Dan Rivas Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Main responsibilities include being the GVP's right-hand person and facilitating communication between the GVP's team and the rest of the organization.Strategic planning, project management, communications, and operations are just some of the many responsibilities in the day to day. Overseeing various projects and initiatives, ensuring that they are completed on time. Identifying potential risks and develop contingency plans as needed. Working with various members of the executive team, as well as with other departments within the company, to ensure that everyone is aligned around our goals and objectives.In short, strong strategic planning, project management, communication, and teamwork skills are in my day to day.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Cincinnati, Ohio Area

Responsible for the project management and customer support of large-scale SAP BPC (Business, Planning & Consolidations) implementations. Expertise managing projects with varying degrees of complexity, and across a number of industries. Client focused, coupled with a collaborative and engaging communication style. Ability to comprehensively review all areas of the business in order to analyze requirements in order to design an implementation strategy necessary to meet the objectives of the client successfully. Past experience includes the Unites States Marine Corps - where their training has helped me throughout my career to be able to work successfully on teams and contribute the right attitude to ensure success for every project.

• Prepare and review monthly management reporting and quarterly CAT reporting packages.• Assist in developing and automation of financial reports and system. Including development of Sequel databases, preparation of reports in Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) and deployment to Sharepoint servers.• Identify, communicate, and recommend corrective actions to ensure financial reporting system is working. • Coordinate month-end closing activities, i.e., maintaining trial balance, overseeing account reconciliations, supporting monthly management financial review activities, etc.• Manage cost center realignment within the accounting department and as liaison to operations.• Develop standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for internal processes.• Provide statistical reports for studies.• Coordinate interdepartmental projects through establishing goals, removing barriers, and reviewing progress.• Champion special projects to enhance financial reporting and support operations.

• Prepare financial reports and present findings and make recommendations to the CEO and board of directors.• Oversee human resources in hiring and terminations to development of benefit plans • Develop effective strategies for fiscal planning, forecasting and preparing budgets to coincide.• Secure financing from multiple resources. • Negotiate deals with Home Depot and Boise Cascade. • Implement policies from start up to ensure foundation is in place as the company grows. • Establishing and Maintaining GAAP principles. • Handling logistics from Europe into the United States which includes custom clearance, rail, trucking, ocean liner and air.

Riverside, Ca

• Strategic, tactical authority over enterprise-wide financial functions across 8 companies. • Implemented policies and procedures to support accounting operations at headquarters and affiliated facilities. • Prepared financial reports and presented findings to C-level leadership. Delivered effective recommendations for financial change management. • Establishing and maintained GAAP principles for all companies. • Controlled $32.5M in assets including vehicles, computer systems, real property and commercial property.

Californiaa

•Facilitated general accounting and accounts payable projects, including work order closeouts with key project leadership. Worked across teams to identify and mitigate issues impacting labor and material overages. Executed weekly analysis of costing, trends and variances. Planned, assigned and reviewed work of project managers. • Generated $100K in annual savings by investigating, analyzing and resolving productivity barriers. • Key point person investigating and reimbursing travel claims for all employees.

Camp Pendleton, Ca

• Directed 9 personnel in execution of cost accounting, reporting and financial analysis functions. Facilitated financial management of appropriated and non-appropriated funds, handling up to $100M in quarterly funds. Developed, implemented and monitored call / reconciliation systems to improve monthly monitoring across 200 offices. • Earned Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Joint Armed Services Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, Meritorious Unit Commendation and several letters of recognition and accommodation.

Aa, Businesss Administration

Ba, Accounting