Accountant in Charleston, South Carolina

I am retiring on 5/31/201.... My wife and I are moving to Charleston in late June. I want to stay active professionally but not to the same degree that I am in my current FT role. I would like to use my knowledge and experience to join a team and help make a significant contribution to the growth and success of the Company. As I indicated, one of my major objectives is to stay professionally active and I recognize that most part time jobs are with smaller companies or start-ups. I am willing to consider all opportunities and will be very flexible on compensation. The type of commitment that I am looking for is ideally 1-2 days, potentially 3 days, a week (after all, what’s the point of retiring if you can’t be on the golf course?). If my experience and this type of PT/contract arrangement fits one of your Client’s requirements, I would love to discuss such with you. Please give me a call at 240-723-.... My resume follows. Thank you – Peter Bower Peter L. Bower 7009 Beechwood Drive Home Phone # - ... Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Cell Phone # - ... Financial Management Executive Experience Organizational Strategies, Inc. March 2009 to Present Chief Financial Officer Completed installation and implementation of a major management system upgrade to Deltek CostPoint. Completed subsequent DCAA audit of the new accounting system and received DCAA approval of the new system as satisfactory to accumulate costs and to do billing under U. S. Government contracts. Re-engineered most accounting and operating processes resulting in significant cost savings, i. e. a 40% reduction in annual audit costs, and a reduction in average days outstanding for Accts. Receivable from over 60 days to 34 days. Successfully, negotiated and increase to $7.5 million to assist in possible acquisitions. Assumed responsibility for the billings department and reduced the error rate to less than 1%. Congressional Glass LLC June 2008 to January 2009 Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer In a period of approximately seven months, helped put into place the foundation for the future growth of the Company by accomplishing the following: 1. Successfully completed a major management system upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics GP. 2. Negotiated and closed a $500,000 line of credit agreement and term loan to provide working capital. 3. Negotiated and closed below market leases for new office and warehouse locations. 4. Completed the Company Employee Handbook. 5. Reviewed and corrected the Company's financial reporting to be in compliance with GAAP. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Financial Consultant July 2002 to April 2003 Chief Financial Officer April 2003 to November 2007 Initially hired as a consultant to assist in accounting department process review and restructuring and assumed the position of CFO in April 2003. Completed this objective and the conversion to the new Deltek management information system to help insure compliance with all financial and Governmental reporting requirements. Completed the restructuring of the accounting department, including process improvements that resulted in the reduction of staff from 14 to 11. This resulted in departmental cost savings of 12% at the same time the Foundation grew from a $135 million foundation to a foundation in excess of $200 million. The Foundation became a "low-risk" auditee and received unqualified opinions for its financial and A-133 audits. . Successfully negotiated and closed a $5 million line of credit on favorable terms to fund the seasonality of the Foundation's operating cycle. Peter L. Bower Page 2 of 3 Financial Consultant May 2001 to March 2003 Various financial consulting assignments of which, the last seven moths were with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. PlanetGov..... October 2000 to February 2001 Chief Financial Officer Joined the management team to assist in the completion of a private placement memorandum and launch of the ".com" government services/product supplier. The Private Placement was unsuccessful due to the market correction in November 2000. Assisted in repositioning the Company back to its original services business. ICARUS Corporation July 1998 to October 2000 Chief Financial Officer Joined the management team and was placed in charge of implementing operating process improvements , including new budget procedures, which resulted in nearly doubling Company revenues and improving the Company's pretax margins from 8% to nearly 20%. Hired a new controller and worked closely with him to improve the reporting process, in that, world wide operations were closed monthly within two weeks of month end. Successfully negotiated and closed the sale of the Company to a Boston based software company. NexUS Healthcare Corporation (formerly St. Anthony Publishing) Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating officer November 1993 to July 1998 Joined the management team of a $20 million organization and helped grow the Company to nearly $60 million. Successfully negotiated and completed four acquisitions, which contributed to the growth of the Company and helped in the conversion of the Company from a healthcare publishing company to a healthcare content Company. Negotiated and closed an $18 million line of credit to provide working capital for growth and funding for acquisitions. Assumed chief operating responsibilities over all operations in June 1998, except for marketing and telemarketing. Helped negotiate the sale of the Company for in excess of $100 million to United Healthcare in March 1998 and was promoted to COO of the resulting healthcare content subsidiary of United Healthcare. Peter L. Bower Page 3 of 3 The Reinforced Earth Company April 1991 to November 1993 Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating officer Joined the management team of a former client to assist in returning the Company to profitability, which efforts were successful by downsizing the Company from nearly $50 million in revenues to approximately $35 million and reducing related costs and improving operating processes. Johnston Lemon & Company August 1987 to April 1991 Senior Vice-President Negotiated and completed various transactions for clients, concentrated in the areas of private financings and merger and acquisitions. Promoted to Managing Director before leaving the firm in May 1991. Grant Thornton October 1970 to August 1987 Partner (Chicago and Washington, D.C.) Participated in the accelerated partner program and achieved partner status in less than eleven years. Client concentrations were in emerging and mid-size companies mainly in the areas of banking, software, construction, professional sports teams, government contractors, and manufacturing. Assisted the New York and Cleveland offices in the startup of their commercial banking practices. Also served as a technical reviewer for Securities and Exchange filings on behalf of various clients. Personal Married with two sons and reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (soon to move to Charleston, SC) Graduated from the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana campus). Member of the American institute of C. P. A.'s. Member of the Chartered Global Management Accountants Certified ice hockey official by USA Hockey. (retired in 11/2015) Extremely familiar with Deltek, SAP, Peachtree accounting systems. Also, I have used QuickBooks to a lesser degree. I am retiring on 5/31/201.... My wife and I are moving to Charleston in late June. I want to stay active professionally but not to the same degree that I am in my current FT role. I would like to use my knowledge and experience to join a team and help make a significant contribution to the growth and success of the Company. As I indicated, one of my major objectives is to stay professionally active and I recognize that most part time jobs are with smaller companies or start-ups. I am willing to consider all opportunities and will be very flexible on compensation. The type of commitment that I am looking for is ideally 1-2 days, potentially 3 days, a week (after all, what’s the point of retiring if you can’t be on the golf course?). If my experience and this type of PT/contract arrangement fits one of your Client’s requirements, I would love to discuss such with you. Please give me a call at 240-723-.... My resume follows. Thank you – Peter Bower Peter L. Bower 7009 Beechwood Drive Home Phone # - ... Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Cell Phone # - ... Financial Management Executive Experience Organizational Strategies, Inc. March 2009 to Present Chief Financial Officer Completed installation and implementation of a major management system upgrade to Deltek CostPoint. Completed subsequent DCAA audit of the new accounting system and received DCAA approval of the new system as satisfactory to accumulate costs and to do billing under U. S. Government contracts. Re-engineered most accounting and operating processes resulting in significant cost savings, i. e. a 40% reduction in annual audit costs, and a reduction in average days outstanding for Accts. Receivable from over 60 days to 34 days. Successfully, negotiated and increase to $7.5 million to assist in possible acquisitions. Assumed responsibility for the billings department and reduced the error rate to less than 1%. Congressional Glass LLC June 2008 to January 2009 Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer In a period of approximately seven months, helped put into place the foundation for the future growth of the Company by accomplishing the following: 1. Successfully completed a major management system upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics GP. 2. Negotiated and closed a $500,000 line of credit agreement and term loan to provide working capital. 3. Negotiated and closed below market leases for new office and warehouse locations. 4. Completed the Company Employee Handbook. 5. Reviewed and corrected the Company's financial reporting to be in compliance with GAAP. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Financial Consultant July 2002 to April 2003 Chief Financial Officer April 2003 to November 2007 Initially hired as a consultant to assist in accounting department process review and restructuring and assumed the position of CFO in April 2003. Completed this objective and the conversion to the new Deltek management information system to help insure compliance with all financial and Governmental reporting requirements. Completed the restructuring of the accounting department, including process improvements that resulted in the reduction of staff from 14 to 11. This resulted in departmental cost savings of 12% at the same time the Foundation grew from a $135 million foundation to a foundation in excess of $200 million. The Foundation became a "low-risk" auditee and received unqualified opinions for its financial and A-133 audits. . Successfully negotiated and closed a $5 million line of credit on favorable terms to fund the seasonality of the Foundation's operating cycle. Peter L. Bower Page 2 of 3 Financial Consultant May 2001 to March 2003 