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City Of Industry, Ca, Us

Leads the accounting, finance, IT and operations groups for this >$600M, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

A leading professional and interim services firm, Tatum helps companies navigate critical points in the business life cycle. Along with our partners at Randstad Professionals, Tatum offers hands-on strategic, financial and technology solutions to measurably improve business performance and meet professional and interim needs. Our four areas of capability include: · Interim finance and technology executives to fill roles for defined timeframes · End-to-end solutions where we take full ownership of a project · Staff augmentation of accounting, finance and technology professionals · Executive search using our extensive industry network➢ Interim CFO for a $100+ million 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, global sports training, events & advocacy organization for people with intellectual disabilities in over 170 countries. Providing strong leadership, restructuring finance team, mitigating risk, increasing auditability, government grant & contract compliance, global payrolls, banking, tax, combined financial reporting for its primary & subsidiary organizations.➢ Privately owned $70 million managed security company, serving as Lead Partner for the $28 million acquisition within 19-days of two companies that were carved-out of their Fortune 1000 parent company – completing due diligence, negotiating the transition services agreement and assisting the negotiation of the purchase and credit agreements.➢ Interim CFO for a $40 million 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, world-renowned bio-medical research institute funded primarily by US Government contracts (cost-plus and FFP) and grants (including private foundations); knowledge of A-122; A-133 and FAR. ➢ Private equity group owned, $220M, US Wholesaler and Manufacturer of Fresh Produce serving as advisor to the CEO and the Chairman of the Board. Reviewed and resolved data integrity issues with the IT systems implementation and the reporting impacts. Assessed the structure of the Accounting, IT & ERP groups to manage 40% CAGR.

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Provided strong fiscal leadership for this 70,000 plus membership organization with affiliates throughout the country and abroad.

Reston, Va, Us

➢ Manage the finance, accounting, treasury, cash management, budgeting, forecasting, business valuation, financial planning & analysis, information technology (IT), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, procurement, facilities and risk management functions.➢ Serve as the primary liaison for all audits, insurance claims, specific legal matters including derivative suit litigation, negotiating credit facilities and contract pricing. One of three members of the company’s Investment Committee and the Executive Management team. ➢ Lead a 25 person team (of employees and consultants) to support year-over-year growth of revenue of almost 40%, and the incremental growth of Cost-Plus,Time & Materials and Firm Fixed Price contracts plus bids and proposals.➢ Completed a total replacement of the company’s $25M primary credit facility (including inventory flooring and working capital) during the great recession of 2009 when the previous lender exited the credit facility business. ➢ Managed a complete transformation of the company’s network and telephone infrastructure. ➢ Led the sourcing of the replacement of the company’s ERP system from Microsoft Dynamics (Navision) to Deltek Costpoint. Led the negotiation of the licenses and implementation contracts, and served as the executive sponsor of the steering committee. ➢ Led the team that completed two financial statement audits for FY2008 and FY2009 with clean audit opinions. Oversaw the management of two incurred cost submissions for FY2008 and FY2009. ➢ Work closely with the CEO and COO to mesh the strategic needs of the company with the required financial and infrastructure resources to enable the continuing growth ($101M to $140M+) and transformation of the company from a traditional IT product reseller to an IT integrated solutions and services provider. Provide the Board of Directors and shareholders with financial information and oversight for each of my functional areas.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

➢ Private equity group owned, $200M, US healthcare company serving as Interim Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. Managed cash flow, updated the financial management system (Microsoft Dynamics -- GP), and led all accounting/financial reporting functions, led 2006 annual audit.➢ NYSE listed $1B global consulting company serving as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. Reorganized and led a 60+ person accounting team; implemented rapid steps to change the financial reporting system from Thomson Elite to TM1; led the creation of the 10-Q for Q3 2007 and the 2008 annual budget; led the Q4 2007 forecast and the preparations for the 2007 audit.➢ Privately owned, $2.3 billion international media conglomerate, serving as Lead Partner and Consultant for managing two complex SEC S-X reporting compliance audits leading to a successful resolution in 16 days and six weeks respectively; served as liaison between Big Four SEC audit team, and senior management of parent company and its second largest subsidiary; and led a multi-resource Tatum team that resolved difficult accounting and audit issues for black-line, consolidated and combined, three-year audits involving dozens of companies.

Provided CFO, financial analysis, accounting and strategy services.➢ Performed accounting, budgeting and financial analysis projects including SEC auditing, revenue accounting, business planning and development, strategy development, etc. for clients ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.➢ Financial and Operational Advisor to early-stage companies in rapid-growth mode.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

➢ Chief Administrative Officer and co-founder of the Strategic Global Alliances Division responsible for managing the accounting, contracting, business planning, organizational and finance functions of this international division.

Basking Ridge, Nj, Us

➢ Led the accounting for billions of U.S. dollars of revenue, assets, capital and SG&A departmental expenses; streamlined processes for corporate financial reporting; created an automated database tool for planning, tracking and analyzing capital budgets and projects; project managed the merger integration of $1B+ global web hosting businesses into a single global organization.➢ Led the finance and accounting support functions for $1.2B arbitration related to the $1.75B sale of MCI's internet businesses.

Certificate, Accounting

Mba, Finance

Ba, Economics; Business Administration

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