Richard Franco, Cpa, Mba Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

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Fort Wayne, In

As a Board Member have resposibility to the national charity, Parkview Hospital, the owner/operators, employees of the charity and to the families served by the Ronald McDonald House at Parview Hospital. This responsibility in part is carried out by dealing with strategic issues that impacts the Charity's mission and develop, monitor and enforce policy

Auburn, Indiana

Manage the Accounting and IT functions. Report directly to the President. Work closely with the President reflecting Business Partner attributes, develop and cross train staff, update staff on current accounting and IT standards, implement accounting and internal controls. Changed accounting to be GAAP compliant, changed accounting for plant labor to encourage productivity, develop reporting through SQL Server Reporting Services. Review departmental budgets and performance with Senior Management Team Recommend and write policies and procedures, serve on benefit committee and manage professional relationships.• Implemented and developed month end closing, projection and budget processes.• Improved speed and accuracy of external audit• Reduced Days in AR by 9 days and increased Days in AP 8 days• Implement New ERP System, including SharePoint site, in five months• Implemented New Hardware and Network infrastructure providing speed, redundancy• Reduced IT maintenance cost by $36K annually• Implemented a departmental process improvement/cost reduction program saving $20K annually• Reduced insurance cost $60K annually and Broker fees $9K annually • Reduced copier and cell phone cost $13K annually• Chaned Medical Benefit Broker reducing fixed health care cost $96K while maintaining same level of benefits and increasing service• Negotiate longer term on Line of Credit and lower interest rate.• Speaker at Glovia National User Group

Fort Wayne, Indiana

The main purpose of the committe in accordance to the strategic plan, is to implement a long-term investment plan and to manage the funds within that plan. Other responsibilities of priority are reviewing the yearly audit as well as working with me and proposing a recommendation to the board for the annual budget

Fort Wayne, Indiana Area

The purpose for this committee is to review, analyze and recommend annual staffing budget and models, job descriptions, pay ranges and benefits of the staff. Recommendations and observations are made to the Board Member Representative on the Committee and the Executive Director of the Ronald Mcdonald House.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Act as a resource and liaison between the community and Harrison College. Harrison College depends on industry leaders to recommend ways to improve educational programs, guide the curriculum, and ensure that the skills taught in the classroom match the skills required on the job.Primary responsibilities of the advisory board are to assist in the development of long-range goals and plans, determine the employment needs of the community, recommend programs to meet those needs, suggest priorities, and gain support for the various programs

Leesburg, In

Providing consulting for businesses on process improvement, accounting and information technology. Personal financial planning services. Also, provide information and advice to parents and athletes that can hlep guide them through the recruiting process

Warsaw, Indiana

Manage the AP, AR, PR, order entry, tooling inventory, router audits and records archiving. Also managed the IT function for the entire Avalign Technologies Corporation. Implement and manage accounting, internal controls, inventory and financial processes and reporting. Manage interim and annual audits. Work closely with President on various issues, including transition from owner/founder-focused business to sophisticated corporation• Implement and develop standard cost and performance metrics.• Leveraged use of ERP system beyond basic functions, including system clean up, for management information.• Implemented imaging system to improve efficiency of retrieval of information.• Implemented and developed streamlined month end closing, projection and budget process.• Evaluated and obtained qualified staff, resulting in higher work quality, increased efficiency and cross training. • Implemented budgeting methodologies to develop a bottom-up budget. • Worked with IT to implement SharePoint site for plant to access information, to improve phone and computer technology improving office efficiency.

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Assistant Coach for U12 and U13 girls. Also served as liason between parents transitioning to Fort Wayne Fever from Warsaw. During time as assistant coach, U13 girls won state wide Challenge Cup Tournament.

Warsaw, Indiana

Provide coaching philosophy, guidance and mentoring consistent with Club Mission. Obtained National Coaching License. Set standards for written player evaluations, include parent in the player development process by increasing communication with parents regarding strategy, tactics, player development philosophy with objective and measurable player improvement objectives. Ensure compliance with IHSAA regulations (e.g. 6 man rule, travel club involvement with High School players, etc.). Demonstrated mission and standard by coaching same team from U9 through U14. Only team in club to win a game and be accepted back to Warrior Classic. Only team to make championship match at Murray Cup. This team had a record near .500 due to commitment to develop players for all field positions. This same team was near .750 in making the championship match of tournaments. Won every game that wen to overtime and never lost in penalty kicks. Most of team had surpassed local high school standards for varsity by U13. Nine of 14 players selected to Elite Soccer Club as Freshmen. Also, this group had players playing varsity as freshmen in three different school systems. 5 from this team went on to play in college. Took over another team at U13 and developed team using same model. 4 players selected to Elite Soccer Club as Freshman. Two moved on to play college. Overall had players make PDL training squads, Super Y teams and ODP teams. Coached multiple boys and girls teams filling in for coaches that could not make games or tournaments. In 1998 switched over to coach girls team. Team had 6 girls selected to elite team at U11 and U12. Overall program at peak had 3 girls teams, 6 boys teams and several high school division teams.

