Chief Financial Officer

• Mar 2019 - Present

Controller

• Jul 2016 - Mar 2019

Oversaw all Accounts Payable and Account Receivable activities for the five different divisions of the business, ensuring that all AP/AR were completed timely and coded to the correct general ledgers. • Prepared journal entries and completed monthly, quarterly, and annual reconciliation of all accounts in accordance with U.S. GAAP. • In collaboration with stakeholders, established Capital Improvement budget of $1M for renovations to the existing properties. Work with stakeholders throughout the Capital Improvement project to ensure project objectives are met on time and within budget. • Developed a three-year forecast of the projected operational costs and revenue for the business to allow leaders to make strategic decision about the company ́s future. • Compared budgets v. actuals across five cost centers for the business. Assessed profitability of each cost center and made recommendations for improving profitability. • Established and generated KPIs for various departments within the business that measure the financial and operational success of the given department. Follow-up with department heads when KPIs are not met or are in danger of not being met to ensure corrective actions are taken. • Partnered with leaders in the Sales and Marketing Department to provide and report on key sales and leads metrics, and ensure the accuracy of information in our CRM System. • Reported directly into the CFO and collaborated with the CFO and CEO on ad-hoc projects designed to drive operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and/or improve sales. Cost Savings • Reviewed unnecessary expenditures in the kitchen operations at two facilities. Recommended changes to established processes to the CEO and CFO that resulted in $150K annualized savings. • Negotiated existing and new contracts for the organization that resulted in one time savings of $120K and an annualized savings of $70K while ensuring that suppliers are providing the highest quality goods and services. Show less

Financial Analyst Associate and Operations Coordinator

• May 2015 - Jun 2016

Development of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements according to U.S. GAAP. Prepare a variety of actual vs budget reports for profit and cost center, including financial and variance analysis and recommendations for corrective actions and specify new reports. Interpret established polices, procedures, and standard practices to develop reports to ensure that financial planning and cost control activities are successfully implemented and maintained. Maintain, analyze, update, and develop various electronic and hard copy records. Assist in establishing profit center revenue, cost of sales, gross margin, discretionary spending through profit (loss) and cost center cost, base, and rate budgets. Forecast for one more calendar years. Conduct financial analysis of cost and revenue data for current month, quarterly updates and annual financial planning. Create customized Business and Marketing Plans to provide customers with a viable solution for getting their products or services to market in a profitable and sustainable manner. Analyze customers’ financial data to generate a 5 year P&L projection, a cash‐flow projection, a projected balance sheet, and a break‐even calculation. Define bottlenecks in the customers’ operations through a capacity utilization analysis and offer solutions, allowing customers to optimize their production of goods and services. Performed customized market researches that provided clients with valuable information about their target markets and audiences so that clients could make practical decisions regarding how and where to advertise their products and/or services. Designed a financial model to provide a five year summarized projections of the P/L Statement, allowing the company to determine the sustainability of the company and if any additional funding would be required. Show less

Manager of Operations

• Nov 2003 - Jun 2012

Hypromat Group, Spain 2003-2012 The Hypromat Group began franchising their sophisticated, high-pressure car wash system in 1987. In the present day, they are the industry leader in 11 European countries and have expanded their presence into North Africa. Annual sales of $1 million with a gross margin of 30%. Director of Operations • Designed a master budget of $3.5M from the bottom up including individual budgets for sales, production, operations, and capital expenditures that allowed me to evaluate the performance of employees and divisions and to coordinate activities across the organization. • Established an activity based costing system to analyze the real cost per unit by more effectively allocating indirect costs such as administrative and overhead costs; this facilitated executive level decisions including sales price, labor levels, and investments. • Initiated a new Deluxe Service for customers that provided an IRR of 23% and a payback of 2,5 years on the company ́s investments. • Competitively negotiated with suppliers in order to obtain an 8% cost savings, improved lead times, and better payment terms that decreased the company ́s cash-to-cash cycle time by 35 days. • Composed the profit and loss statement (P&L), balance sheet, income statement, statement of owner ́s equity, and statement of cash flows and delivered the analysis to the board of directors. • Implemented Standard Operating Procedures in all departments to ensure compliance to the company ́s rigid quality standards, resulting in a 10% decrease in problems that would potential disrupt service. • Performed an industry analysis and report to benchmark our current processes to competitors resulting in an increased emphasis on environmental improvements and a marketing campaign that highlighted the company ́s green technology. Show less

Warehouse and Distribution Manager

• Jan 1999 - Nov 2003

Frutas Mengal, Spain 1999-2003 A privately held organic fresh produce wholesaler that is an industry leader in the south of Spain where it originated. Annual sales of $3 million with a gross margin of 12%. Warehouse and Distribution Manager • Led a team of 10 associates in achieving operational and financial objectives in transportation, inventory control, purchasing, and customer service. • Developed and executed transportation, warehousing, and inventory strategies to meet over 240 same day deliveries to customers throughout the region. • Managed a fleet of 4 regional delivery vehicles and 2 international semi-trucks that together traveled 1.02M miles per year. • Evaluated equipment utilization, transportation efficiencies, fleet asset management, fleet procurement and fleet maintenance to ensure reliability and capacity for current/future volume. • Effectively managed and delivered best-in-class suppliers, reliability, cost, quality and service to our customers for over 80 products. • Implemented processes to regulate the appropriate transportation and storage conditions for products to meet stringent regulatory and quality standards, resulting in a reduction in waste of 13% Show less