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Houston, Texas Area

Industrial waste water treatment company and governmental subdivision of the State of Texas. The company is comprised of six treatment facilities with assets of $130,000,000, revenues of $60,000,000 and an investment portfolio of $40,000,000. Managed a staff of five direct reports including a financial analyst, two senior accountants, two clerical staff and six indirect purchasing coordinators.Controller and Investment Officer• Managed the Tyler Technologies governmental accounting ERP accounting system including budgeting, payroll, projects, contracts, procurement, HR, and document imaging system. Initiated numerous software enhancements and user training programs.• Implemented numerous process improvements using best practices. Increased staff productivity and decreased personnel costs by 20% or $80,000. Advanced Excel skills including vertical and horizontal lookups, pivots, macros and multi sheet workbooks.• Managed the annual audit engagement, reducing completion time by 25%. Received the prestigious Government Financial Officers Association award for Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting four consecutive years.• Managed an investment portfolio of $40,000,000, exceeding investment objectives by over 600% or $1,000,000 annually. Made significant improvements to the Board investment performance report which I presented to the Board of Directors each quarter.

Houston, Texas Area

Staffing services company with annual revenues of $300,000,000 and over 100 branches in 40 states. Reported to the Senior Vice-President of Operations. Company was acquired in early 2009 and my position was eliminated.Director of Field Finance and Support• Assessed the ongoing financial performance and operational efficiency of all branches. Worked closely with Regional Vice-Presidents to improve branch profitability and accountability.• Liaison between branch operations and corporate services, collaborating with accounting, business intelligence, information technology, HR and risk management to improve numerous business processes. Spent nearly six months at corporate headquarters in California to assist the new CFO in developing reporting, forecasting and metrics for branch performance.• Managed the annual field budgeting and frequent cash flow forecasting process. Performed regular reviews and variance analysis of budgets and cash flow forecasts.• Instrumental in identifying, procuring and implementing industry leading CRM software application Salesforce.com.

Houston, Texas Area

UK-owned engineering and technical staffing company with annual revenues exceeding $100,000,000. Responsible for accounting and reporting for US operations consisting of $50,000,000 in revenues and 600 employees in over 40 states.US Financial Controller• Senior management team member involved in identifying and implementing strategic initiatives including: • A global ERP infrastructure comprised of PeopleSoft payroll, time and labor, HRMS and project costing. Collaborated with IT, delivering the project on time and within budget.• Negotiation and administration of a contract with a major customer valued at over $500,000,000.• Design and implementation of a vendor management system. Automated customer billings, vendor payments and reporting. • Produced timely and accurate income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, variance analysis, monthly forecasts and budgets using the ACCPAC general ledger system in a multi-currency environment.• Administrator of multiple permanent and temporary staff employee benefits plans. Skilled in plan design and enrollment processes including medical, dental, PTO, short and long term disability, 401k and flexible spending accounts.

Houston, Texas Area

Commercial litigation law firm positioning for significant growth. Reported to the new Managing Partner who left the firm 18 months later to accept his appointment by Governor Perry as a District Judge. Director of Finance & Administration• Improved profitability by reducing operating costs more than $750,000 in less than twelve months.• Managed and significantly improved an extensive information technology infrastructure that included multiple servers and software applications.• Introduced timely and accurate financial reporting and developed key metrics to measure business performance.

Houston, Texas Area

Investment Banking firm providing merger and acquisition consulting services to privately held staffing and information technology consulting companies with revenues up to $300,000,000.• Managed several complex engagements to value, market and negotiate the sale of client companies resulting in sales proceeds to clients in excess of $75,000,000 and fees to the firm exceeding $1,000,000.• Improved the business value of client companies by making specific recommendations based upon thorough financial and operational analysis. Performed numerous business valuations and offering memorandums.• Chief Financial Officer of an affiliated risk management company. Played an integral role in the turn-around of the company. Project manager orchestrating the sale of the company for more than $2,000,000.

Houston, Texas Area

Staffing company providing permanent placement and temporary staffing of engineering, accounting, office-clerical, light industrial, legal, nursing and hospitality personnel in multiple branches and multiple states.• Advisory Board member and facilitator of quarterly business unit reviews which very effectively measured and managed continued growth and profitability of over a dozen operating divisions.• Designed, implemented and administrated of an extensive information technology infrastructure including accounting, human resource, operations and risk management enabling growth from $10,000,000 to $50,000,000 in less than six years.• Designed an outstanding monthly reporting package that included income statements, balance sheets, variance analysis, cash flows and key metrics.• Designed and managed partially self-funded medical benefits and workers compensation insurance plans that reduced annual costs by over $300,000.