Open To Work
Joe McCall
Chief Financial Officer
Cartersville,GA
Summary
Executive finance professional with history of contributing to management teams and consistently bringing years of experience in public accounting serving a wide range of industries to bear on corporate strategy; all with a market focus to drive revenue growth.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Financial Officer
Chemical Products Corporation
Cartersville, Georgia
06.2019 - Current
- With the Company President, successfully divested a significant overseas equity investment with effective use of hedging foreign currency.
- Manage cash flow and offer strategic opportunities to maximize working capital in manufacturing environment with a budget over $30 million.
- Developed and deployed dashboards and cash flow modeling with visibility to entire management team.
- Overhauled an outdated reporting process to allow expansion of the CFO role to be more strategic throughout all areas of the business.
- Quickly identified cost reduction/containment strategies throughout the company during the 2019/2020 recession and COVID downturn.
- Developed policies addressing the ever-changing regulatory landscape caused by the pandemic.
- Overhauled/automated the payroll and HR information system allowing for effective deployment of existing resources where most needed.
- Suggested and successfully implemented enhanced benefits packages through the appropriate team channels resulting in increased morale and employee retention.
Chief Financial Officer
Airnet Group, Inc.
Chattanooga, TN
02.2008 - 06.2019
- Oversaw deployment of strategic business plans to accomplish cost and revenue targets.
- Analyzed operational performance and project cost analysis to identify opportunities for cost savings.
- Consulted with legal and other professional service providers to reduce company risk exposure.
- Participated in various sales efforts to grow revenue.
- Heavily involved in new business negotiations as well as contract preparation, review and execution.
- Oversaw all cash flow planning and deployment for the company.
Chief Financial Officer
Keubler Builders, Inc. (no Longer In Existence)
McDonald , TN
04.2007 - 02.2008
- Overhauled the accounting system to accurately track and report project profitability and status.
- Worked with financial professionals to enhance and secure banking relationships.
- Completed in-depth analyses of risks to control company profile, enhance systems and track legal concerns.
- Consulted with company owners to assist in corporate decision making.
- Consulted on deploying corporate strategy within capital constraints.
- Analyzed operational performance and efficiency to identify and implement cost reduction initiatives and process improvements.
- Offered advice to other executive leaders on strategies to improve financial growth.
Partner - Audit
Hazlett, Lewis & Beiter (now Mauldin And Jenkins)
Chattanooga, Tennessee
04.2001 - 04.2007
- Recruited and trained staff in effective and efficient use of firm audit techniques.
- Profitably grew the firm's client base and firm revenue.
- Deployed firm resources along with effective and efficient supervision of staff to deliver profitable client projects.
- Identified and researched potential accounting issues.
Partner - Audit
Davenport, Holliday & Spring (now Carr, Riggs)
Ridgeland, MS
04.1996 - 04.2001
- Grew the client base and firm revenue each year.
- Recruited and trained new staff on audit techniques and efficient use of audit methodologies.
- Identified and researched potential accounting issues.
- Consulted with construction clients on project bonding issues and assisted in discussions with agents to appropriately enhance bonding program.
- Consulted with business owners to enhance business processes and become a trusted business advisor during challenges and necessary changes in their business processes.
- Conducted financial, operational and compliance audits.
- Participated in due diligence teams during clent acquisition activity.
Audit Staff - Progressing Through Manager
Arthur Andersen
Jackson, MS
07.1986 - 04.1996
- Conducted strategic and technical reviews to verify compliance with quality control standards, schedule constraints and budget parameters.
- Trained and mentored younger staff on policies and procedures to establish strong foundation for client development and service activities.
- Heavy involvement in staff recruiting efforts for the local office.
- Trainer for younger staff on several occasions in the corporate training facility.
- Successfully marketed and transitioned new clients to grow local office revenue within Firm standards.
- Led due diligence teams on many client acquisition targets.
- Analyzed complex client problems and generated targeted solutions that resolved outstanding issues while enhancing client business positions.
- Consulted with and recommended changes to management to enhance business operations and financial decisions.
- Worked with client company managers to obtain deep understanding of their business and become a trusted advisor when a significant corporate change was under consideration.
Education
BBA - Accounting
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS05.1986
Skills
- Annual planning
- Board presentations
- Leadership and people development
- Operational analysis
Accomplishments
- Completely overhauled the financial reporting system and repaired banking relationships.
- Heavily assisted the company President negotiating a divestiture of an international investment within months of joining the organization.
- Supervised teams from 2 to 12 staff members.
- Currently leading a team of over 20 employees across the entire organization implementing a new ERP.
- Implemented methods of sharing data throughout the organization to reduce the amount of information passing between departments, increasing visibility and reducing errors.
- Implemented a transition of HR and Payroll functions in place for decades effectively reducing the investment in time and effort involved in producing accurate payrolls.
Certification
- Certified Public Accountant License 1989 - currently inactive
Fly fishing, bicycling, running
Enjoy fishing in the off time
Affiliations
Past involvement with various boards such as Junior Achievement of MS, Kiwanis and banking committees of the Tennessee State Society of CPA's.
Elder (inactive) Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church
Chaired the worship committee and served on others during a time of significant change in the Church due to the retirement of a long-standing pastor transitioning to a newly-called Senior Pastor.
Timeline
Chief Financial Officer
Chemical Products Corporation
06.2019 - Current
Chief Financial Officer
Airnet Group, Inc.
02.2008 - 06.2019
Chief Financial Officer
Keubler Builders, Inc. (no Longer In Existence)
04.2007 - 02.2008
Partner - Audit
Hazlett, Lewis & Beiter (now Mauldin And Jenkins)
04.2001 - 04.2007
Partner - Audit
Davenport, Holliday & Spring (now Carr, Riggs)
04.1996 - 04.2001
Audit Staff - Progressing Through Manager
Arthur Andersen
07.1986 - 04.1996
BBA - Accounting
Millsaps College