Richard R. Holtby

2544 Ridgmar Blvd. Suite 16 Ft. Worth Texas 76116
Home 817-569-8018

SUMMARY
Financial management professional, team player/leader, strategist, effective negotiator and mentor. Highest level of integrity with a persistent, innovative and strong work ethic. Interested in effecting meaningful contributions in a financial management role. Industry experience includes: Construction, Service and Manufacturing. Also includes high tech software and hardware development, systems conversion and integration and network augmentation/management. Additional experience includes, Percent Complete/Job Costing, FAR compliance for DOD and DOE, Human Resource Management. Financial planning, budget management, Multi-State Sales & Use Tax compliance, financial analysis, internal/external financial and operational reporting, and internal/external audit with big 4 experience.

EXPERIENCE
Robert Half International Dallas TX
Special Projects Specialists 09/2005 to Present
Price Construction Interim Controller Clean-up of W.I.P. and Percent Complete reporting for audited financials. Month end closing and consolidation of 6 companies; domestic and foreign. In a Foundation accounting environment
SJ Construction Co... Interim Controller Clean-up on W.I.P, Percent Complete and Line of Credit reporting to financial institution. Work out agreement with I.R.S. on back tax payments. Reconciled fixed assets and insurance billings. Peachtree accounting environment.
Assistant Controller at Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of TEXAS. General ledger analysis, roll forward and maintenance. Month end closing entries. Inter company balance of accounts. Prepared all PBSs for external auditors. Using SEGE FAS Asset Accounting in a SAP environment.

EFW, Inc. Fort Worth TX (Defense Manufacturing $200MM)
Manager Accounts Payable (Contractor status) 06/2002 08/2005
Responsible for operation and supervision of the Accounts Payable Department, processing approximately 3,000 invoices totaling $11,000,000 in payables per month With Heavy Job Cost applications and FAR compliance for the DOD.
Documented and reported Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for Accounts Payable and other operations systems. Received Best Practices recognition from the Internal and external Auditors on the Accounts Payable System.
Established, documented and implemented system to report and file Texas Sales and Use Tax on a monthly basis via the Internet. Conducted a sales tax review of the Accounts Payable records and recovered over $2,000,000 in tax credits.

National Energy Production Corporation (NEPCO an ENRON Sub.) - AR (Construction--$B)
Controller 2000 2001
Responsible for set-up, financial, administration and LAN management of a $1.2B construction project.
Hired, trained and supervised 25 accounting and administrative personnel.
Supervised purchasing, payroll, HR, cost, receiving and accounts payables entry into a SAP accounting system.
Installed and managed the MS NT LAN Network for over 100 PC and network printer connections.

Broce Construction Co., Inc. - OK (Heavy Civil Construction, Paving and Asphalt Mfg -$85MM)
Controller 19971999
Responsible for the total financial and administrative management, including HR, of the company.
Revised, upgraded and implemented the total information reporting system; including, field reporting, production/inventory control, time reporting, percent complete-job/process cost reporting/tracking, financial consolidations, cash control and financial/operational reporting.
Standardized and implemented inventory control and reporting for multi-site, multi-state locations.



Richard R. Holtby

Eastland Intl. Resources, Inc. - TX, NM, CO, OK (Commercial Construction Finance Services--$100MM)
CFO/COO/Underwriter/Business Analyst 1990 1996
Underwriting, Due Diligence, Maintenance and Collection of asset based lending contracts.
Preformed the Underwriting, Due Diligence, Maintenance and Collection of asset based lending contracts.
Design and implementation of policies, procedures, credit/collection systems, job cost/percent complete tracking systems, information processing systems and business plans. Extensive collection experience.
As Court Appointed Receiver functioned as CFO/COO of a construction company, a computer sales company and a multi-state employment agency all showing a marked increase in profit and stability.
Performed extensive technical writing, forecasting and analysis work in construction, sales, service, trucking and manufacturing business sectors.
Executed hands-on business troubleshooting for client companies in the southwest US.

ELCOR Corporation Midland TX (NYSE Co.)(Construction/Engineering/Manufacturing- $500MM)
Audit Manager / Internal Control Director - Five Yr.
Managed six audit professionals. Developed, published, designed and executed audit strategy / programs.
Responsibility for review, documentation, implementation, and improvement of internal control systems.
Developed, redesigned, wrote and formally documented internal controls, corporate policies and procedures for both finance and operations. Brought all companies into compliance with the 1978 Internal Control act similar to the Sarbanes-Oxley act..

Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc - Houston TX (Construction and Engineering - $$B)
Assistant Audit Manager - Four Yr.
Managed a staff of ten audit professionals with full, worldwide audit responsibilities for Brown & Root, Inc.
Redesigned Audit Department, wrote original audit programs and Audit Manual; established training programs and professional hiring practices.

Price Waterhouse Coopers - Houston TX (Big 4 Public Accounting)
Staff Auditor - Two Yr.
Performed certified audits; specializing in manufacturing, inventories, energy and construction.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Top-notch computer skills in both mainframe and PC system environments.
Heavy Microsoft NT and Novell LAN experience.
Experience with IT management and augmentation.
Programming and Analysis experience in COBAL, FORTRAN, Windows Basic and RPG II.
Hands on experience in current Accounting Software packages; D&B, QuickBooks, Peachtree, Great Plains, Solomon III, PeopleSoft, BaaN, SAP R3 Cash, A/R A/P P/R & G/L experience.
Proficient in Hardware troubleshooting and installation for both PC and Networks.
Completed Classroom course for certification in MS Office with New Horizons. Advanced user of Excel 2007, Access 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Project 2003 and Word 2007.

EDUCATION

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX BBA Accounting / Registered PA New Mexico