Chief Financial Officer offering proven strategic and hands-on expertise in leading and managing Accounting, Finance, Treasury, HR and IT functions across a variety of Retail and Wholesale industries including Automotive, Electronics, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, Process Automation, Real Estate, Engineered Materials, and Specialty Chemicals and Metals. Repeatedly promoted into senior leadership roles based on achieving demonstrated success from start-up to mid-market companies and, leading organizations through critical transitions while maximizing cash, retained earnings and identifying market growth opportunities.CORE SKILLS▪Creative and strategic planner driven to design and execute key initiatives that interlace business, finance, technology and innovation, leading to transformed processes and enhanced operational efficiency.▪Strong technical and communication skills, able to build critical relationships and communicate information confidently and effectively to customers, banks, investors, vendors, CPA firms and employees.▪Hands-on experience in modeling, analyzing, reporting and presenting key financial data to C-level, board and lenders, including multi-year Financial Plans, P&L, Balance Sheet, Budget, Forecasts, 13-week Cash Flow Forecasts, Debt Financing and Covenants, and other KPIs. ▪Financial Controls, Risk Management, and Company Policy supporting Corporate Governance. ▪Cash Management, Debt Financing, FX, Inventory Control, Cost Optimization, FA, Month-end Optimization, Contract Negotiations, Sales Commissions, Credit & Collections, Letters of Credit, Real Estate Leasing, Corporate Tax, and Statutory Reporting.▪Proficient at hiring, motivating, coaching and developing effective teams. Managed payroll and HRIS platforms, employee wage and benefits.▪Technology and Information Systems: Expert Excel modeling. ERP implementations, MS Dynamics, Cognos/TM1, QuickBooks, SAP/BO, SPSS, Sage 100, WMS, Salesforce, Power BI, Traverse, and HRIS (ADP, Halogen, Paychex, Paycom).