Aaron L. Hawkins
Hendersonville,TN
Summary
Enthusiastic and high-energy professional with twenty years experience working in a corporate finance environments with responsibilities ranging from treasury, strategic and operational planning to risk management, payables and commercial and business banking sales. Problem solver with excellent interpersonal skills.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
VP, Treasury Management Officer II
Simmons Bank
Nashville, TN
09.2021 - Current
- Serve as treasury management expert for Middle Tennessee
- Maintain customer portfolio of public entity and large corporate organizations
- Serve as key point of contact for implementation and customer service
AVP, Treasury Management Sales Consultant
U.S. Bank
Nashville, TN
01.2020 - 09.2021
- Served as Treasury management product expert for consumer and business banking for Nashville area encompassing over 600 ‘key’ clients and over 30 branch locations
- Responsible for implementation and ongoing service for clients’ treasury management needs including bringing efficiencies to their payables and receivables processes
- Accomplishments include: able to achieve full year revenue plan in eight months in 2020 as well as prospect and develop client contacts to cultivate deeper customer relationships
Treasurer
Luminex Home Decor and Fragrance
Blue Ash, OH
10.2016 - 01.2020
- Responsible for all cash flow reporting and 90 day cash forecast for both operating entities, including ongoing reporting from all 23 foreign markets
- Responsible for creating worldwide cash consolidation process to drive down ‘trapped’ cash from foreign markets
- Responsible for all administrative budgeting for North American treasury and risk management functions
- Served as Company’s main point of contact for all bank relationships domestic and international, specifically, cash management, depository and lending relationships to create efficient and cost-effective global cash management structure
- Developed and maintained foreign exchange hedging policy and procedures including all contracts, policy development, reporting and transactions
- Served as administrator for Sungard treasury management software
- Accomplishments include: built a previously non-existent treasury department, implemented a number of cash management efficiencies including auto-draw / sweep from line of credit, remote deposit capture and check reconciliation data direct-transmitted to ERP and transition T&E and P-card programs to a new, fully integrated relationship and served as administrator
Assistant Treasurer
Dollar General Corporation
Goodlettsville, TN
06.2015 - 10.2016
- Responsible for daily cash management, international open account funding and ensured daily cash reconciliation was completed in timely fashion and within policy
- Served as one of Company’s key contact for all bank relationships, including as signor on all store depository, $1 billion revolving credit facility, subordinated note and term loan facilities
- Responsible for development and management of approximately $200 million in administrative and retail expense line items as well as approximately $90 million in interest expense
- Served as stakeholder and subject matter expert on a number of corporate initiatives, including EMV implementation, point-to-point encryption and establishment of foreign entities
- Accomplishments include: successfully implementing EMV technology (software and hardware) into over 12,000 stores, setting up all banking for new Shenzhen-based subsidiary, developed query process utilizing Google APIs to successfully open over 900 depository accounts and successfully piloted smart safe (remote cash deposit) technology
Director, Treasury and Risk Management
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
Hudson, OH
10.2013 - 06.2015
- Served as key contact for all bank relationships, including all store depository, $375 million asset-based revolving credit facility, subordinated note and term loan facilities
- Responsible for daily bank and sales audit completion and daily cash positioning within corporate policy
- Responsible for debt compliance including covenant calculations and reporting to debt holders and agent banks
- Served as primary stakeholder in banking RFPs for depository and cash management banking relationships
- Maintained budgeting responsibilities for all store depository, credit and debit card fees, bank service charges, interest expense and risk management as well as all administrative budgets
- Served as main treasury contact for all internal and external audits
- Accomplishments include: was primary finance stakeholder for post to point encryption and EMV and for revamping entire store depository portfolio - moving all 850 stores to two, select banks to drive down costs and improve efficiency utilizing cash vault and negotiated, single armored carrier contract
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
Hudson, OH
09.2012 - 10.2013
- Responsible for strategic and operational models that report directly to senior management and externally
- Developed KPIs to track model forecasts to actual and distributed weekly to senior management
- Responsible for real estate analyses to support site selection, expansion, downsize and relocation initiatives
- Managed planning for custom businesses including custom framing and education
Manager, Accounts Payable and Import Accounting
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
Hudson, OH
09.2009 - 09.2012
- Directed operations of Company’s domestic and international payables function; its accounting, analysis, processing and advancement
- Responsible for timely payment of approximately 8,000 vendors totaling more than two million invoices
- Drove implementation of ACH payments
- Served as subject matter expert for IT initiatives affecting Company’s accounts payable function
- Managed Company’s unclaimed funds/ escheatment process in compliance with state laws
- Managed department of up to 15 associates ranging from clerical to supervisory
VP, Sr. Product Manager
KeyBank N.A.
Cleveland, OH
09.2008 - 09.2009
- Responsible for management of seven core corporate banking products, including account reconcilement, controlled disbursement, positive pay and disbursement check outsourcing
- Responsible for being subject matter expert for all respective products and presenting overviews at training and professional development functions
- Responsible for revenue budgeting for products based on 100+ pricing elements,
Various Positions
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
Hudson, OH
03.2001 - 09.2008
- Authored seven Sarbanes-Oxley process documents including cash accounting and forecasting, investments, risk management, and legal commitments and contingencies and associated internal and external audits
- Responsible for creating Company’s short-term investment policy
- Managed and maintained co-branded credit card relationship with partner bank, Barclays
- Developed and maintained risk management expense budget of approximately $25 million (claims, administration, coverage)
Education
MBA - Finance
Kent State University
Kent, OH12.2000
Bachelor of Science - Secondary Mathematics Education
Kent State University
Kent, OH12.1998
Associate of Science - Mathematics
Corning Community College
Corning, NY05.1995
Skills
- Treasury Operations and Cash Forecasting
- Sarbanes - Oxley Documentation
- Accounts Payable
- Financial Planning & Analysis
- Team Leadership
- Risk Management
- Import Accounting
- Recruiting and Development
Affiliations
Program Advisory Board, Graduate School of Management, Kent State University, 2021
Board of Directors, American Lung Association (TN), 2020-2021
Middle and High School Track and Field Coach, Merrol Hyde Magnet School, 2021
Member, Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), 2003-2019
Member, Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), 2003-2015
Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), inactive 2004-2019
Certified Accounts Payable Professional (CAPP) , inactive 2010-2015
Board of Directors, Seton Catholic School, 2014-2015
Timeline
VP, Treasury Management Officer II
Simmons Bank
09.2021 - Current
AVP, Treasury Management Sales Consultant
U.S. Bank
01.2020 - 09.2021
Treasurer
Luminex Home Decor and Fragrance
10.2016 - 01.2020
Assistant Treasurer
Dollar General Corporation
06.2015 - 10.2016
Director, Treasury and Risk Management
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
10.2013 - 06.2015
Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
09.2012 - 10.2013
Manager, Accounts Payable and Import Accounting
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
09.2009 - 09.2012
VP, Sr. Product Manager
KeyBank N.A.
09.2008 - 09.2009
Various Positions
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC
03.2001 - 09.2008
MBA - Finance
Kent State University
Bachelor of Science - Secondary Mathematics Education
Kent State University
Associate of Science - Mathematics
Corning Community College
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