Fritz Gerding

Background

About Fritz Gerding

Recognized as a talented, reliable, and hard-working finance, accounting, and audit executive with a focus on strengthening the effectiveness of accounting & operational processes, and implementing & driving successful operating improvement initiatives. History of developing people and building strong relationships across organizational boundaries and management functions to support company goals, profit initiatives, policies & procedures, and issue resolution. Proven record of attention to detail, a pragmatic approach to problem solving, and taking the lead to ensure everything is done to accomplish designated goals. A "can-do" attitude and excellent written & verbal communication skills- Experience - Finance & Accounting: Development, implementation & measurement of profit improvement initiatives/synergies Financial & operational analysis Accounting operations (close & review) Documentation & presentation of operating results Acquisitions & divestitures Enterprise risk assessment SEC reporting Credit Facility negotiation and operations Budgeting, forecasting, & capital planning Strategic planning System implementations Vendor relationships Internal Control and Governance: Financial control risk assessment Operational process reviews (revenue/receipts, expenditures/payments, Payroll, IT operations, other) 3rd party compliance (SEC, PCI, EEOC, DOT, other) Sarbanes-Oxley Audit Committee presentation SEC Disclosure Committee System implementation review Acquisition due diligence assistance Liaison with external auditor