RANDY S. FINELLI

PO BOX ***** RESIDENCE: 610-***-****

ALLENTOWN, PA 18109 EMAIL: ablc0d@r.postjobfree.com

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE…CFO…Controller

Highly skilled executive Financial Professional with extensive corporate accounting and finance experience.

Solid management experience serving as a Corporate Controller and Chief Financial Officer. Results-oriented

professional with proven expertise in financial management, systems and staff development. Excellent

interpersonal and communication skills. A motivated leader recognized as competent and thorough by peers,

subordinates and C-level executives. Specialized skillset includes:

• Consolidations and Reporting • Taxation

• Financial Systems Design • Risk Management

Banking Relations Pension & Benefit Administration

International Money Management Established Foreign Operations

Internal Control Systems Financial Analysis & Planning

Cash Management New Company Start-ups

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The Paul Adam Corporation, Allentown, PA 2008 - Present

Interim CFO/Controller Consultant

A& H SPORTSWEAR CO, Pen Argyl, PA 1983-2008

A $100 million, 600 employee apparel manufacturing company

Chief Financial Officer 1992-2008

Responsibilities as CFO extended to 10 affiliated companies, both foreign and domestic, and 5 divisions for

financial and administrative matters.

• Formulated financial plans and policy ensuring that goals were measured, assets safeguarded and

accurate financial reporting assured.

• Analyzed and interpreted fiscal trends, enabling cost reduction and proper utilization of assets.

Developed and maintained short/long term planning and budgeting - $80 million annually.

Performed corporate banking and investment functions (foreign and domestic) - $52 million in lines of credit

and foreign exchange.

Developed tax planning to minimize taxes by allocating income, assets and expenses to various states with

lower or zero income tax rates, and by use of various entity structures.

Directed the General Accounting, Cost Accounting, Payroll, A/R, A/P and Credit departments encompassing

21 employees, including 5 Managers.

Handled import and export activities, including Letters of Credit - $15 million.

Established import and export companies to handle company’s international trade and gained an unsecured $15

million line of credit from a regional bank.

• Administered all license and royalty agreements with brand owners such as Jennifer Lopez, Jones

of NY, Caribbean Joe and Bon Jour. Key customers included: Wal-Mart, Kmart, Sears, Bon-Ton,

Macy’s, JC Penny, Eddie Bauer, Dillard’s Marshall’s, Sak’s, Boscov’s, Lane Bryant, Charming

Shoppes, Kohl’s and L.L. Bean.

• Updated all IT systems (ERP, ACS and Harris Data Systems) to leverage latest technology.

Forecast and managed cash flow against critical cash needs (i.e., payroll, accounts payable, debt service etc).

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Corporate Controller 1983-1992

Responsibilities extended to 4 affiliated companies.

• Coordinated all necessary risk assessment tasks to recreate accounting and financial records lost in

a fire, which allowed the company to pass an audit in 5 months.

• Created a company-wide Safety Committee, resulting in lowering insurance costs by 58%. The

success of this committee earned A&H certification from the State of Pennsylvania and continued

insurance savings totaling $300K, while employee headcount doubled.

Created the Accounting/Finance (and related) departments.

Created first-ever company physical inventory system and procedures that yielded accurate reporting as well as

“Certified” financial statements.

Established Credit/Collection policies, procedures and department thereby reducing “bad debt experience”

down to % of sales.

Coordinated and Supervised all activities dealing with the following functions:

o General and Cost o Credit, Payroll, Taxation

Accounting o Human Resources

o Accounts MIS Department

Receivable/Payable

Audit and Physical Inventory

C.F. MARTIN ORGANIZATION, INC., Nazareth, PA 1979-1982

A $20 million, 400 employee world renowned manufacturer of guitars.

Cost Accounting Manager

Designed and implemented cost accounting systems for main and subsidiary divisions. Significant

accomplishments included:

• Developed a standard cost system which provided much more accuracy in valuation and pricing.

• Prepared and delivered production cost reports to various levels of management.

Assisted in pricing new products; valued inventory.

Determined cost of goods sold; analyzed cost variances.

INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY, Phillipsburg, NJ 1977-1978

A $1.5 Billion, Fortune 500 Company, 51,000 employees

Senior Cost Accountant

• Developed production cost standards.

Performed cost accounting and inventory valuations.

Calculated inter-plant and inter-divisional pricing.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

B.A. Degree, Accounting and Economics, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

M.B.A. Program, (attended) Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

Successfully completed the Pennsylvania CPA Exam; Six Sigma White Belt Certified

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ADDENDUM

AWARDS

• Received the Innovation Award for work as Corporate Controller at A&H Sportswear Co., Inc.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (PAST AND PRESENT)

• Pennsylvania Institute of CPA’s

• American Institute of CPA’s

Financial Executives International

The Institute of Management Accountants

Pennsylvania Society of Public Accountants

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