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• Developed and led team to sell over 80 unprofitable stores to independent owners across multi-functional departments. 78% of these stores are generating 8% net income to the company. Generated over $2.8M in profit at the time of sale and freed up over $30M of assets to be re-invested.• Developed a process for financial analysis and tracking the viability independent changeover projects including post project analysis to ensure that goals were met.• Managed a $50M line of credit with several banks.• Played a key role in the acquisition analysis from beginning to end. This included the review and analysis of the financial information, due diligence, pro forma, and legal agreements to ensure that each acquisition was meeting the financial goals of the organization. Developed reports with the past results of acquisitions and continued progress of each project. Developed reporting and created one source for acquisition activity. • Developed reporting showing the performance of the acquisition portfolios.• Negotiated and sold real estate for just under $1M to free up additional capital.• Created and managed a central UCC filing, tracking, and modification process to protect the organizations assets from lending activities and reduce errors in filings.

• Managed highly successful team responsible for the growth on independent store owners which included income and balance sheet responsibilities. Utilized programs and consulted with independent store owners to use outside sales programs for their growth.• Improved sales to independent stores from 6 to 13.5% annually within three and half years while in the position of sales manager. • Earned President Club award and recognition while in this role.

• Continual top performer, consulted with independent owners to improve their business and financial operations and assisted owners with obtaining financing.• Worked with independent owners to procure financing for the store locations.• Acquired several independent store locations throughout this period.• Responsible for collections of independent store account balances.

• Managed the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and the analysis for a leasing subsidiary. Oversaw the preparation of the annual budget.• Presented and received board of directors’ approval for an integrated lease system. Implementation was 75% complete when the company was sold.• Improved lease residual collection from 10% to 25% through a more aggressive approach of pricing.• Assisted with negotiations of lending agreements to secure placement financing of $15M of new leases.• Reviewed lending agreements to ensure that they conformed to meet the organization’s balance sheet and tax position requirements.• Performed various cost analysis of generating new business and servicing of leasing portfolios.• Established an inventory system for repossessed/off lease assets.• Established procedures for establishing loan loss reserves based on delinquencies.• Established method of filing personal property taxes timely to reduced late filing fees and penalties.

• Started as a senior staff accountant and promoted into the accounting manager role.• Managed the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements and the analysis for a leasing subsidiary. Oversaw the preparation of the annual budget.• Prepared pricing for lease portfolio sales.• Managed system conversions from start to finish which included mapping out fields to be converted and reporting to be completed.• Established method of filing personal property taxes timely to reduced late filing fees and penalties.

• Responsible for managing and completing audits for income, sales and use, and withholding tax for the State of Illinois which included audit reports and scope of the procedure followed.• Started with sales and use tax and had moved into corporate level income tax.