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Gershom
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Director of Finance · Strategy & Controls

Numbers that hold up. Decisions that move forward. Strategy, controls, and performance for organizations that need both rigor and speed.

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Available for Director / VP Finance roles
25+ yrs
Finance & Accounting
700+
Chapters Brought into Compliance
60%
Lift in Unrestricted Net Assets
5 yrs
Clean Audits Remediated
01 — About

Disciplined financial leadership with a builder's instinct.

I work best with leadership teams that want finance to be a true partner — not a back-office function. CEOs who need clear numbers behind hard decisions, boards that want trustworthy reporting, and operators who want to know what the next quarter actually looks like.

As Director of Finance for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., I own all accounting and financial reporting for the International Headquarters and a national network of more than 700 chapters — accounts payable and receivable, payroll, general ledger, reconciliations, audit coordination, investment reporting, and the monthly close. The mandate is unglamorous and essential: keep the numbers clean, current, and credible for executive leadership, committees, and the board.

Across two decades in finance — from FP&A leadership at Crowe Horwath and Redcats USA, to accounting management at Stanley Black & Decker and Genesys, to director-level seats at Marriott, American Pain Consortium, and RYAN Consulting Group — the through-line is the same: bridge strategic finance and the operational discipline that makes the strategy real. Audit remediation, working capital, KPI design, ERP integration, vendor and contract economics, and the unsexy procedural work that keeps an organization out of trouble.

G. Davis Director of Finance
02 — Experience

A career built on numbers that close and decisions they support.

2023 2023 — Present
Director of Finance
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. · Indianapolis, IN

Own all accounting and financial reporting for the International Headquarters and a national network of 700+ chapters — AP/AR, payroll, GL, reconciliations, audit coordination, investment reporting, and month-end close. Report monthly to executive leadership, committees, and the board.

Audit — Brought the organization current on five years of outstanding audits, all closing 100% clean
Working Capital — Grew Unrestricted Net Assets by 60% through aggressive AR and cash management
Compliance — Rebuilt the IRS Form 990 filing process for IHQ and all 700+ chapters, restoring regulatory standing
Systems — QuickBooks perpetual inventory, monthly inventory and bank reconciliations
People — Lead the Finance Department: hiring, training, performance management, workflow design
Org Scope
Membership Non-Profit — IHQ + 700 chapters
Reporting Line
Executive Leadership & Board
2022 2022 — 2023
Finance & Accounting Consultant
Resource Global Professionals & Robert Half · Indianapolis, IN

Interim and project-based finance leadership across multiple client engagements — audit coordination, AP transformation, and balance-sheet remediation.

Audit — Managed a full-year financial audit end-to-end, coordinating internal stakeholders and a third-party audit firm to deliver GAAP-compliant data
AP — Ran all Accounts Payable operations: vendor reconciliations, invoice accuracy, vendor relationships, and team supervision
Reconciliation — Cleared past-due balance-sheet accounts through targeted reconciliation work
Function
Interim & Project Finance
Engagement
Consulting
2021 2021 — 2022
Complex Director of Finance
Marriott Indianapolis East · Indianapolis, IN

Owned finance and accounting across three hotel properties: budgeting, forecasting, month-end close, expense management, AR, and AP. Built and coached a focused Accounting/AP and AR team.

50% — Cut overspending versus budget in half through new process controls
75% — Lifted Gross Operating Profit by roughly three-quarters via a redesigned salary allocation process
Controls — Installed internal controls and GAAP-aligned procedures across the three-property complex
Function
Hospitality Finance
Scope
3 Properties
2020 2020 — 2021
Director of Accounting
American Pain Consortium · Indianapolis, IN

Established fiscal controls and ran the full accounting function — month-end close, AP, payroll — while leading a team of staff accountant, payroll analyst, and AP analyst.

25% — Compressed the month-end close cycle by a quarter via a checklist-driven close and role realignment
ASC 842 — Transitioned the lease portfolio into compliance using the Modified Retrospective Approach
Reporting — Rebuilt the monthly reporting package with deep balance-sheet and P&L variance, trend, and provider-performance analysis
Function
Healthcare Accounting
Reporting Line
Executive Leadership
2019 2019 — 2020
Sr. Vice President of Finance
RYAN Consulting Group, Inc.

