John Smith

    Cell: 512-000-3851                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Austin, Texas
    Home: 512-240-4800                                                                                                                                                                                                                    name.surname@yahoo.com
        

Summary

Experienced CFO in multi-entity environments. Seventeen years’ experience in executive financial roles including VP, FD and CFO designations

• Analytical Tools: Designs and implements reporting tools to improve process flows of information.
• Operations: Manages Accounting and IT departments of staff environments exceeding 100 individuals.
• Leadership: Implementation of IT and accounting structure to establish collaborative relationships with all departments within the organization.
• Taxation: Develops solutions to minimize tax liabilities and ensure compliance to both regional and local governmental tax codes.
• Advanced knowledge areas: Mergers, Capital Modeling, Financial Valuations, Deal Structuring, Strategic Roadmap Development, Prospective Markets, Infrastructure Workforce Processes, IT Integration Projects and Company Restructuring.

Education

M.B.A. Master of Business Administration – University of Connecticut, 2005
M.S. Master of Financial Management and Information Systems – University of Dallas, 1991
B.S. Bachelor of Science Business Accounting – Iowa State University, 1989

Professional Experience

Chief Financial Officer
ODIChem, Inc. – Austin, Texas
December 2014 – Current

• An international chemical company that develops and manufactures products for various industries across the globe. Manufacturing plants in: the USA, Europe, Africa and South East Asia.
• Adjusted debt leverage and fixed asset ratio's by curating a bank credit facility to allow for significant increased borrowing capabilities to fund several short-term investments. This decreased the external investment risk which enabled the company to meet required bank covenants.
• Crafted and implemented a capital investment and return process. This greenfield process included modelling and illustrative displays of financial results from projected investment projects and their effects on the holding company cash flow and new product line launches. The results depict all financial metrics and returns (IRR). The model assisted the Board gain approval for capital investments.
• Revamped and streamlined the forecasting system which automatically eliminated the need lengthy data consolidation exercises from all inter-company transactions and produces key statistic pages.
• Designed a plan to repatriate cash build in a foreign entity. This entailed the restructuring and consolidation of certain key foreign entities to effect payables from the foreign country to the home country which in turn opened repatriation of profits of current and future cash flows.
• Implemented a standardized comparative benchmark initiative. The benchmark compares all financial results of the company (Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash flows) to relevant industry and other similar type company results. This tool added most value in developing strategy and overall company direction.