Chris Rettelle

About Chris Rettelle

Contracts and compliance professional with a diverse skill set possessing a strong sense of integrity and ethics with over 15 years of experience in drafting, negotiating, and managing complex contracts on a worldwide basis and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations in multiple business areas. Ability to handle diverse contract types including US Government (all types such as T&M, FFP, CPFF, CPAF), MAS, partnerships, teaming, subcontracts, master service, vendor, licenses, consultants, leases, and employment. Strong leadership skills and ability to work directly with internal business units and legal counsel concerning contractual and legal related matters including privacy and internal investigations. Successful at developing, implementing, and administering a worldwide contracts administration and compliance regime. Well versed in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Department of Defense FAR Supplement (DFAR), Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), General Services Administration (GSA), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), and GAAP. Oversees the \"cradle to grave\" administration of contracts while mentoring support staff. Effective communicator and team player across various units and departments within organizations. Experience both leading and supporting financial and operational audits internally and externally, including US Government auditors. Experienced in dealing with matters of extreme sensitivity/confidentiality, interfacing with senior management and Board of Directors, and customer personnel in order to resolve differences. Areas of expertise include: • Government contracting business and accounting practices• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating broad range of contracts• FAR, CAS, GSA, US GAAP• Public accounting and SEC filings• Policies and procedures • Internal audits and process improvements• Government and commercial contract auditing • Privacy compliance

Experience

1. Vice President, Contracts, Compliance & Risk

   Learning Tree International

   Jan 2016 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Leads organizational compliance with key internal processes, regulations, and laws. Supervises the contracts department for North America (US and Canada), including General Services Administration contracts (Schedule 70 and PSS). Directs and supports negotiating and drafting of contracts supporting Corporate and North American business units. Reviews contractual documents for approval and execution by C-level suite. Assists all entities on a worldwide basis in identification and resolution of contractual issues and concerns. Governs signature authority guidelines, bank mandates, and account information for bank accounts on a worldwide basis. Reports on all legal matters to C-level suite as well as the Board of Directors. Manages the company’s delegation of authority guidelines that covers signature authority granted and approved by the Board of Directors. Handles registrations for Corporate and US entities including new registrations in states for business operations and annual reports. Developed company investigation guidelines for human resource and financial matters, and serves as a member of the investigation team on all company investigations. Administers and maintains corporate records, patents, and trademarks. Works with CFO to oversee and manage risk via insurance policies.

Education

• Alma College

  Business Administration, Accounting

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Cpa
• Contract Management
• Managerial Finance
• Sarbanes-Oxley
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Internal Audit
• Corporate Governance
• Mergers
• Sec Filings
• Risk Management
• Fcra
• Financial Accounting
• Government Contracting
• Microsoft Excel
• Process Improvement
• Contract Requirements
• Legal Liaison
• Far
• Revenue Recognition
• Financial Analysis
• Gsa Schedules
• Internal Controls
• Financial Reporting
• Due Diligence
• Insurance
• Strategic Planning
• Accounting
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (Gaap)
• Privacy Issues
• Budgets
• Corporate Records
• Gsa Contracting
• Privacy Policies
• Privacy Compliance
• Budgeting
• Auditing
• Gaap