Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Pasadena, Ca, Us
Lead Financial professional for $50M privately-held Aerospace Manufacturing firm, reporting directly to the Owner & President and assuming a strategic role in the overall management of the company. Primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company, and ongoing monitoring of company performance vs tactical and strategic objectives. Direct responsibility for accounting, finance, treasury, forecasting, strategic planning, job costing, Human Resources and Information Technology functionsEstablished vastly improved financial controls by and implementing formal balance sheet review process on monthly basis. Reduced financial closing time from two weeks to four days.Led implementation of company-wide ERP platform that supported sales growth of 35% over 2 years, substantial material management process improvements and 15% to 20% manufacturing productivity increases.Created detailed costing models for organization's key products, leading to better pricing decisions and improved marginsCompleted integration of business unit relocation that doubled subsidiary's size and scopeKey strategic planning and business Advisor in support of Company CEO/Chairman in management of four SBU legal entities and $6M Corporate OfficeKey Advisor in support of Owner's M&A Strategies