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State: or

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Most Recent Job Title: CFO

Most Recent Employer: Centurion Development

Career Level: Executive (SVP, VP, etc.)

Availability or Timeframe: Within 2 weeks

Authorized to work in the US: Yes

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Over 18: Yes

Education: Bachelors

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Copyright c 1997- Lee Hecht Harrison, Inc.

Todd Gray

1611 NW 19th St

( Portland, OR 97206 ( 360-***-**** ( abpv9z@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

Obtain a CFO or Controller position with dynamic firm where I can leverage my experience,

leadership style, and technical expertise to add value to the organization.

Profile

Seasoned hands on financial professional, with 15 years progressive experience as CFO,

Controller, Certified Public Accountant for private and public firms within the real

estate development, commercial and residential construction, and property management

industries. Successful track record establishing accounting, financial, management

processing, planning, and reporting systems, increasing productivity, enhancing profits

towards departmental and company goals. Expertise in construction accounting, job cost

reporting, financial and proforma analysis, budget preparation, due diligence, analytics,

banking and investor relationships. Shown to be a flexible team player capable of

providing direction, leadership, building collaboration, and developing accounting staff.

Able to transcend differences, originate innovation, execute change, and communicate

findings, within high risk, complex, time critical environments.

Key Competencies

GAAP, SOX, IFRS, Internal Controls, Compliance

Budgets, Estimates, Forecasts, Variances

Jobs Cost, WIP, Percentage Completion

Multiple Projects & Ownership Groups

Due Diligence, Feasibility, Acquisitions

Tax minimization and Audit Coordination

Financial Planning and Critical Business Analysis

Banking and Investor Relationships

Financial Statements, Journal Entries, Accruals

Best Practices, Metrics, Benchmarks

Legal, Title, Escrow, Insurance, Contracts, Leases

Cash Management and Treasury Professional Experience

CENTURION DEVELOPMENT GROUP, LLC

Vancouver, WA

CFO, Principal

04/2007 - Present

Successfully started own consulting firm providing accounting and financial services to

local real estate developers, construction firms, and investment banking concerns. Real

estate services include syndication, feasibility, site selection, product mix, project

financing and securing investment capital. Accounting services include financial statement

preparation, job cost reporting, cash management, profit forecast, budgeting, tax planning

and audit coordination.

Key Results:

Successfully completed acquisition, entitlement, construction, and sale of a seven acre

mixed use project in Camas, WA comprised of 30% commercial office space and 70%

residential with 90 attached townhome units. Sold project to JLS Custom homes upon

receiving entitlement resulting in a 60% ROI and 80% ARR to investment group.

Facilitated the placement of a $320 million new market tax credit investment fund for an

Investment Banking Client.

Improved productivity with the restructuring of bidding and procurement system

eliminating redundant systems.

Reduced overhead costs from 17% to 11% by implementing annual budget and control process

and reporting system.

BUENA VISTA CUSTOM HOMES, INC

. Portland, OR

CFO

10/200404/2007

Executive and financial management of the accounting, finance, administration, IT, human

resource, warranty, procurement, sales and marketing departments up to 30 subordinates and

6 department managers. Company was a consistent top 5 builder/developer of land,

commercial office space, and residential master planned communities to include custom and

spec single family homes, attached townhomes and condominiums. Revenues exceeded $140

million.

Key Results:

National publication, Builder Magazine, named company fastest growing builder/developer

for years ending 2004, 2005, 2006 sustaining revenue growth of 60% with gross revenue in

excess of $100 million under leadership.

Increased borrowing capacity by 60% to $500 million orchestrating twenty new lender

relationships.

Improved financial planning driving profitability with publication of monthly CFO report

highlighting key financial data, performance to budget, potential cost saving and remedial

measures, alternative recommendations.

Instituted a corporate wide operational data base tracking construction timeframes, point

of sale and marketing data, finance, sales, and customer service, reducing redundant silos

of information streamlining communication.

