David L. Brumfield, Mba, Ccsa Email & Phone Number

Fairfield, Nj, Us

➤ Joined the largest U.S. importer of Italian cheeses to evaluate and propose business process improvements, working diligently to improve and scale operational efficiencies, maintain internal controls, and drive increased profitability. ➤ Assess performance of each processing and production facility—two plants in Wisconsin and one each in New Jersey and Illinois—documenting workflows and identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization.➤ Developed a business process optimization train-the-trainer program, outlining the company’s official approach to problem-solving and introducing new language into the organization to ensure consistency across all processes and systems.➤ Led a 10-person team of Material Data Coordinators in providing reliable and accurate performance reporting, hiring and onboarding a new Operations Process Manager to continue to ensure full traceability and 100% accuracy.➤ Mitigate risks and capitalize on opportunities to increase throughput, reduce costs, and improve overall profitability, leveraging a proven approach and methodology to evaluate processes, define goals, and empower teams.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

➤ Championed an ERP implementation project, migrating client from a custom legacy system to SYSPRO, enabling integration of purchase and sales orders, warehouse management system, financial reporting, and process and workflow documentation.➤ Dedicated 4 months to turn around and complete ERP project following systemic project delays and milestone misses, being brought in as a consultant to bring leadership and focus to the team to get the project back on track and drive go-live.➤ Fueled annual operational savings of $1.5M-$2M through ERP deployment, offering client unprecedented performance transparency with insights into productivity, material tracking, labor utilization, cost containment, and traceability.

Elgin, Illinois, Us

➤ Delivered financial counsel and business leadership to fuel strategic decisions as this 20-year-old nonprofit ventured into a new stage of its evolution. Partnered with senior executive leaders to deliver financial analysis and projections to enable data-driven decisions.➤ Recognized as a high-capacity leader with broad-based strengths in finance, human resources, information technology, and expense management and control, leveraging skills to identify process improvement and optimization opportunities.➤ Supported the changing needs of the organization as revenues tripled in a matter of months—from $1M to $3M+—playing a lead role in securing grant funds and enabling the CEO to focus on donor cultivation and stewardship.➤ Catalyzed cross-functional collaboration, growing confidence among team members as the company’s first-ever CFO, infusing performance transparency across the organization, and enhancing human resources programs and processes.➤ Secured a capital investment for a new department team member, allowing for the vital segregation of finance and accounting functions, and working diligently to onboard, train, coach, and develop new associate with limited experience.➤ Charted short- and long-range organizational needs based on projected financial growth—tasked with creating the 2021 operating budget on day one of hire—and secured the grant funds early in journey to cover 100% of CFO position expenses.➤ Triaged urgent matters within days of onboarding, navigating multiple audits in first 90 days, working to increase donor confidence through infrastructure-building, and providing the management and board reporting to fuel strategic actions.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

➤ Led financial compliance for this private manufacturer of premium building products with annual sales exceeding $600M, establishing internal controls and financial reporting to drive SOX compliance initiatives.➤ Developed stringent financial controls, vital to mitigating evolving risks and organizational challenges during a time of rapid growth in both revenue and team members.➤ Positioned this private company to operate with the same level of scrutiny a public company would expect—in anticipation of an IPO—establishing controls to mitigate risks, identifying and training process owners, and diligently auditing practices.➤ Established first-time policies, procedures, and financial reporting controls, conducted comprehensive risk assessments (including fraud risk) to confirm control design and testing effectiveness, and collaborated with 50+ process and control owners to drive compliance.➤ Liaised with external auditors, the Audit Committee, executive leaders, and consultants to prepare the company for a public offering; documented audit and testing results and am earning the CIA designation to deepen risk controls expertise.➤ Established the company’s delegation of authority policy defining personnel with the power to execute and approve contracts, authorize spending, and approve capital expenditures. Directed capital appropriation decision-making.➤ Recruited, trained, and managed the development of more than 30 Financial Compliance Interns, providing mentorship and coaching resulting in each of those interns continuing in their accounting and internal auditing careers.

