R O B E R T GOSMA, C T P

Bolingbrook, Illinois **490

224-***-**** adlbvc@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/robert-gosma-ctp-mba SUMMARY

A highly accomplished and knowledgeable finance and treasury executive with progressive and comprehensive leadership experience within multinational organizations. Possesses the demonstrated ability to effectively plan, lead, coordinate, and meet deadlines of multiple projects. A strategic problem solver and dynamic leader noted for positive rapport with staff, coworkers, and all institutional partners. Proven track record of boosting corporate performance by developing key relationships, seeking opportunities to provide savings and contribute to long-range success.

CORE COMPETENCES

• Global Cash Management: Managed thousands of bank accounts. Administered most known banking platforms. Installed three treasury systems and maintained others. Negotiated millions in bank fee savings. Designed complete liquidity models for two multinational firms. Designed multiple cash forecasting models. Created or improved cash accounting process for multiple firms. Created daily cash reporting and monitoring models. Designed and installed multiple international cash pools. Managed FX risk and intercompany lending. Created in-house banks. Installed netting systems. Incorporated card programs. Improved retail/trade cash collections and accounts payable processes. Maintained multiple banking relationships. Built cash management teams from ground up. Centralized operations functions and personnel.

• Efficiencies/Cost Savings: Created multiple cost-saving measures and processes regarding tax payments, payroll, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. Efficiently managed all investments, debt borrowing, and repayments from revolvers, term loans, and offshore credit lines. Incorporated letters of credit and intercompany loans. Worked with multiple jurisdictions regarding liquidity need strategies. Built strong internal relationships to enhance working capital, accounting, and reporting efficiencies. Incorporated factoring and supply chain finance dynamics. Integrated multiple banks and ERP systems. Worked with tax and legal on entity creation, liquidation, and liquidity management. Led repatriation of $52,000,000 in cash.

• Corporate Finance: Negotiated credit agreements, related covenants, and fees. Developed improved debt compliance process. Monitored capital markets and reported to senior management. Worked directly with all rating agencies. Continuously looked-for opportunities to improve capital structure, investments, and shareholder value. Calculated and reported all necessary ratios and total liquidity for financial reporting. Disclosed all firm's exposure to interest rate risk. Designed and managed interest rate forecast and all interest accounting.

• Benefit Plans (Trusts): Fiduciary of DC and DB plans. Managed all trades, compliance, and administration of plans. Initiated partial transfer of fiduciary responsibility to advisor, saving $500,000 per year in fees as well as ten hours per week in man hours. Implemented plan for de risking pension plan via select buyout and combined annuity purchase.

• Insurance: Designed optimum coverage of owned and leased properties globally. Led property inspections and managed improvements that saved $35,000 in premiums. Managed all E&O and D&O risk. Negotiated and completed cyber risk analysis of firm at zero cost rather than $35,000. Worked with HR to develop excellent workers comp coverage. Led safety inspections that resulted in improvements. Hired new investigative firm. Completed three complete renewals on all coverages. Managed broker RFP that led to $150,000 in fee savings.

• Real Estate and Facilities: Worked with different departments to determine space needs. Led search for new customer service center in New York City as well as two IT centers and new company headquarters in Chicago. Managed multiple renovation projects. Hired building manager for all Chicago properties to manage necessary facility needs.

• M&A and Spin-Offs: Directed treasury integration for 15 M&A transactions, including assessment and integration/elimination of banks, accounts, systems, policies, accounting, personnel, debt, and costs. Completed operational separation of all treasury functions from three multinational spin-offs. Assisted in the creation of the capital structure for two newly formed public companies and the refinance of another.

• Management: Led up to ten direct reports. Built and trained teams from scratch, hiring teams with a near 0% turnover rate. Created treasury centers in the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Directed numerous projects across different departments. Collaborated with every aspect of a business.

• Accounting and Reporting: Oversaw all cash and debt accounting entries for multiple firms. Created all cash and debt accounting procedures and reports. Reconciled thousands of bank accounts. Enhanced accounting with automation. Integrated 1,000 bank statements with different ERP systems. Created multiple reports, decks, and presentations for different audiences.

• Budgeting: Built and maintained departmental budgets. Completed variance analysis. Identified ways to improve processes, saving millions of fees and other related costs. Served in FP&A planning exercises and modeling. Robert Gosma, Page 2

EXPERIENCE

LEVEL X CONSULTING, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Senior Treasury Consultant, Kemper Corporation, August 2020-February 2021 Temporary consultant aiding with global forecasting, workstation installation, accounting, M&A treasury integration, and other projects as assigned.

