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• Lead a team of 6 individuals across all financial functions, including reporting, risk management, operations, and strategic alignment.• Pioneered the development of a new product costing matrix, which increased gross margin by 2%, resulting in over $3M in new gross margin by optimizing and aligning financial functions in accordance with executive financial strategies.• Championed accurate and accountable financial operations by reimagining and developing structures and professionalism to financial reporting/audit functions, building new processes from the ground up to support improved accounting and reconciliation.• Spearheaded improvements to all reporting functions to the C-Suite and CEO, vastly improving time-to-report across all financial analyses and KPIs/metrics, resulting in improved visibility and decision-making capabilities.

• Oversaw all financials and engage in controller oversight for 3 operations within the business, all while developing a unified and comprehensive operational improvement plan to enhance customer experience and increase efficiency and profitability.• Pioneered operational changes and continuous improvements, leveraging data-driven insights to guide decision-making processes across executive strategies, improving financial agility and overall profitability.• Proactively negotiated a 0.75% reduction in the mortgage loan rate and converted it to a fixed rate, resulting in over $100K savings in the first year, a shortened overall loan term, and maintained overall cash flow.• Boosted net profit margins to 40% by orchestrating the development and monitoring of multiple KPIs across efficiency, productivity, capacity utilization, and revenue predictability.• Leveraged exemplary financial management capabilities and executive operations execution to meet a monthly $500K operating budget with less than 2% variance across warehouse and commercial real estate operations.

• Built out processes and financial operations from the ground up to support ongoing growth and penetration as a tier-one OEM in the U.S. Auto Industry, going from $20M to over $40M within a 5-year timeframe.• Pioneered multiple initiatives across operations to leverage synergies and forge harmonization, resulting in high-impact and tangible improvements across the entire organization.• Spearheaded multiple inventory improvements, including a physical inventory time reduction from 3 days to 6 hours, improved inventory accuracy by 8%, and improved operational improvements for staff, resulting in a 3% net profit increase.• Oversaw expansion and growth efforts, including the purchase of a new facility, the development of a new “100% quality and on time delivery mission” for continuous improvement and process optimization teams, and a new IT system/server project.• Secured new lines of credit for the business to the tune of $18M, including mortgages, credit lines, and more, leveraging exemplary financial management and targeted expansions to support growth and quality enhancements.• Championed a novel, 2-year capital expansion program, which doubled the company’s production capacity, all while engaging in capacity planning, budget development, and capex expenditure with full transparency and accountability to drive ownership clarity.

• Pioneered the acquisition and integration of 5 companies, performing all due diligence negotiation of terms, valuation, and all other acquisition activities, resulting in the successful augmentation and growth of corporate revenue to the tune of $35M.• Staged a comprehensive and successful turnaround strategy of a newly acquired company, reversing a $450K loss into a $50K profit, all by engaging in operations excellence, negotiating raw material pricing, and labor cost controls.• Grew the company from $80M to $175M by focusing on key initiatives, strategy alignment, and operational excellence, leveraging continuous improvement functions and financial transparency/accountability.• Transformed the organization’s financial agility, securing $500K in previously uncaptured revenue as a result of renegotiating annual rental agreements and fishing permits, all while growing the company into a global operation.• Navigated a $85M debt restructure to improve working capital and supercharge cash management, all while securing lower interest rates/expenses and more favorable covenants.