Keith Owens

Salt Lake City, Utah 801-***-**** ad2e52@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/kqowens

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Areas of Expertise

• Account Reconciliation/Analysis

• Accounting (GAAP)

• Accounting Regulations

• Accounts Payable/Receivable

• Analytics

• Annual Audits (Internal/External)

• Balance Sheet

• Annual Budgets

• Cash Flow Analysis

• Cash Management

• Client Services

• Control Systems

• Corporate Strategy

• Finance

• Finance Acumen

• Financial Analysis/Planning

• Financial Consolidation/Reporting

• Financial Data Analysis

• Financial Forecasts

• Financial Operations

• Financial Reporting

• Financial Services

• Financial Statements

• General Accounting

• GL Maintenance/Reconciliation

• Identify/Develop/Monitor (KPI’s)

• Income Statement

• Internal Controls

• Inventory Management

• Job Costing

• Journal Entries/Reconciliation

• Leadership

• Manage Cash Flow

• P&L Analysis/Reporting

• Payroll Administration

• Project Management

• Progressive Accounting

• Public Accounting

• Procurement

• Reconciliation

• Regulatory Reporting

• Risk Analysis

• Sales/State/Federal Tax

• State/Federal Regulations

• Variance Analysis/Reporting

• Waterfall Modeling

Professional Summary

Master of Business Administration, Accounting, and Finance graduate. Multiple years of experience in accounting, construction accounting, finance, consulting, and project management. Including eight years as CFO, Ten years as Director of Finance, and nine years as Controller. Proficient in all areas of accounting, including financial reporting, financial analysis, budgeting, credit analysis, and collection recovery. Training companies to increase growth, business productivity, and financial performance. Create compelling and productive executive teams that can align goals with stakeholders to promote transparency and influence efficiency and cooperative teamwork to promote change. Ensuring GAAP and SOX guidelines comply with federal guidelines, compliance with laws and regulations, and filing legal regulatory documents. Major Roles & Responsibilities

• Strong knowledge of GAAP and SOX accounting principles.

• Execute accounting and treasury functions and align them with corporate strategy.

• Specialize in developing and improving accounting functions, policies, and procedures; preparing financial statements; reconciling general ledger and bank accounts, cost accounting, budgeting, cash management, financial planning and analysis, collections and mediation of Accounts and Notes Receivables, employee training and development, preparing metrics and dashboards, and streamlining processes.

• Skilled in preparing, monitoring, and reporting operating, capital, and cash budgets.

• Skilled in preparing consolidated financial statements and reporting results to the executive teams.

• Led a team of ten (10) in day-to-day accounting, credit, and collection activities.

• Create training programs to improve practices and promote employee growth and development.

• Mediated between companies, employees, and stakeholders to align business practices and develop open communication channels.

• Developed strategic leadership skills to promote growth.

• Employee Benefits: monitored, managed, budgeted, negotiated, and reported to the executive team.

• Audit liaison to internal and external auditors, provide recommendations for procedural improvements, and report to the executive team.

• Implemented, created, and maintained accounting department policies promoting honesty, transparency, diversity, and open communication.

• Initiated and maintained multiple organizations' general ledgers.

• Inventory Management: valuation, tracking, and audit (Internal & external).

• Managed preparing monthly, quarterly, and yearly federal and state tax returns.

• Oversaw end-of-the-month closing and reporting for corporate consolidations.

• Prepared budgets, cost reports, and cash flow projections.

• Reconciliation and data cleanup of financials, reports, and accounting software.

• Coordinated construction loans, draws, subcontractors, and suppliers.

• Coordinated construction project budgets, estimates, bids, proposals, schedules, contracts, subcontracts, and work scope.

• Tech savvy, able to design innovative new uses and strategically utilize digital tools and programs.

• Monthly, quarterly, and yearly reporting.

Industry Lines

• Accounting Corporate/Cost/Public/

Progressive

• Banking

• Collection/Recovery

• Construction Accounting

• Construction Management

• Consulting/Turnaround

• E-Commerce Marketing/Sales

• Trucking/Freight Management

• Medical Industry

• Manufacturing & Warehouse

• Mortgage & Real Estate

Computer Skills

• Accounting Software

o Great Plains

o Mas500

o Oracle/NetSuite

o QuickBooks

o Sage/Peachtree

• Analytical Software

• CMA Systems

• Collection Packages

• CRM Software

o Act

o HubSpot

o Pipe Liner

o Salesforce

o Zoho

• ERP Systems

• Google Chrome

• Google Workspace

• Microsoft Dynamics 365

• Microsoft Office 365 Suite

o Access

o Excel

o One Drive

o One Note

o Outlook

o PowerPoint

o Teams

o Word

Education

M.B.A. Business Administration

B.S. Management/Accounting

University of Phoenix

A.A.S. Electronic Engineering Tech

ITT Technical Institute

Achievements

• Contracted by a leading Health Provider operating in multiple states to analyze invoices and other financial documents to verify they meet FEMA guidelines to be reimbursed for a COVID-19 refund. Collaborated with management, project managers, and remote teams to complete the analysis within eight weeks.

• Contracted by a commercial property management company to audit current and old contracts. Update their database, verify payments posted correctly by reviewing banking statements, and ensure client accounts are accurate.

• Contracted by multiple manufacturing (Mfg.) companies to manage their struggling business and overcome insolvency through financial and management reorganization. This was accomplished by collaborating and teaming with staff, department heads, upper management, owners, and shareholders to conduct detailed reviews of current company operations and financials, identifying procedural and operational issues, updating accounting programs, and entering multiple years of data. It also included strategic negotiations with vendors and clients, forecasting cash flow, reporting budgets, and reorganizing Mfg. processes and procedures. We accomplished profitable projects, filed past-due federal and state tax returns, and returned the companies to profitability.

• Contracted by a leading global provider of laboratory testing for MedTech and Pharmaceutical companies to review their billing and collection procedures, reduce their DSO, negotiate settlements, account reconciliation, and root cause analysis. Collaborated with management, project managers, and local or remote teams. Within three months, the DSO was reduced from 73% to 36.4% through negotiation and articulated written and verbal communications. I identified billing and collection issues and suggested procedural and operation policy changes.

• Controller for a prominent construction company that owned eight (8) companies, where I oversaw the accounting, financing, and project management. Oversaw the compilation and preparation of monthly, quarterly, and yearly consolidated financials.

• Turned an insolvent window manufacturing company into a profitable company. Negotiated vendor terms and repayment arrangements, collected past-due receivables, reorganized the accounting department, found financing for a new installation department, and restructured the manufacturing plant. We were turning a profit and brought all vendors back into terms within six (6) months of reopening doors.

Career History

Contracted Work One-Eighty & Robert Half

Controller (Remote) Owens Electric, Inc.

Inventory Specialist Protiviti – Smart Care MBS

CFO (Remote) Specialty Custom Doors

FEMA Compliance Analyst (Remote) Dignity Health

Credit/Collection Mgr. (Hybrid/Remote) Nelson Lab. Contract Auditor (Remote) Commercial Property

Controller (Remote) American Made Mill

COO (Hybrid/Remote) Galaxy Sewing Cabinets

Employment

Director of Finance National Wood Products, Inc. Corporate Attorney Liaison National Wood Products, Inc. Controller Fairbanks Homes, LLC (Construction/Mortgage) Controller Avante Windows

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