•CONTROLLER • DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & BUSINESS OPERATIONS•

NICOLE KOHATSU

623-***-**** advxpw@r.postjobfree.com Scottsdale, AZ 85255 Fully vaccinated for Covid-19. Authorized to work in the US for any employer. Tenacious, astute, and dependable Divisional Controller who manages Finance; and Business Operations from Human Resources, Information Technology (IT), Safety, Quality and Administration. Versatile and strategic leader focused on maximizing high growth companies, turning around underperforming organizations, and building revenue streams. I have a proven track record of turning low performing businesses into financially profitable and operationally viable organizations. I possess strong interpersonal and focused management abilities that reduce costs, raise productivity, and contribute to long-term sustainable business performance. Well-seasoned, visionary executive with a strong history of driving large companies towards the goals of the future, expansion opportunities, and efficiently managing cross-functional operations. Proactive and knowledgeable setting new standards, KPI’s management, risk management, budgeting, and forecasting. My expertise lies in successfully developing and implementing strategic workflow processes, expanding industry prospects, and managing staff to maximize productivity, efficiency, and develop short-term and long-term strategies and goals for continued success with integrity. Resilient in the face of diverse challenges, equipped with leadership, decision-making, business acumen, people skills, and superb technical software experience. AREAS OF EXPERTISE

“Nicole took our million-dollar company and turned it into a billion-dollar company. With confidence and her hands on experience, Ms. Kohatsu surpassed all our goals, and did it with a smile. Hands down, we put our trust in her knowledge and ability to turn a negative into a positive.” ~ Owners of AYS DIVISIONAL CAREER SYNOPSIS

FINANCE/ACCOUNTING

2-day month end close process by completing hard month end close procedures from pre-close, accruals, & final entries. Complete year end close and audits, complete annual budget and forecasting per location. Prepare annual accruals, deprecations, and fixed assets. Prepare and present all month/quarter/year-end financial reporting and analysis to include pricing decisions/changes, contract negotiations & capital investments. Maximizes return on financial assets and limits risk on cash by establishing financial policies, procedures, controls, and reporting systems. Protects assets by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing internal controls. Provides status of financial condition by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data.

Prepared, analyzed, and distributed monthly financial statements in compliance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

(GAAP). Dedicated to boosting work quality and standards while maintaining compliance with the company’s overall vision, maintaining standards, and meeting budget and forecasting demands. Ensured timely and accurate financial reporting to include Trended Financials, Monthly MOR, Gross Margin, Inventory Reserve/Obsolete Inventory, COGS reporting, WIP/RAW/FIGO/OMOP reporting, profit and loss reporting, companywide detailed reconciliation of master reporting and other requested financial operating reports.

Directed annual budgetary process to ensure regulatory and contractual compliance. Achieved budget objectives by scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. Reviews financial details from past, present, and forecasted operations; identifies development opportunities and improvements that can be made. Developed metrics and reports of P&L. Development of standard operating procedures to assess competencies as they relate to growth, cost management and patient engagement. Optimized dashboard reporting, and cost allocation transparency by implementing fiscal management system. Created and prepared budgets by establishing weekly meetings by collecting, analyzing, and consolidating financial data, recommending plans. Formalized standard operating procedures to assess competencies as they relate to growth, cost management and patient engagements.

Team Building & Leadership

Growth Management

Business Process Reengineering

Large-Scale Change Management

IT Implementation & Integration

ERP Software Implementation

Software Coding & Module Creating

Analytical Person/Decision Making

Metrix Development Manager

Revenue Expansion

Project Management

Inventory Reserve/Reporting

FM&A US & International

Divisional Controller US & International

Business/Technical Acumen

Financial Analyst & Reporting

Month End (2 Day Close)

Internal & External Audits

Operational Restructuring

Payroll Compliance & Management

Trended Financials & MOR Reports

EBITA Performance/Turnaround

Budget Development & Forecasting

P&L Management & Improvement

Revenue & Profit Optimization

Job Cost/ Cash Flow Forecasting

Regional Human Resources Manager

Infrastructure Development

Policy & Procedures Implementation

Business Turnaround Management

Cultural Transformation

Business Transition Leader

People Management & Development

Continuous Improvement Practices

Risk Management/Corrective Action

Lean Methodology

Employee Development/Engagement

Acquisition & Mergers/Post-Integration

Strategic Planning & Implementation

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Served as the global process owner for Finance/HR/IT/Safety/Administration acquisition integration activities partnering with the Finance/HR/IT/Safety/Administration M&A function. Oversaw day-to-day operations and employee productivity, building a highly inclusive culture, ensuring team members thrive and organizational outcomes are met. Drive sustainable growth and minimize losses while preparing operational reports and management reports. Manage a cross functional team to oversee and review process design, change assessment and business readiness. Train and coach process owners, champions, process improvement leaders, and project teams in the use of continuous improvement tools and methodology to ensure effective application of the concepts. Ensure basic Lean knowledge is provided to all employees.

