Timothy R. Gilbert

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Highlands Ranch CO. 80129

303-***-****

Email: acebc0@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-gilbert/6/181/62a

Finance Executive

Financial Analysis / Corporate Financial Reporting / Budgeting

Talented, results-producing Finance Professional with a proven record of

accomplishment in planning and analysis strategies in support of retail

business goals and objectives. Expertise in operational and capital

budgeting with strong focus on execution at store and corporate levels.

Demonstrated success driving profitability through implementation of key

projects. Solid leadership; able to build and drive top-performing finance

teams toward desired results. Skilled at communicating with management,

vendors, and internal departments to coordinate overall financial efforts.

Strategic Financial Planning Profit Maximization

Budget Preparation and Capital Budgeting and Reporting

Administration

Inventory Control Management Business Process Improvement

Expense Management and Reporting Team Building and Leadership

Summary of Key Accomplishments:

o Constructed a weekly Payroll Report resulting in savings exceeding

$10M

o Developed Capital Expense process tool for budgeting and reporting of

$500M annual expense

o Implemented a Scorecard Reporting tool consisting of a monthly one

page report of all financial and operational key metrics (published to

field staff and corporate executives)

o Successfully executed an Inventory Control process reducing shrink by

33% annually

Professional Experience

FINANCE FIELD CONTROLLER, 2012 - Present

DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL, 2011 - 2012

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS (THE COMEX GROUP) - Englewood, Colorado

Perform numerous functions related to improving the financial performance

of the financial operations. Monthly preparation financial statement and

management reports. Extreme focus on controlling and allocating costs to

correct cost centers and ledger accounts. Responsible for determining

inventory valuation and cost of sales along with execution of physical

inventory process. Preparation, reviewing and approving of journal entries,

allocations, accruals and financial reports. Perform analysis and preparing

schedules for financial package support, the tax department, auditors and

management. Manage annual budgeting processes by understanding business

priorities and drivers of activities and costs and using that information

to supervise the building of budget models that accurately predict expense

and timing of costs. Monitor payroll allocation and volume drivers to

ensure accuracy and proactively identify and implement payroll process

improvements.

Selected Contributions:

V Reduced overtime expense by 45% through reporting and staff

optimization

V Developed Travel and Entertainment policy/procedure to assure defined

controls reduce company SG&A by 15%

V Implementation of Score Card reporting to provide financial and

operational key metrics in a consolidated actionable format.

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS FINANCE (Promotion), 2004 - 2011

GROUP MANAGER OF INVENTORY CONTROL, 1999 - 2004

THE SPORTS AUTHORITY - Englewood, Colorado

Defined a strategy to develop, execute, and manage annual $350-million

operating and capital budget against performance monthly in effort to

adhere to top line financial plan. Integrated performance management tools

(Score Cards) designed to inform field and corporate staff of numerous

operational aspects of the business. Communicated with management, internal

departments, and vendors to coordinate overall financial effort in

accordance with corporate goals. Played integral role in the bonus and

contest development activities. Lead forward-thinking financial operations

team to prepare and manage over $2.9 billion annual sales budget.

Selected Contributions:

V Drove traffic and conversion project measuring daily sales trends for

optimization of selling and tasking payroll resulting in improved

productivity of 20%

V Accountable for the executive monthly/quarterly review of all

operational budgets and performed bi-weekly variance

analysis/reporting

V Directed staff in creating and distributing reports to upper

management; P&L analysis, exception reports, general ledger reports,

bonus calculation reports, daily/weekly gross margin and cost analysis

reporting through graphs and charts

V Team lead for implementation of new process to improve top line sales

through payroll leveraging

SR. FINANCIAL BUSINESS ANALYST, 1996 - 1999

LOCKHEED MARTIN - Palo Alto, California / Colorado Springs, Colorado

In depth analysis of valuation for sales for excess satellite parts based

on fee, commission, and market resale value. Conducted variance analysis

of profit and loss, general ledger, and accounts receivable to insure

compliance with Department of Defense. Maintained capital asset register to

control current assets and inventory excess. Project lead for automating

pricing models for accurate customer project bids. Provider of key

analytics for purpose of acquisition and merger opportunities. Coordinated

project manager and engineer meetings to maintain milestone projections.

Ensured proper ledger coding of program expenses including manpower and

capital. Obtained Manufacturing Resource Planning Certification 1996. Team

leader of company wide satellite production MRP System.

Selected Contributions:

V Directed the pricing and approval of project requests, calculating

profit potential, and resource planning using pricing models while

preparing Power Point presentations to executive staff on

profitability of programs

V Performed monthly account reconciliations, journal entries, and

variance analysis as related to program budgets, forecasts, and

expenses tracking

V Developed training procedures for Web based MRP labor/parts tracking

and reporting

Systems Financial Analyst, 1993-1996

SPACE SYSTEMS/LORAL, Palo Alto, CA

Financial Analyst, 1991-1993

SPACE AND RANGE SYSTEMS/LORAL, Sunnyvale, CA

Education & Credentials

Bachelor of Science Degree, Business, Regis University, Denver, Colorado

Associates Degree, Liberal Arts, De Anza College, Cupertino, California

Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPll), APICS CPIM Certification, Palo

Alto, California

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