procedures and engaged an outside collection agency for prompt receipt of invoicing.
• Organized and scheduled the month-end close process to support the distribution of the financial package on the fifth day following the month-end.

Greater Denver Area

• Key member of consulting team assisting First Data Corp with documentation of procedures, protocol and controls of the Northeast Billing Group in Wilmington, DE. The project successfully centralized First Data.
• Assigned to document procedures and focus of the group Director.

Englewood, CO

• Reported to the VP Finance and Administration; responsible for setting up and hiring the corporate accounting staff transitioned to Colorado. Directed functional areas of general accounting, FP&A, inventory, cash.
• Directed documentation and testing activities of Sarbanes-Oxley certification.

Englewood, CO

• Reporting to the Corporate Controller; led the modeling and staffing of a Shared Service Center where my responsibilities were managing and directing payroll, accounts payable and accounts receivable to generate cost.
• Aligned the business strategies to support growth, operational excellence, market dynamics and compliance with SOX.
• Areas of accountability included operational planning, cash management, human resources, accounting, information technology, and audit/SOX compliance in the Shared Service Center.
• Centralized ADP contracts across the US into one relationship in Chicago and centralized payroll tax reporting in-house reducing costs by nearly 50% or $700,000 annually.

Englewood, CO

• Reporting to the CEO directed activities of accounting, financial reporting, budget and strategic planning, IT, HR and materials procurement functions. The PrintXcel segment comprised of 16 manufacturing facilities.
• Consistently met or exceeded budgets in sales and EBITDA.
• Managed asset investment to achieve 21% after-tax return on capital employed and working capital at 4.5% of sales, both significantly better than industry averages.
• Cost structure reduced $8 million annually, via significant vendor negotiations, quality, productivity, and reduced internal spoilage.
• Workers compensation cost reduction from $1 million in 2000 to $80,000 in 2003 through safety-first philosophy. Lost time accidents reduced 45% below industry norms.

Baltimore, MD

• Reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors responsible for timely and accurate financial reporting on both a GAAP and HBII basis for the US operations with annual sales in excess of 80 million tons and 3,200 employees.
• Infrastructure, developing policies and procedures, hiring personnel and implementing financial software to support reporting.
• Increased profitability 10% by implementing daily operational performance reporting, increasing awareness of controllable costs.
• Reduced corporate overhead $9 million compared to acquisition forecast, through consolidation of insurance and tax restructuring.
• Led financing & six-week due diligence of a $1.1 billion acquisition exceeding the board of director’s goal.

Charleston, WV

• Reporting to the Corporate Controller and partnering with the GM to direct activities of the Big Mountain, Robin Hood and Mountain View Coal Companies. Directed accounting, operational reporting and analysis.
• Led the planning staff in the WV Corporate headquarters providing consolidated operational, capital expenditures and balance sheet budgets, strategic plans, financial statements, and key productivity statistics.

Bs Accounting, Accounting

Bs Civil Engineering, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Sigma Pi Fraternity