Christopher Ledger

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Conroe, TX 77385

(281) 785 – 5977

adim01@r.postjobfree.com

Goal driven professional with over 19 years of large and small business experience in industrial services, power generation and manufacturing. Extremely strong in bridging between operations, information technology, and accounting with a versatile background that can work across teams and produce results. Finance and operational experience listed below, but not limited to:

• C-Level Reporting

• Balance Sheet Reconciliation

• MDA Preparation

• SOX Compliance

• Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow Forecasting

• Inventory Analysis and Reserve Analysis

• Multi-year Budgeting & Planning

• Customer Churn Analysis

• CVP Analysis

• Variable, Fixed and Step Costing

• Development of Measurable KPI's

• Product Line Analysis

• Balance Sheet Flux Analysis

• Working Capital Analysis

• Asset Utilization Analysis

• Gross Margin and EBITDA Analysis

• Headcount/Profit Center Analysis

• SG&A Comparable Trending

• Restructuring

• Asset and Labor Utilization Analysis

• Through Put Analysis

• Major Capex Spend Analysis

• Project Costing

• Project Controls Implementation

• Standard Costing

• Job Costing

• Stage Gate Project Controls Designer

• Project Risk Analysis

• Dynamic Dashboard Designer

• Project Probability Analysis

• Quantitative Risk Analysis

• Bank Covenant Compliance

Professional Experience

Division Controller - HydrochemPSC, Deer Park, Texas November 2018 – September 2020

• Financial operations lead for over $200M business segment

• Led revenue forecasting consolidation critical to COVID19 business decision processes

• Create multilevel forecasting for Engineering Services (business segment)

• Financial operations integration leader for Carber $50M and TriStar $20M acquisition

• Led training and coordination of financial operations for over 20 North American locations

• Developed and trained managers into financial operations leaders

• Led development of internal job costing reporting and processes Project Controls Specialist Sr - Entergy, The Woodlands, Texas June 2016 – November 2018

• Developed and implemented consolidation of turnaround cost ~$60M - $75M in O&M spend

• Developed and trained users on cost conversion model for project costing across Power Generation

• Subject Matter Expert on Outage Stage Gate 5-year Process for Power Generation

• Created standardization of reporting on turnarounds across Power Generation Fleet

• Developed Tableau dashboard with metrics for senior management covering over 45 turnarounds Finance Consultant/Contractor - Waterway Lending Systems, Dallas, Texas June 2015 – June 2016

• Developed, managed, and improved daily cash management process

• Performed all financial statement preparation, reconciliation, and analysis monthly

• Managed and prepared senior management reports and analysis as requested

• Performed critical HR outsourcing analysis for management

• Played critical role in company receiving SOC2 certification status

• Established new office environment indirectly managing three software developers

• Created new invoicing process for organization and creation of customer files Senior Financial Analyst - PSC, Houston, Texas April 2012 – June 2015

• Played critical role in $275M sale of ESD Division to Stericycle

• Played critical role in $324M sale of remaining PSC business to new equity investor

• Provided working capital analysis (DSO, DPO, etc.) to senior management monthly to investors

• Managed and prepared quarterly board presentations for CEO and CFO

• Built financial reporting model that segments results into simplified groups for executive management

• Performed critical role in bank covenant renegotiation process Plant Support Coordinator - Project Costing - Entergy, Willis, Texas April 2009 – March 2012

• Major role in financial business case on Lewis Creek Strategic Capital Reliability Project Proposal

• Managed monthly, quarterly, and annual plant operations expenditure trends

• Performed and managed monthly SOX compliance requirements per specs

• Decreased annual forecasting margin of error each year, ended 2011 with an error of 1%

• Major role in five-year planning budgeting process and consolidation Accounting Manager - Tyco Flow Control, Houston, Texas July 2008 – March 2009

• Helped decrease nonstock inventory balances by 30% providing critical monthly analysis

• Directed the implementation of new hedge accounting to reduce currency risk exposure

• Implemented new positive pay file transmission to bank reducing bank cost

• Provided monthly balance sheet flux analysis and P&L analysis

• Performed monthly gross margin analysis by product line Senior Accountant - Tyco Flow Control, Houston, Texas September 2007 – June 2008 Senior Accountant - PSC, Houston, Texas July 2006 – August 2007 Financial Consultant - Electro-Motor, Vidor, Texas August 2003 – June 2006 Financial Analyst II - Entergy Corporation, The Woodlands, Texas May 2001 – August 2003 Division Accountant - PSC, Houston, Texas January 2001 – May 2001 Computer Systems Technical Experience

• FilePro Database • MS Access • MS Excel (Advanced) • JD Edward One World • Peachtree • MS PowerPoint

• Hyperion • SX.e/Nxtrend • Brio • Monarch • PowerPlant • Cognos • AIMM • Passport • Telerik Reporting • JIRA

• Merrill Datasite • Trello • QuickBooks Online • Enterprise Reporting • MS SharePoint • Tableau • Palisdades @ Risk

• MS Power Query • MS InfoPath • MS Teams • WebEx • MS Skype • MS Power BI Education

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX – December 2000

BBA in Finance

Christopher Ledger

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