David Richards
Interim Controller @Alto Lakes Golf & Country Club
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WORK HISTORY
Interim Controller @Alto Lakes Golf & Country Club
Alto, NM, US
Alto Lakes Golf & Country Club is a private residential-membership club in the Lincoln National Forest near Ruidoso, NM, featuring three golf courses (Alto Lakes, The Outlaw, and Kokopelli) within a master-planned community.• Own monthly and YTD financial reporting for the club, including an executive stoplight-analysis deck covering revenue, F&B operations, golf shop performance, and labor benchmarks across all three courses• Conduct gap analyses of club operations against private-club industry benchmarks, identifying variances in F&B labor ratios, food COGS, merchandise margins, and dues dependency to inform leadership decision-making• Manage accrual timing, inventory treatment, and month-end close process to ensure financial statements reflect true operating performance• Partner cross-functionally with department leaders and club leadership on financial strategy and operational improvement
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix
Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General
California State University - East Bay
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVID RICHARDS
From Chevron\'s mailroom to the controller\'s chair — my career has been about turning financial complexity into clear decisions that move businesses forward. Over 20+ years, I\'ve built and led finance functions at Fortune 10 companies (Chevron, Sprint, Capgemini), in oil & gas and manufacturing, in education and government, and in the hospitality and private club sectors where I work today as Controller at Alto Lakes Golf & Country Club. What I bring to the work: • ERP implementations — from mainframe-to-SAP conversion at Chevron to Oracle migrations at Capgemini• Financial reporting and monthly close — from SPAC outsourced controllership to multi-course private club consolidations• A/R discipline — reduced 90+ day aging by 11% at Water Runner; maintained 95%+ current at Green Tree Country Club• Cost reduction — proposed a annual savings solution at CBIZ, cut credit card fees 70% at Green Tree, and delivered $1.2M in annual savings through overhead allocation changes at GES• Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow modeling — including a 60-month plan that charted a company\'s Chapter 11 exit within 12 monthsI hold an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor\'s in Accounting from CSU East Bay, and I\'m the recipient of Sprint\'s Values Excellence and Finance Distinguished Contribution Award.If your organization needs a finance leader who can read the numbers, tell the story, and deliver results, I\'d welcome a c••••••••@hotmail.com |(91••••••43
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