DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Horatio 's InformationLocation: WOODBRIDGETitle: DIRECTOR OF FINANCEExperience: 12+ yearsWilling to Relocate: NoWilling to Travel: No TravelCareer Level: Senior(non-manager)Work Status: Green CardMember Since: 2011-03-31 Helpful Links

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Dear Human Resources Manager:

I am interested in working for your organization as your CFO/Director of Finance and Accounting/Controller. I believe you can use the qualifications and experience of a Financial Officer whose 20 years of accounting and management experience will add value to your operations. Please consider the following:

You will benefit from my experience at the level of Accounting & Finance Director and Contracts & Grants Manager in commercial entities, NGO'S and 501 C environments. Operations covered include Marketing, Health Care Management, IT, Media, Engineering, Educational Exchange and Micro Enterprise Credit. Includes multiple contracts, grants and projects. Over multiple years with restricted and unrestricted fund with Activity Base Costing (ABC) cost structure. Multiple entities with shared cost objectives. Direct and Indirect Cost allocation under FAR 31 & 52, CAS and OMB circulars A-110, A-122, A-21, A-133. SOX, GSA and SBA schedules in multi-national offices.

My successful track record covers performance dashboards/financial reporting, revenue recognition, prior year financials re-statement, 990 and 5500, accounting system conversion and re-structuring. By pinpointing company needs and streamlining operations, I've reduced costs by as much as $4million.

You will also gain from my insights, which I can share with you, in budgets and RFP, RFQ, IQC/IDIQ proposal development and forward pricing. This covers federal and commercial contracts, grants, cooperative agreements for primes & subs and other success driven strategy techniques within accounting and financial planning and analysis. I lead by example, direct and delegate, mentor and influence others.

Entrepreneurial spirit, critical and strategic thinking, hands-on manager, decisive but flexible and collaborative. My successful negotiation skills in Insurance, Risk Management and Physical Resources saved $75k in office space lease agreement over 3 years.

Now, I would like to bring these skills to work for you. My salary requirements are negotiable.

I look forward to speaking with you soon about the results you can expect from me.

Sincerely,

SUMMARY

CFO, Director of Finance and Accounting and a Controller with over 20 years of accounting, budgeting, financial planning and analysis and management information skills.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Highly qualified Financial Executive with extensive financial, contracts and grants management and cost allocation accounting experience with solid analytical technical skills.

Diverse international background in federal and commercial for profits and non-profits (NGO) with government contracts, grants and co-operative agreements.

Ability to reduce costs and increase profits by pinpointing company-wide needs and streamlining operations. Highly proficient in HR and human capital management and recruiting, Robust IT systems and software and effective facilities management practices.

Team player with exceptional leadership and interpersonal communication skills. Able to collaborate, negotiate, and maintain effective working relationships. Skilled problem solver who values integrity in a team environment with an open communication style.

Cited by recent client for strong internal and budget controls, which led to 30% increase in profits and availability of liquid assets for research and advancement.

Commended by external auditors for the courage to stop using Suspense Account which runs $7.5 million transactions with a $250k of un-identified payments. Implemented PO requisition.

Documented Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) under GAAP and established legal and regulatory statutes for company wide operations. Compliance cognizant with energy and drive.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Performance Dashboard internal financial reporting/analysis; FAR 16, 31 & 52, 22CFR 226, CAS, USAID, CDC and NIH, ADR, DCAA Audit. External financial reporting.

Internal control processes and procedures, project costing, grants management, prime/conversion cost analysis, capital/operating budget development, proposal pricing and Fund Accounting.

Indirect Cost Rate proposal and negotiation, Cost pools and basis allocation structure, incurred cost submission (ICS/E) and NICRA, Systems automation and conversion.

Cash management, monthly/annual closing and adjustments. Key expense areas forecasting.

OMB form 269, 270, & 272, circulars A-110, A-122, A-21, A-133, GAAP, FASB regulations.

Managed between 5 and 14 Accounting Staff with excellent human relations, initiate personnel action performance and compensation reviews and disciplinary actions. HR administration.

EXPERIENCE

Finance Director: August 2008 to June 2010

v BroadReach Health Care, LLC, Arlington, VA

Federal Government and Commercial contracts consultants in Health Care Management and Marketing with major long term prime and sub contracts from USAID, CDC, Merck Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Gilead Foundation, with national and international operations in SouthAfrica, Kenya, Namibia and Zambia with the corporate headquarters in Arlington, VA.

Restructured the accounting operating system to respond to and comply with FAR and CAS requirements for internal management information. Maintained effective corporate governance with adequate checks and balances to support the integrity of the financial reports.

Implemented a Project Based Accounting and reporting system to properly manage cost and service centers. Designed company wide policies, procedures and processes to interface with internal and external constituents.

Set up financial management application tools necessary for cost proposal development with competitive forward pricing schedules with labor metrics. Designed the annual budget template and instituted internal controls which cover corporate wide operations.

Accounting system re-design and configuration which changed the three tier (Fringe Benefits, Overhead and General & Administration) Indirect Cost Rates calculation.

The CAS re-structure complied with Federal government contract terms and stopped USAID contracts over billing of over $2 million and over collecting of advances for a long term projects within my fiduciary and legal responsibilities.

Changed the Billing worksheet, Cash Advance request worksheet and the Cash Flow and Treasury management to re-pay for Federal Government over billing.

Created Fringe Benefits Base and Pool for each country/contract for correct billing. Set up the Cross Cost Allocation in multi-entity environments with multi-national operations

Set a process to review RFA, RFQ, IQC/IDIQ and other proposals to ensure labor utilization availability, short term funds, corporate capacity and cost/benefit and cost/profit analysis to deliver the financial returns adequate for the investment.

