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Robert DuBois

Robert DuBois

Seattle,WA

Summary

Motivated finance professional with over fifteen years of experience in financial planning, forecasting and budgeting, with a passion and expertise harnessing data to bring clarity and cohesion across lines to drive top performance.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Finance

Belief Agency
Seattle, WA
03.2021 - Current

Oversaw all financial activities of the Agency, reporting performance to Partners and to the Board. Additionally, I oversaw several HR functions in the absence of a dedicated HR Director.

  • Identified multiple financial risks within Agency and instilled course correction measures that allowed Agency to safely and effectively grow with remote workforce.
  • Secured >$1.2M in government funding, of which over half was forgiven under the PPP and ERC programs.
  • Developed Agency's first financial forecasting models, dashboards, and KPI's, used extensively by Managing Directors and Partners.
  • Successfully worked with bank to increase line of credit by from $200 - $400k.

Financial Analyst

LabConnect, Inc
Seattle, WA
12.2016 - 02.2021
  • Designed, developed, and oversaw maintenance on multiple rolling forecast models for all revenue and direct costs while, as SME, spearheaded company-wide ERP implementation and created departmental P&L statements with KPIs over multiple lines of business
  • Built detailed backlog models to forecast service lines within 3% across 380 unique clinical trials for $100M+ in future revenues with earn-rate of $11-14M per quarter.
  • Designed and implemented custom MS NAV ERP session for company’s unique business model which increased visibility across all departments and provided business intelligence to business leaders
  • Defined department P&L statements, as well as KPI’s, influencing new sense of ownership for department success and identifying leverage points to ignite change
  • Decreased complex monthly billing cycle time >40% through process automation identification.

Staff Accountant

LabConnect, Inc
Seattle, WA
03.2007 - 12.2016
  • Performed and managed all functions in Accounting/Finance including AP/AR, billing, Mgt & Board reporting, financial modeling & forecasting, ROI Analysis, Company KPIs, SALT and FIT tax reporting, sales commissions, Member capitalization, and fixed assets while company consistently maintained presence on the Inc.5000 fastest growing privately held companies maintaining an average YOY revenue growth of 27% peaking at 56%
  • Solely steered all above functions from 2007 to 2012 with monthly review from contract CFO
  • Successfully secured “No Change” resolution on 3-year CA S&U Tax audit and 2-year IRS audit
  • Designed analytics for free-form survey results directly informing business leaders what is hot with clients
  • Trained and advised team of 5 from 2012, , and Financial Analyst
  • Instituted Franklin Covey The 4 Disciplines of Execution accelerating team results in SOP creation, billing query reduction to

Bookkeeper / Office & Website Manager

The Trading Musician, Inc
Seattle, WA
05.2002 - 01.2007
  • Managed small office team of 3 and all business functions pertaining to website inventory, orders, and inquiries
  • Maintain and manage all vendor & business files, account reconciliation, employee benefits, commission, payroll, monthly ledger and closing, SALT and FIT tax reporting, AP/AR, cash mgt, office supplies, customer service, and employee HR.

Education

No Degree - International Business Finance

Colorado University
Boulder
1998

Associate of Science - General Studies

Front Range CC
Westminster
1997

Skills

  • Financial Leadership
  • Accounting Systems
  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial Modeling
  • Financial Budgeting and Reporting
  • Cash Flow Forecasting
  • Financial Forecasting
  • Operational Reporting
  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Budgeting and Variance Analysis
  • Account Analysis
  • Sales Support

Work Availability

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Quote

The only thing worse than being blind, is having sight but no vision.
Hellen Keller

Timeline

Director of Finance

Belief Agency
03.2021 - Current

Financial Analyst

LabConnect, Inc
12.2016 - 02.2021

Staff Accountant

LabConnect, Inc
03.2007 - 12.2016

Bookkeeper / Office & Website Manager

The Trading Musician, Inc
05.2002 - 01.2007

No Degree - International Business Finance

Colorado University

Associate of Science - General Studies

Front Range CC
Robert DuBois