Colin Gallagher, CPA

As Vice President of Finance at SESCO, I lead the company’s financial strategy, planning, and performance management to drive sustainable growth and operational excellence. My focus includes optimizing financial processes, strengthening internal controls, and providing actionable insights that align with our long-term strategic objectives.

As part of Madison Industries- The team at Reelcraft makes the world safer, healthier, and more productive by designing and manufacturing the most reliable hose, cord and cable reels.

As the Controller, I am responsible for managing the accounting team, reporting monthly results, preparing forecasts, and annual budgets. Daily, I sit on the management team and assist the team in making operational improvements with the goal of improving efficiencies and quality. Quarterly, I present the results and expectations for the future to North River Capital (Private Equity Group), submit covenant calculations to the bank, and work closely with the PEG management team on the 401k investment committee. Annually, I lead the Company through our financial audit, assist the team with our medical insurance renewals, and prepare long-term financial results. In addition, I prepare capital expenditures plan and covenant projections for our annual financing renewal with our bank. I report to the Managing Partner/President.

As the Accounting and Finance Manager, I report to the CFO and I am responsible for managing all aspects of accounting, finance and financial reporting. This includes maintaining and improving on accounting policies, procedures and internal controls. In addition, I work through system integration issues and system optimization. I approve and supervise banking activity. Finally, I am the lead banking and external audit resource.

Effective April 1, 2015, I have been promoted to the Controller role. As the Controller, I am responsible for managing the Ligonier, IN Plant accounting team, reporting actual results, monthly forecasts, and annual business plans to our Corporate offices. I am responsible for submitting capital expenditures, updating inventory standards, reviewing variances and assisting the Plant Manager with decision making for our plant.

Carlex acquired the Automotive OEM Business from Guardian Industries on 11/01/2014. As a result, I joined Carlex Glass of Indiana, Inc. effective in November 2014. Due to the fact that Carlex Glass is a subsidiary of Central Glass in Tokyo, Japan, I have been involved in the implementation of JSOX. My duties remain and supervisory role remains unchanged from my role for Guardian Industries.

As the Assistant Controller I am assisting the Operations Support Manager for Guardian Automotive Glass over the Auburn and Ligonier, Indiana plants. The Operations Support Manager role is similar to a Controller role in that the responsibilities include supervising the accounting departments, budgeting, forecasting, inventory costing updates, variance analysis, corporate/Board reporting, purchase order approvals, and working closely with the Plant Manager to ensure that production issues are addressed and good financial decisions are made in an effort to manufacture in a cost efficient manner.

I worked as a manager in the assurance services group of Crowe Horwath’s Fort Wayne, Indiana office and supervise Assurance (Audit, Review, Compilation) engagements across the country. My experience includes coordinating and completing client assurance engagements primarily in the areas of manufacturing, distribution, and construction. I present results and recommendations to various levels of client management, the Audit Committee, and the Board of Directors.

Plan and perform assurance engagements, including audits, reviews, and compiliations, for a variety of Companies. In addition, I have been involved in recruiting new hires, mentoring current employees and building client relations. As a senior staff, I have the ability to prepare financial statements, assist clients with technical accounting issues and monitor staff on engagements.

As a staff, I worked on building my knowledge in technical areas while learning proper internal controls. During this time, I worked on my financial statement preparation, analytics and accounting research. Finally, I passed the CPA exam during my 2 years as a Staff at Crowe Horwath LLP (formerly Crowe Chizek and Company LLC).

Dean's List Summer of 2005