Steve Pollard

About Steve Pollard

Seasoned financial leader equipped with robust management, strategic, and analytical skills.Proven success in nurturing teams\' professional and personal growth, fostering trust-based relationships founded on commitment and idea exchange. Champion a culture of innovation and collaboration, enabling teams to adapt swiftly and generate inventive solutions.Expertly manage financial risks and costs, steering cash flow and overseeing meticulous budget preparations. Establish best practices and rigorous controls within finance and accounting, delivering detailed profitability forecasts, monthly financial statements, and comprehensive annual business plans.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President, Finance

   Cottonwood Group

   Jul 2016 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Establish, implement and enforce financial best practices, including internal and external reporting, asset protection and management, workflow guidelines and responsibilities, staffing roles and performance guidance, risk management structures, budgeting and forecasting. Prepare, analyze, and diagnose key performance indicators in order to manage and optimize operational results. Inject these KPI\'s into the reporting and analysis processes to link operating results with financial results. Create custom reporting structures to manage $1.2B real estate development projects. Create cash flow management and forecasting structures. Manage and coordinate annual audits for multiple entities. Ensure compliance and adherence to GAAP for financial reporting. Procure and manage corporate and project insurance coverages.Lead finance staff and partner with business unit management to standardize and improve performance measures and analytical methods, to ensure integrity of information and the use of performance measures that are consistent and meaningful to ownership and stakeholders.Ensure that appropriate systems, policies, budgets, controls, and procedures are in place to support sound, legal practices in support of the strategic direction of the business.

Education

• Wisconsin School of Business

  MBA, Finance

  1986 — 1987

• University of South Dakota

  B.S., with Honors, Business Administration

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Mas 90
• Sap R/3
• Excel
• Jd Edwards
• Microsoft Office