JARED GAINES
Colts Neck,NJ
Summary
Leader and innovative financial business partner to all levels of senior management. Flexible and able to adapt seamlessly to constantly evolving financial processes, technologies, and environments. Focused on employee development through education, cross-training and relationship building to provide continuous improvement.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice President, North America Services Controller
Mistras Group Inc.
Princeton Junction, NJ
09.2019 - Current
- Financial business partner supporting North America operations of 65 locations and $600M in revenue
- Administer budgeting, forecasting, financial close, financial analysis and reporting and present to C-suite
- Optimized cash flow process to improve cash flow reducing DSO from 66 to 60 days
- Regulate CAPEX process, analyzing ROI and tracking post-mortems to assist with future decision making
- Integral leader in company transformation (i.e Centralization of AP/AR, Cash flow, Scheduling, Timekeeping)
- Outside-the-box thinker creating business efficiencies through standard costing for Shop locations
- Pioneer in streamlining forecast process, creating KPIs and assigning accountability driving positive behavior
- Governor of reviewing and updating financial policies and procedures
- Manage Controllership group of 27 supporting all functions of Operations and Corporate
- Focused on relationship building, development of team and constant progression of the support we provide.
Controller
The PMC Group
Mount Laurel, NJ
05.2017 - 09.2019
- Global responsibility overseeing $300M business unit and preparing and presenting financial data to C-Suite
- Managed month-end close, inventory, budgets/forecasts, AR, AP, fixed assets and audits
- Review transfer prices, inter-company transactions, tax compliance and statutory books for foreign locations
- Owned revenue recognition, strategic planning, pricing strategies, margin analysis, audits and ad hoc requests
- Analyzed sales, margins, inventory, Capex & plant spending and provided recommendations to management.
Finance Manager
Veeco Instruments
Horsham, PA
02.2012 - 05.2017
- Business partner supporting senior management for $300M global business unit
- Responsible for month-end close, budgeting/forecasting, revenue recognition (multiple element arrangements), strategic planning, FP&A, executive-level presentations and audits
- Supervised three finance associates ensuring compliance with US GAAP and company policies
- Core team member in successful $150M acquisition and SAP implementation
- Automated global service forecasting process helping grow service business by 50% in 3 years.
Senior Financial Analyst / Accountant
Schlumberger
Princeton Junction, NJ
05.2005 - 01.2012
- Managed month-end close, budgets/forecasts, inventory and Capex for $50M business unit
- Established standard labor and overhead rates to identify manufacturing variances and improve inefficiencies
- Designed Strategic Plan to identify SAM for R&D project spending to bring new products to market
- Led Lean Six Sigma project to reduce time spent on financial processes by two full days.
Regional Controller
Mistras Group Inc.
- Financial business partner supporting regional operations of 23 locations and $150M in revenue
- Reviewed and analyzed customer revenues, gross margins and cash flows and presented results to C-suite
- Provided guidance for making financial decisions on revenue recognition (POC, SaaS, fixed fee, T&M), pricing & costing, labor planning, expense/capital purchases, budgets/forecasts, financial close and FP&A
- Project lead and key contributor in restructuring organization to accelerate profitable growth
- Performed cost and price buildups to support sufficient pricing strategies for the customer bidding process
- Managed a team of 10 individuals to ensure compliance with company policies and Sarbanes-Oxley
- Lead cost-savings initiatives, process improvements and ERP system upgrade and data migration
- Organized and oversaw both internal and external audits.
Education
M.S. Accounting And Finance -
Rider University
B.S. Accounting -
Stockton University
Skills
- Business Partner
- Profitability optimization
- Process Improvements
- Budgeting/Forecasting, FP&A
- Technical Accounting
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Flexible Team Player
- Leader and Forward Thinker
- Thrives Under Pressure
- Metric driven
- Proficient in Systems
- Continuous Learning/Teaching
Accomplishments
- Lead Mistras in restructuring the organization to accelerate profitable growth and reduce SG&A by 21% by the end of 2024. Streamlined North America operations and implemented proactive pricing strategies.
- Attained CFO accolade (Veeco) for exceeding expectations in integrating $150M acquisition, simultaneously meeting year-end SEC reporting deadlines, implementing Sarbanes-Oxley, policies and budgets/forecasts.
- Awarded for leading successful SAP implementation for newly acquired business unit (Veeco). Designed, developed and tested in accordance with company policies. Self-taught MS Dynamics to transition finances.
References
Furnished upon request.
Certification
Certified Public Accountant – New Jersey State Board of Accountancy
Timeline
Vice President, North America Services Controller
Mistras Group Inc.
09.2019 - Current
Controller
The PMC Group
05.2017 - 09.2019
Finance Manager
Veeco Instruments
02.2012 - 05.2017
Senior Financial Analyst / Accountant
Schlumberger
05.2005 - 01.2012
Regional Controller
Mistras Group Inc.
M.S. Accounting And Finance -
Rider University
B.S. Accounting -
Stockton University
Certified Public Accountant – New Jersey State Board of Accountancy
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