Warsaw, Indiana

Responsible for the club finances, 501(c)3 compliance and reporting. Work closely with the President to grow the club from two teams to 6 teams, help set club mission and direction for the development of quality soccer players. Part of the development direction included tournament and league selection which would match our mission and direction of developing quality soccer players. Changed philosophy of coaching assignments. Coached boys team U9 through U11.

Supervise the accounting, financial reporting and analytical support for nine global functional groups within R&D, which required obtaining data from seven different countries and interfacing with over 70 direct reports to the VP of Global R&D. Managed an accounting staff of 2 and served on several process improvement teams.• Developed a system tool for improving project accounting.• Participated on system improvement teams for budgeting and HCP compensation.• Standardized financial reporting for global functions.• Developed streamlined global month end closing, projection and budget process.

Supervise the accounting, financial reporting and analytical support for three global corporate functional groups. Responsible for the financial consolidation of eleven legal entities. Manage accounting staff of 5; serve on process improvement and transitional teams. Recommend and write policy and procedure relating to corporate financial and business operations. Serve on the integration team. Participated in legal entity restructuring.• Integrated the accounting, royalties and fixed assets systems resulting from acquisitions.• Developed and refined budgeting process reducing timeline by 6 weeks.• Designed and implemented industry specific software application.• Partner with group Vice Presidents in the development of budgets, forecasts and cost reduction measures.• Implemented Crystal Reports to provide ad-hoc reporting for management.

Manage accounting, information technology and human resource functions. Provide leadership to the CEO along with overall responsibility for budgeting, financial analysis, strategic planning, internal restructuring, professional relationships, mergers and acquisitions.• Reduce annualized labor cost by approximately $240,000.• Reduced recurring expenses by approximately 5% annually.• Redesigned incentive compensation to align with corporate goals and cash flows.• Obtained and developed banking relationship.• Developed Strategic Plan and Strategic Objectives for 2002.• Developed benchmarks and periodic reporting of performance relative to the benchmarks.

Manage all accounting, information technology, risk management, human resource and labor relations functions for this $230 million multi-state heavy/highway construction contractor. Serve as the President’s sounding board. Played a key role in the development and implementation of the Long-Term Strategic Plan for the Corporation. Actively involved in negotiating the acquisition of target companies. Serve as the lead on the Acquisition Team for due diligence and implementation. Serve on a Board of Directors’ Committee. Serve as internal consultant to operational units.• Participate in development of company brochure, video and website.• Wrote Corporate Policy and Procedure Manual.• Bundle Trustee and Record keeping functions for our qualified plans.• Develop and implement Disaster Recovery Plan.• Develop Crisis Management Plan.• Reduce days in accounts receivable to less than 30 days.• Develop and Implement company wide compensation plan aligned with the LT Strategic Plan.• Managed Cost Accounting responsibility for 20 asphalt plants.

Supervise all accounting, financial reporting, and tax functions for this $150 million heavy construction contractor. Manage corporate accounting staff of 7, involved in long/short term financial planning and daily financial activities. Provide administrative and technical information to more than 20 operating units. Recommend and write policy and procedure relating to corporate financial and business operations. Direct training and development of accounting staff and field personnel. Serve as internal consultant on accounting requirements and MIS decisions.• Restructured accounting department to increase staff responsibility, reduce cost, and increase overall efficiency.• Reduced year-end audit costs by completing audit within 3 weeks.• Realized $500,000 in state tax savings within one year and $100,000 in tax savings for future years.• Designed and implemented several MIS systems--significantly increasing employee productivity.• Reduced tax audit losses by more than $100,000 per year.• Reduced plant inventory losses by more than $1 million.• Planned and conducted a complete system conversion for line of business applications.• Cost Accounting responsibility for 20 asphalt plants.

Performed internal audit for more than 15 operating units. Prepared multi-state tax returns and Federal tax returns. Analyzed accounting data and assisted with fiscal year-end closings and month-end closings.• Re-wrote auditing procedures to perform operational audit.• Supervised automation of month-end schedules.• Instrumental in obtaining fuel tax rebate of $100,000

Mba, Business

Bs Accounting, Accounting, Business, Law And Tax

Activities and Societies: Soccer, Track and Cross Country