SOUTHERN GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, Chicago, Illinois

Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, January 2020- May 2020 (RELEASED PER COVID -19 RELATED RIF) Responsible for supporting all treasury matters of Sgsco and its global subsidiaries. Entrusted with identifying, developing, implementing, and managing treasury strategies to help minimize the overall treasury cost and implications to enhance the value to internal and external stakeholders. Oversight included: funding programs, cash management, cash flow management, and risk management. Also supported the investor relations program and development of new funding structures. Additional responsibilities included supporting hedging activity related to interest rate, foreign exchange and commodity price risk.

• Worked closely with legal, risk management, and internal auditors on compliance of existing deals as per the guidelines.

• Proactively engaged and partnered with key business partners including large global investment banking institutions, regional banking institutions and captive finance companies.

• Liaison with the investment community in order to communicate the company story and strengths with the goal of securing mutually beneficial partnerships.

• A key member of the team in proactively identifying opportunities to add value to the business.

• The steward of the financial assets including overall leadership of the cash management, debt management, and investment management functions.

• Lead the treasury function, responsible for banking relationship management, corporate liquidity, investments and credit facility compliance.

• Directs the development and revision of financial policies for capital structure, working capital, treasury operations, foreign exchange and interest rate risk management, and insurance risk management.

• Oversees management of treasury strategies, operations and financial policies.

• Responsible for worldwide financial risk management and for maintaining relevant business insurance lines of coverage.

• Developed and monitored the annual treasury budget. DONNELLEY FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, Chicago, Illinois

Vice President and Treasurer, 2016-2019

Lead global treasury operations, corporate finance, DC and DB plans, insurance, global real-estate, and building facilities, while managing a team of ten professionals. Oversaw firm’s capital structure, liquidity, investments, and global cash flow forecast. Designed firm's global liquidity model and liquidity process. Created daily global cash management and reporting process. Designed global cash and interest rate accounting process and procedures, led firm’s hedging programs and all international treasury needs. Created FX hedging policy and procedures, managed credit facility of 16 banks, responsible for all debt management and compliance. Directed and negotiated all bank fees and services, including RFPs.

• Created new treasury function from scratch per October 2016 spin off from RR Donnelley and Sons, including hiring and training domestic and international personnel plus developing all policies and procedures.

• Opened all necessary global bank accounts and set up administrator and users on related bank platforms. Put in place all necessary international treasury needs, including FX hedges, I/C loans, LC(s), guarantees, a notional pool, lines of credit, and travel card programs. Drove and negotiated all domestic AP and AR implementations, including lockbox, payments processing, p-card, travel card, and merchant card programs.

• Established a Treasury Center in Europe.

• Developed and maintained all trusts, treasury, and risk internal controls and policies. Led install of SAP Treasury. Created the liquidity and leverage forecast models.

• Created firm's debt compliance process. Negotiated all bank fees and services costs as low as possible, saving $100,000 in year one, $250,000 in year two, and an additional $100,000 in year three.

• Issued $300,000,000 in senior notes. Completed two amendments to $300,000,000 credit agreement and

$350,000,000 term loan.

• Responsible for the firm’s insurance program established insurance coverage for D&O, E&O, liability, cyber, and property, saving $150,000 in brokerage fees and $100,000 in premiums. Led three full insurance renewals and established proper limits on all exposures.

• Fiduciary for all DC and DB plans, managing all investments, portfolio strategy, recordkeepers, actuary, custodian, and Robert Gosma, Page 3

investment manager relationships. Saved DC and DP plans $500,000 per year in fees by outsourcing some fiduciary work. Launched employee buyout and annuity carve out plan to de risk pension. Created pension board presentation

• Managed 60 leased and owned properties, including all renovation projects. Completed five large renovations projects on time and under budget. Completed multiple property searches, lease negotiations, renovations, and office moves.

• Assisted on all M&A transactions and integrations, including one large divestiture.

• Built and maintained rating agency relationships. Worked with rating agencies and outside legal firms as necessary on a regular basis. Developed and maintained strong relationships with banks, insurance brokers, and carriers. Founded benefits committee and joined ERM, ethics, and disclosure committees. Engaged with the CEO, CFO, and other C Suite executives, drafted board and senior management presentations. RR Donnelley and Sons, Chicago, IL.

Director, Treasury (Assistant Treasurer), 2011-2016 Led global treasury operations and global liquidity, managing 100 bank relationships and 750 bank accounts in 40 countries. Enforced and implemented all treasury policies, controls, systems, debt compliance, risk reduction, and strategy to optimize liquidity of firm at lowest possible cost. Assisted treasurer on all corporate structure initiatives such as capital market monitoring, rating agencies, credit facilities, term loans, bond issues, tender offers, swaps, stock repurchases and other projects. Oversaw cash management teams in North America and Europe. Managed revolving credit facility in U.S. and off-shore. Created and managed US/international cash flow forecast. Directed FX risk and trades. Managed all domestic cash accounting.

