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Waxahachie, Texas, United States

Grand Prairie, TX

• Optimized the financial performance of the company, including its reporting, liquidity, and return on investment. Led Treasury operations and banking relations. Guaranteed the enterprise met its financial commitments.
• Sought to reduce health insurance costs. Negotiated with the insurance carriers to reduce fixed fees based on claims history. Saved $135,000 compared to the prior year and saw $235,000 savings from the initial renewal.
• Invested excess cash to generate higher profits; established accounts with two investment firms. Realized annual gains of $150,000 to $200,000.

Grand Prairie, Texas

• Managed business unit financial activities and processes, including streamlining corporate cost structure. Managed both the operations strategy and financial operations process, embracing design, planning, control, and.
• Established weekly project reviews to enhance accountability and project efficiencies to help project managers understand job costs and forecast costs through completion.
• Collaborated with corporate accounting to improve month-end close processes by 50%.

Irving, TX

• Managed all aspects of the Accounting Department. Revenue Recognition (percentage of completion) and job cost/project accounting. Established monthly project reviews to enhance accountability and project efficiencies.
• Instituted monthly financial reviews of open projects to identify waste, process bottlenecks, and unnecessary spending. Once these reviews became routine, costs were reduced, and overall job margins improved from 15%.

Grand Prairie, TX

Developed weekly and monthly reports to monitor crew performance, allowing management to increase efficiency on each project. Managed the accounting function; reviewed financial statements and flux analysis; accountable for external audits for financials, banking, and government purposes.

Dallas, TX

Managed the Accounting Department. Reviewed and analyzed job costs and calculated percentage completion for active projects. Established policies and procedures, preparing budgets and forecasts.

Ft. Worth, TX

Functioned as the corporate liaison to provide support and guidance to Division CFOs on GAAP treatment of transactions, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate policies, and system utilization.

Ft. Worth, TX

Functioned as the corporate liaison to provide support and guidance to Division CFOs on GAAP treatment of transactions, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, corporate policies, and system utilization.