Accounting Sales

Jerome Alper, MBA

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Senior Financial Executive

Financial Leadership Turnaround & Stabilization Mission-Critical Analytics

Poised for success in CFO role, building robust Accounting & Finance Departments that deliver results.

Modernized and streamlined technology systems, enriching performance and minimizing inaccuracies.

Standardized and simplified processes, centralized services, and enhanced financial transparency.

Obtained a 360 perspective while delivering consulting expertise to a wide array of diverse corporations.

Sound business strategist and executive-level leader with a clear understanding of how financial acumen impacts and contributes to all other departments. Capitalize on corporate strengths, resulting in the realization of business goals through long-term revenue generation, cost reduction, and quality improvement. Recognized as investigative thinker who uncovers opportunities. Hands-on, tech-savvy professional, skilled in solution identification and the design and implementation of customized systems for companywide use. Possess valuable experience across many industries—from Hospitality and Pharmaceutical to International Airline and Consumer Marketing.

Multimillion-Dollar P&L Asset & Liability Management Mergers & Acquisitions Compliance & Controls

Financial Risk Management Project Development Management Accounting Capital Projects Direction GAAP

Bank Reconciliations Turnaround Management Decision-Making Direction Budget Development & Analysis

Information Technology Systems Direction Process Design Forecasting IT Planning Financial Reporting Treasury Research & Analysis Control Management Financial Statements Staff Training & Development

Leadership Experience

Club Quarters Hotels Stamford, Connecticut 2011 – Present

18 full-service hotels designed for business and urban travelers in prime city locations across the U.S. and the U.K.

Corporate Controller

Selected to evolve accounting functions and update operations in order to support corporate foundation and enable rapid growth. Direct Central Services Accounting Department with $280M in annual revenues with responsibility for financial forecasting, budgets, and reporting for all business entities. Lead 20 direct reports in the U.S. and U.K. in General Accounting, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Human Resources. Control $300M in Accounts Receivable annually. Expedite budget decisions and perform forecasting for 10 departments. Meet monthly with CEO/CFO to discuss forecasts. Oversee all hotel sales/acquisitions, renovations, and system installations.

Reorganized and refocused Accounting Department—created 4 distinctive sub-departments (Payroll, General Accounting, A/P, and A/R), ensuring qualified staff. Identified need for and gained critical support necessary to hire 10 Supervisors/Coordinators. Amplified productivity, elevating work culture from “active” to “proactive.”

Spearheaded myriad companywide systems installations—implemented DocLink invoice processing system for Accounts Payable, Ceridian payroll system with G/L interface for 900+ employees, and, most recently, Sage X3 ERP to replace AccPac General Ledger System and DocLink Routing System. Initiatives dramatically increased transactional accuracy, reduced duplication, improved field productivity, and boosted efficiency across the board.

Shaped extensive processes: initiated balance sheet reconciliations, implemented a crucial Tenant Statement Invoice System, and launched a new budget/forecast system for Central Services to track $19.3M in expense.

Additional Accomplishments

Performed all accounting duties for property mergers and acquisitions—provided exhaustive due diligence and proration for $408M asset sale and $575M entity sales in 2016 and openings for 4 additional properties.

Managed and finalized a full-year Sarbanes-Oxley Type II compliance remediation, testing, and audit in 2015.

Established outstanding General Accounting group at the start of Club Quarters tenure to reconcile hotel balance sheets, process daily transactions, and administer sales, occupancy, and operating taxes.

Proactively seek out innovative ways to streamline processes between Central Services and operating hotels; established general procedures that opened up lines of communications and promoted collaboration.

Continually identify cost-cutting measures, simplifying operational channels and utilizing electronic tracking.

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Leadership Experience continued…

Multiple Consulting Firms Stamford, Connecticut 2000 – 2011

Independent Financial Consultant

Built and nurtured solid relationships and contributed financial expertise to a loyal corporate client base. Reorganized Finance Departments following brand acquisitions and handled sizeable divestitures from parent company. Executed detailed Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance testing for multiple entities, ensuring appropriate internal controls.

Advised clients in sound ways to boost fiscal stability and strengthen operational capabilities—from compliance and expense reviews to tax filings and external audit preparations. Positioned companies for rapid growth.

Implemented jet fuel tracking system for airline with $1.6B in annual revenues, reconciled vendor purchases, shaped database tracking system for ground services, and modernized procedures with MS Visio flowcharts.

Led global supply finance projects, performed consumer marketing, and assisted brand definition for a $16B manufacturer/distributor. Spearheaded operations analyses for each unique brand, developed research surveys, and simplified internal processes in order to enhance brand efficacy.

Recovered $200+K in duplicate payments, initiating vendor statement controls and reengineering operations.

Created a MS Access payroll tracking system, reconciled 300+ intercompany accounts with Oracle Discover and CheckFree Recon, and authored a comprehensive PeopleSoft operating procedure manual.

Established electronic approval system, created a sub-department to manage system, and trained associates.

Clients included: Diageo plc, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, GE Capital, Clairol Inc., Glencore Commodities, Energizer Personal Care, NYFIX, Trenwick America LLC, AIG, Bridgewater Associates, and Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Stamford, Connecticut 1984 – 1988 & 1990 – 2000

Controller Task Force Controller Executive Committee Member (2000 – 2000)

Controller Systems Manager Executive Committee Member (1993 – 2000)

Controller Asst Controller at properties in LA, NYC, Washington D.C., & Birmingham (1984 – 1988 & 1991 – 1993)

Directed $75M Accounting Department and finance components, guiding 12 top-performers in A/R, A/P, and Payroll. Delivered cross-functional training, installed new systems, and oversaw multiple hotel renovations. Managed financial aspects of property conversions. Instituted various quality assurance and Six Sigma programs.

Revitalized, streamlined, and modernized capabilities within Accounting Department—analyzed General Ledger accounts, conducted monthly and year-end closings, and created capital budgets.

Slashed reporting times from 1 full day to just 2 hours and boosted overall tracking efficiency by building and introducing Payroll Journal and Daily Revenue Journal reports.

Boosted fiscal performance, identifying areas in need of process improvements at 3 underperforming hotels.

Provided financial oversight for a $50M soft goods renovation that included 232 guestrooms/public space.

Researched and led a complex, 18-month-long, $2.5M LAN installation while upholding quality of operations.

Led $2.2M update of telephone and call accounting, rapid response, and guestroom electronic key systems.

Ensured accurate daily sales reporting, collaborating with mainframe vendor to develop customized method.

Arthur Andersen & Company Stamford, Connecticut 1988 – 1990

Experienced Staff Auditor

Education

Master of Business Administration – Technology Management University of Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona

Bachelor of Science – Economics and Accounting Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, Ohio

Community Leadership

Camp Jewell YMCA Colebrook, Connecticut Vice-Chair, Board of Directors Member, Capital Development Committee ($12M renovation project) Chairman, Green Task Force Chairman, Finance Committee Chairman, Data Committee Award Recipient: Volunteer of the Year, 2013

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