Management Accounting
Resume:
Gerald Gitchell
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** ******* *** ***** ***
City: Walnut Creek
State: CA
Zip: 94597
Country: USA
Phone: 510-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: $80,000
Willing to Relocate
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Job History / Details:
Gerald C. Gitchell
Chief Financial Officer
Skills and Experience
Controller
Financial analysis
Budget preparation
Financial reporting
Cost accounting
Inventory
Bank relations
Process improvement
Sarbanes-Oxley
Internal Audit
Human Resources
Benefits Administration
Portfolio Management
Treasury
Financial Modeling
Industry Lines
Manufacturing
Real Estate
Food and Beverage
Hedge Fund
Private Foundation
Financial Services
Computer Applications
Sage
MS Dynamics
MS Access (advanced)
MS Excel (advanced)
Lacerte
TurboTax
Quickbooks
Platinum Accounting
Real World Accounting
F9
Crystal Report Writer
Education/Qualifications
B.S. Finance, California State University Sacramento
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Management Accountant
Certified Financial Manager
Passed Series 7, Series 65 exams
Member Institute of Management Accountants
Principal Areas of Practice
Engaging, balanced, intelligent leader with a broad range of experience in all aspects of accounting and corporate management. Self-motivated with proven experience in accounting department development and management, accounting systems implementation, benchmarking, budgeting, financial analysis, cost control and profit maximization.
Major Projects
CFO, $50 million Beverage Company
Managed all aspects of finance, administration, human resource and information technology for
multi-divisional manufacturing company. Developed organizational structure and incentive programs. Responsible for production and dissemination of financial performance information. Developed industry and internal benchmarks and goals and led management in achievement of goals.
Conceptualized and designed pricing system based on flexible financial model that
produced pro-forma financial statements by profit center. Model allows management to see how multiple criteria involving volume, price and production variables affect each profit center. Use of model was instrumental in business strategy changes which helped increase net profits 11% in my first year as CFO and 21% in my second year.
Researched and developed industry benchmark standards. Installed general ledger analysis software that allowed analysis of past ten years of production, labor and financial data. Reviewed and managed benchmark performance achievement for five profit centers. Resulted in increased inventory and accounts receivable efficiency, reduced annual operating costs, and increased return on investment.
CFO, Hedge Fund
Restructured administrative organizational chart and clearly defined roles through written job descriptions and verbal communication. Resulted in improved morale and efficiency while reducing associated overhead by 5%.
Systematized company office structure. Hired and trained team members; established accounting department including office policies and procedures; installed network hardware and software; and developed integrated software system to handle general ledger, portfolio management and partnership accounting. Facilitated growth in assets under management from $20,000,000 to $200,000,000 while net income rose from $200,000 to $5,000,000 in three years.
CFO, Private Foundation with $400 million portfolio
Developed and implemented workers compensation expense reduction program. Program helped reduce total dollar value of claims by 75% annually and saved approximately $200,000 in premiums.
Professional Work History
Lucrosus Consulting Consultant 2011 - present
Morgan Stanley Advisor 2010 - 2011
The McConnell Foundation CFO 2001 - 2009
Pepsi-Cola Bottling of Northern California CFO 1999 - 2001
Tradewinds Financial Corp CFO 1996 - 1998
Harb, Levy & Weiland CPAs Sr. Accountant 1993 - 1996
Pacific Modern Homes, Inc. Controller 1986 - 1993
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