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Controller for a multi-state specialty construction / excavation company after it's acquisition by NYSE listed company to bring into compliance with GAAP, resolve incompatibility issues regarding Y-2K, implement and maintain budgeting and forecasting processes. Programs/Projects LeadershipAchieved compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act In charge of IT function during expansion from 10 workstations and 1 server to 50 workstations & notebooks with multiple serversImplemented expanded use of technology in day-to-day operations to accelerate the acquisition of operational information and increase the accuracy of reporting Led efforts to identify, acquire, implement and maintain new accounting application softwareFinancial Leadership/ManagementInstalled financial and operational controls to achieve financial management goalsImplemented monthly revenue and job cost forecasting processesImplemented financial controls and procedures for capital expenditures to better control investments and cash flowsMonitored, reviewed, and measured risks and maintained oversight of insurance issuesWorked with both external and internal auditors to ensure measurable compliance with corporate policies and governmental regulationsImplemented inventory control systemsDrove the strategic planning and budgeting processesDeveloped management reports to improve communication of financial status

Presided as lead financial officer for a divisional business which grew in revenues from approximately $4 million to $80+ million. Intense participation in annual plant, divisional and corporate operating and strategic planning processes to target 20%+ cash flow returns. Programs/Projects LeadershipIdentified need for a new standard cost inventory control system that was acquired, modified, and installed (including MRP, etc.)Designed and implemented improved cost accounting processesDeveloped and maintained a risk identification and risk mitigation processes for the division as the product lines evolved and as the market continued expansion into the international arenaEstablished an export regulation compliance planParticipated on an Eaton corporate-wide, cross functional team of seven employees to define user procedures, manuals, training methodologies and schedules, and implementation plans for a revised corporate-wide automated accounting system to achieve real time reportingSupervised purchasing, shipping/receiving, and information technology in addition to accounting and financial functionsFinancial Leadership/ManagementActed as plant manager of a capital equipment manufacturer during the absences of general managers who traveled to customer locations. Chaired weekly cross-functional senior staff meetings when plant manager(s) absentParticipated on management team as business expanded in annual revenue and from USA-based customers to international customersCreated and led a flexible, service oriented, and promotable financial team to provide timely, accurate support to upper management and to the plant senior staff; three financial staff hires were promoted to positions within the parent corporation