Real Estate Accounting
Resume:
PAUL B. CLIFFORD
PO BOX ****
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA 92728
Professional Experience: Seasoned Accounting and Finance Executive with forty years experience financing and/or consulting to energy, real estate, gaming, leveraged buyouts, technology, forest products, consumer products, industrial and media companies located in the United States.
JBC International Investments/Fountain Valley, CA. Managing Member (December 1999 - Present)
Consulting firm focused on corporate accounting, mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, debt and equity placements and in the following specialties:
• Hospitality Properties.
• Retail Shopping Centers.
• Office Buildings.
• Apartments.
• Industrial and Specialty Real Estate
• Blanket Residential
• Cannabis
• Casinos
Port Cameron – Chief Financial Officer (2015-2018) As the Chief Financial Officer was responsible for corporate and financing strategy for a $1.7 billion project finance of a port project serving the oil and gas industry in the Gulf of Mexico.
• • Produced Created accounting financial forecasting system on model Quickbooks, and business general plan ledger for capital and monthly formation. reporting McDonald • format. Negotiated Investments/with venture capital KeyBank, firms. Los Angeles CA. Senior Vice President (1997 – November 1999)
Managed the firm’s Southern California investment banking office and provided investment banking products to gaming and real estate companies. Financial advisory services included mergers & acquisitions as well as debt and equity placements. The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, LTD, Los Angeles CA. Deputy General Manager, Corporate Finance (1991 - 1997) Managed half of LTCB’s Western Region loan portfolio along with a staff of bank lenders and financial analysts. Provided leadership in the management of a $2.0 billion portfolio of leveraged and investment grade senior bank debt investments. Completed investments in the following industries: gaming, leveraged buyouts, technology, forest products, consumer products, industrial and media. Concluded a number of complex workouts/restructurings. Main Japanese banker for Ron Perelman (Revlon, Marvel Comics, Coleman). Consistently achieved a Return on Assets in excess of 2.5% and a Return on Equity in excess of 30%. Page 2 of 3
Citicorp, North America (Leveraged Capital), Chicago IL. Vice President, Leveraged Capital (1987 - 1990)
Successfully marketed and negotiated bank debt and mezzanine investments in companies with a highly leveraged capital structure. Managed the workout, disposition and sale of a
$150 million aerospace company. Provided leadership in the turnaround operational management of three separate, distinct business units. Directed the individual dispositions of three aerospace divisions. Bank of Boston, Boston, MA.
Assistant Vice President, Strategic Planning (1983-1985) Participated in the creation of business unit financials for approximately 120 banking businesses. Reporting package was utilized by the Office of the Chairman to assess business unit financial condition and shareholder value contribution. Developed an asset/liability forecasting model that enabled senior management to assess interest rate sensitivity of the corporation's investment strategy Bank of Boston, Boston MA.
Senior Accounting Officer (1978 - 1983)
Managed a team of 15 accountants in the preparation of Bank of Boston's consolidated financial statements and reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Bank of the U.S., and the Comptroller of the Currency (i.e., Annual Report to Shareholders, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q).
Education:
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business Chicago IL (1987)
Master of Business Administration with a Specialization in Finance. Merrimack College, North Andover MA (1978)
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Finance. Skills:
Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, Peachtree. Have designed accounting systems and consolidation programs.
License:
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California Real Estate Broker License #01929387
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