Jim Hawk Truck Trailers Inc resume example

Jim Hawk Truck Trailers is a family owned dealership with 7 locations across the Midwest focusing on truck trailer sales, service, and parts distribution

• Implemented S-Corp tax conversion and subsidiary/related party reorganization to help owners realize efficient tax structure
• Reorganized employee responsibilities and internal processes to reduce month end close and reporting by five business days
• Provide financial information and analysis to ownership and branch managers to help them understand and make informed decisions for their businesses
• Responsible for maintaining banking and treasury relationships including compliance reporting, renewal, and expansion for $25 million floor plan facility and $15 million revolving line of credit
• Coordinate all commercial, property casualty, and workers compensation insurance programs with owners and insurance carriers
• Led financial and due diligence support for any potential merger and acquisition activity
• Supervised team of 11 employees covering accounting, finance, HR, and payroll functions

Interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 09/2016 to 03/2017

Ballantyne is a publicly traded holding company with businesses focused in cinema manufacturing and distribution, digital advertising, and other minority interest investments

• Shortened month end close processing by approximately four business days while reducing overall accounting team from 11 to 9 team members
• Coordinate with external auditors, worked with audit team to reorganize timing of audit work to increase efficiency of year-end close and audit completion
• Provide financial analysis and support to business unit leadership to help them achieve their business objectives
• Prepare and lead presentations to Board of Directors and Audit Committee and direct all investor relation activities
• Supervise and direct financial planning and analysis functions of 3 team members with responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis and cash flow projections
• Responsible for all treasury functions including cash management and maintaining banking relationships with multiple banks
• Coordinate ERP system implementation post-conversion activities between cross functional and executive teams with focus on realizing system efficiencies
• Responsible for preparation and filing of SEC documents including 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and proxy filings
• Plan and coordinate efforts with outside tax consultants for tax compliance and tax planning strategies

Tenaska Capital Management is a privately held private equity fund manager with investment focus in the energy industry

• Direct responsibility for all financial reporting, control environment, and process improvement functions of multiple portfolio companies including 4 natural gas-fired power plants totaling 3,000 megawatts of generation
• Support pre-close asset purchase transaction activities and manage integration of financial reporting for portfolio companies into portfolio management structure
• Coordinate financial reporting activities to meet the needs of multiple user groups including asset/portfolio management, financial analysis, capital markets, transaction origination, and senior management team
• Develop, implement, and track budgets and forecasts to analyze performance against actual financial and operational results and ensure credit agreement compliance for portfolio companies
• Responsible for pre-close support, post-close administration, and compliance with separate $165 million acquisition financing, $350 million cross collateralized financing, and $1.6 billion cross collateralized, recapitalization financing agreements
• Manage credit support requirements for counterparts and portfolio companies and letter of credit management to support commercial activities

KPMG is an international Big 5 public accounting firm

• Coordinate and manage the day to day activities of audit engagements for public companies, a Fortune 500 non-public company, and other non-public companies in the construction, telecommunications, commodities trading, and manufacturing industries
• Prepare, analyze, and evaluate financial statements for clients including Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc., Lindsay Corporation, J.D Heiskell Holdings, LLC, The Scoular Company, and FairPoint Communications, Inc.
• Research, analyze, and present findings and conclusions on complex accounting and financial reporting issues and transactions