Robert Benn Email & Phone Number

Placentia, CA, US

Bellflower, California, US

• Combine workers compensation for 2 operating companies, saving $120K annually and reducing administrative work
• Identify excessive premiums and risk for property, casualty, and liability insurance, reducing insurance brokers from 4 to 1, saving $165K through consolidation of insurance while adding EPLI, all risk umbrella, and.
• Develop methodology to build financial statements for 8 stores from single chart, saving $150K yearly in software costs

• Restructured flooring interest rates and negotiated mortgage interest rate from variable to fixed, saving $570K annually for 5 years ($2.8M+ in total savings) and freeing up capital for acquisition of dealership (150+.
• Reviewed and consolidated health benefits for 6 groups, saving $80K annually during insurance renewal process
• Established policies and procedures website, standardizing company corporate policies and increasing productivity 15%
• Prepared financial due diligence and collaborated with bankers on PPP compliance, securing $4M+ in PPP loans
• Developed business strategy and operational plan to restructure depositories and save $50K+ annually in bank fees

• Restructured operational processes and financial spending for Texas dealership, cutting losses by 50% within 30 days and an additional 25% within next 30 days (total savings of $650K+ within 90 days)
• Resolved 35+ consumer claims (service, accessories, aftermarket), preventing 90% of cases from going to legal
• Managed financial planning & analysis and consolidations to support $300M+ in annual revenue
• Developed alternative compensation programs for service and sales to increase recruiting and retention capabilities
• Collaborated with COO on acquisition of Gilroy Hyundai (20+ cars monthly), increasing output by 400% within 2 months

• Spearheaded product development of beta for M&A platform to maximize selling prices of businesses through auctions
• Developed and incorporated KYC framework into beta, allowing FINCEN qualified customers quicker financing
• Incorporated digital asset management service, allowing due diligence completion ahead of auctions
• Hired cybersecurity developer to develop platform with a security first in mind culture

Ft. Lauderdale, FL, US

• Managed financials for 5 dealerships with gross revenues of $600M+ annually and collaborated with General Managers to drive down receivables, increasing daily cash flow by $3.8M while reducing expenses
• Led finance team of 20 to conduct 5 monthly closes within 3 business days to track financials of 11 dealerships selling 2.5K+ cars monthly, hitting deadlines for closing books 100% of the time and preventing business.
• Hired and supervised HR associate to improve relations with 5 union locals, eliminating all business compliance issues
• Prepared documentation and collaborated with state/country auditors, resulting in no changes for sales tax audit and minor classification changes during property tax audit

Atlanta, GA, US

• Spearhead complete development and implementation of project plan to provide dealers an interface between Service Point of Sale system and the Porsche Warranty system, completing development and testing for DealerTrack.
• Dispensed with 24+ month negotiation logjam between VW/PCNA and ADP for contract on the PWIS/ELSA project by asking the right strategic questions, advancing project impacting 350+ Volkswagen and Porsche dealerships

Duluth, GA, US

• Designed and coordinated delivery of Daily Operational Reporting tool that imported financial information for 89 locations nationwide from 4 different accounting systems, standardizing management reporting across company
• Designed user-maintained interface for Payroll Integration between payroll service (Ulti Pro) and CDK, enabling users to implement changes on the fly to accounts without IT Team interaction and saving $120K+ yearly in.
• Directed self-service payroll integration project in 60 days, enabling self-service and replacing 4 years of development
• Oversaw provisioning and de-provisioning of 7K+ associates annually as Division Head of IT Security
• Developed SOX requirements for IT department, achieving SOX compliance for company and preventing fines