Richard Casabona

• Oversee Treasury Operations: Managed cash flow, optimized working capital, and maintained banking relationships to ensure liquidity and financial stability. • Cash Flow Forecasting: Developed and maintained a detailed 13-week cash flow forecast, providing critical insights into strategic decision-making. • Financial Modeling & Analysis: Led the creation of comprehensive financial models, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis, to support long-term planning and performance tracking. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborated with business units, finance teams, executives, and senior management to align financial planning with company goals, ensuring cohesive strategies and operational efficiency. • Monthly Financial Reporting: Prepared detailed monthly financial reporting packages, offering clear and actionable insights to stakeholders. • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Developed and tracked over 25 KPIs to support operational decision-making and measure business performance. • Capital Raising: Led capital raising efforts, ensuring sufficient liquidity and financial resources to support growth initiatives. • Marketing KPIs: Maintained and analyzed marketing KPIs, including Return on Ad Spend (ROAS), providing actionable insights to senior management. • Procurement Management: Oversaw procurement of parts, supplies, and systems, ensuring cost-effectiveness and operational efficiency. • Expense Analysis: Analyzed and monitored operating expenses, implementing cost management strategies to enhance profitability.

• Financial Management & Planning: Partnered with Finance Managers and Advisors to manage financial planning, systems, and controls for clients, including KPIs, income statements, balance sheets, budgeting, forecasts, and chart of accounts. Drove process improvements and created standard and ad hoc reports and Excel dashboards. • Financial Reporting: Prepared and presented monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and dashboards for senior management, highlighting key financial metrics, risks, and opportunities. • Client Financial Management: Ensured accurate and timely financials for clients, providing critical insights and support for their decisions. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked with business units, operational teams, and senior management to ensure financial alignment and support strategic goals. • Ad Hoc Financial Analysis: Conducted ad hoc financial analysis and special projects as required, providing in-depth insights and recommendations. • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Support: Assisted with financials for M&A activities, conducting financial due diligence and analysis to support successful transactions.

• Financial Services & Consulting: Provided financial services and consulting at the branch, team, and market levels, supporting financial management and strategic planning. • Data Analysis & Support: Performed analysis and interpretation of financial and other data, directly supporting the Finance Manager and finance team with critical insights. • Financial Planning & Evaluation: Forecasted, analyzed, and evaluated financial plans and budgets, developing recommendations to achieve financial objectives and optimize performance. • Expense Forecasting & Variance Analysis: Participated in expense forecasting and actual processes, including researching and communicating variances to ensure accurate financial planning. • Reporting & Performance Tracking: Prepared and distributed analytical and performance tracking reports to sales and operational team leaders, providing actionable insights. • Process Improvements: Built process improvements that identified and tracked key operating metrics, leveraging them to develop effective planning tools. • Financial Modeling: Created financial models to support P&L forecasting, annual budgeting processes, and the evaluation of strategic business decisions.

• Balance Sheet Analysis: Analyzed monthly balance sheet accounts for corporate reporting, ensuring accuracy and completeness in financial data. • General Ledger Management: Compiled general ledger entries, maintaining organized and accurate financial records. • Account Closing Procedures: Facilitated monthly account closing procedures, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting. Expertise in journal entries and accrual accounting. • Month-End Close: Managed the accounting month-end close process, ensuring all transactions were accurately recorded and financial statements were completed on time. • Financial Data Analysis: Analyzed accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and adherence to reporting and procedural standards. Achieved zero deficiencies over the last 8 years. • Reconciliation Management: Completed daily and monthly reconciliation of all escrow accounts for the entire company, ensuring financial integrity and compliance. • Process Improvement: Assisted with IT initiatives, developing and implementing macros to streamline and ease financial processes.

• Financial Recovery & Auditing: Utilized analytical and investigative skills to recover company funds each month. Assisted with internal audit processes to ensure compliance with federal and company regulations. • Team Coordination & Reporting: Sent out weekly reports to assign team workloads and held weekly meetings to offer support with production. Provided management with updates on monthly goals. • Month-End Close: Assisted with the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.