Accounting Management

RICHARD A. MATHEWSON ***** San Torini Mission Viejo, CA 92692

email: **********@***.***

Telephone: 714-***-****

SENIOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Senior financial executive with extensive hands on experience in a variety

of corporate environments and industries including pharmacy, automotive,

health care, aerospace, government contracting, manufacturing; domestic and

international arenas. Assignments include; Treasurer, Vice President of

Finance, and Secretary to Board of Directors as well as Corporate

Controller. Demonstrated success in completing the annual and quarterly

SEC filings, as wells as obtaining equity and debt funding. A dynamic

hands on leader and team builder with exceptional negotiation skills and

the proven ability to develop others as well as get the job done.

KEY SKILLS

Strategic & Business Planning Cost and Manufacturing Accounting

Equity & Debt Management Budgeting & Forecasting

Accounting & Financial Analysis Treasury & Investment Management

Implement & Manage Information Banking & Shareholder Relations

Systems

Contract Negotiations & Cash & Asset Management

Administration

SEC Reporting Mergers & Acquisitions

Business Administration Policies Organizational & Staff Development

& Procedures

PROFESSIONAL CAREER EXPERIENCE

SABRITEC, INC. (Aerospace Connector Mfg / $45M sub. of a $6B British Public

Co.) Nov 07 - Mar 11

Financial Controller

Responsible for; accounting, financial management reporting, budgeting, IT

- continual improvement, & internal accounting controls.

. Plan, organize, and direct the preparation, retention, and

communication of Sabritec's financial information,

Fin statements -IFSR reporting, tax preparation, as well as

operational results

. Coordinated the preparation of annual budgets

. Directing annual elemental standard costs updates for cost elements

for US and Mexico plants

. Prepare, Monthly, Quarterly and annual financial statements and actual

vs budget analysis and commentary

. Developed and Implemented inventory cycle counting and controls

resulting in increasing inventory turns by 25%

. Prepared auditors' quarterly and annual internal and external

auditors' PBC schedules

. Updated and improved accounting systems and procedures reducing month

close time from 5 to 3 days

. Directed the development, testing, and implementation of gross margin

reporting by product family

. Insured compliance with Corp policies in accordance with GAAP and SOX

compliance; including inventory E & O and credit policies

. Lead and managed the successful completion of and continual

improvement of the Oracle ERP system

. Recruit, hire and develop and cross train and mentor the accounting

and finance staff

. Developed the product pricing models to ensure appropriate margins to

support the business strategy

WESTINGHOUSE DIGITAL ELECTRONICS (Agency: Alliance Resource Group)

Jun 07 - Sep 07

SEC Reporting Consultant - COMPLETED TEMP ASSIGNMENT

. Prepared annual financial statements

. Drafted footnotes to financial statements

ASSURED PHARMACY, INC. (stock symbol: APHY) Dec 04 - Feb 07

Controller

Responsible for SEC Reporting, accounting, financial management reporting,

budgeting, shareholder communication, treasuring & banking relationships

. 10K & 10Q preparations and filing with SEC

. Prepare Quarterly and annual financial statements and footnotes

. Developed and Implemented inventory controls resulting in increasing

inventory turns by 100%

. Prepared auditors' quarterly and annual PBC schedules

. Prepared the financial analysis and publication of press releases and

communications with investors

. Implemented cash management strategies that enabled the Company to

grow 120% per year

. Hands on accountant and project completer

. Managed HR and legal matters with Company's attorneys

MOTORVAC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Fluid Exchange Mfg) Jan 03 - Nov 04

Controller

Responsible for accounting, financial management reporting, budgeting,

shareholder communication, banking relationship, information system

management for this privately held automotive fluid exchange machine

manufacturing company.

. Negotiated payment plans with strategic suppliers to insure continued

delivery of raw materials and services to support sales forecast

. Prepared and presented interim and annual financial statements and

business analysis reports to Board of Directors

. Drafted annual CEO and President's letter to shareholders

. Recruited, hired, trained, developed accounting staff with daily

accounting functions

. Directed the completion of the ERP system implementation and personnel

training

. Developed, programmed, trained employees using reports to more

efficiently manage their departments' activities

. Implemented inventory control processes and disciplines that reduced

inventory writes down from 13% to 4.7%

. Instituted monthly check off procedures for accounting control actions

and worked with auditors to reduce year-end auditing costs by 25%

METREX CORP, A Division of SYBRON DENTAL INC. ($40Mil sub of $700M NYSE

Co) Mar 01- Nov 02

Controller

Responsible for accounting, financial management, reporting, budgeting and

managing contracts with distributors for this manufacturer of infection

prevention chemicals.

. Managed all accounting and finance functions, insuring compliance with

procedure, processes, timely and accurate reporting

. Implemented procedures to complete SEC Reporting and Tax filing for 3

divisions ahead of schedule

. Improved cash flow by reducing sales outstanding from 68 to 45 days

and brought day's payable in line with industry standards

. Performed the financial due diligence and integration for a $6.5M

acquisition

. Completed 2 annual audits under budget working closely with KPMG

auditors and managing partner

. Updated BOMs, routers and developed annual standard costs - material,

labor and burden rates/pools to capture accurate cost of sales

. Organized and managed the annual physical inventory count and

reconciliation at 2 plants

ROGERSON AIRCRAFT CORP. Aerospace Instrument Panel Mfg Nov 98 - Mar 01

Controller

Responsible for accounting, financial management, reporting, budgeting and

information systems for this manufacturer of Aircraft Instrument Panels.

. Directed and managed all financial as well as business administration

functions

. Managed Relationship with Bank - Line of Credit - Compliance Reporting

. Contributed to ending back-order status by correcting planning setups

in Oracle

. Successfully re-negotiated operating lease contracts resulting in a

12% savings

. Coordinated and directed annual capital budgeting process

. Trained new accounting staff to accurately complete month end and

accounting functions on time

. Converted fixed assets tracking from Excel to BEST Software

. Piloted the successful completion of Oracle ERP implementation

.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Pepperdine University - August 1995 B.S., Finance, California

State University at Long Beach-1987

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

SAP, Oracle 10.7, 11.2i, 11.i Hyperion, PM QuickBooks

Implementations & Usage

Superior to Advanced MS Office Noetix View for Oracle Etreby & QS1

Software Skills: Pharmacy Systems

(Excel, Word, Access,

PowerPoint )

Mapics & View PT Report FRX Financial Reporting Pansophic - AS400,

MAC/PAC

Monarch Data Extracting Tools Seagate Crystal Reports Windows 2000, 95, 98,

NT

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