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Gonzales, Louisiana, Us

Gonzales, Louisiana, Us

- Drove financial reporting in support of 102% YoY revenue growth.- Buy-side and sell-side M&A experience including establishing purchase price accounting, integration, and financial consolidation of $100M acquisition.- Lead on creating reports and analyses for PE firm and Board of Directors including variance analysis, price-volume-mix bridges, waterfall charts, and overall powerpoint deck flow.- Extensive job costing analysis and creation of job and business line financials to further analyze the business and target profitability enhancements.- Critical member of the ERP implementation team driving decisions around cost collection to ensure the financial reporting needs of the organization were met.- Automated revenue recognition using PowerQuery and PowerBI to significantly shorten monthly close.- Monthly & quarterly financial statement preparation and review including consolidations, variance analysis, judgement on accounting estimates, revenue recognition, and reports to the board of directors. - Tax compliance (payroll, income, sales, & gross receipts) for 20+ states coupled with management of the annual external audit.- Lead the ASC 842 implementation for the organization with over 150 leases across 5 legal entities.- Implemented the procurement module of the ERP (post organization transition) to eliminate a redundant system and reduce excess data entry in procurement and accounts payable.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

- Balance sheet ownership including variance analysis of key accounts including payables, cash, and fixed assets.- Responsible for US group treasury management ensuring cash is in the right place to support continued operations also including preparation of the 13 week cash forecast. - Responsible for full lifecycle fixed asset management including budgeting/planning, execution, project controls, capitalization, and depreciation.- Ownership of sales tax compliance process including preparing and remitting monthly sales & use tax.

Houston, Tx, Us

- Responsible for the financial reporting of two business units with combined revenue of $350M+ including monthly reporting to senior leadership, variance analysis, and key performance metrics.- Coordination of quarterly forecast and annual budget with individual site operations leaders to drive forecasting accuracy and completeness. - Creation of complex data models and dashboards (utilizing Microsoft Power BI, PowerQuery, and PowerPivot) to increase data visibility and understandability. - Working with site operations leadership and project controls to identify key performance areas to drive EBITDA margin growth.

New Orleans, Louisiana, Us

- Founding Director of Finance responsible for designing and implementing all systems, policies, and procedures relating to finance, information technology, and building management.- Lead the planning cycle for a multi-million dollar budget including collecting and consolidating information across three lines of business and two legal entities.- Oversee full cycle accounting including AR, AP, and payroll. - Perform variance analysis to determine variance to budget and provide recommendations relating to cost performance. - Prepare consolidated financial statements for two related entities.- Cultivate and maintain banking and credit relationships that meet the organization's needs.- Maintain compliance in the form of insurance, permits, and licenses.- Perform HR responsibilities including on-boarding new employees and communicating company benefits.- Manage all IT hardware and software including banquet planning software, the student information system, inventory management system, Office 365, and a network consisting of 44 computers, 63 wireless access points, 11 routers/switches, numerous IP phones, the point-of-sale system, printers, and access control devices.

Haslet, Texas, Us

Haslet, Texas, Us

- Budgetary responsibility for a portfolio of manufacturing contracts worth $700M to design, deliver, and support vehicles including providing analysis and decision recommendations to management and key program stakeholders.- Subject matter expert in cash forecasting for large (>$1B) proposals including complex shipbuilding programs.- Responsible for monthly analysis of actual cost of work performed against budgeted cost of work performed, analysis of schedule variance, learning curves, and creating the related estimate at complete.- Experience working with contracts in foreign currencies and the related FX impacts and hedge transactions.- Experience working with control account managers to determine estimates to complete given tasks.

Haslet, Texas, Us

- Responsible for the management of accounts receivable and revenue including receipts of ~$500M/year in multiple currencies and forecasting of short-term (<1yr) and long-term (5 yr) net cash position. - Maintained consolidated financial statements for five entities including experience with full cycle accounts receivable, accounts payable, and all general ledger activities. - Responsible for regularly interfacing with senior management on issues relating to cash, receivables, and inventory. - Responsible for all intracompany transactions and the resulting financial consolidations. - Audit contact lead for audits by DCAA/DCMA/SIGAR/internal and experience as a SOX process lead and process owner. - Responsible for yearly tax package preparation and quarterly tax forecasting. - Worked with a team of individuals, including in-country outside council, accounting firms, and banks to establish branches in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Czech Republic. - Forecasted weekly cash flow for 500 vehicle deliveries in Canada, including hedging foreign currency payments. - Designed an invoice specifically for delivery of a 500 vehicle contract worth $450M. Reduced manual input down to 5 data fields.

Haslet, Texas, Us

- Restructured the invoice creation process using SQL queries and advanced excel formulas to reduce invoice creation time from an hour to 5 minutes. - Recipient of the Textron Systems Finance Excellence Award for integrating finance into the proposal and contracting stage to help mitigate risks pertaining to foreign tax, revenue recognition, foreign permanent establishments, and insurance. - Marked as a high performer leading to early promotion.

- Took the initiative to repair $60,000 of solar equipment by contacting the installer which resulted in a $400/month reduction of the utility bill - Oversaw the installation of a $30,000 site-wide generator and instructed the director and other users on proper operating procedures - Worked with the bookkeeper to design a system of accurate accounting with proper checks and balances - Designed and implemented an all digital grading system for the school

Mobile, Alabama, Us

- Preparation of Corporation, C Corporation, Partnership, and Trust tax returns.

Saint Louis, Mo, Us

- Worked to increase customer satisfaction on a daily basis. - Designed office workflow procedures to increase efficiency. - Reduced paperwork returned due to errors from 10/week to less than 1/week.

Master’S Degree, Accounting

Finance/Economics And Accounting, Accounting And Finance

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