Gershom D. Davis

**** ****** ***** ~ Indianapolis, Indiana 46228

317-***-**** (home) ~ 214-***-**** (cell)

E-mail: hwqq2m@r.postjobfree.com

FINANCIAL EXPERIENCE

Robert Half Management Resources, Contractor, Indianapolis, IN May 2012 - Present

Stanley Black & Decker

May 2012 - Present

• Prepare, approve, and research Balance Sheet account reconciliations

• Identify process improvements for all accounting processes within the HHI division

• Utilize Hyperion Financial Manager and Blackline ERP software to complete tasks

Redcats USA, Director of Expense Planning & Control, Indianapolis, IN May 2011 – November 2011

Direct reports: 5 Senior Financial Analysts

• Managed budgets, projections, MTP, accounting activities for all Direct and Indirect OSP expenses

• Served as financial partner to the Operations Group in analyzing financial impact on direct costs, operational proposals, P&L’s, KPI trend analysis, Request for Cap Ex Spending, Capacity Planning, Fringe benefits expense Cost/Benefit analysis, etc

• Prepared and reported monthly cost centers financial statements, including commentary and analysis of key statistical information (KPI’s) pertinent to managing expenses.

• Partnered with the finance peers responsible for the management of fixed asset accounting, including review of all capital expenditure requests and supporting financial analysis when necessary (i.e., ROI’s, IRR, etc.).

• Reviewed monthly journal entries and account reconciliations for all areas of responsibility.

• Continuously evaluated processes and procedures, and implemented improvements that maximized the flow of financial information from concept to completion reporting, streamlined and improved business speed, work quality and accuracy, and internal and external customer service.

• Provided leadership, direction and coaching to 5 direct reports that resulted in maintaining and improving associate morale, meeting/exceeding required deadlines, and achieving high customer satisfaction.

• Developed challenging but achievable goals and objectives that present a clear vision and direction for all team members that objectively measure their performance and provides timely and candid feedback on performance, unfavorable as well as favorable through personal efforts and the use of company resources, develop and enhance the skills, knowledge, and abilities of the team that lead to improved team performance

Crowe Horwath LLP, May 2005 – May 2011

South Bend, IN & Indianapolis, IN

Direct Reports: 2 Senior Financial Analysts

Manager of Financial Planning July 2007 – May 2011

• Consolidate and analyze the budget for each of the Firm’s BU’s to ensure that the budget is within the Firm’s guidelines for Revenue, Expense, and Net Income growth

• Manage the design, update, and maintenance of the Firm’s budget model in COGNOS Enterprise Planning

• Lead and manage process improvement for the Firm’s budget

• Design, maintain, and analyze other Firm analytical tools in COGNOS Enterprise Planning (e.g. Work Force Planning model, Success Sharing Bonus model)

• Supervised and developed 2 Senior Financial Analysts

Senior Financial Analyst May 2005 – July 2007

• Designed, updated, and maintained the Firm’s budget model in COGNOS Enterprise Planning

• Analyzed monthly financial statements and provide variance analysis for the Firm’s BUs

• Supervised and developed 1 Financial Analyst

Safety-Kleen Corp, Senior Financial Analyst, Plano, Texas Nov. 2003 – May 2005

• Consolidated, analyzed, and provided variance analysis for the monthly financial Outlook for all company

• Developed financial models in MS Excel that extracted monthly data from Hyperion Essbase and SAP to be used for company-wide monthly reporting and forecasting

• Served as a DBA for Hyperion Essbase

• Developed, tracked, and reported financial savings of approximately $200M, generated by the VAC Services initiative

• Provided financial support to the Sales and Environmental Health & Services organizations through budget preparation, variance analysis, and profitability measurement using numerous business metrics

Celanese Chemicals, Financial Analyst, Dallas, Texas May 2002 – Sept. 2003

• Performed financial audits on completed Six Sigma projects to ensure that the savings that were originally claimed were actually achieved and ensured that those practices were implemented into other projects