➤ Stepped into an exciting time in the company’s maturation—family-owned Magee Carpet Co. had recently sold 50% of the business to Rieter Automotive — with the key objective of establishing formalized policies, procedures, and finance and accounting practices for this $200M manufacturer of automobile (supplying GM, Ford, and Chrysler) interior carpet and sound insulation systems.➤ Devised strategic, long-range plans to continue with 15-year record as GM Supplier of the Year, supervised cost accounting and financial analysis functions, delivered Board presentations, and evaluated new business and cost-reduction opportunities.➤ Established a Canadian operation, sourcing and opening a new facility in Toronto—commuting weekly from Pennsylvania—and building the operation from the ground up involving master scheduling, staffing, training, and operations management.➤ Received "Above & Beyond" award for "... dedication and commitment and going above and beyond the call of duty" to open the Canadian facility "on-time" and "on-budget".

➤ Joined a firm specializing in technology systems, support, and voice/data networks on a 12-month contract engagement to develop and implement growth strategies, open new relationships with NYC-based law firms—the company’s main vertical—and take what the CEO / Founder had conceptualized, developed, and begun to grow, to the next level.➤ Gained access to multiple new, key accounts in the NYC metro region, generating 25% revenue growth in one year by developing go-to-market plans, securing meetings with decision-makers, and promoting differentiating service offerings.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

➤ Recruited during a challenging time in this $200M CPG company’s evolution, not only to lead the 55-member Finance and Accounting organization—spread across 4 offices and 2 distribution centers—but to also build the in-house capabilities vital to completing the deployment of JD Edwards solution following Arthur Andersen exiting the project.➤ Developed and led a team to complete the custom installation and deployment of JD Edwards solution, affording for an unprecedented level of in-house control and KPI visibility across the entire Paper Magic Group operations footprint.➤ Produced in-depth Board reports and represented the business in operations review meetings with Corporate Officers, delivering the data—on both the Scranton and Minneapolis Divisions—to drive informed decision-making.➤ Spearheaded inventory management and cost reduction initiatives resulting in the company not only meeting but exceeding, its financial and operational objectives for the first time in 4 years.➤ Led efforts to improve key account relationships—Kmart, Walmart, and Target—to improve customer-facing processes. Championed efforts to consistently reduce volume, frequency, and amount of customer claims and chargebacks.

➤ Onboarded as the Cost Accounting Manager during a challenging time nearing expiration of a key patent, and soon promoted to Controller for the entire West Coast region—later, co-led North American operations—with the key objective of supporting consolidation and reorganizing operations. ➤ Earned a reputation for the ability to lead strategic projects and initiatives, transitioning into a Special Projects Manager role focused on business transformation, turnaround, and reengineering leadership.➤ Championed the development and implementation of highly visible projects with oversight by the President and CEO, leading this $80M medical device manufacturer through major sales and operational realignments vital to sustainability.➤ Fueled a $12M increase in sales through the development and execution of a robust marketing and distribution strategy; addressed turnaround opportunities to improve Technical Services revenue 150% in 2 years and achieve first-time profits.➤ Restructured Canadian operations to capture $1M in cost savings, relocating Canadian facility, overseeing new site buildout, recruiting and training new team, and managing launch without experiencing a service decline to existing clients.➤ Managed a technical and business services team of 11 FTEs, collaborating cross-functionally to rebuild sales and commission programs, implement changes to drive operational excellence, and support the achievement of organizational effectiveness.➤ Led an 8-member finance team, holding accountability for the financial operation and integrity of the business including P&L, administration, cost and general accounting, budget preparation, payables and receivables, and payroll management.

➤ Led a team of 3 accounting professionals within this commercial lighting manufacturer generating $40M in annual revenue; ensured the accuracy of costs, profitability, and assets reported on corporate financial statements. Performed variance analysis and prepared journal entries, job costing and product line profitability analysis, and capital budgeting.➤ Earned APICS CPIM designation and gained experience in master scheduling and production planning, serving as the master scheduler for one year and engaging in the planning of production projects.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

➤ Earned the Superior Performance Award for efforts providing full-service business support for this multibillion-dollar government contractor, preparing contract bid information ($12M in annual billings), work authorization and delegation, funding allocation, SOW detail, cost tracking and analysis, overhead and capital budgeting, and program status reporting.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategic Implementation

Bachelor Of Science In Business Administration - Bsba, Production & Operations Management