Drove execution in all phases of M&A processes (pre-deal analyses and go to market strategy, high quality due diligence coordination and execution, integration planning and post-close integration). Drove execution of all phases of capital markets execution including cross-functional team leadership across corporate development, accounting, finance, and treasury. Protects operations by keeping financial information and plans confidential. Managed, Contributed and Lead FM&A Strategies and identified high-value opportunities Oversaw the valuation analyses and building of financial models. Establish and report on key metrics that illustrate the company’s position in the competitive landscape Prepare and analyze management presentations, including MOR, BOD, QBR, and Finance Review Partner with Business Intelligence team to convert analyses into actionable insights. Establish and maintained key metrics to help provide insights behind key strategic initiatives to support long term vision. Built complex financial models and analyses, including competitive analysis, metrics benchmarking, pro forma models, scenario-based models with sensitivities, etc. Provide financial expertise to help support long term profitable growth, oversaw planning, maintenance, and efficiency, including creating, maintaining, refreshing policies and procedures to meet company goals.

Strong background in analyzing risk management, project management, developing strategic companywide transformation program for the company. Hands on execution with creating process improvement, lead continuous improvement by documentation, organizational alignment, operating within compliance, implementation, and standardizing to scale our growth efficiency and agility. Implemented policies and procedures. Proactively identify opportunities for improvement, risks, anomalies, and growth. Evaluate business development data for regional business units by market sector and prepare related analyses for monthly management meetings. Performed all internal and external auditors for Finance/HR/Safety.

Project Manager - Provided management oversight for all phases of new construction projects coordinating workers, material, and equipment, ensuring that specifications are being followed, and work is proceeding on schedule and within budget. Scheduled daily productivity and communicated weekly progress on each job in terms of productivity and deadlines, reporting to the Construction manager about critical situations. Excellent communication and convincing skills with clients, sub-contractors, vendors, city/state inspectors, appraisers, banks, loan officers to establish cordial/effective working relationship. HUMAN RESOURCES

Approve and reviewed all locations payroll to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions. Resolve payroll issues as they arise and implement procedures to mitigate future risks and errors. Developed strong controls and procedures to ensure accurate and timely payroll. Compliant with all state and federal employment, pension, and payroll laws, collaborating with staff and senior management for awareness and reviewing practices. Managed all HRIS/Payroll software upgrades, managed check list, brought cost savings and transitioned full roll outs to new systems.

Created several new Standard Safety Operating Procedures, Safety Policies and internal safety audits that had not previously been created. Examples: Electrical Safety Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, Near Miss Reporting, Business Emergency Contingency Plan. Developed a new training program to ensure personnel are properly trained and certification was tracked through Matrix and in separate employee files. Responsible for ensuring all preventative maintenance, outage planning, new equipment install, and repairs that were to be completed. Handled all employee matters regarding the safety of the employees during the first few years of COVID and developed a team of safety leaders to assert and accomplish our goals and to keep our employees as safe as possible. Document and record all team members performances in KPI’s and departmental goals to ensure compliance to company requirements, timeframes, and objectives.

Identify means of continuous resource management process improvements along with developing and sharing best practices across for departmental and company-wide cross training. Provide staff training, evaluate staff performance, and implement departmental changes as approved by the center director and coordinated with the human resources manager prior to implementation. Prioritize a diverse and inclusive company culture through recruiting, training, policies, and conversations. Coached, develops, and builds engaged leaders and team members to work in a positive work environment with a sense of achievement about their role in the company.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

Developed enhanced KPIs and metrics across IT functions/systems/processes to identify areas of improvement, boosting productivity and efficiency to drive smooth operations. Expanded the helpdesk/system admin team to support smooth daily IT functionality across the organization. Communicate with diverse group of business leaders, engineers, and the I.T. team to deliver recommendations to resolve repetitive I.T. problems and reduce overall incidents for cost savings and measurable ROI results. Managed company-wide transition from localized IT budget model to globalized, corporate management model. Delivered significant savings by breaking down siloed budgets and consolidating system support.

Responsible for the management of financial operations and reporting of the organization. Managed and maintained computer systems including business applications software, client/server network, and workstations. Led Technology Finance transition team upon acquiring new companies, for full IT, Finance, HR, and Safety update to be streamlined onto main companies’ software in a seamless manner. Overseeing all FP&A, Accounting and Reporting functions for investments starting from $83M to $36B. Optimized dashboard reporting, and cost allocation transparency by implementing fiscal management system.

