Professional Corporate Financial Controller
Resume:
Ezz-Eldin Mohran
Diligent Financial Executives PC
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Tucson, AZ 85751
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www.linkedin.com/in/ezzmohran-8b577126
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Career financial professional with the requisite entrepreneurial drive, passion, and expertise to assist organizations in all aspects of financial analysis, strategic planning, value creation, and operating performance optimization. Technologically adept while creative, with twenty-five years of experience in financial controllership and reporting. Specific Achievements included:
• Repositioned enterprises by integrating economic optimization with organization’s vision, ensuring day-to-day decision- making reflects strategic objectives as well as economic constraints.
• Partnered with enterprise executives to provide the necessary leadership, organization, quality assurance, and strategic focus required to implement financial policy and increase the value and efficacy of financial information.
• Ensured all ancillary operating and management processes and systems, such as CRM, Project Management, Information Systems, and others were coherently and consistently integrated within a Cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning System by effectively assembling, managing, and monitoring technical implementation teams in accordance with ERP implementation objectives, guidelines, and milestones.
• Provided “hands-on” implementation of FASB’s Accounting Standards Codifications ASC 606, ASC 340-40 and ASC 610-20 and related guidelines. Structured required financial performance metrics and indicators, fiscal year-end audits, quality assurance, government and DCMA audit protocols.
• Designed, developed, and deployed virtual workplaces, databases, and secured business archiving systems within multiple fast-paced, diverse industries over multiple states. Reviewed business processes, identified key financial and operational controls, and optimized Internal control and risk management policies.
• Designed and implemented business-to-business staffing model to replace ineffective performance benchmarks with talent development and performance-based compensation initiatives, while easily transcending cultural differences. Relevant Professional Experience
Diligent Financial Executives PC, Arizona 01/2020 – PRESENT Financial Controller for Virtual Management Service providers in the states of Arizona, California, North Carolina and New York
• Secured $14.5M+ in Small Business Administration (SBA) grants/loans for thirty-two small businesses within 94 days
• Provided protocols fulfilling SBA and AICPA Accounting-Best-Practice requirements and recommendations
• Monitored the cash flow forecast, monthly financial activities and reporting and virtually managed the accounting department
• Designed and implemented improved business-to-business workforce plans, processes, and productivity Bel Aire Development and Affiliates., Scottsdale, Arizona 01/2016 – PRESENT Financial Controller for $35M Custom homes development and construction enterprise (2016-2018 and 2020- present)
• Restructured partnership and emerging business ventures through strategic business planning processes
• Served as the point of contact with private lenders, securing $8M line of credit and $5.9M in additional venture capital financing
• Managed partnership capital accounts and prepared annual corporate & partnership tax returns and Entities’ K-1 schedules
• Restructured and maintained an automated financial reporting system and streamlined operational processes
• Instituted project financial benchmarks and guidelines and reduced operational overhead and team project management costs Quality Production Services and Affiliates, Torrance, CA 07/2018 – 01/2020 Director of Finance for $80 million emerging enterprise providing commercial tenants- improvement and development services
• Designed, developed, and implemented various growth strategies and value stream capacity metrics.
Conducted financial analysis, increased customer satisfaction, and accelerated sales growth by 28%
Prepared project status, cost, and compliance reports, assessed project risk, liquidity, and loss exposure
Increased market share by $22M, by executing target costing and gross margin price-multiplier models
• Reviewed and improved operational efficiencies
Designed effective accounting controls, established process improvement, streamlined project status reporting and billing, and reduced contracted purchase order and change order conversion period from 140 to 48 days Page 2 of 3
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Managed an Oracle-based ERP implementation team, met all preset implementation criteria, and successfully accomplished ERP’s key strategic initiatives with minimal interruption of daily operations
Maintained $1.3M EBITDA for 14 consecutive months, provided weekly project-progress, cost-to-complete, project contribution margins and flash reports to project managers and corporate executives
Oversaw the finance department, managed existing project managers/accountants, and trained new accounting staff
Improved periodic closing process from 43 days to 12 days, resolved recording inconsistencies, created work-in-process
(WIP) turnover index utilizing extensive data querying and advanced trend analysis and modeling iCrossing, Scottsdale, Arizona 07/2017– 07/2018
Accounting Systems Consolidation Manager for global digital media leader with 360 global businesses and 2,400 employees
• Managed cloud-based ERP implementation team of 14 global professionals, integrating four separate accounting systems, streamlining project financial reporting process, and restructuring all aspects of the project management group
• Unified revenue recognition protocols:
Streamlined the project-costing and revenue recognition systems in accordance with updated FASB codifications
Coordinated/collaborated with Oracle Implementation team to improve the project management, analysis, and revenue recognition process and virtually trained twenty-five+ senior project managers
Managed a team of five assistant controllers reconciling twelve accrued payable general ledgers from four separate ERP systems, resolving $360M in outstanding payables with multiple global vendors Now CFO, Scottsdale, Arizona 01/2016– 07/2018
Regional Operational Controller for Management Resources Advisory firm with more than 35 nationwide locations
• Provided per-project benchmarks, reduced team-per-project management costs, consolidated regional managers monthly forecasts of headcount and assured quality outsourced management services
• Increased financial visibility and led cross-functional business partners to deliver growth from strategy development to implementation, monitoring and control and created multiple operational improvement procedures, leading to $450k in savings Ascent Aviation MRO, Tucson, Arizona 01/2013 – 01/2016 Vice President of Accounting for World-class Aircraft MRO service provider for narrow, wide & long-haul aircrafts
• Streamlined the financial data flow, validated financial reporting process, and improved internal control systems.
