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San Diego, Ca, Us

Quality driven financial and accounting professional leveraging strategies information systems and human capital. Experienced accounting/auditing professional as well as in an array of service, manufacturing and distribution industries. For-profit & non-profit organizations.

Led project consolidating Accounting, Purchasing, and enabling ADP feed to new Sage Intacct platform, replacing 2 archaic legacy systems with a relevant scalable platform for business growth and profitability. The objective of this project was to enable accurate timely reporting of financial performance and position of the organization. Led reorganization of staffing and internal procedures in Accounting to support the company's restructure and data clean-up efforts, whilst cross-training staff and improving accountabilities throughout. Helped to identify and eliminate a loss-making venture and to eliminate wasteful spending.

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Assisted CFO to ensure a reliable high standard of non-profit organization financial reporting consistent with GAAP. Responsible for budgetary control and ensuring accuracy and timely managerial reports, internal controls intact and providing accounting support for the operational departments within the organization. Worked closely with the CFO and Accounting Team to provide business solutions and support for the strategic objectives of the Organization, via CFO, Leadership Team, Finance Committee, Audit Committee and CEO.

Irvine, Ca, Us

JWMS-Outsourced CFO provides CFO, Controller and Accounting Services to private companies and their owners/CEO's in Orange County, CA.We provide the perfect solution for companies focused on growing their business smartly while keeping costs and overheads in check.

Professional audit, accounting & network services.What motivates our accounting team every day is a simple, client-focused idea: Making your business more valuable. We prize our close working relationships with our clients because those relationships help us to identify opportunities to maximize your financial resources, tax benefits and profit potential.

Executive leader in a closely owned group of apparel companies. Strengthen financial controls, planning & revenue generation in a vertically integrated group which provides manufacturing and design solutions, and which sells its brands B2B and B2C in-line and on the web.

Brookfield, Wi, Us

Created operating plan for a $140MM manufacturing company, supporting its VP Operations manage a business moving from Upstate New York to Mexico. Reported on weekly results and presented monthly results to the local management team and its holding company. Assisted the holding company in its monthly close. Mapped SAP GL accounts to Oracle as part of the post-acquisition ERP integration.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Completed SAP standard process cost project to research existing regimen, identify weaknesses and recommend improvements for a multi-profit center, multi-SBU chemical manufacturer.

Shenandoah, Pa, Us

Reported to the President of the leading food manufacturer/marketer in its category with sales approaching $100MM. Supervised Accounting, IT and Supply Chain. Member of executive management and strategic team. Responsible for financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, treasury, working capital management, purchasing, incentives, risk management. On point liaison with accountants, lawyers, insurance/risk management & other consultants. Officer status for dealings with corporate bankers. Executive sponsor responsible for choosing SAP.Accomplishments:•Executed a $500,000 SAP R/3 implementation providing lot traceability on time on budget with minimal business disruption.•Created SKU P&L and Customer P&L to review profitability across products, customers and markets. Provided insight into marketing and customer programs, BOM's & routings. These tools facilitated actions to reduce costs and achieve double digit improvement in revenue and margins. •Rolled up P&L's by business segment to give clear sight of the results of segment initiatives and to support appropriate budget allocations. •Ensured timely, accurate financial & management reports - monthly close on business day 2. External audit completed 30 days after YE.•Championed a brand new HR performance management process allied to the company's culture, talent brand, onboard & talent development.•Implemented weighted average cost of capital discounted cash flow models to quantitatively compare, justify and rank projects according to criteria relevant to the decisions.•Trained and assisted team to understand and apply business case principles & decision models to motivate sound investment choices.•Used balanced scorecard as measurement tool to complement strategy plans, forecasts, and to understand levels of achievement. •Conducted M&A analysis, due diligence and recommendations. Led a successful negotiation to eliminate an unsuccessful subsidiary.

Shenandoah, Pa, Us

Led 5 member Accounting Team and reported to CFO. Developed suite of management reports for monthly & quarterly publication. Directed cost-effective EDI transaction savings initiatives with key customers. Maintained treasury & working capital reports. Responsible for business legal, auditing, risk management & bank relationships. Achieved substantial loss control savings via effective third party contracts.

Shenandoah, Pa, Us

Supervised accounting team. Maintained standard costs, managed cash flow, fixed assets, AP, AR, credit management and collections. Eliminated superfluous manual tasks in administration. Streamlined EDI trading partner setup for a multiple distribution center customer. Improved standard purchasing procedures and trained managers.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Executive Leadership

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Bachelor Of Accountancy (B.Acc), Accounting, Law, Economics