Mike Porter

National third party debt recovery company.

• Led the growth from a two person start up to a Nationwide agency with 180 employees with four locations and over $20MM in revenue.
• Developed, staffed and led all departments for daily operations. Accounting included; account reconciliations, banking, budgets, cash management, bank financing, and financial reporting.
• Managed risk management, employee benefits, state licensing requirements, financial, compliance and tax audits.
• Board member and secretary
• Recruited and hired talented senior level employees, for all departments, offering enthusiasm and valuable experience to Company.
• Managed budgets, cash forecasts and banking relationships.
• Communicated clearly with employees, suppliers and stakeholders to keep everyone working toward established business goals.
• Established performance goals for departments and outlined processes for achievement.
• Oversaw deployment of strategic business plans to accomplish accounting, compliance, and revenue targets.
• Set and monitored effective financial policies to analyze company financial strengths and weaknesses and propose corrective actions.

Manufacture and sales of rapid deployment shelter systems.

• Handled all accounting, budgets, forecasts,taxes and administration.
• Led the creation of Bermuda sales corporation.
• Completed U.S. SAM registration for Governmental contract awards.
• Filed and managed U.S. trademarks.
• Co-negotiated sales to Nippon Trex in Japan and the DOD in Oak Ridge, TN.
• Oversaw deployment of strategic business plans to accomplish accounting, compliance, and revenue targets.
• Initiated back-and-forth communication to negotiate and approve contracts and agreements.

Led the day-to-day operations and accounting for a residential home builder.

• Budgets, forecasts and accounting.
• Secured financing
• Site selection
• Sales and marketing
• Established performance goals for departments and outlined processes for achievement.
• Clarified roles, responsibilities and expectations of staff.

National returned check collection agency.

• Hired to develop policies and procedures to present the company to potential buyers.
• Negotiated sale to Fortune 50 company.
• Hired and led accounting staff of professionals for the daily accounting operations including; account reconciliations, banking, financing and financial reporting.
• Budgets, cash management and forecasts.
• Risk management, employee benefits, state licensing requirements, audits, and tax compliance.
• Board member and secretary
• Recruited, hired and led talented senior and mid level employees offering enthusiasm and valuable experience to Company.
• Established performance goals for all departments.

National discount retailer

• Established their first tax department
• Led department and responsible for tax compliance, tax planning and tax accounting.
• Daily cash management and cash consolidation.
• Presented to Board and senior management multimillion dollar Federal and state tax reduction plans. All of which were successfully implemented.
• Chairman of International Mass Retail Association Tax Advisory Committee.
• Treasurer Dollar General Literacy Foundation.

• Public Accounting tax preparation and planning for business and individual clients of the firm.