Experience

Arclight Dynamics

• United States
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President Finance

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Dent Instruments, Inc.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Financial Controller

  • Nov 2016 - May 2020

  • Provided leadership and business management in the areas of general accounting, cost accounting, business planning, cost reduction programs, risk management, business and financial reporting.• Management team member responsible for identifying, planning and implementing new business control processes and the move to a new financial/ERP system.• By partnering with other freight companies, reduced incoming international freight costs by 80%.• Implemented and managed the move to departmental accounting and the preparation of the annual operating plan including departmental budgets. • Credit manager for existing and prospective customers.• Leveraged SAP’s functionality to reduce manual entries and increase reliability. Utilizing this leverage, created reports strategically designed to meet needs of the users.• Developed functional tool for managing international currency balances and needs.• Assisted with company upgrade to ISO9001:2015 Quality Management Program.• Initiated a Service Day allowing employees to contribute their working hours to a non-profit of their choosing.



Two Old Hippies

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finance and HR

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2016

  • Define and drive business development by providing financial reporting specific to the company’s four distinctive brands. • Led all accounting functions for this growing and dynamic organization, including GL management, cost accounting, financial planning, cash management.• Credit manager for existing and prospective customers.• Identified manufacturing variances resulting in both cost savings opportunities and needed improvements in manufacturing consistencies. Achieved by developing a repeatable process connecting the cause of the variances with the additional resources consumed.• Introduced and managed weekly cash flow forecast including projections of incoming receipts and outgoing needs for both domestic and global business needs. Combining the cash flow forecast with the annual operating plan created a powerful cash management tool for the organization.• Reduced payroll costs by 50% by identifying and implementing a new payroll service provider, which provided a more cost-effective tool for the company and an improved interface for the users• Successfully managed HR responsibilities as organization grew from 40 to 130 people.• Conducted annual review of company’s benefit programs for employees across several states. This included evaluating and selecting programs that would provide equal benefit to all team mates, regardless of their location.• Working with other managers, developed and implemented human resource policies including attendance policy, wage matrix, review forms and process and job descriptions.• Administered company progressive disciplinary policy focused on creating success for employee and company.• Super-user of SAP B1, leveraging the benefit provided by the system and assisting others with system challenges leading to greater productivity.



Palmer Homes

• United States
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounting Manager

  • May 2005 - Oct 2008

  • Managed financial reporting and daily functions of accounting department for $30m company.• Delivered financial reports for 5 different company entities as well as financials of combined business.• Managed cash flow and pro-forma statements, which became increasingly difficult due to the impeding economic recession.• Developed the company’s Affordable Housing proposal for submittal to the City of Bend.• Created cost savings and improved productivity by streamlining department procedures and reducing paper flow; implemented process for electronic filing and storage wherever viable.