Lawrence Francis Email & Phone Number

Westhampton Beach, Ny, Us

Livingston, New Jersey

Financial Advisor and licensed to write Insurance for Life, Automobile, Home, Accident, Health, Variable Products including Annuities in NJ, NY, CA, CT,PA, MA, FL

Paramus New Jersey

Upper Saddle River, Nj

CFO for multiple businesses between $2 and $80 million in annual revenue in a number of industries.30+ years experience working with business owners’, CEO’s and senior management teams developing strategies and plans focused on helping companies deliver profitable, sustained results with a focused strategy.My strengths as a CFO are with a hands on approach and knowledge in developing, implementing and managing strategy; building tactical plans, cash flow, bank and Banking and private lender financing, exit strategies, business acquisitions, turnarounds and divestitures (from planning to marketing to business unit/company sale).Experience is in a multiple industries including Distribution (importing, exporting, logistics, warehousing, fulfillment), Consumer Products (wholesale, retail), Manufacturing, Service businesses (financial, legal and human resource management) and Public Accounting (8 + years with PWC). Six Sigma and investment management training.I have a track record of effectively working with business owners and management teams.

Ramsey Nj

CFO & COO for six operating Companies Ramsey, New Jersey and Monterrey Mexico$100 Million annual revenues in Distribution, Fulfillment, Retail and Logistics Company.•Direct the management of all financial disciplines and reporting including integration of sold enterpises into purchasing firm completed April 2013.•Manage and consummated sale of entity including under-performing segments sale or liquidation.•Responsible for presentations to Board of Directors, internal management, banks, loan committees, vendors, potential investors and external regulators.•Completed restructuring of Debt through multiple bank and loan facilities.•Managed Mexican and Hong Kong concerns including financing activities and eventual sale and wind-down of enterprises (divested business units in 2010).•Responsible for acquisition, development and implementation of ERP.•Manager of information technology and systems discipline. •Created profitability model for establishment and monitoring at account and vendor levels.•Established, monitored and modeled capital and ROI requirements strategies for growth, productivity and performance metrics. •Sharply expanded breadth, quality of planning, goal setting and/reporting processes.•Directed visibility project to provide understanding and linkage of strategic objectives to long term goals while tracking progress.

Boston, Ma

Controller, $2 billion annual revenue National Accounts Division and Commercial Service Claims Products Division • Manager for finance, systems, HR, training, real estate and administration units. • Evaluated market and operating conditions to identify opportunities to grow revenues and reduce costs.• Engaged management in re-assessing strategies to address issues of pricing and profit decline, shifts in product/customer mix and cash flow.• Created and implemented new processes for strategic planning, budgeting, reporting, analysis and business profiling that was critically needed to support and enable Division’s rapid growth (+50% in 3 years). •Managed and reported on successful restructuring of division; reducing headcount 45% integrating previously autonomous disciplines and business units. •Identified strategies and tactics to increase profits including raising prices in a highly competitive environment. Co-developed new profitability and RBC and ROE models.•Engaged executive team to re-think and direct strategies to anticipate market trends and tackle key issues including profitability, shifts in product mix, customer needs, pricing and credit.•Collaborated with Claims and Underwriting in developing a Service Pricing Model which enabled setting of Account level profitability “target return” pricing for service costs.•Spearheaded new and comprehensive set of planning, business analysis and reporting to facilitate and support the Division’s rapid growth, restructured business unit and focus.

Lynn And Beverly Ma

General Electric Corp. (EMLICO DIVISION). Beverly, Massachusetts 1988 – 1995 SBU of GE $400 million in annual revenue, $2 billion in assets and 120 employees. Controller -- Business Unit Financial Officer. Member of Board of Directors - Electric Insurance CO.1990 to 1995 Board of Governors (Finance Committee) National Counsel of Compensation Insurance Boca Raton FL. 1991 -1995 Manager and leader of Financial and Information Systems disciplines • Managed and reported on Company financial and operational results including compilation Company’s annual plan, goals, analysis, strategy and integration of detailed Human Resource and Information Systems group plans.• Managed reporting and made presentation to GE management on results and initiatives. • Managed and reported on major multi-year initiatives on “Change” and “Workout” all initiatives effecting workload and staffing focused on reduced expenses and increased productivity. • Asked to join the Board of Director • Responsible for Treasury Management and Investment portfolio of $2 billion• Created business plan and reporting processes to facilitate and support company division’s rapid growth, and risk management initiatives.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers(f/k/a Coopers & Lybrand), Boston, MA Senior Audit Manager1979-1988(Coopers and Lybrand subsequently merged with PriceWaterhouse in 1998).•Responsible for management of Audits for Public and privately held Corporations in:; Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Distribution, High Technology and Real Estate.•Senior manager for Merger and Acquisition team compiling result analysis and presentations, due diligence, reviews for SEC and privately held Companies and including post merger integration assistance.Banking, Insurance, Real Estate, Merger and Aquisitions, Due Diligence Reviews, SEC and privatley held Company audits