David Roberts Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio

Retired to pursue other interests.Responsibility for the accounting functions, operational reporting and consolidation of Sims-Lohman entities. Sims-Lohman is the region’s largest supplier of cabinets and fabricator of granite countertops and is number 77 on 2018 Deloitte’s Cincinnati 100 with over $170 million in revenue and 470 employees. Sims has 22 showrooms, 3 Distribution Centers and 6 Granite production locations in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Alabama. • Annual budgeting process, long-range planning process and forecasting• Monthly financial consolidation and segmented financial statements• Monthly meetings of financial results and forecasts with Regional GM’s• Reporting Weekly Operational KPI’s - safety, delivery, fleet, labor and material goals• Acquisition integration of Nashville, Canton and Cleveland Granite Shops. On-going acquisition assistance and modeling• Multi-state sales and use tax reporting• Manage 10 employees – Cost Accounting, Billing, A/P, A/R, Credit Management, Collections

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Group Controller, 6/2015-Present Manage financial responsibility for the Renewable Energy and Conservation segment of Gibraltar Industries, Inc. End of 2016, Gibraltar: Net Sales of $1.0B. Segment focus on design, engineering, manufacturing, and construction of solar racking systems and commercial greenhouse structures with Net Sales of $282M, OI of 15.3% and operated 7 manufacturing facilities and 2 distribution centers in the US, China, and Japan. ♦Managed annual budgeting process, long-range planning, forecasting, acquisition modeling, and SOX implementation from privately held company to public company.♦Using 80/20 business management principles resulted in restructured product lines and improved accounting procedures which reduced operating expenses and inventory levels.♦Contributed to acquisition and integration of competitor which expanded market share of a key growth area and divestiture of its European residential solar racking business as part of a 4-pillar strategy of operational excellence, portfolio management, product innovation, and acquisitions,♦Implementation of new ERP version of Epicor software,Chief Financial Officer, RBI Solar, Inc. 9/2001-6/2015 Manage financial responsibility of 9 companies in the US, China, Japan, Germany, and Mexico, real estate LLC’s and a captive insurance company. ♦Contributed to rapid growth; from appx. $30M to over $150M in Net Sales.♦Reduced month end closing process from 15 days to 3 days.♦Market expansion into China via a sourcing office and production facility, Mexico production facility and Egypt engineering office. ♦Contributed to the acquisition of a supplier for vertical integration, acquisition and integration of a US competitor which expanded market share, acquisition of a German solar company with a US presence, creation of a solar design, project management, and sales office in Japan.♦Negotiated RBI’s health insurance plan to the same level of benefits and same cost to employees for 5 years.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Manage overall financial responsibility of 11 franchised/local restaurants in the Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, and Gatlinburg areas with revenues totaling $21M. ♦Played key role in driving results by focusing on operational efficiencies, successfully implemented $1.3M cash flow improvement and performed extensive research by franchise/type of restaurant to establish performance metrics for food and labor goals.♦Effectively established change management with implementation of management bonus structure that created accountability, development of 1st ever line-by-line budget, implementation of weekly/monthly feedback reports and meetings, creation of profit-sharing bonus for hourly workers, set-up of 401k plan, negotiation of refinancing, and debt compliance issues with local and national lenders.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Manage overall responsibility of financial and accounting controls at our Knoxville, TN Label manufacturing facility. Expertise was in Production Efficiencies and Cash Management. ♦Executed $600k reduction in A/R outstanding (45 days to 30 days o/s), $300k reduction in Inventory Levels, and a $25k/month reduction in Invoice Adjustments. ♦Developed 1st bottom-up budget and established monthly financial statement review with management as well as credit approval procedures for operational efficiency.♦Established Waste Reduction Program which effectively decreased Waste from 32% to 25% in 3 months and annual savings of $600k.

Newport, Kentucky & Pago Pago, American Samoa

Finance Manager/Controller (American Samoa) Manage financial and accounting controls at the 2nd largest fish cannery in the world. Supervise 3 FT professionals and 48 hourly positions in A/P, Cost Accounting, General Accounting, MIS, Boat Settlements, and Payroll. ♦Prepared quarterly operating forecasts and bottom-up annual plant budgets exceeding 15M production equivalent cases/130M tons of fish/$50M in sales over appx, 50 product lines. ♦Supported special projects in finance functions (e.g. Oracle Financials).♦Projects include: Fish Inventory System, $150k Inventory Loss Reduction, LAN Installation, Oracle Financials Conversion, etc.Cost Accounting Supervisor (American Samoa) Supervise 15 employees - Yield Clerks, Inventory Clerks; reporting daily production yields vs budgeted. ♦Developed yield recovery vs. fish fill analysis utilized by management for daily production decisions. ♦Special Projects: Yield Report Development, Inventory Controls, Graphic Presentation of Variances.Sr. Financial Analyst - Financial Reporting (KY) Handle consolidations, preparation of Internal (IPR/KPI’s), and External Reporting Packages, analysis/investigation of operational variances vs. forecasts, Hyperion development/implementation, and supervision of 2 accounting clerks. ♦Special Projects: A/P Procedures Review, Samoa Payroll Audit, and PC Link Software.Financial Analyst - Marketing (KY) Prepare and analyze marketing and financial reporting statements, coupon redemption analysis, promotional disbursement tracking, and monthly/quarter marketing reserve reviews. ♦Special projects: Development of a Local Area Network (LAN), Hyperion (Financial Reporting Software), and development of Key Performance Indicator/KPI Reporting Package.Senior Corporate Auditor (KY) Participated in 40% Travel for the position which required financial reviews/audits of operations and Internal Controls at H. J. Heinz affiliates. ♦Audit programs, recommendations, and audit engagements.

Cincinnati Area, Ky

Conducted Financial audit and with extensive SEC manufacturing audit experience, including SEC reporting. ♦Successfully assumed supervisory roles on several middle market audit engagements and recurring audit engagements. ♦Provided written and verbal recommendations to clients for operational and profit improvement.