AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Strategic business planning
• Investors management
• Fundraising
• Financial planning, analysis, reporting
• Deals structuring (purchase and sales), M&A analysis
• New business set up, financial and operational business metrics planning
• Liquidity management and forecasting
• Debt and equity financing
• Treasury management
• Cost accounting
• Supply chain management
• Capital projects management
• Business process improvements
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Billing and AR management
• AP and purchasing
• General ledger, account analysis and reconciliation
• Payroll services
• Internal controls/SOX implementation
• Risk management, legal and regulatory compliance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

VP Finance to SVP Finance and Administration

Responsibilities:

• Restructured equity ownership of the company through fundraising and rebalanced the equity portfolio through recapitalization wif existing and new investors
• Implemented financial, investor and board governance processes to allow the Company concentrate on the strategic business objectives

Confidential

SVP, Corporate Controller

Responsibilities:

• Developed strategic plan and forecast, and implemented them.
• Assisted CEO wif equity and debt capital raising.
• Worked alongside VP, Operations to align design and manufacturing operations toward performing on the strategic plan.
• Started a product cost reduction initiative (“design to cost”) to focus the design and manufacturing teams on achieving product cost targets. Developed price and volume models.
• Implemented manufacturing EPR and time management system to manage suppliers and manufacturing BOM.
• Established and managed all finance, accounting, treasury, legal, HR, tax, and compliance functions.
• Managed cash flows and cash forecast, including manufacturing working capital forecast.
• Managed all day - to-day aspects of finance, HR, treasury, and accounting functions including payroll and administrative expenses, payables and receivables functions, customer and vendor credit assessments, general ledger functions.
• Prepared and reported to the Board on the status of business operations, and financial results.
• Managed the liquidation of the Company throughout the bankruptcy process.

Confidential

Sr. Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified vendor and supplier contracts for factoring and terms renegotiation in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific regions to improve working capital by optimizing DSO and DPO. Monitored cash flows against set targets.
• Implemented activity based costing processes to allow branches to view profitability by product and restructure contracts to achieve higher margins.
• Managed accounting and financial reporting process across shared service centers in the US, South Africa, and Philippines to ensure local, statutory and US SEC financial reporting requirements are met.
• Managed integration of legacy systems into Oracle Financial module.

Confidential

Interim Business Controller

Responsibilities:

• Led financial due diligence and funding effort associated wif issuance of $400mm of public debt to finance acquisition of two businesses.
• Developed operations optimization plan (cost reductions, facility closers, personnel relocation, operational and financial systems elimination or integration), and worked wif a private equity to ensure effectiveness of the post-acquisition integration.
• Led finance, accounting, and systems integration of the acquired businesses. Deployed financial discipline to the new businesses. Managed operational and financial reporting for the acquired business, including implementation of Sarbanes Oxley for the acquired companies.

Confidential, Vancouver, WA

Director of Accounting and Finance

Responsibilities:

• Completed refinancing of the Company’s debt facility; managed treasury and credit functions.
• Completed an asset acquisition of a company to establish an additional line of business.
• Developed and implemented product profitability models for each line of business.
• Set working capital targets and managed cash flows.
• Assisted CFO wif development and analysis of financial information presented to the Board and private equity investors. Served as a point of contact wif investors.
• Restructured and managed the accounting department. Established a process for development of accounting policies, internal and business controls.
• Worked alongside wif CFO to complete a sale of the Company to a private equity firm.

Confidential, Portland, OR

Sr. Corporate Accounting Manager to Assistant Corporate Controller

Responsibilities:

• Managed the company-wide general ledger close, consolidations, internal and external financial reporting. Managed corporate shared service in the areas of accounts payable, receivables, risk management.
• Prepared and maintained a 30mm budget for the IT department. Monitored completion of projects for the internally developed software and their implementation in the business operations. Advised CIO and divisional CFOs on IT Projects ROI.
• Worked through identification, expected profitability analysis and integration of over 15 completed acquisitions ranging from 5m to 15m in purchase price.
• Prepared and managed operational and capital budgets, forecasts, and line of business cash flows.
• Managed preparation of the consolidated financial statements and SEC reports.
• Performed technical accounting research.
• Managed compliance wif the debt covenants on a 600m line of credit.

Confidential, Vancouver, WA

SEC Reporting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed technical research of the SEC and accounting guidance.
• Prepared all SEC, registration statements, stock exchange documents, and statutory reports for foreign subsidiaries.
• Led implementation of new accounting and reporting standards for US and international operations.
• Designed and managed implementation of internal reporting controls. Maintained compliance wif the NYSE regulations.
• Prepared and presented Board of Directors and Audit Committee communications.
• Assisted VP of Investor Relations wif investor inquiries.

Confidential 

Manager

Responsibilities

• Provided assurance and financing assistance services to public and private companies in the manufacturing, defense and technology sectors.