Thomas Nowak Email & Phone Number

Chicagoland

Consulting Engagements:CFO consultant at Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization December 2016 to August 2017Accounting Consultant at American Association of Endodontists April 2016 to June 2016Interim CFO at Women's Business Development Center October 2015 to April 2016Acting CFO at Taylor Mae Transportation Inc. July 2015 to October 2015Project Manager at Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation May 2015 to June 2015Interim CFO at the American Library Association February 2015 to April, 2015Interim CFO at Shimer College from November, 2014 to February,2015

Chicago

Improved student skills by developing and teaching classes for School for New Learning and College of Commerce including Project Management, Consulting, Business Management, Financial Planning, and Information Technology.

Chicago, Il

• Directs all fiscal operations.• Formulates financial policies.• Develops annual budget.• Establishes goals and objectives.• Prepares fiscal reports.• Serves as spokesman on fiscal matters.

Chicagoland

Provide CFO ‘to go’ services to small business owners evaluate performance results and update strategic plans to grow and expand their businesses.

Provided meaningful, clear, and accurate financial reports and analysis to support management and Board Committees. Developed board education materials and presentations to provide information to support their decisions and fiduciary oversight. Organized Board Audit Committee, facilitated Audit and Finance Committees, and supported the Executive, Development, and Program Committees.• Developed and managed tight budgets to achieve strategic goals of increasing revenues and minimizing expenses.• Improved management and board reporting through upgrading of financial software, expanding the collection of relevant information, and creating a financial dashboard.• Implemented internal controls and industry best practices by defining, implementing, and verifying financial policies and organizational procedures.• Facilitated all annual audit information which resulted in unqualified audit opinion with no recommendations for improvement, prepared IRS Form 990, and managed preparation of all required state returns.• Led project and process to select a new investment manager to consistently earn market returns and reduce costs by 50%.

• Established firm’s internal controls by defining and implementing financial policies, procedures, standards and internal controls. • Established high level of project quality by establishing project management policies, procedures, standards and controls.• Kept client satisfaction high by bringing in projects on time and within budget while meeting all defined requirements by creating and managing project plans for all corporate projects and managing project resources, project issues, and client expectations.

• Improved project management quality by establishing a Software Quality Assurance (SQA) function based on best industry practices, defining and implementing SQA policies, procedures, budgets, and metrics, and developing a Project Manager’s Handbook to standardize project management methodology throughout the organization.• Managed a Program Management Office that: tracked, controlled, and measured over 100 applications and mentored over 30 project managers.

Treasury Consultant • Improved corporate cash efficiencies by providing cash management and business consulting services to internal business units while reducing banking fees. Manager, Systems & Financial Training • Met client training needs by working with internal customers to design and deliver timely, cost effective training solutions to improve job performance and productivity.Manager, Systems • Improved project development quality by developing and analyzing productivity metrics for all systems division projects.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Economics