MICHAEL K. SHELTON
**** ********** ******** ****, **********, TN 37073 615-***-****
************@*****.***
SUMMARY
Financial Executive specializing in strategic planning, process improvements, and
financial management with more than 20 years of experience. Converted intent into
action for organizations ranging from $800 Million to over $5 Billion in revenues.
Effectively deliver tools for executive management to make timely and accurate
decisions. Provide calm, organized, process driven approaches in changing
environments.
Strategic Planning Budget Oversight Multi-unit Companies
Executive Reporting Board of Director Forecasting
Support
Cash Management Process Improvement Month End Close
Hyperion Administration Variance Analysis Mentor strong teams
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant/Contract work -2013 - Current
. HeathCo-Bowling Green, KY. Through a temporary contract assignment I am
leading the development of new revenue/margin analysis, new product
models, and forecasting tools/reports at this consumer products company.
. Franchise/Business consultant. Support Individuals interested in opening
their own franchise business through affiliation with the Franchise
Brokers Association (FBA), representing over 300 various franchise
concepts.
Central Parking, Inc., Nashville, TN - One of the leading providers of
premier multi-location parking services in the US with $800M in Revenue,
14,000 employees, and over 2,000 locations.
Vice President Finance -2010 - 2013
Directed all aspects of strategic planning, internal financial reporting,
cash management, budgeting, and forecasting processes and reports. Manage
a team of 25 individuals in the FP&A (6), Treasury(18), and Hyperion
admin(1) functions. Regularly met with and supported the Executive Team.
Position was eliminated after company was acquired.
. Recruited by new CFO specifically to rebuild a quality FP&A team and re-
design the budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes which resulted
in reducing budget time-line by 2 weeks and month-end close reporting by 3
days.
. Maintained strong revenue and EBITDA performance by executing the first
strategic plan for a new management team which identified strengths,
weaknesses and competition, and evolved into specific strategic
initiatives that became the basis for the annual budget.
. Managed $50M revolver loan to ensure compliance with debt covenants by
developing new 13 week cash flow forecast.
. Researched and reported on potential acquisitions, new clients, new
products, and company sponsored initiatives.
. Played key role in centralizing accounting/support functions resulting in
over $8 million savings to overhead.
. Led the development and support of a web-based financial dashboard and
KPI's to allow the executive team to see daily and weekly results of the
business.
Movie Gallery Inc. / Hollywood Video. Wilsonville, Oregon - Multi-division
and location movie and game rental and sales retail company with revenues
of over $2 Billion, 30,000 employees, and 4,000 locations.
Director of Finance (FP&A) 2005 - 2010
Oversaw the operating plan/budgeting process as well as the
monthly/quarterly forecast updates. Created store cash flow analysis and
capital expense processes, and partnered with real estate and members of
the executive team on store open/close decisions and potential new
buisness. Managed a team of 5-7 financial analysts and Cognos TM1 admin.
. Proactively developed a comprehensive financial monthly business review
packet and meeting that enabled company-wide business owners to present
and review their data with company executives on a consistent and timely
basis.
. Decreased annual budget timeline by 2 weeks, monthly forecasting and
month-end close by 2 days, and sped up the accuracy and response time on
ad-hoc requests by implementing Cognos TM1.
. Created, produced, and automated daily revenue reports by brand and
revenue category down to the store level.
Custom DVD Design, Gresham, Oregon - Home based video production and DVD
marketing business.
Owner (home based business) -2004 - 2005
Fred Meyer Stores (a subsidiary of Kroger), Portland OR - $5 Billion dollar
multi-location multi-department and grocery retailer with 30,000 employees.
Assistant Vice President Budgeting and Reporting (FP&A) 1999 - 2004
Coordinated all budgeting, forecasting and internal reporting processes and
reports. In additional to the financial analysts, oversaw a group of IT
Hyperion administrators in maintaining the entire Hyperion financial system
of the company. Managed a team of 8-10 financial analysts and Hyperion
admins.
. Designed and implemented an innovated financial report delivery and
budgeting tool entitled "The Financial Desktop" using Excel, web-based
tools and Hyperion Essbase. This enabled management to make faster and
more valuable cost decisions, and find potential problems earlier.
. Oversaw all operating plan and financial analysis for stores, plants, and
distribution centers.
. Improved upon daily sales reporting by developing better data flow and
communication of leading indicators into an automated daily "flash"
report.
. Led the CAPEX and new store team from a financial perspective. Created a
standard ROI analysis form for evaluating, improving, and measuring
capital projects and new locations.
Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas), Long Beach, CA - 50 Billion dollar
international commercial and military aerospace manufacturing company
Finance Manager, Enterprise Budgets; Sr. Financial Analyst; Financial
Analyst - 1988-1992, 1994-1999
Led the annual and multi-year planning process for the fabrication and
assembly portion of the company, as well as all intra-year
(monthly/quarterly) forecast updates. Managed a team of up to 8 analysts.
. Built an internal interactive quarterly forecasting system using access
and excel that saved many weeks of time.
. Implemented better real-time reporting of manufacturing data in standard
hours, realization factors, and labor hours enabling quicker response
times of management to be aware of potential problems.
. Trained people, created handbooks, and was a leading expert on the
internal forecasting/budgeting system. Was instrumental in minimizing the
number of days for the quarterly and annual forecasting and budgeting time
cycle.
EDUCATION
Graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a Bachelors of Science degree in
Business Administration
. Continued education through many management training and various computer
application classes.
SYSTEM COMPETENCIES
. Oversaw Hyperion Essbase and Cogos TM1 Admin functions.
. Recognized as highly proficient on developing and implementing computer
programs/systems to automate and streamline current financial reports,
systems and processes to ensure consistency and accuracy across functions
and departments.
. Have worked on numerous computer programs including Excel, Word, Power
point, SQL, Oracle, Access, Hyperion Essbase and Planning, Applied Olap
(web based financial reporting/budget system), IBM / Cognos TM1 (Business
Intelligent tool), PeopleSoft, Quickbooks, and other various Dashboard and
KPI applications.