GEORGE MCCONNAUGHEY
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FINANCIAL ANALYST
SUMMARY
A hands-on Manager who develops people as well as methods to value the product-lines.
Developer of a cash management system to assure that there was adequate resources to
meet current and future needs. Installed accounting software to meet the demands of
increased business and the reporting demands of the regulatory agencies, I.E. USDOT,
SEC and US Bankruptcy Court.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Create financial models to measure cost and profitability of products and product-
lines.
• Prepare and review weekly, monthly and annual reporting.
• Select, train, and develop personnel.
• Work well with all levels within the Company, as well as outside the Company..
• Make presentations to insiders as well as outsiders of the Company.
• Prepare budgets by department and product-line.
• Computer skills include, Peachtree, MAS 90, MAS 200, QuickBooks, MS Excel, MS
word, Word Perfect, MS Access, Lotus 123, MS PowerPoint, USDOT Form 41
reporting, SEC 10K and 10Q reports,
SKY KING, INC. Los Angeles, CA December 2010 - March 2012
Chief Financial Officer
• Prepared monthly reports for the Bankruptcy Court.
• Developed a route profit and loss statement.
• Developed a cash management report.
• Established a Chart of Accounts to comply with USDOT and allow
accurate internal reporting.
ARROW CARGO Miami, FL February 2009 - December 2010
Senior Financial Analyst/Controller
• Developed a route profit and loss statement.
• Developed a cash management system and report.
• Prepared monthly reports for the Bankruptcy Court.
• Saved the Company $2.5 Million in annual operating expenses.
TRADEWINDS AIRLINES Greensboro, NC December ‘98 - February 2009
Chief Financial Officer
• Developed a route profit and loss statement.
• Assisted in the transition from a combination Passenger and Cargo
money losing airline to a profitable Cargo airline.
• Developed a cash management system and report.
• Evaluated and installed two new accounting systems.
GEORGE MCCONNAUGHEY
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AIRLINE INDUSTRY CONSULTANT 1994 - 1998
• Assisted a former one aircraft cargo airlines’ transition to a multi
aircraft passenger and cargo airline.
• Assisted a start-up scheduled air carrier in filing a petition for protection
under Chapter 11 and then a plan for emerging from bankruptcy.
• Assisted in the certification of a start-up scheduled international airline,
selected and set up the accounting system and hired accounting staff.
• Assisted in the stabilizing of a scheduled regional passenger airline, which
resulted in its first profitable operations.
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ROBERTS & ASSOCIATES, Hayward, CA 1989 - 1994
1989 to 1994
Vice President Financial Services/CFO
• Evaluated start-up airline business plans for investment firms.
• Developed a valuation model for international routes to be used as collateral
by regulatory agencies.
• Prepared financial justification for major air carrier’s use in international
route requests before the USDOT.
• Performed due diligence for investors in airline acquisitions.
• Developed business plans for start-up air carriers.
• Developed analysis and documentation for use in expert witness testimony.
AIR AMERICA, Los Angeles, CA 1987 -1989
Vice President/CFO and Treasurer
• Negotiated with aircraft lessor, fuel supplier and other creditors.
• Developed a route profit and loss statement.
• Developed a cash management system and report.
• Re-established reporting to USDOT
SUNWORLD INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, Las Vegas, NV 1985 - 1987
Vice President – Finance and Vice President – Financial Planning
• Prepared SEC filings and reports required by the USDOT.
• Established a viable revenue accounting system, developed a budget system, and
a management reporting system.
• Prepared the financial analysis of an alternative hub of operations with new
routes.
WORLD AIRWAYS, Oakland, CA 1978 - 1985
Director – Financial Planning and Analysis to Deputy
CFO and Vice President – Financial Planning and Analysis
• Assisted in the preparation of 10K and 10Q SEC reports.
• Established a financial planning and analysis system with budgets.
• Developed the company’s first Military Airlift Command Rate Review.
• Prepared presentations for the Board of Directors meetings.
• Assisted in the development of a wage concession program (with a national
union).
EDUCATION
BS in Business Administration (Finance) – California State University at Northridge, CA
graduated in 1973.
50% of classes in the MBA program at Golden Gate University, San Francisco.