Chief Financial Officer
Current- Compiled financial statements for four affiliates; three in the US and one in South Africa.- Normalized cash flow and paid back a line of credit, $7.5MM, in full. - Increased gross profits by negotiating purchase prices with suppliers and receiving cooperative rebates. - Created budget for business units and managed financial planning and expenses; therefore, adopted a project profit and loss to analyze its performance. - Applied a better performance index formula in sales, warehouse, and customer support. - Upgraded two ERP systems; SAP Business One and Sage 100.- Completed the bank audit, the financial audit, and the nexus study.- Oversaw and received reports from five business units; Finance, Office, IT, Warehouse, and Operation- Reviewed and managed the legal contracts and the patent & trademark legal issues.- Reformed the commission structure for the sales team and their brokers. - Provided continuing education courses to staff.