• Initiated various disclosures and process validation and regenerated thirty-six months of financial statements
• Assisted in the implementation of FASB (ASC) 805 and 820 and led a due diligent process team of 4 professionals.
Created all necessary codification to allocate all assets and non-controlling interest within the due diligent initiatives
Provided return on investment calculations, industry segmental trends analysis, and contemporary financial budgets
Implemented full-scale working capital model, reducing default risk by 60% and A/R >90 by $2.4M
• Developed new projects management system to meet FAA regulations
Benchmarked key internal target margins, improved workforce mix, decreasing general administrative costs by 33%
Performed project audits, project-closing process, WIP vs COGS analysis, and inventory review
Established inventory and cycle counts and cost-roll controls in compliance with FAA for >23,000-part items
Provided cost-to-complete forecast reducing the closing process time and FAA quality assurance audit by 60% Boulder Canyon Builders LLC, RR Development Tucson, AZ 09/2009 – 12/2012 Group Vice President of Finance (served in several positions of increasing responsibility during thirty-nine-month tenure)
• Provided leadership in joint business development and management
Developed joint business planning, go-to-market strategy, return on investment analysis and customer segmentation models propelling business into top 5 developer market in the state of Arizona within three years
Assisted chief executives in streamlining operational reporting and consolidated trend data, backlogs, and sales forecasts
Argued real estate tax assessments and obtained a $1.6M tax shield and $300K annual property tax reduction
• Ensured financial reporting integrity and external and internal audit requirement compliance
Managed twelve-person financial accounting, reporting, budgeting, and cost control team and ensured accurate general ledger posting, and timely external audit deliverables for ten properties with a combined asset value of $50+ million Page 3 of 3
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Rock Roofing LLC, Tucson, Arizona 12/2004 – 09/2009 Financial Controller
• Created and organized management transitional team
Established/maintained eligibility to solicit government contracts and generated government contracts of $85M
Hired Commercial Planning Director, enhanced customer focus and led new service efforts delivering 80% growth
• Improved entity’s financial reporting and operating position
Executed internal cost benchmark, led to 21% reduction in SG&A expenses, projects overhead and contingency
Qualified Entity for $10.2M performance/bidding surety bonds, increased revenue by 30% for 4 consecutive year
Compiled monthly borrowing base reports, debt amortization schedules and loan covenant compliance
Improved the financial reports provided to senior management and established 9-day financial closing schedule
• Maintaining project accounting and job costing system
Collaborated with 14 superintendent and served as accounting liaison for 6 municipal projects, totaling $30M in revenue
Developed KPIs, internal cost valuation and projects performance models, and assured timely projects close-out process.
Revamped contract encumbrances for timely release of funds. Assured governmental regulations compliance Metal Manufacturing INC, Tucson, Arizona 03/1998 – 12/2004 Corporate Controller (2000 – 2004) (promoted as Head of Finance Division)
• Executed horizonal expansion and business acquisition plans securing long term 38% annual sales growth
• Prepared consolidated financial statements, profitability forecasting reports, and 13-week cash flow statement
• Restored $14.5M SBA lines of credit, allowing infrastructure upgrades and improving monthly
• Administrating cost-based revenue recognition and controls system.
Adhered to government reporting codifications and retrieved $1.91M in unbilled jobs and Union retained funds
Increased market share by $12M by reinstating the company as government certified air-duct supplier
• Providing monthly financial closing and reporting.
Assisted project managers meeting divisions strategic goals and projects financial reporting deadlines
Reviewed and presented recommendations on critical balance sheet and income statement line items
Designed contract audit process resulting in 25% decrease in project contingency pulls and monthly $1.2M EBITDA
• Facilitated cost accounting, inventory, and cycle count controls and KPI reports.
Provided directors with contemporary budget, weekly KPI reports and cost- variance and net-deadweight calculations
Managed $37M in inventory, implemented cycle counts and reduced obsolescence risk resulting in cost savings of $600K
• Oversaw payroll and human resource departments
Processed- in house- weekly payroll for 600 union employees, accrual-based fringes, and tax liabilities system.
Compiled divisional labor and overhead standard costing reports and administered union-based pension funds
Implemented long-term headcount and salary projections, leading to a reduction of payroll cost by 22% Education and Professional Development
Ain-Shams University
• B.S in Accounting and Business Administration
Ain-Shams University
• Master’s degree in Financial Economics
• University of Arizona
• 4-Year Graduate Studies toward Ph. D in Financial Economics
• Eller College of Management- Teaching Assistant- Corporate Finance, Managerial Accounting ERP implementation and Reporting Systems automation Skills ERP Implementations and Management
MS Dynamics GP, Oracle applications- NetSuite, Oracle 11 and Plexxis PM systems, Sage 100, Foundation, and Pentagon 2000 Data Visualization & Client Engagement Platforms
MS Power BI, Tableau, Crystal Reports, Blackline, Suralink.
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