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Coastal Reconstruction Group, established in 1986, is celebrating 30 years of business helping clients rebuild, renovate, and recoup their investments. What began with the rebuilding of a Jacksonville, Florida, apartment complex — devastated by a Christmas Eve fire — has grown into a three generation, family-owned and operated business with an exceptional industry reputation. With corporate headquarters in Central Florida, Coastal continues to help clients with their general contracting needs and takes pride in providing clients fast response and direct access to ownership. At Coastal, my team, under my leadership, has:Decreased Aging Accounts Receivable by over $2 mill by actively engaging with the departments to develop a streamlined collections process which includes knowing lien rights, communicating intent to lean clearly, and following through systematicallyIncreased DPO by over 35% by effectively negotiating vendor terms with outside sales reps and increasing credit terms where appropriateIncreased overall cash flow by over $1 mill in the first yearPaid off 100% of liabilities outside of Accounts Payable within the first 15 monthsLead the company through 40% increased profit margins in the first fiscal year while also increasing accrued expenses to better prepare the Balance Sheet for future expenses not yet recognizedDecreased bad debt expenses through effective collections processes

IFSG outsources the CFO and Controller functions for companies ranging from $2mm to $250mm in revenue. We specialize in Cost and non-profit accounting but our clients range from retail stores to manufacturing plants, to moving and storage companies. We tailor our services to the needs of our clients and have a range of experts readily available to meet the needs of the companies we service.

• Oversee the Accounting functions for three separate facilities covering five separate technologies as well as 12 contract manufacturing plants and 3 distribution centers• Manage the inventory and accounts payable departments for all three facilities• Inventory controls, processing, and overseeing many physical inventories• Creating and implementing a cycle count program to aid in inventory controls• Operations accounting including cost controls• Prepare and distribute to executives a weekly scorecard to highlight various key performance indicators• Prepare and distribute monthly Accounts Package to assist management in business decisionso Includes trend analysis, financial statements, and key performance indicators• Oversee various capital projectso In the first year, Capital projects added to a total of $14 milliono In 2009, a $7 million bottling line project along with 6 other projects• Training new hires as well as training on new processes and procedures developed• Running various queries and macros to retract information from Mapics (AS400)• Detailing projected labor, overhead, and energy costs for research and development products as well as assisting management in cutting these costs• Creating and implementing various accounting common practices such as purchase order process flow charts, customer order process, and petty cash policy• Conducting monthly training on Excel, safety policies, etc• Yearly budgeting and reporting monthly and weekly budget variances• Quarterly, monthly, and weekly projections along with trend analyses• Manufacturing order creation and editing needs• Creating reporting tools for management to use as well as monthly plant presentations to keep all team leads and management informed of plant costs and monthly trends • Constantly exceeding management performance expectations according to yearly performance development plan reviews