Ran the full finance and accounting function for a federal-contracting consultancy: budgeting, close, contract review, AR, AP, and payroll. Managed $20M of government contract revenue and pricing across DoD and NOAA engagements.

$3M — Cut annual spending through new strategic policies and procedures
10 days — Reduced DSO and held 98% of receivables inside 60 days
Pricing — Built an Excel pricing model factoring fringe, G&A, and commissions to lift contract profit margin
Reporting — Designed and rolled out the KPI suite reported to the Executive Leadership Team and Board of Advisors
Function
Government Contracting
Revenue Managed
$20M
2018 2018 — 2019
Accounting Manager
Genesys · Indianapolis, IN

Led the North America accounting function: month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, and fixed assets / accruals analysis. Managed a team of six staff accountants and cash application associates.

85% — Cut days-to-post cash from 7 days to 1 through automated posting and process redesign
CFO Award — Recognized in 2018 for cutting AR over 90 days by 50% ($8M) and improving DSO & working capital
Automation — Rolled out automated cash applications hitting an 80% auto-post rate within 24 hours of deposit
Function
Enterprise Accounting
Geographic Scope
North America
2012 2012 — 2018
Accounting Team Lead · Shared Services Center
Stanley Black & Decker · Indianapolis, IN

Six years leading month-end close, journal entry review, and account reconciliation for a corporate shared-services center, supervising a team of five staff accountants.

33% — Reduced the month-end close cycle through standardization and process efficiency work
4 Integrations — Led the integration of four acquired businesses into the SSC and migrated legacy ERPs into JD Edwards
Standardization — Established common close procedures across business units
Function
Shared Services
ERP
JD Edwards
2005 2005 — 2011
FP&A Leadership
Crowe Horwath LLC · Redcats USA

FP&A leadership roles spanning a Big-Four-adjacent accounting firm (Crowe Horwath, Manager of FP&A, 2005–2011) and a multi-brand retailer (Redcats USA, Director of FP&A, 2011) — budgeting, forecasting, and monthly close redesign.

$10M — Prevented potential revenue loss at Crowe by deploying a "gap management" budgeting technique
25% — Cut actual-to-budget variances through a new monthly forecast process
30% — Reduced cost-center expenses at Redcats via a top-down budgeting process
50% — Halved the Redcats month-end close cycle from 4 days to 2
Function
FP&A
Tooling
Cognos
1998 1998 — 2005
Sr. Financial Analyst
Safety-Kleen · Celanese Chemicals · XO Communications · Nortel Networks

Seven foundational years as a Sr. Financial Analyst across industrial services, specialty chemicals, telecom, and networking — building the analytical and systems foundation that the later director-level work was built on.

Foundation — Variance analysis, budgeting, financial reporting, and large-enterprise systems exposure across four industries
Function
Financial Analysis
Engagement
Full-time
03 — Education & Credentials

Formal training, continuously refined in practice.

Capabilities

Financial Strategy & FP&A
Annual budgeting · rolling forecasts · scenario modeling · board reporting
Daily Practice
Controls & Compliance
Policy design · segregation of duties · approval workflows · audit readiness
Daily Practice
Accounting & Close
GAAP · monthly & year-end close · reconciliations · consolidations
Production
Systems
QuickBooks · NetSuite · Oracle · JD Edwards · Cognos · Tableau · Excel & VBA · SQL
Expert
Operations & Vendor Economics
Contract review · vendor consolidation · cost optimization · treasury · CAPEX administration
Operations

Education & Service

Master of Business AdministrationTexas A&M University · College Station, TX
MBA
BA, English — Technical WritingUniversity of Southwestern Louisiana · Lafayette, LA
BA
Board of Directors & TreasurerIndianapolis Suzuki Academy · 2022–Present
Board
Board of Directors · Finance Committee · DEI CommitteeCollege Mentors for Kids · 2009–Present
Board