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South Sioux City, Ne, Us

Responsibilities include:• Budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and strategic planning;• GAAP and statutory accounting, regulatory reporting (yellow book), and tax compliance;• Facilitation of Big 4 external audit of the company’s statutory financial statements and SOC-1 engagement;• Parent company reporting, including periodic financial presentation to parent executive leadership;• Quarterly financial presentations to 1,000+ employees, and in-depth presentations to strategic leadership;• Reinsurance accounting involving complex treaty, quota share, facultative and captive arrangements; • Internal control compliance in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements; and• Banking and treasury matters in coordination with parent company.Key accomplishments:• Successfully completed migration of general ledger software to corporate parent’s general ledger platform;• Designed internally-developed software capitalization policy, later formalized and adopted by parent;• Led implementation of reinsurance accounting software, on track for successful promotion in 2024; and• Maintained lean finance team structure with no headcount increase despite +30% two-year topline growth.

Irving, Tx, Us

Recruited by the founder of this privately-owned group of companies to fill a year-long CFO vacancy, I was tasked with raising capital and positioning the company for potential sale in the near term. The group wrote residential property coverage in 11 states, with top-line growth of over 70% during my tenure. Responsibilities included:• Treasury and capital management, including banking, lender and investment portfolio manager relationships;• FP&A, including annual budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning;• GAAP and statutory accounting, regulatory reporting (yellow book), tax compliance and payroll;• External audits of the group’s statutory and GAAP financial statements;• Board of directors reporting, including audit and investment committees, and shareholder relations; • Rating agency (Demotech) relationship, maintaining an ‘A’ rating; and• Reinsurance accounting involving complex quota share and excess of loss treaty arrangements.Key accomplishments:• Negotiated and closed a new $10 million long-term debt facility at very favorable terms, along with an extension of our $5 million revolving line of credit; and• Guided the company through its $100M acquisition in April 2021 by Porch Group (NASDAQ: PRCH), a home services and technology firm. Worked directly with buyer’s executive team, attorneys and auditors in financial diligence and led the creation of SEC-compliant condensed interim financials and footnotes for inclusion in buyer’s Form S-1 SEC filing. Buyer asked me to stay on as business unit CFO post-deal, but I chose to resign my position after helping with post-deal transition and financial integration in the months following the acquisition.

Sarasota, Florida, Us

Responsible for:• Treasury and capital management, including banking and lender relationships; • FP&A, including annual budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning;• GAAP and statutory financial reporting and accounting;• External audits of the group’s statutory and GAAP financial statement issuers (three total);• Board, audit and investment committee and shareholder relations; • Tax compliance, including federal and state income tax and state premium tax; • Regulatory key contact for various state Department of Insurance financial regulators;• Rating agency (Demotech) relationship: maintained ‘A’ rating during my tenure;• Oversight of the company’s two 3rd-party investment portfolio managers; and• Reinsurance accounting involving complex treaty arrangements.

Fairfield, California, Us

Led accounting for this private equity-owned group of companies which wrote residential catastrophe risks in 13 states, had over 230 employees and grew premiums by > 50% during my tenure. My team handled GAAP and statutory financial reporting, external audits (3 GAAP, 3 Stat), NAIC reporting for three filers, board and audit committee presentations, treasury and cash flow management, tax compliance and oversight of 3rd party managers of the company’s international holding companies. Key accomplishments:• Transitioned to new Big 4 auditor, reducing fees by $100K; no recent audit adjustments or control findings; • Reduced the time required to complete monthly financial close by four business days;• Conducted regulatory financial presentations, gaining approval for cost-saving company structure changes;• Facilitated M&A diligence during sale of the company and purchase accounting for the business combination; • Managed several income tax audits and regulatory financial exams with no significant findings; and• Saved $200K annually by reorganizing team to reduce headcount, while developing new manager.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Directed SEC reporting (10-K, 10-Q), GAAP and statutory accounting, external audits, tax, SOX 404 compliance, FP&A, banking and treasury.

Directed financial reporting for $1 billion corporate retail division of 106 stores, leading a team of 18.

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Reporting directly to the owner of this fast-growing, entrepreneurial distributor of perishable food products, I managed a team of 23 responsible for accounting, finance, credit, treasury, and pricing.

Promoted 3 times; Division Controller for largest unit ($1.3B)

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Promoted from Internal Auditor to Accounting Supervisor

Two years of public accounting experience in audit and tax.