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Reading Area

CONTROLLER (working as an independent consultant and employee) Created accrual based financial statements along service lines. Issued monthly reporting package including appropriate key performance indicators. Educated owners on accrual accounting, financial management, and cash flow management.  Responsible for reporting requirements and audit support.

• Full financial responsibility for the organization. Responsible for financial reporting, budgets, cash flow, capital calls and distributions for 27 limited partnerships. Functioned as main liaison with lending.
• Professional Review: Analysis of previous tax returns revealed errors… Show more Full financial responsibility for the organization. Responsible for financial reporting, budgets, cash flow, capital calls and.
• Professional Review: Analysis of previous tax returns revealed errors, resulting in a refund of $50,000.Achieved $20,000 in annual cost savings through competitive bidding of business insurance, reduced annual interest.
• Team Building & Communications: repaired & strengthened strained business relationships between the company and its tenants and third-party vendors erasing previous unprofessional behavior and actions. Show less

• Working as an independent consultant and with a public accounting firm, offered value-added solutions to clients covering accounting, finance, employee management and human resources, and purchasing.
• SOX CONSULTANT…… $3MMM Manufacturer with locations in 40 countries… Limerick, Pennsylvania Responsible for SOX compliance of the Health Care Division and Corporate Headquarters. Effectively completed work on all the.
• SOX CONSULTANT…… $3MMM Manufacturer with locations in 40 countries… Limerick, Pennsylvania Responsible for SOX compliance of the Health Care Division and Corporate Headquarters. Effectively completed work on all the.

Orwigsburg, PA

• Full financial responsibility for the organization. Established financial and purchasing controls, implemented budgeting process and monthly variance analysis, established financial reporting package, increased.
• Successful Financial Management: Implemented cost analysis… Show more Full financial responsibility for the organization. Established financial and purchasing controls, implemented budgeting process and monthly.
• Successful Financial Management: Implemented cost analysis along product lines and established purchasing controls which netted a $1,250,000 increase in EBITDA in one year.
• Expense Recovery: Obtained a $100,000 refund from the PA Department of Revenue to recover overpayments of sales and use tax in prior years.
• Merger and Acquisition Activity: During the initial three months as CFO, prepared accurate financial statements for the preceding eight months to bring past due records up to date. These statements were audited by a.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Managed cash flow of the reorganized entities and oversaw seven employees in the accounts receivable and accounts payable departments. Responsible for invoicing, collection of cash, performance of daily banking.
• Reorganization of the Accounting Function: Reorganized the accounting staff into accounts payable and accounts receivable positions, according to individuals’ skill and experience.… Show more Managed cash flow of the.
• Reorganization of the Accounting Function: Reorganized the accounting staff into accounts payable and accounts receivable positions, according to individuals’ skill and experience. Streamlined procedures and eliminated.
• Customer Retention: Resolved deteriorating payment history problem of the company’s highest profit margin customer. Established close relationships with buyer and owner. Developed plan to help finance the customer’s.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Responsible for purchasing raw materials and managing flow of product into, through, and out of the facility to maximize productivity and minimize cost. Managed production, scheduling, outside processors and a.
• Maintenance of Business During Industry Problems: Searched for and certified new supply… Show more Responsible for purchasing raw materials and managing flow of product into, through, and out of the facility to.
• Maintenance of Business During Industry Problems: Searched for and certified new supply sources from foreign mills and trading companies as the number of available domestic suppliers decreased. This allowed the company.
• Business Diversification: Developed program for newly acquired appliance industry customer to maintain critical on-time deliveries and accurate paperwork as the product moved from in-house to an outside processor to.
• Inventory Management: Developed process for reducing high inventory levels by breaking single, slow-moving orders into several smaller orders to improve material flow. Cash flow was increased by $400,000, inventory.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

• Contributed to the growth of this startup company. Hired and trained a staff of four, creating a financial reporting package for upper management and helping to increase business to the $100,000,000 sales level..
• Successful Financial Management: Drove the startup DSO average from 50 days to 23… Show more Contributed to the growth of this startup company. Hired and trained a staff of four, creating a financial reporting package.
• Successful Financial Management: Drove the startup DSO average from 50 days to 23 days within a two-year period, saving $500,000 in interest costs and generating $6,000,000 cash flow into the business.
• Successful Financial Management: Working with system programmers, created profitability model tied into quoting process, there by allowing profit analysis to be performed simultaneously with sales order quoting.
• Successful Financial Management: Built financial model to monitor profitability, cash flow, and bank covenants on a weekly basis as company quickly grew fivefold. Show less

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs)