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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name , MBAEMAIL AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE South Orange, NJ Street Address
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARYForward thinking Finance Executive experienced in developing and managing day-to-day finance, monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting. Managed budgets with revenues in excess of $3BN in Manufacturing, Retail, Service-Based, and Tech sectors. Financial reporting for entities located in New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, Louisiana, Texas and Nevada. Skills and experience are reinforced by the ability to present the big picture to senior management, team building, project management, financial modeling and analytical skills.EXPERIENCESenior Director of Accounting and FinanceBiscuits & Bath Companies, New York, NY 2021 - 2023Short-term assignment to manage the accounting and finance department during the current Controllers leave of absence. I had been Controller of the company 9-years earlier so there was virtually no learning curve.Daily reporting of revenue and expenses, KPI, payroll margins, capacity and utilization and accounts payableWorked with the CEO, District Managers and General Managers to develop the 2024 Operating and Payroll BudgetsQuarterly and annual financial reporting to State and Federal agenciesReduced processing time for payroll by 30%Chief Financial Officer 1/2020-7/2020PlanITROI, Denville, NJLocations throughout the US and abroad selling refurbished computers and technology to those who cannot afford state of the art technology. I worked with the company as the former CFO transitioned to President and, all finance and accounting functions were transitioned to South America.Managed all aspects of budgeting and forecasting as well as financial performance and variance analysisWork with bank auditors and outside auditing firm on quarterly and annual auditsAnalyzed sales on a category level to determine target gross margins and, project sales on a rolling 30-day basis in order to assess inventory levels with regards to consumer demandsProvided Senior Management with financial results, Y/Y, Q/Q, M/M in order to ensure sales goals would maximize bottom line profitability while maintaining adequate inventory levelsProvided forecasted profitability and daily reporting on forecasted cash balancesActed as lead to banking relationship for day-to-day needs, borrowing base and loan complianceChief Financial Officer 10/2015-11/2019Democracy Prep Public Schools, New York, NYA network of 23 public charter schools with 1,100 staff; 5,700 students, operating in NYC, NJ, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Nevada, and Texas. The parent company functions as a service-based business allowing schools to do simply educate scholars as opposed to having to run the business of schools.Managed all aspects of accounting and finance; 6 direct reports and 10 indirect reportsFinancial reporting both for GASB and FASB depending on the State and their reporting requirementsDeveloped annual budgets tracked budget vs actual and reported to Boards and key stakeholdersWorked with outside auditors on annual audits and filingsStructured financing for the build out of two new floors for NYC schoolsTransitioned the accounting department from QuickBooks to IntacctRestructured workflows to allow for growth without adding personnelWorked with landlord in Congress Heights, DC to build an additional facility to accommodate 200 additional students and opened two new schools in Las Vegas, NV and San Antonio, TXController (5 US Regions) 5/2012-7/2015Sims Metal Management, Jersey City, NJThe largest publicly traded recycler of metals in the world totaling $3BN+ in annual revenues and $2BN+ assets.Responsibilities included financial control, management of GAAP, SOX and SEC compliance of 5 regions including New England, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, New York City Recycling, and the Stainless-Steel division.Redesigned Lower of Cost or Market, Overhead, Inventory Re-class, Intercompany Sales, and Cost Allocation routines to ensure accuracy and reduce processing time resulting in a reduced close time and elimination of errors that had previously resulted in findings of Significant DeficienciesReduced auditing deficiencies from 34 - 1 within 12 months of hireAnalyzed AP and redesigned processes to ensure that accruals were accurate and timely. Reduced processing time resulted in a 30% reduction of accrued invoicesCross-trained staff to stay ahead monthly workflows and to expedite the close routines at the end of the accounting periods and trained all staff on new processesCreated new P&L and BS processes to accurately state movements in accordance with SOXControllerBiscuits & Bath Companies, New York, NY 2007 - 2012Service-based locations with 9 brick and mortar locations in New York City operating at break-even. I transitioned the organization to a highly profitable position in 2 years.Established annual operating budgets for each location, affording management insight into operational successes and deficienciesClosed two unprofitable locations and opened six additional locations, profitable within first year or operationStreamlined the monthly and annual close routines; reduced close time and staffing costs by 75%Created detailed P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow analyses to track historical performancePresented weekly reports to location and senior management to analyze the performance of each revenue line, individual sales, organic and total growth and projected revenuesDirected the transition from the Pachex to ADP including biometric scanners, HRB, Payroll, Reporting, eTimeDecreased time to develop and submit government and agency filings including Prompt Tax payments,ST-809, ST-810, NYS-45, Unemployment Insurance disputes, disability, and workers compensation reportsChief Financial OfficerRichard Schultz Design, Inc. New York, NY; Palm, PA 2005 - 2007High-end furniture design and manufacturing company sold in retail locations for Knoll. Implemented sourcing material from China. I decreased manufacturing costs and increased gross revenues 65%. Losses were replaced by an EBITDA in excess of 12%.Increased gross margins and profitability which resulted in a successful sale of the organizationManaged the Finance & Accounting department as well as external tax professionalsReconfigured the timing of inventory cycle counts and worked with the GM to reconcile differencesImplemented cost accounting systems and directed the IT staff on modification of the MRP softwarePrepared and analyzed the business plan, projected Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows statements, leverage and debt coverage ratios, short-term and long-term capital needsDirected the successful change over from previous accounting system to Macola softwareChief Financial Officer 1991 - 2005Innovative Information Techniques, Inc. New York, NYCompany provides professional services ranging from helping clients raise debt/equity to working with c-level personnel to increase profitability.Worked with the CEO to maintain the legacy business while creating a new division dedicated to working with initial public offeringsCreated the companys business plan and running 5-year projection reportModified existing products/services to increase sell-through and margin of profitabilityAssisted investment banks and their client companies on 42 IPOs in excess of $2BN raised. Clients that went to the investor market included but were not limited to: AAA Entertainment, ACTV, Ascent Pediatrics, American Radio Systems, Beasley Broadcast Group, BusinessDevelopment.com, C-Bass, Cosi, Cumulus Media, Digital Island, Entercom, Equity One, Forcenergy Gas Exploration, Haights Cross Communications, Hosokawa Micron International, LinkShare.com, Multex.com, Playboy.com, 3DFX Interactive, TeleCorp, Wireless One, Tritel Communications, Universal Communication Network, VitaminShoppe.com,, and Wild Oats Markets.Director of Operations 1993 - 1995Manager of Operations 1991 - 1993TECHNICAL SKILLSExpert level in MS Excel, Intacct, QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, Traverse, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, ADP and Paycom. Fluent in VBA Scripting and database access. Other software includes SAI, Hyperion, Traverse, PowerBuilder, Macola Enterprise, MS Access, MYOB. Comfortable in all computer environments.EDUCATIONColumbia University, New York, NYMBA, Concentrations in Finance and OperationsCity College, New York, NYBA Accounting |
