George Vaughn Email & Phone Number

Davis, CA

Sacramento, California Area

Elk Grove, CA

Rancho Cordova, CA

• Planning lead for $1.2B construction division, with $280M annual capital budget.
• Reported to senior leadership on budgets, forecasts, variances and project status.
• Wrote Board reports, budget requests, and Investor presentations.
• Reduced reporting cycle time from 10 days to 8 days on key management reporting.

• Led team of five business planners for $1B division, assisting business partner in managing $250M budget.
• Client organization came in under budget by $10M, assisted by my team in planning.
• Developed and reported on budget variances, forecasts, metrics, and key business indicators.
• Led process for Board reporting and complex data requests supporting SEC reporting, regulatory reporting, and management reporting.

• Project Manager of CFO-wide Finance Transformation Initiative; helped manage one of the largest utility finance change initiatives in the country.
• Guided effort to implement new structures, services, processes and technology for 450-person CFO team in order to create value and drive efficiencies in SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and other accounting, budgetary.
• Managed high-level team of consultants under tight budgetary and time constraints.
• Engaged Officer teams at PG&E to conduct customer assessments, which entailed massive internal coordination and communication with CFO personnel.Created new Upward Feedback online tool to improve employee engagement.
• Led eight-person team in creating and implementing a tool which allowed all CFO employees to evaluate their supervisors in a number of skills and competencies.
• Led a team of non-direct reports to the successful completion of a quality tool within budget constraints. This included fostering group morale and keeping the team on task.

• Led team of 12 accountants in property accounting for $3B capital budget.
• Engaged the team in change management during a department redesign to improve efficiency and increase service level, resulting in 30% fewer hours spent on depreciation accounting.
• Oversaw financial accounting, SEC reporting, including monthly and annual closing, high dollar journal entries, GAAP knowledge, SOX compliance and account reconciliation.
• Led extensive budget and forecast process improvement related to capital items.
• Knowledge leadership in GAAP research - centered on capital accounting.Expert witness in $800M high-exposure rate-setting case before the California Public Utilities Commission.
• Successfully defended company’s position, rebutting expert witnesses from opposing parties.

• Led finance and accounting functions for advertising/media company.
• Led team in all functions of accounting, tax, accounts receivables, accounts payables, payroll and benefits, insurance, and other areas.
• Kept company cash-flow positive through payables management and persistent collection of outstanding receivables.

• Led finance and accounting functions for construction demolition company.
• Led team of three in all functions of accounting, tax, accounts receivables, accounts payables, payroll and benefits, insurance, and other areas.
• Engaged in contract negotiation and client site visits.
• Kept company cash-flow positive through payables management and persistent collection of outstanding receivables.

• Created accounting team from “scratch” for major utility company.
• Formed and led an effective accounting team for California Region when Duke Energy purchased major production plants from PG&E, inclusive of auditing and tax compliance, customer billing, accounts receivables, accounts.
• Key member of team for critical contract negotiation to set electric rates for newly purchased production plants.
• Engaged in financial contract negotiations, including performance of the plants and O&M costs.

• Member of audit team conducting financial statement audits of high-tech client base.
• Conducted review of financial data, including account reconciliations, testing of liabilities and other accounts, and variance analysis.
• Conducted personnel interviews and reviewed key financial data to arrive at conclusion regarding the accuracy of company records.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Business (Accounting)