Cheryl Gilbert Email & Phone Number

Colchester, Vt, Us

Vermont, United States

United States

Montpelier, Vt

-Provide proficient financial and analytical skills in nonprofit international, energy policy organization.-Increased annual contract revenue following review, market analysis, and defining new labor rates.-Provide strategic recommendations to the CEO/President, members of the executive management team.-Develop, facilitate set up, and comply with international regulations for 3 new entities (China, Europe, and India).-Multi-currency cash management -Direct and manage all accounting and financial processes for non-profit, USA and international entities.-Negotiate, create, and manage all domestic and international contracts, and subcontracts.-Compile budgets and grant proposals, and comply with award terms.-Manage and draft annual and strategic budgeting and planning.-Maintain expatriate status, and foreign payroll systems.-Re-engineered RAP’s finance operations by implementing new technology, reviewing and rewriting procedures.-Researched, structured, and implemented software to initiate first project cost accounting reporting, consolidated financials, multi-currency transaction-level accounting, and FASB grant fund reporting.-Financial liaison to the Audit and Finance Committee, and Board of Directors. -Supervise accountant, and oversee international accountants’ financial reporting.-Prepare and manage all subcontractor contracts.-Review RFP’s and manage grant applications, and contract proposals.-Work closely with regional directors to manage operations, budgets, and international legal requirements.

-Directed and managed all financial analysis, benchmarking and reporting of key performance indicators to support ownership decision-making in both manufacturing and wholesales divisions.-Created financial modeling-building and maintaining pro-forma models for prospective acquisitions, and development projects-Coordinated legal and governmental requirements to expand operations into Maine, creating a satellite distribution center and increasing annual revenue by 60% in its second year.-Managed cost allocations, supply chain, inventory control and directed tracking of physical inventory.-Drove process improvements through software conversion, efficiency practices, and custom programming.-Directed finance team with monthly forecasting and annual budgeting activities.-Maintained State and Federal compliance -Developed positive vendor relations, and procurement contracts.

Responsible for financial management of LED research & development, engineering, and manufacturing divisions. Strategic planning, creation of first time budgets and projects, secured loans and credit lines for production machinery, to facilitate 40% growth margins in new LED industry. General ledger reporting and analysis, cost accounting, cash flow, maintain and develop relations with vendors, customers, investors, creditors, insurance providers. Human resource policy implementation, motivate, goal setting, and create teamwork and unity within divisions. Grant writing to secure funding for first strategic marketing plan. Legislative round table discussions for local business growth, along with National/International trade and patent issues.

Performed 5 year historical financial analysis to determine profitability and secure creditor funds, created performance cost analysis by genre, revamped methodology of setting ticket prices based on capacity and sales ratios, created budgets and projections, initiated strategic plan to increase profitability, and presented financial reports to the board.

▪Managed all financial functions of multiple, high volume, Internet-based companies, and 5 store locations.

Drove strategic planning; secured insurance bonding; developed creditor, vendor and customer relations to support large hospitality design projects. Responsible for all financial management; job costing; project purchasing and contract management.

Managed all financial functions of industrial coatings company specializing in large infrastructure projects such as the Panama canal.

▪Traveled internationally to negotiate and manage joint ventures, contracts, accounting and staffing.▪Managed all accounting, cash management, insurance, bonding, tax filing, and job cost projections for USA and foreign operations ▪Decreased overhead costs and increased GPM by researching, customizing, implementing and training staff in the usage of new accounting software for all branch offices, creating efficiency and accuracy in the accounting departments.▪Provided Project Managers with weekly Job Cost Reports for monitoring of actual vs. budgeted costs.▪Multi-company financial reporting▪Maintained foreign and domestic contract compliance, including that of foreign joint ventures.▪Drove strategic financial planning and forecasting.▪Fulfilled all multi-state, multi-union, Davis-Bacon and other contractually required Payroll functions▪FIT (941, 940), SIT, SUTA and worker’s comp reporting ▪Processed all A/R invoices and draw requests per contract requirements.

Managed all accounting, cash flow, financing, bonding, project management, employee benefit programs, job cost reports, projections; software conversion and customization to a detailed job cost accounting system.