Manager Management

DAVID S. COMBS

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SR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ANALYST

BUSINESS SAVVY ANALYST WITH A STRONG HISTORY OF DRIVING SUCCESS IN FINANCE, OPERATIONS &

TECHNOLOGY BY COMBINING A BROAD KNOWLEDGE BASE WITH STRONG COMMUNICATION AND TEAM

BUILDING SKILLS

LEADING BY EXAMPLE THROUGH STRONG CAPABILITIES, WHILE MENTORING TEAM MEMBERS TO DEVELOP THEIR ABILITY

TO SEE THE “BIG PICTURE” AND ENVISION SOLUTIONS ● ENHANCING TEAM EFFECTIVENESS USING GROUP FACILITATION

SKILLS TO CREATE FOCUS ON COLLABORATION AND TEAM SUCCESS ● DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE RESULTS THROUGH

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

CURRENT AREAS OF PROVEN EXPERTISE:

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS & REPORTING SYSTEM DESIGN (VB, SQL, TM1)

STRATEGIC & FINANCIAL PLANNING GROUP FACILITATION & TEAM BUILDING

PROCESS REENGINEERING PRACTICAL UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY

CHANGE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTIVITY / PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

4 levels of service Citizens Property Insurance Corp 2003 Current

(promoted 3 times) Tallahassee, FL

Current role: Manager of Financial Planning & Analysis (2007 – present)

Selection and implementation of Cognos’ TM1 financial planning system

Implementation and oversight of in house automated payment processing function

Design and delivery of financial planning and analysis function

Budgetary process leadership and continuous refinement of rolling projection

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Facilitates budget discussions to ensure analysis translates to enhanced understanding

Oversight of in house automated cash receipts dept (> 1.9M transactions per year)

Previous role #1: Special Projects Manager – Accounting (2006 – 2007)

Management of all Accounting related systems projects & implementations, including:

multi million dollar conversion of enterprise financial system (34% efficiency gain)

check printing solution producing 40,000 checks per month from 4 source systems

management of financial aspects of opening Tampa office within a 60 day window,

coordinating with CPIC legal, technical, & operational teams and FL Dept Fin Svcs

Previous role #2: Business Systems Analyst (2005 – 2006)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

Controller Keith Lawson, Inc 2002 2003

Tallahassee, FL

managed all financial functions, statement preparation &

analysis

coordination of annual financial audit

responsible for timely production of monthly financials

using MAS90 & Crystal Reports

Financial Systems Consultant Williams Cox Weidner Cox 1998 2002

(Regional CPA Firm – now Carr, Tallahassee, FL

extremely challenging dual role within this organization,

leading the technology related practice, as well as managing

all internal systems and technical projects

converted Novell 3x networks to Windows 2000,

establishing VPN to support Active Directory replication and

remote desktop support

Controller New Horizons System Consulting 1994 1998

Tallahassee, FL

top financial position with state contract technology solutions provider during growth from

$4M to $14M in annualized revenues

managed all financial functions, statement preparation & analysis

provided extremely tight management of cash & credit lines

cultivated trade and financial relationships, securing over $5M in credit lines

Assistant Controller ESI 1992 1994

Tallahassee, FL

managed the general ledger for ESI’s 3 entities, including a subsidiary in Great Britain

performed 401(k) compliance testing (trained by T. Rowe Price)

managed sales commission system & developed an improved R&D Capitalization model

Senior Accountant Baby’s Delight 1988 1992

Tallahassee, FL

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converted manual systems to computerized POS, inventory, and back office

full charge of inventory, G/L, A/P, A/R, and purchasing for thriving retail operation

managed a team of 15 to ensure consistent and productive operations

Tax Staff Ernst & Young 1986 1988

Tallahassee, FL

highly productive contributor to the delivery of E&Y’s local tax preparation services

prepared federal tax returns for individuals, corporations, partnerships, and NFP’s

recognized for quality & quantity of work product

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EDUCATION

B.S. Accounting, Florida State University

Graduate Tax, Cost & Audit to qualify for CPA Exam

2010 CPA Candidate (anticipate certification in 2010)

2010 Self study of JavaScript, XML, & XHTML

2010 TM1 Certified Developer Candidate (anticipate certification in 2010)

2009 True Colors personality styles education course

2009 Advanced IBM development training for Cognos’ TM1 Modeling Tool

2009 GFOA Advanced Budgeting & Strategic Planning Course

2008 Project Management Excellence by PMI

CURRENT SOFTWARE EXPERTISE

Application Experience Skill Level (1

10)

MS Excel 20 years 9.9

MS PowerPoint 12 years 8.5

MS Access 15 years 8.0

MS Word 15 years 8.0

Visual Basic 15 years 8.5

IBM / Cognos TM1 1 year 6.0

MS SQL 3 years 6.5

COGNITIVE SKILLS ASSESSMENT RESULTS

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