Senior implementation IT Manager with successful full cycle implementations and system upgrades on Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft AX, Sage 100,200, MAS 500 ERP systems and QuickBooks. Successfully completed multiple projects encompassing system upgrades, creating companywide Intranets, launched server upgrades, and carried out software planning for Quality, Safety, Training, Project Management and Maintenance. Always complete implementations on-time and on or below budget for enterprises.

WORK HISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

CONFIDENTIAL • MANUFACTURING • CHANDLER, AZ • 2021 ~ Current

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & BUSINESS OPERATIONS: Manager of Finance, Human Resources & Business Operations ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Restructured the entire finance organization by reducing closing process by 16 days, implemented budget and forecasting, consolidated systems, upgraded ERP system and streamlined accounting process. Managed full financial turnaround in the face of mounting losses and SEC compliance issues. Allowing increased productivity of 32%. Focused on attainment of key business metrics, continuous improvement initiatives, strengthened performance metrics tracking and analysis to enhance tactical and strategic company plans.

• Transitioned full ERP software transition upgrade allowing productivity to increase by 28%. Cost savings of $394,000.

• Fully transitioned company Payroll/HRIS conversion and lowered employees’ benefits costs while negotiating better medical coverage. Providing a positive impact for all employees and allowing a bonus program to be introduced with $280,000 annual cost savings.

• Developed and implemented companywide safety program. corrective action, and internal auditing programs. Led comprehensive analysis all vendors, contract labors, software systems, and supplier contracts, securing new vendors and negotiated new contracts, delivering more than

$1,4Mil in annual cost savings.

• Reduced overtime spending from 33% to 10% by cross training efforts and accountability. Reduced regrettable turnover rate by standardization of processes, communication, recognition, and accountability.

• Implemented daily cycle count process within the warehouse to track inventory record accuracy and book to physical dollars. VITRON ACQUISITIONS • AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING • PHX, AZ • 2017 ~ 2021

DIVISION CONTROLLER: Member of Board of Directors, Manager of Accounting, Human Resources, IT, and Administration. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Transitioned full ERP Software, Project Management Software and Quality software upgrade for all divisions, allowing increasing productivity by 32%. Cost savings of $382,000.

• Increased revenue through Project Phoenix from $13m to $68m the 1st year. Continual growth over the next 3 years.

• Reversed a downward trend in past-due account collections of $6 million to $200,000 in 3 months.

• Built $50 million safety net to safeguard bank assets despite rising consumer delinquencies due to COVID-19.

• Matrix management environment with oversight of divisions of finance, human resources, safety, operations, and compliance.

• Implemented companywide cross training program changing company turn over from 67% to 2% in 12 months.

• Successfully completed all divisional projects for Finance, HR, IT, Safety and Administration, allowing success in M&A projects

• 0 Minors and 0 Majors total of 23 Audits companywide internal and external audits during employment.

• Won transformation award for business Revenue increase 2017. CSC ELECTRIC/GSA • CONSTRUCTION/MANUFACTURING • PEORIA, AZ • 2013 ~ 2018

CONTROLLER/PROJECT MANAGER: Manager of Finance/Accounting, Human Resources, IT, and Administration. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Project managed Tier 2 construction contributing $58M to revenue over course of employment.

• Transitioned Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft AX software allowing productivity to increase by 23% and allowed for higher security measures to be implemented. Cost savings of $265,000.

• Increased revenue through risk management transition process from $9M to $38M the 1st year.

• 0 Minors and 0 Majors total of 12 Audits companywide internal and external audits during employment.

• Won most innovative employee for business transition and increase in 1 year for Revenue 2008~2009

• Won highest closed projects with highest gross margin’s ratio for revenue for Tier 2 contracts 2012~2015 AT YOUR SERVICE/GSA • CONSTRUCTION/MANUFACTURING • PHX, AZ • 2005 ~ 2013

CONTROLLER/ PROJECT MANAGER: Manager of Finance/Accounting, Human Resources, IT and Administration. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Fostered transition into Federal contracts boosting revenue up from Millions to Billions in 2 years’ time.

• Maximized account acquisition, channel expansion, and creative breakthroughs while managing $239B budget.

• Implemented safety program, quality program, resulting in a reduction of Worker’s Compensation cost by $195,000 annually.

• Introduced customers to monthly presentation packets for real time numbers that received referrals increasing revenue by $6.8M.

