Chris McDowell

Controller / Accounting Consultant

Fort Worth, Las Colinas & Irving, North Dallas

21+ years of experience

Consulting

20+ Years of Progressive Accounting & Finance Experience
including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and P&L responsibility.
Extensive Manufacturing & Cost Accounting Experience
including margin analysis, pricing strategy, inventory management, & more.
ERP Implementation Leader
with system experience in Oracle, SAP, Tableau, QuickBooks, JD Edwards, and more.

Industries

SKILLS

& SYSTEMS

Budgeting & Forecasting Close Process Management Cost Accounting Fixed Assets Inventory Mergers & Acquisitions System Implementation

Epicor JD Edwards Oracle QuickBooks SAP Tableau

Roles

Financial Consultant | US Concrete

Maintained and updated fixed asset additions, disposals and changes.

Utilized Oracle ERP system for fixed assets and month end journal processing.

Controller | Integris Solutions

Prepared monthly gross margin analysis for building projects.

Defined and implemented SAP Business One system clean up and utilization efforts.

Improved profitability of the company 3% in year 2018 and 5% 2019.

Strategic evaluation and implementation of new ERP systems.

Evaluated cost accounting pricing strategies.

Implemented inventory management strategies.

Controller | CBI Laboratories

Prepared detail SKU budget for 3,000 finished goods and 13,000 raw and packaging components.

Controlled all pricing for customer proposals.

Achievements

Reporting Cycle Re-Build | Integris Solutions

Went from an annualized reporting period to a monthly reporting cycle in three months.

$1.5M Turn-Around in Year One | CBI Laboratories

Results after acquisition: capital equipment repairs and acquisition, new product lines to complement existing customer base, purchasing department restructured, labor efficiencies.

Process Enhancement | Progressive, Inc.

Organized processes and procedures to support 72% reduction in month-end close from 14 to 4 days
Organized raw material warehouse into locations to make cycle count process easier.
Achieved 20% improvement in working capital through inventory management practices and cash collections procedures.