Provide leadership to the Accounting and Finance functions for a growing custom contract manufacturer of nutraceutical products. Provide day to day support and leadership to the Administrative and Production departments.

Assisted various clients with Accounting and Finance projects.

Provided day-to-day leadership to the accounting/finance area for a $100 million technology forward educational services company and related entities including; general ledger, financial reporting, financial analysis, management reporting, cash management, tax, banking and auditor relationships for five closely held companies. Worked closely with other senior management, and provided financial leadership, in developing and implementing corporate strategy and direction in a high growth, fast paced and highly entrepreneurial environment. Responsible for maintaining relationships with multiple financing sources and identifying and developing new sources of financing. Directly responsible for process improvement efforts in the accounting area as well as “consulting” with other areas of business regarding process and business improvement. Additionally, responsible for the day to day operations of several for-profit and non-profit entities.Major Accomplishments:• Provided financial and accounting acumen and leadership in assisting company grow from $20 million to $100 million.• Developed and implemented corporate budget process.• Developed and implemented on-going management and KPI reporting for financial and operating results.• Developed and maintained relationships with 12 financial institution partners providing over $400 million of indirect prime and sub-prime customer financing.• Identified and developed sub-prime debt sale relationships resulting in over $6 million of additional cash flow.• Managed a prime/sub-prime first party financing portfolio of over $10 million.• Enhanced the cash management and risk management processes reducing fees $500 thousand annually.• Managed multiple IRS audits resulting in successful outcomes.• Successfully managed the implementation of a nationwide sales and use tax department minimizing negative impact to the company.

World largest guarantor of federal student loans, student loan securitizations and loan servicing. Provided day to day leadership and support to shared services departments and 88 staff including accounts payable, payroll, cash accounting, accounts receivable, billing, fixed asset accounting, financial controls, and payment processing functions. Led financial operations, payment processing, client reporting, loan consolidation and financial analysis/decision support functions for a third party service provider. Key member of senior management and policy committees for Corporate Planning, Divisional Planning, Pricing and Cost Reduction.• Initiated, oversaw, and completed a bench marking survey for all financial/accounting functions that enabled the finance division to identify world-class performance levels.• Championed the acceptance, design, and implementation of an Internet bill presentment and payment system, reducing transaction costs 85% while enhancing competitive position in the marketplace.• Initiated and implemented an enterprise wide Abandoned Property (escheat) function allowing company to achieve compliance with filing requirements in all states, eliminating an outstanding liability of $500,000.• Served as member of the corporate wide Diversity Implementation Team, actively championing the value and acceptance of diversity within the organization.• Developed in-house budget preparation and financial analytical capabilities for SBU including the development of management reports, profitability models, and trend analysis, which provided management with the decision support tools necessary to run the business effectively and efficiently.• Championed the design and implementation of an Activity Based Costing model for use by management in process re-engineering, cost management, and pricing decisions.

Direct mail arm of a Fortune 500 retailer. Directed the entire accounting and financial analysis activity for a $500 million direct marketing retail organization. Major Accomplishments:• Supervised decentralization of the financial/accounting function into three separate groups to support the formation of two new corporations; included the development of totally new accounting procedures and policies; training of new personnel; coordination of system changes with MIS.• Provided project leadership in the successful design of automated purchase order, receiver and invoice matching system resulting in annual savings to company exceeding $1.2 million.• Designed and implemented discount agreement with over 400 merchandise vendors resulting in $1.2 million annual savings to company.• Led successful design and implementation of an automated national sales/use tax system eliminating legal issues regarding the collection of sales tax in the direct mail environment.• Standardized and simplified corporate budget process reducing preparation time by 50%.• Reduced staffing levels by 30% without impacting performance of the departments.

Provided leadership and technical expertise for all areas of Finance/Accounting and MIS for a $150 million multi-location wholesale distributor.

Staff Accountant providing audit services for a variety of clients.