TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Windows
• Excel
• Quickbooks
• Great Plains Dynamics
• Harmony
• Activity Base d Costing
• FAS
• Oracle
• Peoplesoft
• MAS 500
• Lawson
• Peachtree
• Access and PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

CFO

Responsibilities:

• Construction and Development Company in Georgia and Florida.
• Reported directly to Managing Director.
• Prepared monthly financial statements, negotiated with banks, worked with real estate agents and marketing firms.
• Worked with the Director with costing of residential and commercial projects.
• Percentage of Completion on Construction Projects.
• Prepared owners personnel and business tax returns.

Confidential

Corporate Controller

Responsibilities:

• Reported directly to the CFO.
• Preparation on monthly financial statements, budgets, cash management, and banking relationships.
• Supervised 8 accounting and finance staff.
• Reduced the closing and reporting process from 10 weeks to 2.
• Annual audit was completed in 50% of the time than from prior years.
• Able to improve closing and reporting processes.
• Consolidated 4 sister companies monthly.
• Established internal controls in order to safeguard assets and limit internal risk.
• Managed the implementation of 4 sister companies on to Lawson.
• Instrumental in the restructuring the financing of the company.
• Introduced Asset Base Lending to the company as well as maintaining compliance.

Confidential

Interim CFO

Responsibilities:

• Construction and Development Company in Georgia and Florida .
• Reported directly to Managing Director.
• Prepared monthly financial statements, negotiated with banks, worked with real estate agents and marketing firms.
• Worked with the Director with costing of residential and commercial projects.

Confidential

CFO

Responsibilities:

• Food manufacturer and Exporter both domestically and internationally.
• Responsible for monthly financial statements, budgets, monthly and quarterly financial analysis, ADP payroll, annual audit, collections, inventory, cash management, accounting practices and procedures, and banking /financial relationships.
• Supervise 6 accounting and finance staff.
• Reporteddirectly to the CEO.
• Consolidation and Foreign Currency Translation.
• Responsible for analyzing Gerber Pet Food subsidiary for solvency.
• 20% reduction in staff - -relocated all financial and accounting functions to Atlanta from New York.
• Consolidated financials for 5 domestic and 5 foreign corporations.
• Designed and implemented the manufacturing software for a start up subsidiary food manufacturing corporation in Nebraska.
• Responsible for analyzing shrink, variable and fixed cost for manufactured food products.
• Responsible for federal, state and quarterly taxes for all domestic and international entities.
• 25% reduction in month end closing time- redesigned closing process and reporting software.
• Eliminated $200K in audit overruns.
• Implemented ERP system.
• Traveled to Russian manufacturing plant once a year to review internal controls and systems.
• Sold assets of 3 subsidiaries ? totaling $5M- locating potential buyer as well as negotiating and structuring the sell.
• Implemented Revenue Recognition process .

Confidential

Divisional Controller

Responsibilities:

• Magazine and Book distributor with annual sales of $90 million.
• Responsible for monthly financial statements, budgets, monthly and quarterly financial analysis, payroll, employee benefits, annual audit, collections, inventory, corporate insurance and cash management.
• Supervised two departments with staff of 21.
• Reported directly to the Vice President/ General Manager.
• Formalized reporting process for 7 sister companies. implemented a scanner system for inventory and physical count.
• Performed financial due diligence for 3 acquisitions and 2 mergers - totaling $30M.
• Responsible for software conversion- to Platinum.
• Responsible for financial reporting for multi location profit centers, consisting of two depots and one retail book store.
• Developed and implemented activity based costing as well as Just-In-Time Inventory ? allowing for 30% time savings.
• Liaised with Confidential on annual year-end audit.

Confidential

Director of Finance and Operations

Responsibilities:

• International export trading company of personal computers and peripherals with annual revenues of $25M. Responsible for preparing and analyzing monthly financial statements, tax reporting, payroll, annual budgets, and quarterly forecasting.
• Supervised three departments (Sales, Operations, Accounting) with staff of 7 employees.
• Reported directly to the President.
• Initial position was as A/P Manager-- gradually assumed finance and operations as company proceeded into Chapter 11.
• Responsible for sales, shipping, accounting, purchasing, inventory and assembling of computers.
• Devised a reorganization plan with the CEO, which was successfully completed within 9mos.
• Maintained a $3M working capital facility collateralized by international receivables.
• 25% reduction in inventory ? implemented new internal controls and procedures for purchasing department.
• Responsible for financial reporting domestically.
• Set up standards for compliance testing on computers assembled to be sold overseas.
• Negotiated approximately 60 Letters of Credit annually.
• Negotiated $3M Confidential for the sale of computer products to 3 rd world countries.
• Traveled to Brazil to install computer network of 21 computers at a textile school.