Various financial consulting assignments of which, the last seven moths were with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. PlanetGov..... October 2000 to February 2001 Chief Financial Officer Joined the management team to assist in the completion of a private placement memorandum and launch of the ".com" government services/product supplier. The Private Placement was unsuccessful due to the market correction in November 2000. Assisted in repositioning the Company back to its original services business. ICARUS Corporation July 1998 to October 2000 Chief Financial Officer Joined the management team and was placed in charge of implementing operating process improvements , including new budget procedures, which resulted in nearly doubling Company revenues and improving the Company's pretax margins from 8% to nearly 20%. Hired a new controller and worked closely with him to improve the reporting process, in that, world wide operations were closed monthly within two weeks of month end. Successfully negotiated and closed the sale of the Company to a Boston based software company. NexUS Healthcare Corporation (formerly St. Anthony Publishing) Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating officer November 1993 to July 1998 Joined the management team of a $20 million organization and helped grow the Company to nearly $60 million. Successfully negotiated and completed four acquisitions, which contributed to the growth of the Company and helped in the conversion of the Company from a healthcare publishing company to a healthcare content Company. Negotiated and closed an $18 million line of credit to provide working capital for growth and funding for acquisitions. Assumed chief operating responsibilities over all operations in June 1998, except for marketing and telemarketing. Helped negotiate the sale of the Company for in excess of $100 million to United Healthcare in March 1998 and was promoted to COO of the resulting healthcare content subsidiary of United Healthcare. Peter L. Bower Page 3 of 3 The Reinforced Earth Company April 1991 to November 1993 Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating officer Joined the management team of a former client to assist in returning the Company to profitability, which efforts were successful by downsizing the Company from nearly $50 million in revenues to approximately $35 million and reducing related costs and improving operating processes. Johnston Lemon & Company August 1987 to April 1991 Senior Vice-President Negotiated and completed various transactions for clients, concentrated in the areas of private financings and merger and acquisitions. Promoted to Managing Director before leaving the firm in May 1991. Grant Thornton October 1970 to August 1987 Partner (Chicago and Washington, D.C.) Participated in the accelerated partner program and achieved partner status in less than eleven years. Client concentrations were in emerging and mid-size companies mainly in the areas of banking, software, construction, professional sports teams, government contractors, and manufacturing. Assisted the New York and Cleveland offices in the startup of their commercial banking practices. Also served as a technical reviewer for Securities and Exchange filings on behalf of various clients. Personal Married with two sons and reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (soon to move to Charleston, SC) Graduated from the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana campus). Member of the American institute of C. P. A.'s. Member of the Chartered Global Management Accountants Certified ice hockey official by USA Hockey. (retired in 11/2015) Extremely familiar with Deltek, SAP, Peachtree accounting systems. Also, I have used QuickBooks to a lesser degree. I am retiring on 5/31/201.... My wife and I are moving to Charleston in late June. I want to stay active professionally but not to the same degree that I am in my current FT role. I would like to use my knowledge and experience to join a team and help make a significant contribution to the growth and success of the Company. As I indicated, one of my major objectives is to stay professionally active and I recognize that most part time jobs are with smaller companies or start-ups. I am willing to consider all opportunities and will be very flexible on compensation. The type of commitment that I am looking for is ideally 1-2 days, potentially 3 days, a week (after all, what’s the point of retiring if you can’t be on the golf course?). If my experience and this type of PT/contract arrangement fits one of your Client’s requirements, I would love to discuss such with you. Please give me a call at 240-723-.... My resume follows. Thank you – Peter Bower Peter L. Bower 7009 Beechwood Drive Home Phone # - ... Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Cell Phone # - ... Financial Management Executive Experience Organizational Strategies, Inc. March 2009 to Present Chief Financial Officer Completed installation and implementation of a major management system upgrade to Deltek CostPoint. Completed subsequent DCAA audit of the new accounting system and received DCAA approval of the new system as satisfactory to accumulate costs and to do billing under U. S. Government contracts. Re-engineered most accounting and operating processes resulting in significant cost savings, i. e. a 40% reduction in annual audit costs, and a reduction in average days outstanding for Accts. Receivable from over 60 days to 34 days. Successfully, negotiated and increase to $7.5 million to assist in possible acquisitions. Assumed responsibility for the billings department and reduced the error rate to less than 1%. Congressional Glass LLC June 2008 to January 2009 Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer In a period of approximately seven months, helped put into place the foundation for the future growth of the Company by accomplishing the following: 1. Successfully completed a major management system upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics GP. 2. Negotiated and closed a $500,000 line of credit agreement and term loan to provide working capital. 