Jesse Kinch Email & Phone Number

Syracuse, NY, US

Owner and Founder of Valore Consulting LLC - I started this business many years ago to provide financial expertise to companies with a limited finance budget. Now, each day I look forward to the next client that wants to work with me to better understand their business or solve their current problems. I have been able to create great value for the clients.

Syracuse, NY, US

• Developed several cross-team partnerships between finance and operations to improve margins and identify areas of cost containment/reduction for the Company
• Pivoted the finance team during the pandemic to reduce discretionary spending, improve margins and increase cash flow
• Secured an additional $75 million term loan extension on the company’s existing debt structure to increase liquidity, and entered into a fixed interest rate swap for risk reduction on variable interest rates
• Implemented recurring meetings with IT to create efficiencies and ensure risk mitigation projects were prioritized appropriately
• Day-to-day management of financial planning and analysis, contract review, mergers and acquisition, investor relations, accounting, cash management, treasury and tax oversight responsibilities

Seneca Falls, NY, US

• Business partner to Division General Managers and senior leadership in six locations on the east coast overseeing financial results and operational investments for the organization
• Identified a significant cost savings in material use by finding a less expensive (yet equally effective) alternative leading to an increase in profitability for the Company upwards of $1M per year
• Refinanced the company’s debt structure to enhance cash flow and reduce interest expense for ownership
• Implemented a new payroll platform for added functionality at a reduced cost
• Led day-to-day accounting, purchasing, cost reduction projects, and some HR and IT oversight responsibilities

Santa Ana, CA, US

• Business partner to executives, department owners/operations senior leadership and led a finance team of over 20 global team members (eight direct reports)
• Achieved profitability targets by collaborating with various departments within the organization; coaching teams on margin improvement, rate recovery during the contract quoting process, and ensuring engineering teams.
• Led a resource allocation project to analyze an unprofitable product line that was ultimately discontinued, saving the Company $4 million per year
• Responsibilities included ongoing budgeting and forecasting, monitoring actual financial results with budgeted amounts, contract review, and quarterly preparation of board of directors presentations
• Led the Company through five completed acquisitions (on the buy side and sell side) and nine potential acquisitions
• Administer of two debt facilities ranging from $50 million to $215 million in value

Santa Ana, CA, US

• Designed and implemented many process improvement initiatives that led to increased production throughput, reduction of cost, and improvement in job responsibilities
• Led the centralization of accounting functions, payroll and AP/AR, while maintaining a high level of accuracy, integrity and customer service
• Participated in a management team overseeing the upgrade of two ERP systems
• Implemented tax strategies that improved the company’s cash flow and reduced tax rates upwards of 30%

Santa Ana, CA, US

• Led projects and Company initiatives including closing the Company's largest subsidiary and consolidated the closing of additional subsidiaries

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• Responsibilities included SEC exposure, Sarbanes Oxley expertise, SEC financial reporting, financial statement preparation and review, foreign consolidation, multiple location reporting, complex transactions.
• Directed and participated in special projects including buy and sell side due diligence, fraud re-audit, restatements, bankruptcy, and trainings
• Managed a client portfolio of manufacturing, aerospace and defense, and other for-profit clients with revenues from $5 million to $10 billion

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bs, Accounting