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Sherman Oaks, Ca, Us

Torrance, Ca, Us

C-Level Executive serving as a business partner to the CEO and as a key member of the senior management team. Providing strategic vision and tactical execution necessary to enhance revenue growth and profitability, leveraging market opportunities and protecting the financial resources and reputation of the company. Yoshinoya America has over 100 restaurants with annual revenues of over $125M. Yoshinoya America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yoshinoya Holdings, a Japanese multi-national restaurant company with over 2,400 locations worldwide. I currently oversee the Accounting, Finance, Treasury, FP&A, and IT departments.

Newport Beach, California, Us

Head of Finance reporting to the President of a full-service pizza chain with over 240 franchise locations and $250M in annual revenue. Direct Human Resources, Information Technology, Accounts Payable, Risk Management, Banking and Treasury, and FP&A areas. Support Accounting Team including a Staff Accountant, Assistant Controller, and Accounts Receivable/Payable Specialist.

Rancho Santa Margarita, California, Us

VP of Finance and Treasurer for pizza chain with over 115 franchise and company-owned locations and $100M in annual sales revenue. Oversaw corporate finance activities including budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, treasury & banking, and financial reporting. Advised stakeholders on acquisition activities. Hired, conducted training of personnel, and performed HR duties.

Huntington Beach, Ca, Us

Provided financial leadership for full-service restaurant chain with 170 location and $993M in annual sales revenue. Oversaw Cash Accounting, A/P, A/R, and Sales Audit. Managed all banking relationships including Bank of America, First Data, American Express, and Paymentech. Coached, trained, and led team building for 5 Staff Accountants and Auditors.

San Juan Capistrano, California, Us

Led Treasury functions, A/P, A/R and Payroll for manufacturer of plumbing valves. Coached, trained, and provided leadership to team of 7 working across A/P, A/R and payroll. Analyzed and provided financial and business strategies to reduce costs, streamline operations, and implement best practices.

Waterbury, Vt, Us

Developed methods that provided a high level of analysis of corporate cash modeling and forecasting. Partnered with business units to insure prompt and accurate forecasting information used in the daily and monthly cash forecasting models. Directed daily cash management and investment activities to insure optimized working capital and liquidity management. Worked directly with the company's CFO coordinating payments of capital expenditures and developed strategies for working capital deployment.

Waterbury, Vt, Us

Led Treasury, Sales Audit, Sales Tax, Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable through a full process improvement initiative as well as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) implementation. Designed and implemented processes to improve cash flow and reduce receivables and to reduce DSO. Implemented Purchasing cards and electronic payments as preferred method of payment with the company's vendor base.

Waterbury, Vt, Us

Developed policies and procedures to strengthen internal departmental controls. Ensured the integrity of all departmental journal entries reported through the company's General Ledger system. Approved reconciliations for cash depository accounts, credit card receivables, accounts payable, payroll, and corporate cash accounts. Designed and implemented automated credit card and bank account reconciliation through the Trintech ReconNet system. Designed and implemented daily cash forecasting model.

Costa Mesa, Ca, Us

Managed all aspect of credit card processing and payment reconciliation for over 130 restaurants. Developed policies and procedures to strengthen internal departmental controls. Lead analyst for Treasury, Sales Audit, and A/R for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Responsible for the integrity of all departmental journal entries reported through the company's General Ledger system.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Provided direction and supervision for a staff of one supervisor, three staff accountants and one accounting clerk responsible for processing daily store deposits for over 600 retail stores and reconciliation for 120 bank accounts. Lead analyst for Treasury and Sales Audit for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Managed credit card processing and payment reconciliation for over 600 retail stores. Annual volume of over $280 million dollars.

Franklin, Tennessee, Us

Provided direction and supervision for a staff of nineteen accounting clerks responsible for processing daily restaurant sales for over 480 stores and reconciliation for 300 bank accounts. Oversaw the reinstallation and redesign of the cash management reporting system. Team leader on the installation and interface design for the implementation of the Chesapeake Systems Solutions Total Reconciliation Solution.

Mba, Finance, General

Ba, Finance