Rui Guimarais

About Rui Guimarais

CPA and Chartered Accountant (SA) with a Big 4 Public Accounting background and extensive experience as a Finance and Operations Executive for both Public and Privately owned businesses. Industry experience includes Advertising/Media Production, Athletic Event Production, Diversified Holdings, Entertainment, Real Estate and Construction, Financial Services, Logistics/Freight Management - Healthcare & Traditional, Manufacturing, Private Equity/Venture Capital Investing, Retail and Youth Sports. My ambition is to help manage a business with outstanding products or services, by adding significant value through application of my education, skills and experience to include Accounting, Finance and Operational disciplines.Skills and Experience: • Accounting and Auditing• Asset and business management• Board of Directorships• Budgeting and Forecasts• Business Integration • Consolidation/Equity Accounting• Contract Negotiation• Deal Structuring• Due Diligence• Reporting• Operational Management• SEC Reporting (10Q; 10K; 8K)• System conversions• Investor Relations• Risk Management• Town Hall Presentations• Mergers and Acquisitions• Strategic Planning• Income Taxes and tax audits• Treasury and Banking relationships• Turnarounds including bankruptcy filings

Experience

1. Chief Financial Officer

   Adept Urban

   Jan 2023 — Present · Pasadena, CA, US

   Financial and operational management of a vertically integrated multi-use real estate business specializing in ground up construction and office to residential conversions. Manage a large portfolio of properties in various stages of their life cycle from construction to CofO to refinancing and/or exit through resale.

Education

• SA Institute of Chartered Accountants

  Chartered Accountant (South Africa), Accounting, Auditing, Business Law, Taxation

• University of the Witwatersrand

  Bachelor of Accounting, Accounting, Auditing

• AICPA

  CPA, Accounting, Auditing, Business Law, Taxation

  1990 — 1990

• University of the Witwatersrand

  Bachelor of Commerce, Business Economics, Economics

Skills

• Mergers
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Retail
• Financial Modeling
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Due Diligence
• Executive Management
• Budgets
• Finance
• Board Presentations
• Leadership
• Investments
• Board Leadership
• Strategy
• Financial Reporting
• Negotiation
• Management
• Forecasting
• Board Reporting
• Sales
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Financial Analysis