Richard Gatian

About Richard Gatian

Leverage 25+ years’ experience in financial leadership roles with direct responsibility for multi-site, complex, financial management and accountability with $900M+ operations.Source and drive the effective use of capital to ensure optimum ROI while mentoring and provide support to foster individual growth throughout the company, acting as catalyst for change to meet dynamic market conditions. SUCCESS INDICATORSBusiness & Financial Performance Improvement• saved by developing a customer credit and collections strategy that minimized losses and reduced annual costs of offloading risk with third parties.Capital / Debt Acquisition & Negotiations• Successfully negotiated a $220 million loan and security agreement with an additional A+ loan of $15 million which was used to fund the public and private transactions of the company.EYE FOR BUSINESS GOES BEYOND FINANCECareer with companies like the Goody’s Family Clothing chain, a company that grew from a very small base to nearly 400. Supported retail sales growth exceeding 10%. Forward looking abilities extends to the customer; knowing what they want and drive change to deliver shareholder value. Specialties: Microsoft Dynamics Navision ERP | Banking Relationships | Credit Facility | Asset-based Lending | Treasury Management | Cash Management | Cash Forecasting | Debt and Equity Management | Borrowing | Finance Functions | Financial Controls | M&A | Financial Supply Chain | Business Planning | People Development | Complex Organizations | Multi-channel Distribution | Multi-channel Retail | Wholesale Distributor | Tax Planning | Business Performance | Financial and Operating Reporting | Team Building | Collaboration | IPO | Planning Functions |Refinancing | Financial Due Diligence | Secured Financing | Capital Structure | Recapitalization | Corporate Infrastructure | RenegotiationContact: 95••••••42

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   LUMINESS

   Jul 2022 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• West Virginia University

  Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration - Accounting and Finance

Skills

• Forecasting
• Retail
• Financial Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• P&L
• Budgets
• Income Statement
• Managerial Finance
• Finance
• Strategic Planning
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Due Diligence
• Sec Filings
• Auditing
• Inventory Management
• Accounting
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Treasury Management
• Revolving Lines of Credit
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Financial Modeling
• High Yield Bonds
• Us Gaap
• Interest Rate Swaps
• Systems Integration
• Cash Flow Forecasting
• Covenant Compliance
• Multi-Channel Retail
• Multi-Site Operations
• Team Development
• Risk Management
• Ipo
• Divestitures
• Capital Raising
• Debt & Equity Financing
• Financial Performance Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Cash Management
• Investments