3. Negotiated and closed below market leases for new office and warehouse locations. 4. Completed the Company Employee Handbook. 5. Reviewed and corrected the Company's financial reporting to be in compliance with GAAP. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Financial Consultant July 2002 to April 2003 Chief Financial Officer April 2003 to November 2007 Initially hired as a consultant to assist in accounting department process review and restructuring and assumed the position of CFO in April 2003. Completed this objective and the conversion to the new Deltek management information system to help insure compliance with all financial and Governmental reporting requirements. Completed the restructuring of the accounting department, including process improvements that resulted in the reduction of staff from 14 to 11. This resulted in departmental cost savings of 12% at the same time the Foundation grew from a $135 million foundation to a foundation in excess of $200 million. The Foundation became a "low-risk" auditee and received unqualified opinions for its financial and A-133 audits. . Successfully negotiated and closed a $5 million line of credit on favorable terms to fund the seasonality of the Foundation's operating cycle. Peter L. Bower Page 2 of 3 Financial Consultant May 2001 to March 2003 Various financial consulting assignments of which, the last seven moths were with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. PlanetGov..... October 2000 to February 2001 Chief Financial Officer Joined the management team to assist in the completion of a private placement memorandum and launch of the ".com" government services/product supplier. The Private Placement was unsuccessful due to the market correction in November 2000. Assisted in repositioning the Company back to its original services business. ICARUS Corporation July 1998 to October 2000 Chief Financial Officer Joined the management team and was placed in charge of implementing operating process improvements , including new budget procedures, which resulted in nearly doubling Company revenues and improving the Company's pretax margins from 8% to nearly 20%. Hired a new controller and worked closely with him to improve the reporting process, in that, world wide operations were closed monthly within two weeks of month end. Successfully negotiated and closed the sale of the Company to a Boston based software company. NexUS Healthcare Corporation (formerly St. Anthony Publishing) Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating officer November 1993 to July 1998 Joined the management team of a $20 million organization and helped grow the Company to nearly $60 million. Successfully negotiated and completed four acquisitions, which contributed to the growth of the Company and helped in the conversion of the Company from a healthcare publishing company to a healthcare content Company. Negotiated and closed an $18 million line of credit to provide working capital for growth and funding for acquisitions. Assumed chief operating responsibilities over all operations in June 1998, except for marketing and telemarketing. Helped negotiate the sale of the Company for in excess of $100 million to United Healthcare in March 1998 and was promoted to COO of the resulting healthcare content subsidiary of United Healthcare. Peter L. Bower Page 3 of 3 The Reinforced Earth Company April 1991 to November 1993 Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating officer Joined the management team of a former client to assist in returning the Company to profitability, which efforts were successful by downsizing the Company from nearly $50 million in revenues to approximately $35 million and reducing related costs and improving operating processes. Johnston Lemon & Company August 1987 to April 1991 Senior Vice-President Negotiated and completed various transactions for clients, concentrated in the areas of private financings and merger and acquisitions. Promoted to Managing Director before leaving the firm in May 1991. Grant Thornton October 1970 to August 1987 Partner (Chicago and Washington, D.C.) Participated in the accelerated partner program and achieved partner status in less than eleven years. Client concentrations were in emerging and mid-size companies mainly in the areas of banking, software, construction, professional sports teams, government contractors, and manufacturing. Assisted the New York and Cleveland offices in the startup of their commercial banking practices. Also served as a technical reviewer for Securities and Exchange filings on behalf of various clients. Personal Married with two sons and reside in Chevy Chase, Maryland. (soon to move to Charleston, SC) Graduated from the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana campus). Member of the American institute of C. P. A.'s. Member of the Chartered Global Management Accountants Certified ice hockey official by USA Hockey. (retired in 11/2015) Extremely familiar with Deltek, SAP, Peachtree accounting systems. Also, I have used QuickBooks to a lesser degree.