Financial management professional - CFO, Controller

JUAN ARIEL JIMENEZ

**** ******* **** **** • Brandon, FL 33511 • 813-***-**** • ******************@*****.***

Detail-oriented Accounting Management Professional with extensive experience encompassing all facets of business finance and cost accounting operations

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• In-depth knowledge of a diverse array of core financial and accounting functions, with a demonstrated capacity to successfully fulfill responsibilities to further corporate/client objectives.

• Productive contributor to team projects and self-managed tasks, with the ability to successfully deliver multiple concurrent projects under the tightest deadlines.

• Able to design, streamline and implement accounting systems and financial management procedures, and identify cost saving methods.

• Superior analytical and problem-solving abilities, adept at providing hands-on leadership and direction in cost accounting and financial policies and procedures

• Broad controllership experience including SEC reporting, external audit management, SOX compliance, budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, cash management and operational planning.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KIMBALL HILL HOMES FLORIDA, INC., Tampa, FL 2006 – 2009

National residential builder ranked by JD Powers among highest in Customer Satisfaction in Tampa

REGIONAL CONTROLLER (50 MILLION)

• Handled private with public reporting requirements for Florida Region

• Implemented lien release program based on Florida statute that generated $700,000 in debt relief.

• Spearheaded transition of procurement systems from turn-key to material management, resulting in reduction of direct construction costs by 10%.

• Directed implementation of scheduling software (AirWavz) which produced 25% reduction in construction cycle time.

• Re-designed Dash Board reports to communicate key performance indicators more effectively.

• Established internal control procedures to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley guidelines.

LENNAR CORPORATION, Tampa, FL 2005 – 2006

Top- three national residential builder among Fortune 500 companies

ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL CONTROLLER (350 MILLION)

• Directed re-organization of accounting functions to improve operational efficiency, resulting in annual savings of over $300,000.

• Developed procurement metrics to analyze purchasing inconsistencies and reduce material spoilage.

• Renegotiated capital leases, reducing costs by $100,000.

• Managed internal audit of critical vendors secured $500,000 in back-charges.

JEVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Tampa, FL 2002 – 2005

Medium size private wireless and emerging technology wholesale distributor

CORPORATE CONTROLLER (25 MILLION)

• Directed debt re-structuring and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

• Establish and maintained lines of credit with senior lending facilities, and settled complex transactions with cellular carriers, instrumental in retaining large retail accounts.

• Negotiated vendor contracts with factories in Asia, including establishment of lines of credit.

• Established internal control structure for all accounting areas based on SOX guidelines and established procedures to monitored compliance.

• Coordinated implementation of new financial software (MAS 90), resulting in improved inventory management results.

DAVEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Tampa, FL 1999 – 2002

Largest public independent provider of pay telephone services in the nation

CORPORATE CONTROLLER (100 MILLION)

• Managed all financial aspects for the largest independent payphone provider in US

o Directed projects to develop electronic bridges between various operational databases (ADP & customized revenue software) and JD Edwards.

o Successfully reconstructed and consolidated post-merger PPE sub-ledger information from three different financial databases into JD Edwards for 85K payphones.

o Implemented JD Edwards, bill of materials, inventory and purchasing modules (including customization) to integrate with both A/P and G/L modules.

o Created financial reporting per payphone (instead of per division) to provide visibility and subsequent removal of non-performing units saving of over 1million in 2000.

o Improved projections of USAC revenues which accelerated the collection of revenues by 20% or 500K per quarter.

• Coordinated quarterly reviews and annual audits, including the preparation of supporting schedules and footnotes and interaction with financial reporting analyst and external auditors.

• Improve spreadsheets to streamline the preparation of month end closing schedules thus reducing the closing cycle to from 12 to 7 business days.

• Re-aligned segmentation of cost centers to provide better visibility of non-performing divisions resulting in the elimination or consolidation of various divisions and a distribution center.

RIVERA, RODRIGUEZ, & CO., CPA’S, San Juan, PR (Currently Baker Tilly) 1996 – 1999

Largest management consulting firm in Puerto Rico

CONSULTING SERVICES MANAGER (3 MILLION)

• Provided clients with consulting services, regarding the preparation of SEC financial reports and supporting documentation for various publicly traded companies, such as large pharmaceutical manufacturers and telecommunications carriers. In addition, provided accounting services to medium size organizations in multiple industries such as construction, restaurants, transportation, real estate management, metal recycling, retail stores, and others.

o Restructured debt for a restaurant chain from 600K to 70K in a six-month period.

o Reorganized the capital expenditures program for a large pharmaceutical (Alcon Labs.) which generated savings of over 750K in six months.

• Managed projects including reconstruction of financial data, debt restructuring, financial statement consolidation, capital expenditures management, cost accounting and general accounting tasks.

• Assisted in implementation of accounting software for various types of businesses.

o Directed the implementation of Master Builder software for a mid-size commercial contractor (JDH Construction, Inc.)

• Recommended realignment of accounting functions to achieve improved operating efficiencies and for establishment of internal control systems based on common industry practices.

THE TELECOMS GROUP, JV, San Juan, PR 1993 – 1996

Private investment venture capital group owner of third largest wireless carrier in Puerto Rico

PROJECT CONTROLLER (20 MILLION)

• Established full accounting functions and internal control procedures for telecommunications broker of a $65 million IPO.

• Directed the creation and implementation of an Access database of 1641 investors and supervised financial updates for each investor.

• Prepared and assisted in filing financial documentation for SEC (10K and 10Q’s).

• Directed reconstruction and consolidation of financial information of various corporations in multi company environment with improved auditing results.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN ACCOUNTING, 1994

INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY, San Juan, PR

Graduated Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Courses in Excel, Visual Basic, PowerPoint, SAP, QuickBooks, Next Level Purchasing

• Currently enrolled in CPA review course

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Windows, ERP, SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle, True Line, Master Builder, Metalware, Mapics, MAS 90, QuickBooks, Peachtree, Access, Business Objects, Hyperion Essbase, Crystal Reports, Excel, Visual Basic, PowerPoint.

REFERENCES

• References will be provided upon request.

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