CFO/Controller

John H. Oakley Jr.

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Corporate Controller with 35+ years of experience facilitating budget plans, creating effective business models, initiating financial restructuring and promoting organizational growth. Detailed contributor, producing effective financial solutions through executive/team collaboration and individual effort. Proactive professional, overseeing staff and improving revenue stream with accurate analysis, monitoring and enhancement of key financial systems. Proficient in Microsoft Office/Excel and FAS–Sage Software.

Key Contributions

Heavily involved in sale of company to two financial buyers and one strategic buyer by developing schedules used in all sales materials, prospectuses, memorandums and document data rooms.

Selected to launch Shemin Nurseries’ Oaks, PA distribution location, coordinating with multiple departments and General Manager to ensure growth, establish internal controls and develop new processes that became standard procedure for all locations.

Reduced annual expenditure by $1.5 million, reorganizing financial structure for entire company from decentralized to centralized environment.

Collaborated with 20+ banks involved with parent and subsidiary companies to create effective means of money transfer, expediting the process and improving capital figures.

Professional Experience

Campus Clothing Co. Inc., New Haven, CT December 2018-Present

Chief Financial Officer

Direct all financial administrative activities for Campus Customs, including financial statements, payroll, budgeting and cash management. Rebuild chart of accounts to facilitate accurate reporting and analysis. Establish procedures for accurate processing invoices and expenses. Install payment plans to clear past balances.

SiteOne Landscape Supply LLC, Greenwich, CT February 2017–October 2018

Operation Support Manager

Direct all administrative activities for Greenwich CT branch of SiteOne including customer invoicing, inventory receiving, end of day cash tie-outs and customer interactions. Handle the reporting for Safety and DOT site requirements.

SiteOne Landscape Supply LLC, Danbury, CT May 2016-February 2017

Acquisition Support

Worked with SiteOne corporate accounting staff to integrate acquisition targets into SiteOne monthly financial statements.

Prepared journal entries to allow target’s transition to SiteOne financials.

Prepared account reconciliations to develop opening balance sheets and working capital adjustments to complete target acquisitions.

Analyze target’s inventory for excess & obsolete amounts and receivables for bad debt allowance calculations.

Shemin Nurseries Inc., Danbury, CT November 1988–May 2016

Company Sold to SiteOne Landscape Supply LLC-February 2015

Corporate Controller

Direct treasury management, federal/state income tax returns, consolidation, internal control, collateral audits, annual and long–term budgeting and financial statement creation/review to form organizational growth strategies for a 300+ employee, $130M, 29 location business covering 20K customers and 7K SKU’s. Create documentation for sales and margin planning, developing individualized models and assisting store managers to incorporate information effectively and maximize profits for seasonal operations. Execute collateral and covenant reporting to accurately regulate company credit facility.

Shemin Nurseries Inc., Danbury, CT November 1988–May 2016

Company Sold to SiteOne Landscape Supply LLC-February 2015

Corporate Controller (continued)

Initiate hands–on training of accounting professionals team, constructing a Best Practices Manual and assigning accountants to stores, elevating responsibilities and strengthening department.

Orchestrate consolidations of all parent and subsidiary financials, maximizing efficiency by reducing closing cycle to 5 days from previous 9–day cycle.

Prepare financial software conversion for use company–wide, acclimating staff to new, effective tools.

Coordinate with executive management, attending board meetings to identify issues and formulate solutions regarding management of capital and inventory levels.

Utilize consolidation of 29 individual financial plans to create and implement a model standard for all locations.

Manage month-end and year-end close process to ensure timely and accurate distribution of all financial information to all levels of organization on hands-on preparation of multiple journal entries and account reconciliations.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Shemin Nurseries Inc., Distribution Center Controller – Oaks, PA (May 1986–November 1988)

Shemin Nurseries Inc., Staff Accountant – Greenwich, CT (February 1984–May 1986)

Weyerhaeuser Company, Cost Analyst for Veneer, Mineral Core & Particleboard Plants - Marshfield, WI (August 1982–February 1984)

Weyerhaeuser Company, Raw Materials Accountant – Onalaska, WI (January 1980–August 1982)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting Major, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

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