Bill Gibson

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About Bill Gibson

Hands on, tech savvy financial executive with over 20 years of practical well rounded experience. Skilled at communicating financial results in plain English and translating financial results into actionable tasks to grow revenues and profits. Adept at adding value to existing teams as well as building new teams from the ground up. Understands the importance of developing and maintaining strong relationships with bankers to ensure access to capital. Possesses a solid understanding of United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Federal Acquisition Regulations FAR), cost accounting requirements unique to government contractors. Experienced at coordinating the efforts of various external auditors including, but not limited to, financial auditors, government auditors, state sales and use tax auditors. Practical experience preparing a company for sale including preparing all financial information distributed to prospective buyers, active participation in management presentations to potential buyers, responding to requests for additional information during due diligence and playing the lead role in transition of all business systems to purchaser’s legacy systems. Practical experience managing the accounting operations functions for entities including, but not limited to, customer billing, vendor payments through accounts payable, payroll, fixed asset management, cash receipts processing and manual journal vouchers required to complete month end close. Adept at reconciling cash, accounts receivable, furniture and equipment, accounts payable and other asset & liability accounts with subsidiary ledgers. Possesses skills required to prepare and present month end reporting package including financial statements and an analysis of operating results. Possesses the technical skills required to develop ad-hoc reports and queries using third party reporting tools.