Experience

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  CRBR Cleanrite-Buildrite

  • Chico, California Area

  • Controller

    • Mar 2017 - Present
    • Chico, California Area

    Accounting and reporting• Ensure integrity and timeliness of all accounting functions.• AR days at 50 or better. Assist branches as needed with collections in accordance with the AR Cash Flow Procedure.• Distribute financial and analytical reports in a timely manner.• Prepare annual budgets and business planning.• Track and inventory all company assets, maintain depreciation schedules.• Prepare company financials for outside CPA for taxes and annual review.• Coordinate the treasury function, which includes cash management and relationships with banks. Forecast short and long range cash requirements and obligations as a basis for maintaining proper cash flow.Admin tasks & Admin procedures• Maintain accounting systems, procedures, and manuals as well as assist in finding process improvements.• Build team to achieve excellence and consistencies in all operational aspectsAnalytics and security• Analyze financial performance, identify areas of weakness or opportunities for improvement either via cost savings or efficiency gains.• Suggest best reports and KPIs for management purposes.• Reviews, maintains and provides the CRBR key indicator report for the ELT.• Work closely with Branch Managers and General Manager to utilize job budgets with estimators.

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  Double Decker Arabians

  • Owner

    • Jan 1975 - Present

    Breed, train and show Arabian horses

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  Wanderful Media

  • Controller, Head of HR and Operations

    • Feb 2006 - Mar 2017

    • Directed general accounting functions, cash management, financial and tax reporting, banking relations, credit and collections, human resources including payroll and employee benefits, and asset and risk management.• Responsible for overall financial management, human resource, accounting and operations functions for the corporation. • Completed merger and acquisition of Travidia Inc. with ShopCo Holdings, LLC. Responsible for all due diligence and legal review in conjunction with Travidia CEO and finalization of merger and acquisition. Instrumental in all aspects of financial and legal portions of acquisition of Travidia product lines. • Ensured compliance with audit standards with regards to financial, worker‘s compensation, and 401K audits. • Directed annual plan review process and strengthened accountability by partnering with Senior Executive team and departmental managers.• Responsible for risk management and safeguarding corporate assets. • Reorganized accounting and HR department functions and created motivated team of accounting professionals. • Create and analyze financial statements, earnings by product type, variance analysis for month and year and provide recommendations to the President/CEO, Senior Executive team and Board of Directors based upon these analyses. • Create cash flow forecasts and management plans for both short and long term company operations. • Arranged and maintained bank relations and responsible for treasury management for company with annual sales between $7 million and $9 million.

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  Aero Union Corp

  • Controller/Director of Finance

    • Jun 2001 - 2006

    • Responsible for overall finance and accounting function for the corporation. Corporate liaison for customers, vendors, auditors, and divisional managers and controllers. • Developed highly motivated team (2 controllers, financial analyst, payroll specialist, AP/AR professional). • Manage and analyze financial statements, earnings by LOB, variance analysis and provide recommendations to CEO/President and divisional managers based upon these analysis. • Create cash flow forecasts, strategic plans for both short and long term company operations. • Assist CEO with bank relations and restructuring of outstanding debt to allow company to optimize growth. • Managed conversions of accounting systems for both manufacturing and payroll. • Responsible for treasury management and asset protection for company with annual sales between $30 million and $50 million.

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  Waste Management

  • Assistant Regional Controller/District Controller

    • Apr 1998 - Jun 2001

    • Handled all accounting functions for the divisional office including month end processing, general ledger, budgeting, account reconciliation, accounts receivable, and accounts payable, payroll, and human resource management. • Acted as interim controller for districts within the region as needed. • Performed balance sheet reconciliations for districts to bring into line with GAAP.• Performed month end financial statement roll up, reconciliation, and analysis for the 23 districts in the region. • Performed additional financial analysis including Excel spreadsheet comparisons of: budget versus actual numbers, AR aging comparisons,quarterly and yearly projections, analysis of projections versus both budget and actual positions and MS Powerpoint presentations for AR Aging and Reserve for Bad Debt analysis. Provided these with narrative of analysis to Regional Controller. • Performed Area and Regional training seminars on AS400 applications and reporting requirements. • Assisted Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse in conducting Fourth Quarter Balance Sheet reconciliation, 1999 Annual and First quarter 2000 Audits conducted for all 23 districts in Region.