Brian Harvey Continued

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Summary

Experienced FinanceDirector/Manager with over 10years experience in finance, accounting, and risk management. An achievement focused team player with demonstrated expertise in financial forecasting, budgeting, and analysis. A problem solver with a diverse range of project management experience.

EXPERIENCE

MAXIFACIL CORP DBA FLEXI COMPRAS -Dallas, Texas 07/2005 – 12/2007

(Startup Retail Company focused on the Hispanic consumer market – Grew from 5 to 65 locations in 2.5 years)

Director of Finance 02/2007 – 12/2007

  • Managed the annual Budgeting and monthly Forecasting efforts including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, and ROI analysis.
  • Managed all corporate funding efforts to secure capital for operations and growth efforts including securing $16MM in lines of credit.
  • Oversaw all Risk Management efforts including managing insurance policies and relationships, as well as working with training department to develop personal and fleet safety training programs and policies.
  • Acted as Fleet Manager for a 65 Delivery truck fleet including negotiating and analyzing asset acquisitions, developing and maintaining service contracts and relationships and developing a policies and procedures for fleet maintenance.
  • Analyzed and managed all asset acquisition efforts.

Manager – Accounting and Finance 07/2005 – 02/2007

  • Managed all Accounting, Finance, and Treasury functions for the company.
  • Managed month end close accounting process including a 5 day close process, internal reporting preparation and distribution and monthly financial performance presentation to Board of Directors.
  • Liaison for all investor and partner matters related to the financial performance of the company.
  • Performed monthly Sales Tax filings and well as managed Federal Tax preparation and filing that included 2 independent CPA firms.
  • Performed all treasury functions including managing all aspects of banking and credit card relationships, managing account reconciliations, and developing systems for daily deposit verification and reconciliation.

PANDA ENERGY INTERNATIONAL, INC. – Dallas, Texas 04/2001 to 07/2005

Senior Financial Analyst 10/2004to 07/2005

  • Perform advanced financial analysisto support project development and acquisition efforts.
  • Develop marketing and presentation materials
  • Analyze and evaluate the financial performance of various Panda companies as it relates to long term plans and make recommendations for improvement.

Financial Analyst 01/2003to10/2004

  • Created and managed the corporate consolidated income statement budget($120MM in revenues)and the consolidated cash flow model including monthly report creation, distribution, and presentation to senior management.
  • Analyzed monthly administrative and development spending as compared to budget and communicated results to each department managers.
  • Prepared internal reporting package and facilitated a monthly meeting with senior management to review the package.

Project Accountant 04/2001to01/2003

  • Managed all accounting activities and analysis for two US based gas fired plants, one hydro plant in Nepal, and Accord Development Group.
  • Developed internal reports and presented to senior management monthly to communicate plant performance including: income statement variances, dispatch levels, fuel cost, debt coverage, and cash flow.
  • Maintained advanced cash flow models to ensure plants met all debt covenant requirements for contracts, bonds, and lease indentures.
  • Directly supervised one general accountant and indirectly supervised one accounting clerk.

CENTEX CONSTRUCTION GROUP – Dallas, Texas 04/2000 – 04/2001

Financial Analyst

  • Generated cyclical financial statements for one of five operating companies.
  • Managed the integration of the cyclical financial statements for one of the five operating companies into the consolidated financial package that was distributed to management for Centex Corporation and Centex Construction Group.
  • Generated complex projection models in Excel and made adjustments based on management discretion.
  • Managed inter-company transactions, General Ledger accounting, and financial surveys from outside companies.

NEIMAN MARCUS, Sales Promotion – Dallas, Texas 03/1998 to 04/2000

Senior Financial Analyst – Media 11/1999 –04/2000

  • Prepared monthly financial forecasts for Advertising (TV, radio, direct mail, newspaper, and magazine), Marketing, Customer Relations Management, and Public Relations divisions.
  • Presented comprehensive financial summaries to senior management, such as dollars-by-market and dollars-by-vendor, and made recommendations for more effective allocation.
  • Formulated annual financial plan for advertising division and assured inter-departmental compliance to the plan.

Financial Analyst – Media 03/1998 –11/1999

  • Reconciled company advertising expense accounts on a monthly basis.
  • Managed an average of $4MM dollars in advertising A/R accounts.
  • Researched numerical deviations from media financial forecasts.
  • Prepared extensive semi annual retail division summaries to the General and Divisional Merchandise Managers.

PEREGRINE SERVICES, INC. – Dallas, Texas 08/1997 – 03/1998

Accountant

  • Managed accounting duties for small startup IT/IS recruiting firm which handled the IS/IT relocation efforts for moving Blockbuster to Dallas, Texas.

education

TEXASA&MUNIVERSITY – College Station, Texas

Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, August 1997

Computer SKILLS

  • Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel skills, Lotus Suites, High Touch Systems, Platinum Epicor, Crystal Reports, FRx

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