Reduced monthly cutoff by 20 days standardizing monthly processing with centralized

accounting system.

Maintained business profitability and customer responsiveness despite a 41% decline in

revenue that necessitated a 72% reduction in staff and continuous process changes

downsizing in response to dramatic decline in market conditions with collapse of the

homebuilding industry.

J.T. SMITH COMPANIES/DR HORTON, INC

. Portland, OR

Controller/CFO

03/199810/2004

Third employee hired originally as Controller later promoted to CFO responsible for the

finance, accounting, administration, human resource, IT, customer service areas up to

twenty employees with oversight of project managers, laborers, field superintendents in

support of owner and investment groups. JT Smith Companies was originally a syndicated

developer of real estate projects diversifying into a homebuilder with revenues in excess

of $100 million before being purchased by national builder DR Horton in the fall of 2003.

DR Horton revenues exceeded $2.2 billion.

Key Results:

Lead accounting and finance activity since inception achieving positive cash flow and

profitability with revenues in excess of $30 million within first 36 months of operations

and $100 million within first 5 years.

Restructured A&D and spec loans to portfolio program eliminating individual loan fees,

escrow, and closing costs adding 4% to net profits for current and subsequent years

creating a total of $400k cumulative savings.

Leveraged over $100 million of investment capital for syndicated real estate projects

adding 15% to NOI.

Successfully converted accounting system to Timberline software and Crystal reports.

Initiated quarterly tax planning with outside CPA reducing annual tax liability by $200

with deferral strategies.

Directed corporate plan reducing monthly burn rate for overhead from $220k to $160k while

retaining revenue.

Developed a compensation and benefits package attracting A talent meeting corporate

hiring objectives.

THE ROUSE COMPANY

Columbia, MD

Regional Financial Controller

03/199503/1998

Regional accounting manager for five income properties along the West Coast reporting

directly to Director located on the East Coast. Rouse Company was a national developer,

owner, operator, property manager of high end master planned communities, shopping malls,

retail and entertainment centers with revenue in excess of $1 billion. Income properties

included Pioneer Place in Portland, OR. Riverwalk in San Antonio TX., Westlake in Seattle,

WA., Lancaster in Salem OR., Citadel in Colorado Springs CO., Santa Monica Place in Santa

Monica CA..

Key Results:

Redevelopment of Pioneer Place a 30 story class A office tower, 1.1 million square foot

retail and entertainment complex valued at $800 million located along four city blocks in

Portland, Oregon.

Re-Engineered accounting system from decentralized field invoice system to a centralized

processing system reducing monthly cutoff by 15 days.

Restructured tenant leases for Westlake Shopping Center shifting percentage sales to

triple net adding 3% to NOI.

Prepared, reviewed, managed annual completion of capital and operating budgets in excess

of $300 million for six income properties, monthly variance reports to budget, quarterly

profit forecast.

Analyzed tenant leases identifying $400k of CAM charges in arrears.

Negotiated insurance contracts with various carriers consolidating activity to one

carrier and switching to a fixed administrative fee from variable saving $200k annual in

insurance costs.

MOSSS ADMAS

Portland, OR

Senior Accountant/CPA

09/199103/1995

Moss Adams is the 11th largest accounting and consulting firm in the United States, the

largest headquartered in the in the West with 20 locations in five states with over 1,800

staff and 250 partners providing accounting, tax, consulting services to a diversified

group of enterprises. Planned, supervised staff accountants, in preparation of audit

engagements and tax returns for a diversified group of public and private clients

including Epson, Transdevelopment, McKay Frozen Foods.

Education and Certifications

Portland State University

Portland, OR

Bachelor of Science

in Accounting 12/1989 09/1991

Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants 1994

Certified Public Accountant, Currently Inactive

Technology Summary

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access ( Timberline ( Crystal Reports ( Yardi ( Great

Plains QuickBooks JD Edwards

( MS Builder ( MAS90 ( MRI ( T-Value ( Depreciation Software

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