STEVEN R. FINLEY

562-***-****

adh9s3@r.postjobfree.com

Seasoned Finance executive with a proven record of leading organizations in the identification and improvement of profitability drivers. Key strengths include financial analysis, key performance indicators, management reporting, budgeting, treasury, human resources, mergers & acquisitions, acquisition integration, cost accounting, continuous improvement, and inventory control. A hands-on leader with a solid background in developing and implementing analysis metrics to control administrative and manufacturing processes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CFO Consultant 2020-Present

($800 million Private Equity Manufacturer)

Coordinated completion of multi-national 2019 Big 4 Audit.

Managing staff of 20, including 3 managers, supporting AP/AR, Cost Accounting and General Ledger for monthly close and reporting cycle for $600M line of business.

Leading Accounting team in support of remote ERP implementation.

Lightwerks Communications Systems, Inc. Hawthorne, CA 2017-2020

($22 million Industrial Audio-Visual Contractor)

CFO

Supervised staff of 10 direct reports in Finance, Human Resources and Operations

Managed percentage of completion revenue recognition for over 500 projects annually.

Analyzed completed projects vs, estimates to drive process improvements.

Led implementation of recurring revenue model as part of 3year Strategic Plan

Negotiated sale of existing corporate headquarters for $1 Million premium over market.

Reduced leverage 20% while driving expansion and revenue growth by 23%

Managed Treasury functions including cash flow, banking relationships, credit facilities, payables, receivables, and payroll.

Introduced cycle counting procedures that decreased inventory adjustments by 50%.

Utilized lean techniques to increase operating profit by $750,000 from 2017 to 2018

Lead expansion of new Pacific Northwest operations in Portland, OR and Boise, ID

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS Electron Technologies, Inc. Torrance, CA 2016-2017

($200 million Division of $10 Billion Publicly Traded Aerospace and Defense Manufacturer)

Assistant Controller

Led Finance Functional Team for Infor LN ERP Implementation

Implemented Lean office techniques including visual metric boards

Developed management reporting package, utilizing key performance metrics, for new executive team.

Led Finance/Accounting functions for Multi-division consolidation executed in 2017.

CFO Consultant 2015-2016

($34 million Private Equity Aerospace Manufacturer)

Assisted with purchase accounting adjustments to balance sheet.

Developed standard cost rates required to facilitate migration to Epicor ERP system

Identified $275,000 cost savings opportunity involving facility and equipment consolidations.

Utilized actual cost studies to demonstrate true product margins across multiple programs

Migrated approximately 2000 SKU’s from actual to standard costing systems.

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ROSS ORGANIC SPECIALTY SALES, Inc. Santa Fe Springs, CA 2014-2015

($24 million Specialty Chemical Distributor)

Chief Financial Officer

Reduced leverage by 20.1% during a period of 33.7% top line growth.

Instituted metrics to drive working capital efficiency and on time delivery performance

Reduced DSI by 7.7% and DSO by 29.2%

Managed Treasury functions including cash flow, banking relationships, credit facilities, payables, receivables, and payroll.

Developed Excel based tools to assess and drive margin improvement on a product level basis.

Consolidated remote Finance office into Corporate Headquarters.

Implemented formal budgeting process

Implemented 5YR Strategic Planning process.

Led annual CPA review and ABL audit process.

QUALITY FORMING, LLC., Torrance, CA 2011-2013

($28 million Private Equity Aerospace Manufacturer)

Chief Financial Officer

Recruited and trained Accounting Manager

Managed Treasury functions including cash flow, banking relationships, credit facilities, payables, receivables, and payroll.

Coordinated annual external CPA audits

Instituted a customer credit evaluation process that reduced bad debt write off to $0 for 2011 and 2012

Reduced aged accounts receivables by 64% through coordinated contact between Marketing and Accounting

Reduced Closing/Reporting cycle by 37.5%

Led on-site effort for sale of company to Private Equity

Instituted DCF model used to acquire additional portfolio companies.

Instituted financially driven planning processes. Developed formal annual budget and five year plan.

Lead Financial Implementation of Visual MRP System.

RUSS BASSETT CORPORATION, Whittier, CA 2010-2011

($20 million Technical Furniture Manufacturer)

Controller

Recruited, trained and supervised a staff of three professionals

Managed Corporate Treasury functions including cash flow, banking relationships, credit facilities, payables, receivables, distributions, and payroll.

Managed percentage of completion revenue recognition for projects in excess of $100K.

Instituted a customer credit evaluation process that reduced bad debt write off to $0 for 2010

Developed financial modeling tool to increase monthly forecast accuracy.

Implemented metrics to track operational efficiencies.

Led payroll and telephone system upgrades

Reduced aged accounts receivables by 15% through proactive monitoring system.

Managed compliance aspects of two GSA contracts.

Instituted a financially driven Annual Operating Plan for 2011.

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PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION, Irvine/Anaheim, CA 2005-2010

($10 billion Publicly Traded Multi-Industry Manufacturer)

Accounting Manager Anaheim, CA 2008-2010

$92M acquisition comprised of 6 business units utilizing four separate operating systems.

Converted to centralized Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Fixed Assets systems.

Implementing Standard Cost system to replace legacy Actual Cost systems. Developed overhead rates, verified component costs and adjusted machine cycle times to insure BOM accuracy

Consolidated weekly reporting process to monitor orders, sales, spending, inventory fluctuations and customer service metrics in a proactive manner. These reports are used to drive weekly Staff meetings, lean events and forecast updates.

Utilized automated routines for uploading legacy system data into Parker Systems for monthly close. Reduced hours to close by 20%.

Developed automated monthly dashboard reports for 6 business units.

Prepared monthly Divisional Summary reports for consolidation and presentations to Senior Management.

Introduced lean manufacturing program on shop floor. This involved conceptual learning, process evaluation and redesign, as well as the development of tracking reports to monitor improvement. On time delivery increased 10%, productivity increased 5% while inventory has been reduced 15%.

Group Senior Analyst Irvine, CA 2005-2008

Consolidated and reported results for eleven North American and European manufacturing divisions with annual revenues of $1.2 billion. Managed close, reconciliation and reporting of $28 million Group Staff Ledger.

Served as Group Sarbanes-Oxley Champion.

Developed routines to consolidate Group Annual Operating Plan

Participated in acquisition due diligence reviews and DCF preparation.

Implemented automated routines to reduce Close and Reporting cycles by one day each.

Participated in integration of seven acquisitions and two divestitures.

Utilized web based forum for collecting data and distributing Group reports.

Recruited and trained two Junior Analysts.

Prepared Board of Directors presentations for Group President

EDUCATION

MBA University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR Emphasis: Management

BSBA University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Emphasis: Finance and Banking

BS in Accountancy University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

COMPUTER SKILLS

MS Office, Chempax, Crystal Reports, Visual, Mapics, Jobscope, Visio, AccPac, Misys, Quickbooks Infor LN, Infor CSB, Oracle, Epicor and MS Project

CERTIFICATIONS and HONORS

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