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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

B2B CFO® provides Strategic Business Advisory Services to owners of privately held companies. We focus on increasing cash and company value. By redefining the way that these services are provided, we have created a new industry, which we dominate and lead. With a nationwide presence, B2B CFO® is the largest company of its kind in this industry. Founded in.

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

A little bit about me; I began my career at a medium sized manufacturer and distributor of automotive products, working my way up from an Accountant to Controller. Over the course of the last 25 years I’ve held roles of Controller, VP Finance, and CFO, and worked in multiple industries including manufacturing, retail, technology, apparel, media, eCommerce.

Omaha

Omaha, NE

• Financial and Human Resource executive for a 103 year old printing and graphics company. Responsible for all accounting and treasury functions including month and year end close, all audits, management and financial.
• Re-created the financial General Ledger to enable the company to run departmental P&L’s for its four core business units, which enabled senior management to properly evaluate profitability of each business unit for.
• Created Key Performance Indicators, such as Scrap/Waste by Press, Downtime by Press, Revenue and Gross Margin by Press, and Cutter Speeds which allows management to monitor production performance.
• Able to reduce by 50% a significant increase in the company’s annual health insurance renewal through both plan redesign as well as creation of our simply well program, which encourages overall health and wellness..
• Creation of the company sales and compensation plans, including a transition from revenue to gross margin based compensation, establishment of clip level compensation attainments, and real time sales reporting to track.

• Provide financial direction for Supervise Controller, Treasury Director, and Vice-President of Business Planning as well as accounting, treasury management, and financial modeling staff. Responsible for a total staff.
• Partnered with CEO and company founders and was instrumental in shaping the growth of the company from 125 employees in 4 cities (with $125 million in revenues) to current size and structure. Company has achieved.
• Initiated and continued to maintain banking relationships with IBM Global Financing, GE Capital, Castle Pines Capital, First National Bank of Omaha, UMB, and Wells Fargo.
• Modeled, developed plans, and managed organization’s operating and capital expense budgets ($2.5M), sales and bonus development ($27.5M), along with accounting department’s labor and operations budgets ($3.0M).
• Established and maintained corporate policies and procedures for cash management, budgeting, revenue recognition, expense reporting, and long-range financial planning.
• M&A experience includes orchestrating complex six month due diligence period for proposed acquisition from a private equity firm. Also performed extensive due diligence on value added reseller acquiring MSI, as well as.

• Reduced overhead operating expenses by more than 7%, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars by identifying and implementing reductions in operating and labor expenses to return company to profitability following.
• Spearheaded technology integration within the accounting and operation groups. Supervised installation of two ERP systems which have yielded $1,600,000 in operating savings.
• Collaborated with COO to arrange financing to achieve stock buyback from key vendor. Helped negotiate 0% interest over three years in repurchase of 1.4M shares.
• Managed treasury functions to maximize cash flow. Streamlined cash availability by two days through establishment of strategically located lockboxes nationwide.
• Implemented policies to reduce accounts receivable days sales outstanding (currently 32 days sales outstanding; below industry average of 45 days).
• Created rolling three year business and financial model, including pro forma Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements, with analysis for each statement plus banking covenant analysis, ratio analysis.

Managed accounting for 5-6 World Enterprise business units (subsidiaries of OWH Corporate), including a distribution company and Omaha.com. Performed book-keeping and reporting, including financial statement preparation, monthly and year-end audits, quarterly report development, bank reconciliations, budget reporting, financial analysis, forecasting, tax.

Managed accounting and financial recordkeeping and reporting for manufacturer/reseller of automotive aftermarket products. Handled general accounting, including bank reconcilations, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivables, and internal financial reporting. Special emphasis on perpetual inventory and controls, banking and collateral reporting, and.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Business Degree, Accounting

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Education record