Microsoft Dynamics
James W. Fickling
Financial And Operations Executive
Simpsonville,SC
Summary
Over 25 years of experience in corporate organizational and financial analysis and management, influencing positive change through the development and implementation of strategic financial procedures and systems while establishing effective operational processes to drive business success and control costs. Highly committed Senior Financial Executive with strong proficiency in accelerated growth (M&A), turnaround management, operational excellence, and business planning and forecasting (FP&A). Formulate strategies and implement financial measurement and expense control infrastructure to deliver critical insights on profitability and cash flow to stakeholders, addressing performance challenges at root cause. Recruit, develop, and nurture top-performing, collaborative, and diverse finance teams.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Financial Officer /Chief Technology Officer
General Equipment & Supply
Simpsonville, SC
01.2019 - Current
- Consolidated and refinanced over $10M in debt, resulting in Cash Flow savings over $800K per annum
- Streamlined departmental responsibilities and accounting system, $75,000 annual savings
- Spearheaded contract negotiation and financing to complete high-priority projects and realize target outcomes.
- Extensive cash-flow and departmental budgeting, maximizing efficiency and providing accurate and timely data to business owners
- Initiated changes in safety program, resulting in reduction of Worker's Compensation cost by $25,000 annually, 10% savings
- Improved information flow to external auditors, reducing audit costs by $10,000 annually, 25% savings
- Reduced Worker's Compensation experience rate by six percentage points within 12 months
- Negotiated with insurance company and generated competitive bids to reduce insurance cost $30,000 annually, 15% savings
- Moved entire company off antiquated internal servers into more productive cloud-based applications – eliminating costly updates, downtime, and experiencing 30% increases in efficiency
Chief Financial Officer/Human Capital Manager
Epic Tech, LLC
Lavonia, GA
01.2016 - 01.2019
- Responsible for overall financial, compliance and operational reporting and analysis of multiple closely held companies.
- Operation within no-debt, self-sustaining cash model over all companies
- Coordinated, implemented, and trained staff on new ERP system
- Successfully converted compensations and benefit system from manual to online process, decreasing processing from days to hours
- Implemented inventory management and controls program coordinating with ERP system resulting in 30% savings of duplicate purchasing and material movement
- Restructured onboarding processes for company hires ensuring locational compliance and corporate protection
- Completed in-depth analyses of risks to control company profile, enhance systems and track IP and legal concerns
Chief Financial Officer / COO
Magnolia Financial, Inc
Spartanburg, SC
01.2002 - 01.2016
- Led successful growth-delivering change management solutions that resulted in on-target KPIs, average revenue growth of 15% and 25% profit gains for shareholders
- Supervise financial analysis and reporting functions, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budget preparation and review, cost accounting, payroll, and estimating/quoting function while emphasizing cross-training activities
- Provide product line profitability analysis to local management comparing actual results to forecast, budget, and prior year to identify margin improvement opportunities
- Built and deployed strategies to achieve company vision and enhance tactical operations
Education
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Anderson College
Anderson, SCBachelor of Science - Accounting
University of South Carolina Upstate
Spartanburg, SCSkills
Quantitative analysis
Software
QuickBooks
SAP
O365 Suite
Timeline
Chief Financial Officer /Chief Technology Officer
General Equipment & Supply
01.2019 - Current
Chief Financial Officer/Human Capital Manager
Epic Tech, LLC
01.2016 - 01.2019
Chief Financial Officer / COO
Magnolia Financial, Inc
01.2002 - 01.2016
MBA - Business Administration And Management
Anderson College
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
University of South Carolina Upstate
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