Seeking CFO, Vice President, Treasurer opportunity, and Consulting opportunities..Business consulting including short-term and long-term interim positions and discrete special one-time projects. My most recent experience was a two and one half year stint at a racino in the region that ended at the beginning of the pandemic. Subsequently self-quarantined awaiting vaccination.

M&A integration - 5 targets in 13 months, ERP Implementation, systems and process development and improvement.

Providing strategic and tactical best practices, lean projects, project management services.

Responsibilities: Financial reporting, consolidation, ad hoc reporting, contract review and negotiation, debt compliance, ABL borrowing base, bank relations, budgeting, monthly re-forecasting, legal, auditing and tax, P&C insurance, M&A due diligence, 401(k) trustee, investment committee, benefits selectionSuccesses and personal improvements:Improved strategic focus and thinking while maintaining hand’s on tactical attention. Continued improving BOD presentation and communication skills, inter-personal relationships. Developed lean thinking and process.•Reduced monthly closing by 66%, from 15 days to 5 days•Streamlined and automated debt compliance reporting system•Negotiated improved ABL borrowing base requirements•Established corporate-wide due diligence documents system •Intangible asset ownership and management•Legal and insurance claim settlements – implemented case management system, approved settlement negotiation•Improved workers’ compensation insurance claims reporting. Safety ratings improved year over year.•Improved balance sheet management with CFO – reduced working capital through wholesale floor plan arrangements, vendor terms negotiations, debt and capital structuring•Improved cash forecasting – developed daily cash forecasting model to manage cash while communicating with VC and vendors•M&A due diligence in 2004, 2006, 2009 – analysis, planning, management, integration•Debt negotiation, contract review and due diligence. Improved EBITDA add back definition for covenant calculation•Minimized interest costs on debt by managing LIBOR loans•Improved year-end closing and reduced audit adjustments through better financial policies, including revenue recognitionSystems implemented and used: Created consolidating Financial Reporting system, Implemented Great Plains/Dynamics, FRx, Implemented Cognos Reporting, Cognos Planning, EPICOR ERP (in process), Microsoft Suite, multiple off-the-shelf applications, Treasury management portals.

Responsibilities: Interim CFO, Manager of Business Group (non-programmer IT Consultants), Business Consultant (best practices, CFO/Controller, Financial ERP implementation), Project Manager. Successes and personal improvements:•Continued to successfully manage roles simultaneously, meeting or exceeding tight deadlines and client expectations.•Team development - Developed Business Consulting Group – project assignment, professional development•Managed new projects and salvaged floundering projects to completion•Further improved communication skills•Developed skills for process review and analysis, gap identification, evaluation and solutions identification and acceptance, implementation, communication and buy-in•Improved presentation skills - RFP preparation – coordinated and completed RFP for Web development. To CEO, CFO, client project owners.•Highest single weekly revenue generatorSome ERP and other systems used: Daly & Wolcott Application Plus distribution software for IBM AS/400 marketplace (now Infor), JBA/System 21, later Geac, now Infor, Lotus Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, QuickBooks, Oracle, SQL, AS/400 query.

Responsibilities: Finance/Accounting department, financial reporting, bank relations, Information Systems, Credit and collection, audit and tax coordination, executive team reporting to CFO.Successes and personal improvements:Further improved these skills: team development, process improvement, time management, company policies and procedures and compliance, ERP systems selection, project management, implementation, organization integration M&A activities, contract negotiation (purchases and leases), Treasury functions.•Financial reporting process and improvement – 50% improvement in closing•Policies and procedures – implementation and audit compliance•Team recruiting and development•Banking relations – Lines of Credit negotiation, Treasury functions - ABL•M&A – integrated acquired company•Asset acquisitions and leases – contract review, lease negotiation•Tax return preparation – SALT, benefits reporting.•Designed and implemented accounting and reporting system – ERP selection, project manager, successfully met project go-live.Some ERP and other systems used: Daly & Wolcott Application Plus distribution software for IBM AS/400 marketplace (now Infor), JBA/System 21, later Geac, now Infor, Microsoft Office Suite, SQL, AS/400 query.

Responsibilities: Recruiting, staffing and management of local and remote Accounting, IT, Credit & Collections, financial reporting, audit and tax preparation, IT department functions including project selection.Successes and personal improvements:Honed financial reporting, team development, time management, IT skills. •Financial reporting process and improvement•Designed in-house developed cost accounting system•Implemented accounting package - Lawson•Due diligence for acquired manufacturer in Florida•M&A activity – 1 acquisition, 2 business unit divestitures•Developed staff, built finance team.