Financial Executive
ALAN HAWTHORNE
*** ********* ******, *********, ** 40601
859-***-****(h) . accnwj@r.postjobfree.com . 502-***-**** (c)
Hands on, results driven CFO with deep experience in international
manufacturing looking for a challenging opportunity with a growing company.
. Financial reporting and analysis; advanced costing; financial modeling
& analysis; budgeting; treasury/cash management; KPI performance
analysis; and risk management.
- A passionate people person and dynamic manager heavily involved
throughout the enterprise, building relationships from the board room
throughout the organization.
Instrumental in the successful 6-year turnaround from loss of $5M to nearly
4-fold gains to $14M in net income, breaking even in one year, and doubling
income 3 years straight.
Proven expertise and leadership in -
V Accounting Full P&L, Reporting, Analysis, Policy & Practice
Development
V Finance Cash Management, Bank Relations, Budgeting, Forecasting
V Information Technology Infrastructure, Application Development, Help
Desk
V Human Resources Compliance, Risk Management,
Payroll & Benefit Administration
V J-Sox Compliance Policy Manuals, Process
Narratives, Key Controls, Weaknesses
V Lean Manufacturing Champion of Japanese
Management Techniques, i.e., Hoshin Kanri, PDCA,
Kaizen
V Gov/DOD Contractor All government reporting
and auditing requirements
Additional Core Competencies
ERP Implementations . Key Performance Metrics or Indicators . Risk & Crisis
Management . Legal & Environmental Matters . Customer Relations . IT
Operations . Financial Reporting & Analysis . HR Policies/Procedures .
Budget Analysis & Forecasting . Cost/Price Modeling . Banking . Purchasing
. Payroll . Intranet . Roadmaps/Dashboards . Fraud Detection . PowerPoint
Presentations . Land Purchase . Union Environments
Overview
. Gained unique perspective in sector having worked on the floor of several
plants to learn production up close, which aided in building product from
the inside and creating a superior budgeting and forecasting system.
. Known for creating environments conducive to making improvements that
deliver efficiencies that yield cost reductions, setting the gold
standard for KPI.
. Key role in the completion of three ERP implementations including user
training, two of which had previously failed.
. Completed 4 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) implementations in a single
year, leading to becoming part of 80% of customers to effectively
differentiate and beat competition.
. Gives extensive 2 hour, 140-page PowerPoint presentations to Japanese
audiences with great effectiveness.
Hallmarks Of Leadership - Analytical, decisive, competitive.
V A compassionate, empathic people person with an uncompromising work ethic
and a relentless drive to win and a transparent leadership policy
V A passionate team player, coach and mentor, down-to-earth manager
undaunted by stress and deadline who involves everyone, communicates
openly and breaks down silos.
V Readily establishes trust and respect from unions, peers, employees,
managers, foreign and domestic clients, who closely aligns with company
president
V Great understanding of risk management and compliance (legal, tax, audit,
etc.)
V Ability to turn around cross-cultural disunity, enabling outsiders to fit
in, including a company president from Japan after acquisition.
Select Achievements
. Instrumental in the successful 6-year turnaround from loss of $5M to
nearly 4-fold gains of 380% to $14M in net income
. Broke even in one year, increased by $5M one year later, doubled year
after that. Doubled income 3 years straight
. Co-created and managed a four-year Cost Reduction Project by reducing
labor costs and SG&A expenses, and improving material prices
. Improved cash flow by reducing past due A/R by $2.6M
. Reduced aged Inventory by $2.1M and Long Term Debt by $9M
. Directed implementation of new ERP system - Infor Visual Manufacturing
(2004)
. Directed implementation of new ERP system - Microsoft Dynamics AX
(2012)
. Implemented a new financial reporting package based on KPI metrics
and new operational reporting, which streamlined the financial
closing process from 11 to 4 days
. Introduced innovative full contour shrink sleeve labels for food and
beverage, which picked up 34% of the North American market in shrink
sleeves, for major accounts such as Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Dannon
. Instrumental in the complete two-year financial turnaround featuring cost
reductions totaling $1.5M that produced savings of $400k from labor,
$500k from inventory, $150k from supplies, and $550k through reorganizing
purchasing
. Streamlined financial close time by two-thirds from 15 to 5 days and
reduced audit and review fees by preparing required work internally
. Directed implementation of new ERP system (Mapics), and a Human
Resource Information System
. Directed the full utilization of Hoshin Kanri Lean techniques
. Achieved a turnaround in which main customer was Toyota and company lost
money three years straight, and increased profits by $1.2M and cash flow
by $1.7M without increasing sales
. Key initial phase and planning role in launching a plant in Mexico from
the ground up
. Saved Mobile Tech $1.2M over three years through redesigning fixed asset
systems to value assets not depreciated for the IRS
Career History
Southern Air Holdings and Subsidiaries, Florence KY
Feb 2013 - Present
$440M Air Cargo service provider with 700 total employees.
Controller
American Fuji Seal, Inc., Bardstown KY 2004 - Feb2013
$380M Japanese manufacturer of shrink sleeve label products with 600 total
employees.
Chief Financial Officer
Louisville Forge & Gear (aka Aichi Steel) Georgetown KY 2001 - 2004
$120M Japanese manufacturer in automotive industry with 540 total
employees.
Financial Director/Controller
Leggett & Platt, Inc., Winchester KY 1999 - 2001
Division Controller (KY, OH, TN, IN)
Earlier Positions
President - Hawthorne & Associates, CPA, CIA, Huntington WV (1991 - 1999)
Senior Internal Auditor - Ashland Oil, Inc., Ashland KY (1986 - 1991)
Senior Auditor - Somerville & Company, CPA's, Huntington WV (1984 - 1986)
Education & Development
Bachelor of Arts, Accounting, 1984 - Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Professional Licensure and Affiliations
. Certified Public Accountant (inactive)
. Certified Internal Auditor (inactive)
. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
. Institute of Certified Internal Auditors
. Kentucky Colonel