• Managed a group 4 employees that provided financial analysis and support to 3rd party companies requesting financial information in support of their purchasing pieces of existing businesses

• Analyzed and reconciled Ethylene, Propylene, and Natural Gas inventory accounts for all Chemical plant sites

• Performed month-end close, budget, and reporting duties for 3 manufacturing sites, using SAP

XO Communications, Lead Financial Analyst, Dallas, Texas Oct. 2001 – May 2002

(Reason for leaving: Finance organization was relocated to Reston, VA)

• Prepared and managed the revenue budget and provided revenue and headcount forecasts and variance analysis

• Developed models to calculate monthly compensation for the National Sales Organization’s sales force

Nortel Networks, Inc., Financial Analyst, Richardson, Texas May 1997 – Oct. 2001

Financial Analyst January 2001 – October 2001

• Managed the Wireless Internet Mobility Restructuring provision and ensured that the provision was fully and legally utilized

• Managed, analyzed, and forecasted the Wireless Internet Mobility balance sheet, focusing on Accounts Receivable (DSO’s < = 90 days) and Inventory Turnover < = 100 days

• Ensured the Wireless Internet Mobility business had positive cash flow by analyzing actuals vs. product business cases, ensuring DSO’s were at or below 90 days and presenting to the senior management of the Wireless Internet Mobility business

• Built models to ensure that contractual agreements were satisfied for the company’s Most Favored Customers

• Obtained and analyzed wireless internet industry and market reports and used the information to aid managerial staff and sales/account teams

Financial Analyst, Finance Development Program May 1998 – January 2001

3rd Rotation – Wireless Internet Portfolio Organization

• Identified potential product offering opportunities based on market trends and demands, ensuring that any new product offering was the 1st or 2nd product offering of that type in the market

• Aligned Time to Market Core Teams’ business cases with the Mobility Strategic Roadmap to ensure that the business cases had a positive NPV over the first 5 years of the project

• Built and analyzed models to show the benefits of joint venture opportunities

• Trained new users on the Hyperview and Analyzer R&D reporting applications

2nd Rotation - Financial Analyst - Research and Development

• Kept R&D project spending for Wireless TDMA and CDMA technologies 5% below company’s objective

• Performed monthly close duties and provided monthly spending analysis to global project managers

1st Rotation - Financial Analyst - Planning and Analysis Consolidations

• Managed the Bay/Enterprise Data Networks Line of Business’ budget, outlook, and headcount processes by ensuring the LOB Net Income remained 10% above company’s objective

• Managed business unit's Human Resources' department budget, outlooks and results to ensure that the spending remained 20% below company’s objective

Professional Intern, Richardson Texas May 1997 - Aug. 1997

• Provided upper management with a financial post-audit of an on-going project

• Performed cost analysis on expenses for the project

• Provided financial justification for continuing the project through an earnings/change analysis and through the calculation of Net Present Value, Return on Investment, Internal Rate of Return, and Payback Period

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University College Station, Texas

MBA, Finance Concentration Graduated: May 1998

Graduate Merit Fellowship Recipient

University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, Louisiana

BA in English (Technical Writing Concentration) Graduated: May 1995

Minors in Mathematics and Computer Science

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel – Expert

Word – Expert

PowerPoint – Expert

Access – Beginner/Intermediate

Hyperion Essbase – Expert (completed DBA Training)

COGNOS Enterprise Planning Series – Expert

Microsoft Visual Basic – Intermediate

SAP – Intermediate

SQL – Intermediate

Oracle – Intermediate

OTHER EXPERIENCE/AFFILIATIONS

• Member of Finance Committee of College Mentors for Kids in Indianapolis (Current)

• Past member of the Board of Directors of Dismas House of South Bend (2007 - 2008)

• Past member of the Finance Committee of the St. Joseph County Chapter of the American Red Cross (2007 – 2008)

• Graduate of The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County Leadership Program – Class XXXIII (2006)

• Volunteer for the American Cancer Society

• Past Volunteer for March of Dimes

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