• Won annual most innovative employee for business transition and increase for Revenue 2008

• Won highest close projects with highest gross margin ratio for revenue for Tier 2 contracts 2011- 2012

• Won employee of the year 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2012 MIC • VA LOANS/MORTGAGE REFINANCE • PHX, AZ • 2002 ~ 2005

ACCOUNTANT/LOAN PROCESSOR: Manager of Finance/Accounting, Human Resources, and Administration. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Won highest closing percentage of loans 2004, overall increase of production of 64%

• Won employee of the year 2004 and 2005.

TJMAXX• RETAIL • PEORIA, AZ • 1998 ~ 2004

CASH OFFICER/ACCOUNTANT: Manager of Accounting, Human Resources, and sales reps. ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Voted most improved in efficiency with financial close timeframes and procedures

• Voted employee of the year from 1998 to 2004.

CHARACTERISTICS

Ability to Multitask Analytical Mindset Ambitious Balanced Change Manager Clear-Headed Creative Dependable Discreet Educated Efficient Helpful Honest Humility Humorous Integrity Intelligent Independent Innovative Insightful Leader Logical

Mature Meticulous Attention to Detail Organized Optimistic Original Perceptive Poised Under Pressure Problem Solver Responsible Self-Disciplined Straightforward Versatile Understanding Very Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills Witty CERTIFICATIONS

QUICKBOOKS 7 VERSIONS 2010 ~ CURRENT

SAP ERP/SAP 4/HANA 2014 ~ CURRENT

MICROSOFT AX 2017-2021 & MICROSOFT DYNAMICS 365 2017 ~ CURRENT SAGE ONLINE/100/300/MAS90 2018 ~ CURRENT

SPHR, SPHRI & GPHR CERTIFICATION 2006 ~ CURRENT

FEDERAL SECURITY CLEARANCE 2010 ~ CURRENT

BACHELOR’S DEGREE ACCOUNTING 2004

CPA 2021 ~ CURRENT

SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION 2021 ~ CURRENT

PMP (PROJECT MANAGEMENT) CERTIFICATION 2006 ~ CURRENT SOFTWARE PROGRAMS

QUICK BOOKS: Construction Enterprise Essentials Online Plus Contractor Edition Advanced Desktop Premier SAP: ERP S4/HANA Arabia Question-mark Tricentis Digital route Skills soft Risk management HR Accounting upgrades SAGE: Online Sage 100 Sage 300 HR Contractor Construction Project Center Accountant Edition MAS90 MICROSOFT: 365 Dynamics AX Great Plains Crystal Reports Forecaster HR PM Module Implementation Teams HR: Paychex Flex ADP Bamboo HR Patriot payroll Namely Peachtree Benefit Management Paycor Sky Prep Oracle PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Asana Jira DocuWare Wrike Smart sheet Hive QUALITY: ISO Master-control Inspect2Go QT9 QCBD QMS Net Suite Lean Systems Six Sigma Green Belt REPORTING: Bills.com Insight Pro-workflow Quick Base Adaptive Planning Domo Encore Expensify Zoom KEY SKILLS

Accruals, Affirmative Action Plans, Amortization, Aerospace, AR/AP, AS9100 Rev C/Rev D, ASC605/606, Audit Preparation, AIA progress billing, Background Checks, Benefit Management, Budget Development, Budget Management, Business Process Analysis, Cash Flow Optimization, Certified Payroll, Chart of Accounts, COGS, Conflict Resolution, Contract Reviews, Contract review, Cross Training, Culture Creation, Cycle Counts, Data Conversion, Davis Bacon Wages, DBE Standards Special provision, EBITA, Employee Engagement, ERP Software Implementation, E Verify, Excel, FAA Repair Station, Financial Analysis, Financial Performance Reporting, Fixed Assets & Depreciation, FMLA, FOD, Forecasting, Gap/Fit Analysis, Gross Margins, Income Statement Detailed/Summary, International Accounting, Intercompany Accounting, Inventory Reserve, ISO, IT Support, ITAR, Loan Processing, Manufacturing, Matrix Reporting, Methodology, Metrix charting, Month End Close, MOR reports, MS Office, MSSQL Databases, Multistate Accounting, Multistate Human Resources, NADCAP, Net Income, Obsolete Inventory, Payroll Compliance & Management, Performance Reviews, Project Implementation, Proposals, Pivot Tables, Presentations, Profit & Loss Reporting, Project Accounting, Progress Billing, Quality, Recruiting, Requirement Gathering, Retail Accounting, Revenue expansion, Software Coding, Software Module creating, Tax Audits, Software Transition, Training & Development, Trended Financials, 1095-C, 401K/IRA, W2/W3 /W9, WH347, WPM 120+, WIP, WC, VLOOKUP’s, Year End Close INTERESTS

Laser Engraving/Comedy Clubs/Baseball/Softball

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