Zachery Gray

Director of Shared Services & Controller (July 2023-Current)

• Provide enterprise-wide financial leadership and operational oversight across shared services, driving alignment, scalability, and consistency in support of a multi-entity growth strategy.
• Act as a strategic partner to the executive team, shaping long-term business strategy, capital allocation decisions, and operational priorities.
• Lead cross-functional integration of financial operations, ensuring alignment between accounting, payroll, and working capital functions to optimize cash flow and overall financial performance.
• Serve as the primary liaison to key external stakeholders—including banking institutions, surety providers, shareholders, and the board—strengthening financial credibility and supporting capital strategy.
• Champion continuous improvement and transformation initiatives, implementing scalable systems, standardized processes, and robust internal controls to support growth and mitigate risk.
• Deliver forward-looking financial insights through advanced forecasting, budgeting, and performance analytics, enabling proactive decision-making and driving operational excellence.

Controller (March 2020 - July 2023)

• Prepared and delivered GAAP-compliant financial statements and reporting packages, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with internal and external reporting requirements.
• Managed the monthly and annual close process, coordinating cross-entity consolidations and enforcing timelines to ensure timely financial reporting.
• Maintained oversight of general ledger activity, including account reconciliations, journal entries, and variance analysis to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data.
• Established and enforced accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to standardize financial operations and reduce risk.
• Coordinated with external auditors to support annual audits, including preparation of schedules, documentation, and resolution of audit inquiries.
• Identified and implemented process improvements within the reporting cycle to increase efficiency, reduce errors, and improve data reliability.

Regional Controller (June 2016 to March 2020)

• Oversee all financial functions for two subsidiaries of Univar Solutions, a publicly held chemical distributor
• Manage the flow of data, financial operations, and consolidation for 7 locations
• Regularly collaborate with regional and site operation teams to improve financial and operational performance
• Key member of regional leadership team reporting financial and operational results to the national leadership team
• Prepare and present a weekly business review highlighting financial and key performance results
• Prepare a monthly operating review for presentation to the executive leadership team
• Responsible for the annual budget and forecasts
• Developed key financial processes and implemented SOX control policies and procedures
• Shortened order-to-cash cycle by 20 days through quoting, billing, and collections improvements.

Controller (January 2015 to June 2016)

• Oversaw all company financial functions and processes.
• Led financial due diligence for the sale of the family-owned business (May–Dec 2015).
• Supported post-acquisition integration as a key member of the transition team.
• Developed and utilized a dashboard reporting function of key performance indicators and business trends

Accounting Manager (May 2013 to January 2015)

• Managed a team of accountants, analysts, and data personnel
• Reported financial and operational performance to the management team and other key stakeholders
• Maintained relationships with project managers to prepare cost analysis for bids and create client rates

Senior Accountant (June 2009 to May 2013)

• Worked as the team leader on month end closing tasks, year-end audits, taxes, and bank exams
• Prepared consolidated financial statements for multi-company portfolio
• Prepared bank statement and key account reconciliations
• Analyzed financial performance and trends
• Prepared loan borrowing base reports and managed daily cash flow

Auditor (May 2007 to June 2009)

• Completed financial statement audits for privately held companies in manufacturing, retail, transportation.
• Performed inventory count procedures and asset based loan exams for partner banks.
• Prepared individual and business tax returns.