John F. Adams Iii Email & Phone Number

Grosse Pointe, MI, US

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Detroit, Michigan

As a seasoned professional spearheading sales operational excellence, I am entrusted with steering the strategic vision and daily functions of a high-performing customer service team, a dynamic e-commerce platform, and the intricate realm of data insights contributing to a remarkable $2 billion in revenue. Throughout the last 21 months, we have.

Chicago, Illinois

* Lead weekly, quarterly, annual forecast* M & A* Managed POC new reporting, analysis and AI. * Organize, analyze and report month end results* Manage daily gross profit model* To help identify and explain strategy options to senior teamStrategy, Forecasting, Financial analysis, Financial reporting, management,

Detroit, Michigan, United States

This is my children’s initiative (they're 5 & 7) to support equitable causes in the world. 1st-support all children having a playground in their community they can play on, 2nd-a submarine that cleans up the ocean for fish to have clean water, 3rd-animal rescue so dogs and cats can be taken care of when their mommy’s and daddy’s can’t.

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Helping small business owners gain financial insight to strategic decisions.

Owned By The Carlyle Group, Private Equity, Held In The Infastructure Fund

• Instrumental in enhancing operational efficiency and financial acumen within the organization, I collaborated with the firm to optimize processes, shifting the focus towards insightful analysis rather than manual.
• Collaborated with the CEO to identify, formulate, and present operational and labor thresholds, resulting in a substantial 3% improvement in EBITDA for the company.
• Spearheaded the identification, onboarding, and implementation of a new financial and operational reporting system. Leveraging the capabilities of the new system, I orchestrated the creation of the first reporting.
• Formalized the accounting fixed asset process and meticulously documented policies and procedures, bringing clarity and efficiency to the organizational workflow.My commitment to driving impactful change and my ability.

Tops sales revenue of hire classBusiness development - developed new client base / marketIdentified and Initiated new sales advantageObtained Series 7 & 63

• Responsible for reporting accurate financial statements to bank group and senior team. Tasked with consolidating KeHE’s trial balance with acquired competitor and reported consolidated financials
• Consolidated financial reports in accordance with bank covenant
• Implemented reporting system; trained staff, decreased close time, strengthened cohesive organization

• Designed and implemented new contribution guidelines
• Helped allocate resources to people and non traditional groups in need
• Participated in placing $450K towards global assistance

• Core function of coming over to the accounting team was to translate knowledge of operations into accruals and inventory process solutions. Leveraged experience in operations to help build stronger accounting accruals.
• Managed due diligence (lending) audits for acquisition of competitor, allowing company to secure $300MM + revolving line of credit.
• Identified inventory sync issues, solutions and implemented standard adjustments, saving 2 hrs. weekly

• Function in this newly created position was to explain to each manager/director how their department within operations impacted the financial bottom line of their budget and the organization as a whole. Built.
• Created transportation’s weekly scorecard, leading to improvements, decreasing expenses by 2% G. sales
• Created distribution’s five-year plan, allowing managers to develop action plans to achieve future goals
• Worked with all levels to budget for the first time after decentralization - Change Agent
• Modeled financial impact of open/close markets, union negotiations, ROIs and efficiency initiatives

• Function of the team was to build the operating side of the budget. This was the first time many department heads were going to see their financial numbers. Financial numbers prior to this point were only shown to.
• Organized and implemented fiscal year operational budget
• Reduced processing time through identifying efficiencies
• Created, managed and distributed Enterprise overhead reports to EVPs and reviewed expenses with managers - Change Agent - educated and assisted managers in budget & forecast processes

• Managed global cash – 1 parent & 8 subsidiaries (net lender)
• Identified new foreign exchange remittance process, capturing + 2.5% per transaction
• Negotiated new bank services: 55% decreased fees with increased transparency and efficiency
• Off-shored 20 hours of tasks to China office
• Maintained accounting for Canadian corporation /communicated and coordinated all international companies’ (The Netherlands, Mauritius Islands & China) accounting functions
• Worked on 3 legal cases: Interrogatories, settlements and liaison with law firm

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• Managed $500K portfolio
• Beat the market 1:2 quarters
• Analyzed S&P 500 companies-estimated future earnings/free cash flow/ individual and industry growth prospects
• Constructed/presented 6 complete company analysis/evaluation / participated in 20+ companies’ presentation/analysis/evaluation

Ba, Finance Focus In Mandarin

Activities and Societies: President, Student Alumni Relation Team Treasurer, Chinese Club Board Member, Delaware County Coordinating.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba) Strategy And Economics, Dean'S Student Advisory Board

Activities and Societies: DePaul MBA Association