Maintains corporate identity and confidentiality while disseminating passable information to project managers, department heads and program managers to handle their responsibilities.

Controller: August 2003 to July 2008

v Harrison Maldonado Associates. Washington, DC

Federal Government and Commercial contractors in Multi Media Health Marketing with major long term contracts from the DOL, FTC, NIH, USDA, FDA/OWH ARC and CDC.

Restructured the accounting operating system to respond to and comply with FAR 52 and internal management information. Implemented a Project Based Accounting and reporting system to properly manage cost and service centers. Maintained A/P, A/R, sales accounting, proposal development, budgets, costing and controls, fixed asset management, and general accounting. Deltek system conversion from GCS to Cost Point. Preparation of ICE-S (Incurred Cost Submission/Electronically) for last 4 years.

Partner with CEO to address disciplines in cost management and creativity in revenue recognition, strategic growth, and expansion of relationships within potential and existing markets. Suggested implemented an offsite server system for data storage with mirrored set up to protect the historical corporate data files especially the financials.

Redesigned the billing system to a proper cost allocation standard to segregate direct and indirect costs in Labor and ODC. This simplified the calculation of Fringe Benefits, G & A and Fee. Created an internal control structure which complies with Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and a Cost center for Unallowable expenses and a Facility Service Center with allocation base.

Set up tracking system to verify labor management efficiency. As a result, under-utilized equipment and labor were re-deployed to maximize returns.

Implemented five-year strategic plans for operational forecasts and budgets, including cost reduction programs, capital projections and annual modifications. Created a master employees benefits spreadsheet to account for and reconcile to the related liability accounts.

Coordinated fiscal year-end external and internal audits. Used Cost-Volume-Profit assumptions to determine output unit level. Arranged commercial debt facilities with tolerable maintenance.

Negotiated payment of outstanding taxes with the federal and state governments and secured a $750,000 Line of Credit from a bank to improve cash flow and operating capital.

Cut operational costs by 8% in one year by designing a written program (Management Information) which allowed management to access accounting information on demand.

Implemented Department Managers project based running balances on budget vs actual and variance reports by designing overhead cost flows and shifting project and activity cost accounting responsibility to divisional managers. This stabilized the operating cost behavior.

Wrote accounting manual based on GAAP, FAR, and OMB, JTR, required formats.

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EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

Special Assistant to the Controller: June 2000 - July 2003

v FINCA INTERNATIONAL. Washington, DC

International Non-Profit Federal (USAID) & Private contractor with 23 offices in Africa, Latin America, & the NIS. Operates the Premier NGO VILLAGE BANKING Micro Enterprise Credit / Finance Transformation in the USA and overseas.

Converted Deltek system 1 to Cost Point to properly manage contracts & field office expenses.

Maintained centralized HR, electronic time sheets, payroll, and accounting systems.

Implemented procedures for contract management, cash management on USAID LOC & DHHS Drawdown for field office advances & liquidations, billed A/R, revenue recognition, deferral grant support, and accruals. Developed profit & service center rates with budgets.

Managed all government contracts and tracked billings. Documented internal control and accounting cycle processes/procedures to manage programs and financial reporting.

Developed Incurred Cost Submission and negotiated Indirect Cost Rate.

Semi-automated OMB 272 & 269 quarterly reports. Documented processes to monitor actual activities within budget and future amendments. Coordinated/evaluated Field Program audits.

Designed the performance metrics with variance analysis for cost management for department heads. Developed and maintained relationships and transparency with debt capital providers.

Director of Finance & Accounting: 1996 - 2000

v ANSTEC INC / ANSTEC TECHNOLOGIES, MCLEAN, VA.

Federal and Commercial contractors in the IT, business process outsourcing and consulting environment. (ASP, ISP, SI, & software development) Environmental engineering/research contractors for Federal, State, and Local Governments. Consultants on high-tech systems software and hardware engineering, programming System analysis and software auditing. Operates in 30 offices within the US.

Director of Finance:

v National Council for International Visitors, Washington, DC (1990-1996).

Private non-profit corporation (102 affiliates in 48 states) contracting 90% of resources to USAID & State Department to provide international, professional, cultural, and educational exchange.

Reported directly to President and CEO as senior management team member.

Managed all phases of accounting and financial operations, including compliance with requirements the FAR and OMB. Structured financial reporting to management and board.

Oversaw MIS operations (including NCIV network), projects, contracts and job costing. Integrated financial projections into one organizational and discipline-in-transition budget.

Handled fixed assets and cash management, tax reporting, and HR administration.

Designed and set up accounting system to measure costs of projects, services, and contracts in compliance with OMB (FAR), USAIDAR & ADS, & FTR requirements.

Developed rolling budget system to aid operating/financial decision making and strategic planning by measuring financial and program management performance of subcontracts.

Accounting Manager:

v Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, OH (Liberia) (1981-1989).

Promoted from Internal Audit Manager to accounting manager. Reported to Comptroller. Managed all accounting and financial operations for a large production, processing, and manufacturing entity with $1 billion in assets and 13,000 employees.

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Bachelor of Science: Accounting, University of Ghana.

Computer skills include MS Office and MS Exchange; Deltek Systems 1 (GCS premier) and Cost Point, Deltek T & E, PeopleSoft, Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains), American Fundware, Peachtree, MAS 90, ACCPAC, Solomon IV, QuickBooks Pro, MIP, and such payroll/HR systems as ADP, Paychex, and Prime Pay.

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