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Ryan Hills

Summary

Steadfast Financial and Operations professional familiar with managing multimillion-dollar business operations. Successfully optimizes frameworks and cultivates cohesive teams to meet and exceed financial goals. Excellent reporting, record keeping and relationship-building abilities.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Finance

Bossen New Materials
12.2023 - Current
  • Supervise financial operations and functional accounting for the purchase of our new PVC floor manufacturing facility in tandem with NC Cloud ERP
  • Supervise monthly cycle counts and monthly inventory. Responsible for recording inventory and managing cost of goods analysis by product.
  • Setup and manage all vendor and customer accounts including AP/AP, credit terms, and managing banking functions.
  • Provide timely and accurate reporting for stakeholders and conduct regular financial performance assessments and analyses on a weekly/monthly basis
  • By conducting trend analysis, market research, accurate budgeting, and forecasting, combining local ERP system data analysis with MS Excel and NC Cloud, a business model was created, and foreign major shareholders were assisted in establishing a successful machinery manufacturing brand branch in USA to rapidly develop and capture market share
  • Design and control a financial reporting system, including, annual budgets, financial statements, revenue forecasts, and on-demand analysis, while providing data to key stakeholders to support financial decisions, and leading US GAAP accounting best practices to assist in completing relevant tax department audits
  • Collaborated with executive leadership team in developing long-term financial goals, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.

Controller

Rolling Hills Group
07.2020 - 11.2023
  • Oversee business planning, conduct market analysis, create financial models, and develop the overall brand concept
  • Provide timely and accurate reporting for stakeholders and conduct regular financial performance assessments and analyses on a weekly/monthly basis
  • Established and led the growth of a successful Italian restaurant brand in China, by creating a strong business model through trend analysis, market research, accurate budgeting, and forecasting combining local ERP system data analysis with MS Excel models
  • Established proof of concept with successful financial and operations planning and opened a second, higher volume unit by raising equity through a strategic partnership within the first year
  • Devised and controlled financial reporting systems, including monthly P&L, annual budget, financial statements, revenue forecasting, and ad hoc analysis, while presenting data to key stakeholders to support financial decision-making
  • Achieved a remarkable ROI for the first unit within the initial 8 periods of operation and the second unit within the first 14 periods, projecting substantial post-Covid growth
  • Completed journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare quarterly financial documents and general account management.
  • Prepared balance sheets, cash flow reports and income statements.

Senior Director of Operations

Sbarro, Inc.
08.2017 - 06.2020
  • Oversee construction and implementation of a central production facility for core products from sourcing materials/equipment, operational planning, transportation of product, and quality measures.
  • Developed financial strategy by utilizing high-level Microsoft Excel financial modeling skills and collaborated with multiple departments which maximized revenue and profitability
  • Implemented Syrus ERP systems and provided training on operational aspects to align units to a central system.
  • Delivered proficient financial and operational services to multiple restaurant franchisees, covering 55 primary units and 27 satellite units across East Asia focusing on monthly P&L analysis of each unit
  • Facilitated a merger and acquisition of five sub-franchisees into a single master franchisee, boosting overall profitability through financial modeling
  • Improved and created new financial and operational reporting strategies within the new system, collecting previously unavailable historical data and establishing new KPIs to target sales growth and new store openings
  • Conducted a comprehensive, peer-reviewed analysis of Sbarro as the primary focus of the MBA thesis, exploring the company's periods of expansion and decline, as well as the contributing factors

Economics and Business Teacher

TOM Education
01.2014 - 01.2017
  • Tailored curriculum designed to align with the subject matter, and the student's English proficiency levels, focusing on World History, Advanced Placement US History, Business Management, and Economics
  • Received the title of 'Professor of Business' from Petroleum University for successful business seminars awarded officially by the Chinese Board of Education

Director of Operations

Sbarro/Starbucks
05.2008 - 05.2014
  • Utilized General Manager and Training Manager expertise to train employees across various locations and manage multiple budgets as a recognized Northeast Region Sbarro USA-trained General Manager
  • Built revenue-boosting and customer service-driven teams while minimizing operational costs through labor/cost management strategies to meet quarterly budget goals
  • Organized and executed corporate and franchise store launches, overseeing recruitment, instruction, and staff and skills development required for ensuring prosperous establishments
  • Demonstrated expertise in the company's ERP and POS systems, guiding all staff members for optimal utilization
  • Received acknowledgment for facilitating excellent staff development, leading to numerous promotions of the staff members to management roles
  • Accomplished consistent bonus targets for eight consecutive periods, earning the distinction of being the sole manager in the Northeast region to achieve this feat

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
01.2017

Bachelor of Science - Small Business Administration, Minor in Information Systems

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
01.2016

Skills

  • Forecasting
  • Cost Control
  • Netsuite
  • Financial Modeling
  • Financial reporting and analysis
  • Quickbooks
  • AR/AP
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • KPI Tracking
  • Cash Flow Management
  • Audit management
  • Working capital management

Career Experience

  • Bossen New Materials, Calhoun, GA, Director of Finance, 12/23, Present, Supervise all business plans of subsidiary and parent companies in China and the United States for a floor manufacturing company., Oversee business planning, conduct market analysis, create financial models, and assist in system setup., Provide timely and accurate reporting for stakeholders and conduct regular financial performance assessments and analyses on a weekly/monthly basis., Conduct trend analysis, market research, accurate budgeting, and forecasting., Design and control a financial reporting system, including monthly income statements, annual budgets, financial statements, revenue forecasts, and temporary analysis.,
  • Rolling Hills Group, Qingdao, Shandong, Owner/Controller, 07/20, 11/23, Oversee business planning, conduct market analysis, create financial models, and develop the overall brand concept., Provide timely and accurate reporting for stakeholders and conduct regular financial performance assessments and analyses., Established and led the growth of a successful Italian restaurant brand in China., Devised and controlled financial reporting systems, including monthly P&L, annual budget, financial statements, revenue forecasting, and ad hoc analysis.
  • Sbarro, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, Senior Director of Operations, Asia, 08/17, 06/20, Provided expert financial and operational services to multiple Asian markets., Developed financial strategy by utilizing high-level Microsoft Excel financial modeling skills., Delivered proficient financial and operational services to multiple restaurant franchisees., Facilitated a merger and acquisition of five sub-franchisees into a single master franchisee.
  • TOM Education, Qingdao, Shandong, Economics and Business Teacher, 01/12, 12/17, Tailored curriculum designed to align with the subject matter and the student's English proficiency levels., Received the title of 'Professor of Business' from Petroleum University for successful business seminars.
  • Sbarro/Starbucks, Trumbull, CT, Multi-Unit Manager/Regional Training Manager, 05/08, 05/12, Utilized General Manager and Training Manager expertise to train employees across various locations., Organized and executed corporate and franchise store launches., Received acknowledgment for facilitating excellent staff development.

Timeline

Director of Finance

Bossen New Materials
12.2023 - Current

Controller

Rolling Hills Group
07.2020 - 11.2023

Senior Director of Operations

Sbarro, Inc.
08.2017 - 06.2020

Economics and Business Teacher

TOM Education
01.2014 - 01.2017

Director of Operations

Sbarro/Starbucks
05.2008 - 05.2014

Master of Business Administration -

Capella University

Bachelor of Science - Small Business Administration, Minor in Information Systems

Northern Arizona University
Ryan Hills