Gavin Thompson

Established budgetary benchmarks and formulated financial management strategies by researching operating and historical financial records.

• Led financial planning and analysis by managing key metrics, analyzing data and providing support and insight for strategic planning.
• Managed team of (Two) 2 finance and operations professionals, with day-to-day responsibility for contracting, order processing, forecasting, budgeting, reporting and analysis.
• Improved revenue compliance with corporate revenue standards.
• Assumed ownership of accounting, forecasting and strategic supply planning.
• Developed reporting for executive financial reviews.
• Developed annual budgets in collaboration with financial director.
• Developed and implemented client payment requirements and recovered R500 000 in debt from sales.
• Analyzed budgets, financial reports and projections for accurate reporting of financial standing.
• Identified and investigated variances to optimize financial plans and forecasts.
• Improved accuracy of commission payouts with implementation of process improvements.
• Managed high volumes of financial activity in fast-paced, risk-based corporate environment.