GREGG R. PAVITT
Deltona, FL **725
386-***-**** (Cell)
abmoiy@r.postjobfree.com
SKILLS SUMMARY
Strategic Analysis and Deployment
. Long term financial planning and restructuring
. Revenue diversification
. Strategic planning
. Treasury management innovation
. Privatization implementation
. Information system implementation coupled with process redesign
. Organizational change and development
. Cost driver focus-focus attention on most critical elements
. Realigning services with departments
Financial Analysis
. Pro forma development for multi-year, multi-phase projects
. Project feasibility analysis
. Structured finance analysis and bond sizing
. Budgeting
o Operational and Capital
. Accounting analysis
o Financial statement analysis
o GASB analysis
Operations
. Financial system implementation
. Revise and develop operating procedures
o Cash management
o Accounts payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, General Ledger
. Risk Management
Management
. Supervision of 15 employees; Ability to productively mentor staff
. Oversee multiple areas of operations
. Empowering style of management
EXPERIENCE
Independent Consultant
Hagerty Consulting,
LLC
March 2010 to present
. Analyze the financial statements of local governments in Mississippi
for financial stress since hurricane Katrina
. Reconfigure financial statements to fit into the regulatory matrix
required by the loan cancellation provisions of legislation enacted
in response to the hurricane
. Liaison with local government applicants and pertinent state
officials
Senior Governmental Financial Adviser
RTI, International Inc.
January to March 2009
. Training courses at State Department in structure and operation of
programs in Iraq, Iraqi political and economic background, and DOD
clearances.
. Became ill and was unable to deploy to Iraq.
Manager/Consultant Development Planning &
Financing Group
2006-2009 Winter Park, FL
. Treasurer for fifteen (15) separate local governments (CDDs), as
privatized provider of financial and accounting services to
specialized units of local government
. Capital and operating budget preparation, monitoring and reporting
. Implemented accounting systems for nineteen (19) separate local
governments
. Financial consulting and analysis for development projects,
structuring public financings for large capital projects, fiscal
impact analyses
Adjunct Professor of Accounting
Keller Graduate School
2008
. Instruct graduate students in financial accounting (part time basis
alongside existing full time)
CFO/Director of Financial Services Government Services Group, Inc.
2005-2006 Longwood, FL
. Finance director for a multi-county, multi-system utility with a total
budget of over $130 million, and three (3) community development
districts (CDDs)
. Managed accounting and finance department as provider of accounting,
purchasing, budget, payroll and financial management services to
various clients in Florida
. Significant debt financing and capital project planning
. Supervised staff of five
Director of Finance
Town of Windsor, CT
2000 -2005
. Developed and implemented balanced scorecard measurements and
. Coordinated development of operating ($93 mm) and capital budgets
($20 mm) for organization with 950 employees
. Manage debt for the municipality, including presentations to rating
agencies
. Developed debt supportability and investment policy that became model
policy in the state
. Linked operating and fixed cost levels to standard (rating agency)
evaluations of long term fiscal health
. Capital project planning
. Directed accounting, payroll, AP, AR, tax collection, property
assessment, purchasing
. Supervised staff of thirteen (eight direct reports)
Director of Finance
Town of Orangetown, New York
1998 -2000
. FEMA coordinator for Tropical Storm Floyd
. Developed and administered operating and capital budget ($45 million),
for a workforce of 330, while there was a structurally decreasing
property tax base
. Managed debt for the municipality, and administered risk management
. Formulated financial and budgetary policy framework for chief elected
official
. Oversaw budgeting, accounting, payroll, accounts payable functions for
budget of $38 million
. Negotiated contracts, and helped manage employee grievance procedures
. Supervised staff of four
Director of Finance City of Scottsbluff, Nebraska
1996-98
. Developed and implemented the city's first formal treasury and cash
management programs, developing program for national association
. Privatized management of wastewater treatment plant
. Prepared operating budget and financial statements
. Supervised staff (4) handling of accounts payable, payroll, accounts
receivable, general ledger
. Oversaw customer billing for 5,000 customers
. Prepared and used cash flow forecasts in cash management
. Supervised staff of four
Director of Finance Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook
County
1994-96 Chicago suburbs
. Negotiated long term private management contract for solid waste
facilities
. Prepared forecasts of capital and operating revenues and expenditures
. Restructured outstanding debt to alter tax status of bonds
Municipal Finance Consultant/Underwriter
Kane, McKenna & Associates
1987-1994 Chicago, Illinois
. Served as financial consultant for both general municipal bond issues
and economic development projects (TIF), to both municipalities and
to private sector entities
. Find and develop alternative revenue sources for municipal projects
. Prepared numerous long term financial plans and studies
. Made numerous presentations at board meetings and public hearings
. Established public/private partnerships
. Negotiated over forty development packages between municipalities and
private firms
. Created numerous, extensive capital project budgets
. Promoted from Associate to Assistant Vice President
EDUCATION
Columbia University New York City
Graduate School of Business and School of International and Public Affairs
Masters, Program in Economic Policy
. Finance and international economics, including financial management,
change management, banking, money management, economic policy
management
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Studies
Master's in Public Policy
. Concentration in public finance, with additional coursework in
strategic planning, economics, statistical analysis, policy analysis,
organizational behavior and public administration management
Carleton College Northfield, MN
Bachelors in Economics
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) (obtained on first sitting)
Certified Government Finance Manager (CGFM)
Certified Economic Policy Manager (CEPM)
OTHER
Publications
"Developing and Implementing an Investment Program for a Rural
Community", Government Finance Review, (August, 1997)
Professional Affiliations
. Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
. Member, Toastmasters International
GFOA Advanced Government Finance Institute
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
. Excel, Accounting packages (MUNIS, QuickBooks), Word, PowerPoint, Access,
Microsoft Project