Manager Management

KLAUS KESSLER

*** ******** **. ( Cresskill, NJ **626 ( (D) 973-***-**** (

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SESSIONS CONTRACT CONSULTING

New York, NY

Experienced Business Process & Implementation Consultant

2007 to Present

Utilizing extensive skill sets geared toward entrepreneurs and growing

business start ups:

Implement Management Practices, Accounting, Financials, and Enterprise

software.

Providing consultancy, training, performance metrics.

> Contract to Hire: Controller offering full service skills.

> Select and implement Financial ERP Software.

> Negotiate Business Programs; liability, Benefit Plans.

> Write B/Plans, Rolling budgets, managed audits, re-engineer Accounting

Group Functions.

Thirteen month project Served as Controller for Hire - (Sept 2007 - Oct

2008) for a multi Corp. (5) group of

NYC Contractors - 25MM. Created all back end tools; contracts, CO's Data

base management.

Implemented QB then later moved Platform to Computer Ease.

Eight month Project (Apr 2009 - Nov 2009) with a NYC Building Maintenance

firm (130MM) Functioned as Project

Manager optimizing (team software) their ERP system. Ran task

evaluations, reorganized procedures, Draft and rewrote

SOP and Doc. Manuals for PR, AR, AP. Working with OP's managers to

redefine manpower/billing/service "triggering

Events" at multiple Manhattan Properties.

2010 - Worked for an Estate Attorney reconstructing QB costs, reproducing

affidavits, (six weeks)

Currently doing tax return work.

STAMACK USA, INC. 2005 to 2007

$200M / 100-employee Construction Management Organization with 20 Multi-

state operations

VP Finance/Group Controller

* Operate as Chief Accounting Officer, Financial Partner Advisor to

President, and Board.

> In charge of all financial work of Four operating subsidiaries and

parental Holding Company tax entity, from administrative functions to

financial matters, including accounting, cash flows, P&L, and ROI.

> Guide growth and expansion throughout twenty states; structured while

managing business units,

Mentor Managing Directors, and establish cost center metrics,

budgets, and Op. plans.

> Restructured Financials: Balance Sheet positions/ Tax aspects for

Income.

> Authoritatively complete all financials through audit (certified)

financial statements, including pre-tax work, work-in-process,

quarterly interims, and all financial consolidations.

> Reduced 2006 audit up-charges by 400K through negotiations and

settlement compromises.

> Re-bid all corporate liability programs; elevated coverage protection

to secure corporate risk exposure against litigation.

> Direct and supervise a unit of 12, plus two direct reports (General

Controller and Operations Controller).

Los Angeles, Regional East Cost Support teams.

? Selected Achievements

. Achieved Net Cost Savings of $ One Million Dollars

IDICC$150M Contractor / Construction manager 2001 to 2005

Chief Financial Officer

> Added $80M in revenue capacity by hosting remote locations to provide

client management services.

Formed team groups, developed protocols.

> Restored faulty Timberline construction application to operational

functionality; provided management with factual financial performance

indicators that detected weak profitability trending, and projected

upcoming losses.

> Oversaw and provided guidance to 15 direct and eight indirect reports.

> Held overall authority for all financial functions, including IT,

budgeting, cash flows, project management, purchasing, and internal

controls.

? Selected Achievements

. Added $15Million in gross profit supporting scalable

customer and client service

WILDMAN & BERNHARDT 1990 to 2001

General contractor / real estate developer with multiple business units

Chief Financial Officer / Controller

> Modernized all accounting and business technology applications to

support future business growth and improve effectiveness of enterprise

management.

> Performed due diligence on business acquisitions to triple capacity

and diversify the business platform.

> Provided hands-on control of all Company accounting / financials,

including interim and year-end audits.

> Supported transformations in the cost mix equation; from 95% of sublet

work to 40% self-performing trade work, and expanded workforce from 60

to 200.

> Created cash flow programs to meet the requirements of larger labor

operations.

> Overhauled internal estimating and costing mechanisms to achieve

pinpoint time-costing.

> Created Performa financial models to secure partnerships with real

estate speculator, which enabled satellite businesses launches in

North Carolina and Georgia; directed financial management, controls,

processes, operating budgets, staffing, and training.

> Adapted existing financial network to support each enterprise.

> Retained home-office control of all financial functions with no

significant overhead expenditures.

? Selected Achievements

. Sustained Stability during Growth modes, integrating new

Revenue Streams

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science

Business

Accounting & Finance

MSU Montclair State University

Core Competencies:

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Technical Accounting - Strong applied GAAP - In Charge of all

Accounting & Financial Ledgers,

Schedules, Work papers, Closings and Reporting through Tax and

Statement.

Percentage of Completion Accounting - WIP Financials, Holding

Companies, including

Rollups through Consolidations.

Contracts/Legal Expertise - Negotiation Strategies focused on

leverage and Risk Management.

Read, interpret, and Negotiate Terms & Conditions.

Sophisticated Financial Skill Set - Suitable to Service/Time

Management, Asset based Revenue Streams.

Finance Lead - Multiple State Business Units; Partnership's LLC,

LP, S/C-Corp. Cost centers, Budgets.

Relationship Manager - Legal, Accounting, Surety, Banking and

Investments.

Treasury & Fiduciary - Cash Management, Trust Funds, Escrow and

Investment Accounts.

ERP /Technology - Software Acumen, Timberline, GEAC, (MAS), Great

Plains, QuickBooks.

Management database information system - Implementation, Migration and

Restorations.

Accounting Process linked to business platforms, controls, process, and

best practices.

Ten years public sector experience (1986 -1996) in accounting, strong

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