Duties: Manage and guide $52M trade association with responsibility for all finance, accounting, information technology, human resources, facilities, and administrative functions; serve as senior member of executive team; report directly to President. Prepare and present financial information to the Board of Directors four times a year and host finance committee calls and/or meetings to discuss financial results. Review and approve annual audits, review, approve and/or prepare tax returns and filings in multiple jurisdictions, and manage investments of $38M. Significant achievements: • Lead forensic financial investigation with alleged fraud successfully controlling costs and identifying total loss. Implemented internal controls to mitigate any future risk of fiduciary losses. • Introduced budget process, timeline, training and tools enabling managers to take ownership of the entire process from budget creation to actual monthly variance reporting. • Managed $1.8mm IT infrastructure implementation including a new CRM, website and online shopping storefront. • Created incentive based performance management program designed to empower staff at all levels, resulting in substantial gains in productivity. • Negotiated and purchased 2 new facilities and sold another with the intent to increase the visibility of the outdoor industry, attract higher quality staff, and bring new workers into member service and support. • Established and secured funding for a supporting 501(c)3 to train technicians • Improved financial reporting and transparency to board and internal stakeholders by shifting year-end to calendar and providing monthly financial information as opposed to a quarterly basis. • Reduced audit management letter items from nineteen to 2.

Manage and guide $17M not-for-profit with responsibility for all finance, accounting, technology, and operational functions; serve as senior member of executive team; report directly to Executive Director.

Manage and guide $13M not-for-profit with responsibility for all finance, accounting, technology, human resources, and administrative functions, serve as senior member of executive team and report directly to CEO.Serve in integral capacity for three-year strategic planning process conducted throughout 2009.Prepare and present financial information to the Board of Directors three times a year.Review monthly financial statements including budget comparisons and variances, review and approve annual audit, prepare tax returns and file in multiple jurisdictions, manage investments of $4M, prepare and manage annual budget, and handle human resource functions including improvements with employee hiring, retention, management guidance and benefits improvements. Provide input and oversight to all departments including grants management (both on awarding and receiving), programmatic funding, customer service, educational programs, and fundraising efforts.Supervise a staff of seven.

Directed $35M construction services firm with ongoing responsibility for cash management, budgeting, finance, financial accounting, and data base integrity and reported directly to the President.Hired, managed, retained, and mentored staff of ten accounting and financial personnel.Oversaw financial statement audit, compliance audits, tax preparation and filings in multiple jurisdictions, and bank covenant compliance reporting.Managed and coordinated activities of employee group and two external consulting groups in $.5M implementation project and subsequent ongoing operation of Solomon Management Information Systems.Handled legal issues including international office establishment, contracts reviews, corporate legal issues, and employment issues.Increased credit line by one hundred percent to facilitate expansion efforts and growth targets.Outlined, trained, and implemented a Project Accounting department established to facilitate partnership between operations and accounting in order to provide maximized profitability results on a job-by-job basis.

Brought the firm from a zero-profit margin goal in 1999 (Sub-Chapter S) to a 57% pre-tax profit margin for 2004 resulting in gross revenues for 2004 of $16M+ Reported directly to the President.Ensured compliance and adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.Participate in long-range planning and strategic direction of the business.Drafted and negotiated all client contracts.Responsible for all aspects of financial accounting and reporting including earn-out targets and parameters for transitioning principals.Managed entire administrative staff including hiring, termination, and creating and monitoring job functions.Interfaced with all levels of Senior Management for US Operations Corporate office and coordinated reporting with international entities. Prepared all due diligence associated with acquisition candidates including cost benefit analysis and identifying contract issues, issues with combining salaries/benefits and general conversion issues.Handled all cash management functions, budgeting, and client financial profitability Oversaw all internal and external audit functions.Delivered presentations to corporate officers encompassing forecasting and budgeting, summary financial performance metrics, and growth initiatives.

Oversaw all aspects of financial accounting and reporting for largest of 80 offices worldwide company encompassing gross revenues of $75M in FY2000 and reported to Chief Financial Officer.Managed a staff of ten and interfaced with all levels of Public Affairs Senior Management.Assisted with acquisition due diligence preparation of three acquisitions including preparing cost benefit analysis and identifying contract issues, issues with combining salaries/benefits and general conversion issues.Handled all cash management functions, budgeting, and client financial profitability and led the annual audit.Completed software conversion successfully with the least problems of 11 offices and implemented Web based time sheet/expense entry that interfaced with billing and accounts payable subsidiary ledgers.Implemented various internal control procedures including a purchase order system, a vacation/sick leave tracking procedure, and prepared major reconciliation of inter-company accounts not previously performed.