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Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Gibraltar Industries' Home Improvement Group manufactures two best-in-class brands: Gutter Helmet and Sunesta Awnings & Outdoor Comfort. Gibraltar Industries (ROCK on Nasdaq) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of products and services for Agtech, Renewable Energy, Residential and Infrastructure markets.

St. Augustine

Supported the co-founders with forecasting, financial analysis, and strategic planning to execute a $40M transaction to sell the business to private equity. Worked closely with the Human Resources department to ensure business continuity and support team members through the ownership transition. Collaborated with Sales and Plant Operations to ensure the company continued to deliver a strong value proposition to the company’s customers.Managed the entire finance and accounting function consistently ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting. Fostered a culture of accountability and continuous improvement within the accounting department. Worked closely with Human Resources to hire and reward great people and motivated them to minimize turnover.Led a project to re-implement the warehouse management module of the Microsoft Dynamics enterprise resource planning software to improve inventory accuracy, which in prior years required significant inventory write-downs. Manual inventory corrections were reduced by 75%. Developed the company’s first departmental-level strategic planning and budgeting process. The initiative enhanced the understanding of the company’s cost structure, gross margin drivers, and fixed versus variable costs. As a result, the company generated significant incremental revenue and expanded gross margin levels through strategic pricing strategies targeting higher profitability customers in the commercial and industrial sectors.

Stow, Oh

Led a cross-functional team which used technology improvements, cost controls, restructuring and improvement in retention of labor force. The improvements enabled the company to recover from multiple consecutive years of Net Income losses to achieve an average EBITDA of 27% for the following three years compared to a historic average of 16% over the previous 5 years. The development of an annual budgeting process provided the organization with the clarity needed to meet and exceed budgeted revenue and gross margin. Streamlined and redesigned the finance and accounting function to improve the speed and accuracy of financial reporting and ensure compliance with GAAP. Mentored and developed the accounting and finance team members which improved cost control and ensured proper procedures to achieve the organizations objectives and financial goals. Empowering employees to drive continuous improvement gave rise to automation of processes and significant efficiency improvements. Implementation of Intellinetics ECM software involved design and documentation of custom workflows and implementation of paperless processes for all departments which supported revenue growth from by 25% over three years with no increase in administrative headcount. Supported the Quality Department in creating documentation and training all staff to implement new procedures and processes to meet the requirements of ISO 9001:2015. Efficiencies were also realized in the Quality department by using the Intellinetics software for automatic routing of document revision requests, approvals, and creation of an audit log for all controlled documents.

Chagrin Falls, Oh

Led the acquisition and integration of a business specializing in Department of Defense contracts for aircraft components. Merged the companies’ facilities and re-designed quote to cash processes to run as a single company in the Epicor enterprise resource planning software. Worked with a cross-functional team to ensure newly acquired company adopted existing operating procedures, accounting controls, annual audit requirements, loan covenant compliance and human resource policies. Led the team with a collaborative approach toward finding bottlenecks as well as divergent processes. Put into practice solutions that streamlined functions and empowered teams to drive change by using continuous improvement methodologies.Supported the executive management team’s strategic initiatives by providing concise and prompt financial analysis, budgeting and forecasting, internal controls, financial reporting, capital asset management, compliance with loan covenants and risk management. Modernized the accounting and finance department, implemented management processes and policies to ensure the company achieved organizational goals. Provided financial analysis of operating results, such as variable and fixed costs, labor productivity, base cost analysis, and cash flow analysis. Supported Director of Manufacturing Improvements in driving cost reduction efforts. Provided ongoing leadership and coaching to ensure prompt and accurate completion of projects related to accounting, human resources and payroll, and information technology.Worked closely with the Business Technology department to perform process flow mapping and re-design processes for all departments. Used functionality in the ERP software to automate the monitoring and management of business processes which used custom workflows to improve real time data access by automatically updating dashboards, scheduling reports, automated document routing and improved inter-departmental communication.

Chagrin Falls, Oh

Significant upgrade of the enterprise resource planning software from Vantage to Epicor allowed for a complete quote to cash process evaluation and overhaul to support the growth of the company and address new needs for information. Supported the Sales department’s strategic focus for expanding market share in the most profitable sectors for contract manufacturing and deep hole drilling. Worked closely with Accounting and Finance Department to re-implement the general ledger and fixed assets module. Also aided the quality department with implementation of the quality management system module to support our new ISO9001:2008 certification. Automated internal communication by leveraging the ERP system to manage the flow of information which removed the need for employees to use manual processes and multiple systems to manage daily responsibilities. Increased employee productivity by 12%. Using custom queries, dashboards, and reports in the Epicor enterprise resource planning software, the company’s employee productivity increased by 12% and management gained improved access to real-time information to improve manufacturing performance and automate communication to support record profitability.Leveraged Epicor software to automate procedures in support of the newly developed quality program. Assisted the Quality department in creating documentation and trained all staff to implement new business technology procedures and processes to support the ISO 9001:2008 quality program. The Quality department received efficiency improvements from using the software for automatic routing of document revision requests, approvals, and creation of an audit log for all controlled documents.

Chagrin Falls, Oh

Supported the President and board of Directors in a sale of the business to private ownership. Responsible for providing financial analysis, forecasts, and fulfilling due diligence data requests for accounting and finance, human resources, and business technology.Implemented Vantage (Epicor) enterprise resource planning software including warehouse management system created cost accounting and operating procedures and provided calculation of gross margin at the individual part number level for the first time since the company's inception. Using functionality in the warehouse management system and the material resource planning and scheduling modules, provided the visibility and efficiency gains that were needed to increase revenue an average of 15% for five years and ensure targeted growth in the most profitable contract manufacturing services.Established cost accounting controls and streamlined processes, which reduced the time to close the month from 30 days to 10 days. Facilitated management discussion and analysis to review actual performance against budget, evaluate operational key performance indicators and prepare materials for the board of directors. Worked with the Sales department to capitalize on our improved online presence, developed advertising and marketing plans and supported sales initiatives. The marketing initiatives in cooperation with sales development resulted in 35% of the revenue growth from new customers.Helped the management teams of portfolio companies with process flow mapping, software implementation and training, and accounting controls to comply with GAAP and consolidate financial reporting into Microsoft FRX. Supported portfolio companies in the development of standard operating procedures, and computer infrastructure improvements to support growth and expand access to information.

Chagrin Falls, Oh

Assisted in conducting due diligence of potential acquisitions including review of accounting compliance with GAAP, evaluation of computer network and infrastructure, and human resource policies and benefit plans. Provided sales and marketing support to five divisions including website design and search engine optimization, identification of potential new customers and brochure layout and graphic design using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Provided support to the Vice President of Finance and division Controllers in the development of annual financial plans and departmental budgets. Responsible for the consolidation of monthly financial statements and analysis of variances compared to annual plan. Responsible for treasury management services for five manufacturing divisions including line of credit maintenance and cash flow.