Customer Service Accounting

Highly accomplished, results driven financial and operations leader with more than 20 years of progressive experience developing teams for success, integrating with all functional areas of business, and mentoring high potential staff

Demonstrated ability to lead operational improvement yielding lower material, labor, and warranty costs, on-time delivery improvement, increased profitability, and improved agility to support product sales with high variation

Experienced leader with management experience in all accounting functions, information technology, market analysis, operations analysis, sales lead development, acquisition analysis due diligence, customer service, field service, quality, purchasing, planning, materials management, manufacturing, facilities, and manufacturing engineering,

Experienced leader in business strategy development and execution using tools such as balanced scorecards, S&OP or SIOP, market analysis, value stream analysis, lean methodologies, and management to key performance indicators

Experience in private and public corporation accounting including: implementation of SOX compliant policies and documentation as evidenced by audit, financial statement prep and analysis, forecasting, budgeting, modeling, dashboard development, price analysis, market analysis, cost accounting, credit management, consolidations, tax planning and prep, payroll, and treasury management

Professional Experience

LSB Industries Inc. (8/05-present)

LSB Chemical LLC (7/15-present)

Division Controller

Transferred to chemical business to transform accounting, transaction management, and reporting. The Climate Control Business (including IEC) is targeted for divestiture in 2016; reputation for results at IEC drove recruitment to anticipated mainline business

International Environmental Corporation aka IEC

Leading manufacturing of fan coils for the HVAC industry

A subsidiary of LSB Industries, Inc.

Vice President, Operations (5/12 – 7/15)

Lead team of more than 200 associates encompassing Manufacturing, Purchasing, Materials Management, Quality, Facilities, Customer Service, After Market Parts Sales, Field Service, Operations & Decision Analysis, and Operational Excellence responsibilities

Selected Achievements:

>35 point improvement in on-time delivery in first six months of manufacturing role by leading team in process improvements

Reduced warranty costs by >50% by process improvements and improved field service management

Achieved best safety record in years and lead division with more than one million hours without lost time accident

Achieved >30% increase in After Market Parts Sales by market analysis targeted opportunities and streamlined processes

Gross Margin improvement based upon lower material and labor costs

Implemented Value Stream Analysis view of business to support roll out of process improvements and lean initiatives

Controller (8/05 – 05/12)

Led all Accounting, Cost, Credit, Business Analysis, and IT functions, served as primary advisor to president, and led Strategic Planning

Selected Achievements:

Established SOX documentation, compliance reporting, and auditing for IEC

Implemented dramatic improvement in financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting, business analysis, and dashboards

Implemented cost accounting, routing, cycle counting, and inventory accuracy improvements

Led IEC and LSB cross functional teams for process improvement

Developed sales & market analysis tools to facilitate understanding in vertical markets and drive accountability

Ferrania USA Inc (05/04 – 08/05)

Manufacturer and distributor of film and disposable cameras

A subsidiary of Ferrania of Italy

Chief Financial Officer

Management of all Accounting, Cost, Finance, Tax & Treasury functions

Negotiation of financing terms and arrangements independent of Italian parent

Experience with vendors, customers, and related entities in numerous countries

Implemented comprehensive accounting and reporting overhaul

M-D Building Products, Inc. (05/00 – 05/04)

Manufacturer and distributor of building products

Controller

General Accounting, Cost, Tax, and Audit, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Treasury and Risk Management

Completed purchase accounting transactions and consolidation implementation for multiple locations

Corporate-wide Measurement & Metrics; Responsible for Budgeting and Forecasting

M-D Building Products, Inc continued….

Managed Bills of Material, Routings, Capacity Planning, and Engineered Product Pricing for multiple facilities

Sales Forecasting and Planning strategies & implementation

Comprehensive Oracle application experience in all functional areas with system implementation of remote facilities

Controller for subsidiary providing merchandising services to large retailers

Interstate Trucker Ltd / Driver’s Legal Plan (10/95 -5/00)

Transportation Law

Chief Financial Officer

Managed all accounting, tax, HR, IT, and admin functions for 5 entities

LLC, Sub-S Corporation, and partner individual tax returns

Entities include law offices, real estate, and truck leasing

Developed and maintained banking relationships for new ventures, expansions, debt management, and SBA applications

Corken, Inc (8/92 -10/95)

Manufacturer of pumps and compressors

A subsidiary of IDEX

General Accounting Manager

Supervision of all general accounting and financial statement preparation, cost analysis, and payroll

Implemented fixed asset tracking and budgeting process

Team leader for ERP selection and implementation

Hertz (11/90 – 8/92)

Program Administration Supervisor

Supervised staff of eight accountants and clerical support

Responsible for accounting functions related to over $100 million in receivables and analyzing optimal turn-back

Real Estate Control Corporation (6/90 – 11/90)

Controller

Responsible for all accounting functions for company and all projects managed (cash, accrual, and non-profit)

Hertz (5/89 – 6/90)

Canadian Programs Accountant

Responsible for Canada fleet accounting including contracts with manufacturers and relocation accounting to OKC

U-Change Lock Industries, Inc. (5/82 – 5/89) [now known as Security Solutions]

Director of Accounting

General and cost accounting functions through financial statement preparation

Conversion from manual to computerized accounting, purchasing, and inventory system

Directed customer service, inventory, purchasing, payroll, and personnel functions

Previous to above position, employed by U-Change in various roles while attending high school & college

Education

B.S. in Business, Accounting Major; Oklahoma City University, GPA–3.7/4.0 (OSCPA Outstanding Accounting Major recipient)

Financed via work & scholarships

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT – Certificate #10971 (passed first attempt)

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