ROBERT A. HEADRICK, JR, CPA, MBA
MOBILE, AL 36606
CELL: 251-
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Proven Leader whose abilities and ethics have helped management teams and
Boards of Directors achieve goals. Expertise includes finance, strategic
planning, and evaluating and structuring internal controls.
. Reorganized billing and customer contact efforts, which resulted in
reducing customer loss to less than 1% when the industry was averaging
5%
. Restructured financial operations and debt of $12,000,000 for a
financially troubled organization
. Established the first Internal Audit Division of NASDAQ company had
existed for 100 years
. Instrumental in a client achieving compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act for the first time
. In less than three years, created $400,000 in billings for a firm with
billings of $1,200,000, while managing the firms quality control
system and audit teams
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
. MBA - Regis University 2000
. B.S. Accounting - University of South Alabama 1984
. Certified Public Accountant, Member of AICPA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MCKEAN & ASSOCIATES, P. A. (CPA firm - gross revenue $1,700,000, 14
employees) - 4 years
. PARTNER, 2006-PRESENT
Merged book of business into McKean and continued to perform and manage
audits, attestation, compilation, and consulting engagements. Clients
operate in energy/utility, governmental, banking, and nonprofit sectors.
Responsible for quality control policies of the firm
MCDERMOTT & HEADRICK, P. C. (CPA firm - gross revenue $500,000, 4
employees) - 2 years
. PARTNER, 2004-2006
Invested in partnership to perform and manage audits, attestation,
compilation, and consulting engagements. Clients operated in
governmental, banking, energy/utility, and nonprofit sectors.
ENERGYSOUTH (NASDAQ energy company - 100,000 customers, now a Sempra
company) - 7 years
. VICE PRESIDENT - CUSTOMER CARE, 2002-2004
Promoted to manage customer service branches, meter reading and billing,
appliance retail operations and sales, customer service departments, and
call center, staff size 220
. TREASURER, 1999-2002
Promoted to restructure and manage treasury operations, collections, and
renegotiate debt, staff size 20
. DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL AUDIT, 1997-1999
Recruited to create, manage, and performed internal audit functions of
the company
ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE ($11,000,000 budget, staff size 17)
- 3 years
. DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AFFAIRS, 1994-1997
Recruited to manage financial and IT operations of a high school for
gifted students and related foundation
DEPT OF EXAMINERS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (audit agency of Alabama, staff size
6) - 9 years
. EXAMINER III, 1985-1994
Recruited to perform audits in accordance with AICPA Professional
Standards. Engagements specifically addressed GASB, Yellow Book, OMB
Circular 133, and Single Audit Act requirements.