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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

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Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

Senior Financial Leader for the country’s largest assembly company, with 25 direct reports. ResultsThrough management of critical KPI's and strong G&A expense management have added $2 million to bottom line in 2020. Mandate• Standardize and document accounting and payroll processes, integrate accounting system with Salesforce, update budgeting process, identify and implement new payroll system and ERP.Solutions• Integration with Salesforce complete• Month-end close reduced from 25 to 10 days through process improvement and training• Accounting roles re-evaluated; work redistributed based on skill sets, and performance metrics developed• Accounts Receivable over 60 days reduced from 27% to 2% in 4 months, improved cash flow by $1M• Budget model created by product and line of business integrated with sales forecasting and headcount• Project Manager for Payroll Project implementation project - complete • Project Manager for New Mobile App project - due September 30 • Project Manager for Salesforce.com Enhancements project - due October 31

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Mandate• Standardize accounting processes, integrate accounting system with Salesforce, train accounting staff, develop standard costingSolutions• Integration with Salesforce complete• All accounting processes evaluated, streamlined, and documented• Accounting roles evaluated; work redistributed based on skill sets• Developed standardized month end close process, accountabilities assigned• Standard costing model designed, product model pricing adjusted accordingly, monthly P&L by product created • Excel budget model created by product and line of business integrated with sales forecasting and headcount

Los Angeles, California

Mandate• Standardize processes, systems, and solutions to make company scalable for 300% growth targetSolutions• Paid down of bank Line of Credit by $1 million in 180 days by implementing Invoicing and Accounts Receivable best practices, and assigning best collection skills to reduce Accounts Receivable by 12 days• Further lowered Line of Credit by $800k by lowering inventory levels by 20% with no impact on order fulfillment or stockouts through coordinated purchasing, review of MOQ’s, and elimination of overflow warehousing• Outsourced IT function resulting in 40% annual IT expense savings over in-house solution• Outsourced Accounts Payable and Order Entry overseas slashing labor costs on these functions by 50%• Used process mapping and data analysis expertise to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, speed throughput, while documenting multiple departmental SOP’s • Developed Excel budget model to manage 8 lines of business and improve sales forecasting, headcount management, and normalize cash flow to take pressure off Line of Credit• Cost savings from A/R and Inventory initiatives reduced $8 million bank line by $1.6 million over 180 days• IT cost savings of $100k annually with improved throughput of IT change requests and reduced downtime• Labor savings of $80k annually on data entry function

Dallas, Texas

Mandate• Assist with consolidation of Phoenix facility with Dallas plant• Develop operational KPI’s leading to efficiencies and performance improvements• Create tools to improve CEO decision makingSolutions• Facility consolidation move to Dallas completed with zero downtime and 100% “on-time” customer deliveries• Job costing, pricing initiative, and production process evaluatoin for more than 150 products resulted in gross margin improvement of 12%• Same initiative resulted in cancellation of production of 11 products with zero profit• Delivery KPI metrics and updated processes improved “on time” deliveries by 15% and reduced shipping costs by 22% using process mapping and data collection evaluation• Led and developed tools for centralized data collection initiative to facilitate Executive Dashboard resulting in better KPI management and improved decision making

Flagstaff, Arizona

Mandate• Development of first Strategic Plan within 12 months collaboration with CEO and Board of Directors• Implement and streamline financial and operational processes in a political environment with 7 unrelated businesses, no standard chart of accounts or systems, and minimal technology budget• Evaluate and reduce organizational risk• Implement consolidated budget for 7 lines of business• Shorten month-end reporting from current 45 daysSolutions• Payroll labor savings $50k annually with fewer errors by outsourcing payroll including biometric time capture• Improved IT network uptime by 15%, slashed more than $100k annually on in-house IT administration, resolved IT network risk issues by taking IT Network to the cloud and remote monitoring• Reduced month-end close from 45 days to 20 days through goal setting, mentoring and training, using financial accounting “best practices”, and process mapping and analysis for improvement• First formal consolidated budget for all businesses completed for 2014 fiscal year by building a sophisticated Excel Model and training business unit managers on budget creation• First organization Strategic Plan approved by Board of Directors and Tribal Council within 12 month deadline

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Majors: Accounting, Operations, Strategic Planning

The Beacom School of Business at USD is an Internationally Accredited business school under AACSB and is ranked by U.S. News higher than.

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Project Management Certification

B.A. (Honors), Business Administration, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Member of marching band The University of Western Ontario is considered the Harvard of Canada due to its use.