Jay Cox Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Moved back to Los Angeles in early 2022. Continuing to serve clients from the DC area and local LA clients.• Relocated from Los Angeles to La Plata, MD and Alexandria, VA in 2016 to care for my father and support my family in his final years. Served local DC area clients, as well as ongoing LA clients.• Main LA client for ten years was Monique Lhuillier, a world renowned, couture fashion design house - see below.• Later served as CFO/COO at Patty Park Agency for a rapidly growing women’s and children’s fashion line - see below.• Another main LA client was the prominent Restaurant Group SBERG of global hospitality icon, SBE Entertainment - see below.• Notable prior LA clients: Fleur’t Lingerie, Park Vogel (fashion), Kaia Designs (fashion), Dennery Marks Public Relations, The Source Wine Imports, Train West Hollywood (training gym) and The Green Yogi (yoga studio).• Lead and managed numerous accounting ERP system installations, conversions and integrations. • Performed monthly, quarterly and year-end accounting closes for multiple clients concurrently.• Lead outside CPA full reviews and bank audits and prepared monthly, quarterly and annual loan compliance reporting.

• Main new Los Angeles client is Industry Rag, an apparel manufacturer for officially licensed professional sports leagues and teams. Currently implementing Odoo ERP to restructure their inventory management and reporting processes. • Main ongoing Los Angeles client is La Grenouille Wine Imports, a rapidly growing importer of high-end French wine. • Main continuing client from the DC area is US-Tech, LLC, a former VoIP telecom company that has expanded into a full service UCaaS provider serving MD, VA and DC. • Executed full restructure of US-Tech’s accounting, cash, financial reporting, tax, HR, AR, AP and regulatory processes. • Restructure and cash flow focus at US-Tech lead to increase in Net Income of 250%. • Created an ultra-robust, six-year financial pro-forma for a start-up cannabis company based in California. • Cannabis pro-forma was considered one of the best that many high-profile industry leaders and banks had ever seen.• Fully reconciled and filed all outstanding tax, payroll and regulatory open items for a brick pointing company in DC.• Reconciliation, clean-up of accounting books and processes at brick pointing company lead to increase in NI of 400%. • Negotiated through acceptance a significant Offer In Compromise on old IRS liabilities for the brick pointing company. • Accounting, operations, IT, tax preparation and consultation for a gift and home boutique in La Plata.

Los Angeles, California

• CFO and COO for the rapidly growing women’s and children’s fashion line People’s Project LA (PPLA). • Met daily with the CEO and Director of Operations on handling of all issues of the company.• Also served as Co-Sales Director in charge of existing markets in Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago. • Utilized positive communication style and focus on corporate culture to reduce turnover by 80%.• Restructured two LLC’s into one using SAP B1 ERP system based on division and sales type.• Managed accounting staff through accounting system conversion including chart of accounts restructure.• Prepared monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements and updated related reporting.• Visited six active showrooms in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago. Four were about to drop our line, all stayed after my visit. • Restructured and managed sales and customer service teams by territory and showroom rather than indirect approach.• Hired and managed systems and reporting staff to handle complexity of SAP Business One ERP. • Performed numerous HR roles including hiring, terminations, designing compensation plans and corporate policy.• Negotiated and secured: term loans and lines of credit, PR firm, health insurance plan and flagship retail store lease.

Vernon, Ca, Us

• Established, lead and supported fashion icon Monique Lhuillier’s accounting department for ten years. • Lead accounting function through growth phase for this global, couture fashion design and manufacturing powerhouse. • Worked directly with the CEO to adopt and maintain all financial aspects of the company.• Implemented original month-end close process and, over time, reduced close periods by fifteen days. • Prepared and signed off on monthly, quarterly and year-end financial statements and updated related reporting.• Structured COA and built reporting packages to represent multiple wholesale divisions and retail locations. • Lead and maintained ERP conversions from Apparel Magic to Momentis to Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP.• Executed ERP conversion to Dynamics GP in less than unprecedented 50% of standard time with no data errors. • Managed accounting staff of three and established policy and procedures for AR, AP, inventory and systems.• Lead annual outside CPA firm full reviews. Considered annually to be one of their cleanest and easiest engagements.• Lead annual audits and prepared monthly and quarterly loan compliance reporting for all term loans and lines of credit.• Lead full quarterly inventories and calculated and maintained valuations for compliance, analysis and control. • Implemented AR practices that allowed them to drop their factor and save $25,000/month.

Beverly Hills, California, Us

• Contracted as Integration Consultant for SBERG, serving as the liaison between the CFO and the VP of IT of SBE.• Executed the role of Project Manager (PM) of SBERG’s Business Intelligence (BI) solution Avero. Based on the success of the Avero implementation, was assigned as PM on a Cognos BI solution for the entire SBE parent company.• Fully redesigned SBERG’s weekly Flash Report Package utilized by SBE execs for operational and financial analysis.

• Guided owners of this start-up lingerie manufacturing & wholesale company on all business-related matters. • Elevated operation from a friend’s hobby into a nationally recognized, celebrity driven, market competitor. • Responsible for all financial and accounting functions, as well as contributed daily on operations and sales.• Handled all A/R, A/P, H/R, inventory, tax, regulatory, systems and website related matters for the company• Prepared monthly and year-end financial statements through implementation of Apparel Magic ERP system. • Reported monthly to outside investors to secure optimal financing required for ongoing operations.

Accountant in the finance department of the networking/telecom division of Twentieth Century Fox located on the Fox Studios lot. Duties included: posting monthly general-ledger entries, maintaining all inter-company account balances, invoicing, balance sheet reconciliations and production of supporting schedules.

Initially served as Income Auditor in the accounting department for the Moral, Welfare and Recreation division of the Armed Forces, as a civilian, ensuring the proper posting of transactions for eighty resort activities. Subsequently transferred to the engineering department to support the MIS team. After changing AFRC locations, worked seasonal resort jobs to allow myself to continue to live in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Alps and to travel in Europe.

Obtained CPA Certificate and promotion to Senior Accountant upon completion of two years of employment with this regional CPA firm. Duties included: preparing tax returns, performing audits, reviews and compilations, preparing financial statements, monthly bookkeeping and documenting and presenting policies and procedures on newly implemented software applications. Engagements included: individuals, partnerships, fiduciaries, and corporations.