• Transformed RRD treasury into centrally controlled global function. Brought daily visibility to cash from 20% to 100%. Created RRD European treasury center and new cash pools in China (intrinsic) and Europe (notional).

• Negotiated and implemented new treasury management system (Kyriba), saving over 40-man hours a week along with other improved efficiencies saving over $100k a year.

• Created share of wallet analysis that measured bank business participation against lending capacity.

• Contributed to selection process for pension custodian, investment managers RFP, and 401k recordkeeper search.

• Served as spin-off project leader in splitting operations into three separate companies. Implemented cloning of necessary entities and bank structures for spin-offs with tax department. Assisted in creating the optimal corporate structure for three new firms.

• Acted as M&A treasury integration lead on 15 mergers/acquisitions. Created necessary senior management, rating agency, and BOD reporting information. Reported on counterparty, interest rate, and economic risk.

• Led global investments and trading platforms. Worked extensively with other groups such as tax, legal, investor relations, M&A, IT, and FP&A.

HANESBRANDS INC (HBI), Winston-Salem, North Carolina Senior Manager, Treasury, 2006-2011

Designed and directed daily global liquidity and working capital management, including short-term debt and investments, cash forecasting, positioning and international cash management such as inter-company loans, foreign exchange, hedging, letters of credit, lines of credit, in-house banking, notional pooling and netting. Led global operations project for company’s spin-off from Sara Lee. Designed new working capital structure and daily global liquidity position process. Created new cash flow forecast. Managed in-house bank, bank relationships, and RFPs. Administered all bank and treasury systems. Oversaw budget and fees. Served in firm debt/equity decisions and planning.

• Introduced and created notional pool, resulting in greater global cash management efficiencies, greater investment and borrowing tools, FX exposure savings, and improved cash forecasting capabilities, resulting in $2,000,000 in annual savings.

• Introduced and installed global netting system, improving inter-company relationships and accounting, reducing related wire transfers from 300 to ten, and saving company over $150k in annual wire fees and other associated costs.

• Changed payroll to paperless process, eliminating all employee payroll check issuing and escheatment reporting for annual savings of $500,000. Implemented virtual vault, consolidating 235 stores from mutable bank accounts, improving employee safety, and saving $350,000 per year.

• Hired new finance company management service, saving $100,000 annually. Eliminated legacy intercompany note structure closing several bank accounts, saving $10,000 in annual labor costs and $20,000 in annual bank fees.

• Led retail cash management of 240 domestic store locations, installed retail virtual vault cash management system

• Created AP straight-through wire process, increasing wire accuracy and control by improving process with technology. Reducing man hours by 1,000 hours per year for a total annual savings of over $25,000.

• Outsourced AP check printing, improving disbursement and control as well as saving $50,000 annually.

• Implemented treasury workstation (Thomson Reuters), automating daily cash position for U.S., Canada, and Latin Robert Gosma, Page 4

America, cash journal entries, balance and transaction reporting as well as reducing users to bank sights and systems, saving $100,000 annually.

• Centralized several North American treasury functions into one group, reducing risk, improving efficiencies, and reducing costs and man hours.

• Developed policies for all operational controls and SOX requirements. Centralized all global treasury functions into one group, reducing risk and improving efficiencies.

• Eliminated paper bank statements, reducing lag time and improving accounting’s ability to reconcile cash more quickly, make corrections within current accounting period and report cash more accurately on balance sheet, reducing bank fees by $55,000 per year.

Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, Illinois

Cash Manager, 2004-2006 – Sara Lee Shared Services (North Carolina) Cash Management Supervisor, 2002-2004 – Sara Lee Shared Services (North Carolina) Senior Financial Analyst (Cash), 2001-2002 Sara Lee Shared Services (North Carolina) Senior Financial Analyst, 1998-2001 Sara Lee Bakery (Chicago) EDUCATION

EASTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY, Greenville, North Carolina M.B.A.

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, Kalamazoo, Michigan

B.A., Finance

COMMITTEES

Board of Directors, Policy, Academic, and Conference Chair, Treasury Management Association of Chicago (TMAC), since 2014

President, Assistant Treasurer & Director, Clow Creek Farm Neighborhood Association, 2011-2019 Member, Association of Financial Professionals, since 2003 CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Treasury Manager (CTP), Association of Financial Professionals, since 2003 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Windy City Summit, 2014-2019

Thomson Reuters Client Event, 2010

Thomson Reuters Education Seminar Series, 2010

International Commercial Cash Operations Seminar (ICCOS), 2010 COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, Kyriba, SunGuard, Treasura, Bloomberg

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