Greg Taylor

Senior Financial Executive & Consultant

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

About

Senior Finance & Consultant responsible for the integration of people, process, and technology to accomplish best practice financial operations. Expertise includes: Revenue Cycle Management and Accounts Payable Processing; Financial Accounting & Internal Control; Financial Analysis, Forecasting & Budgeting; Financial Systems; Treasury/CashFlow Management. Power BI and the Microsoft Power Platform.

Experience

  • Principal at GD Taylor, LLC
    Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

    • Implement progressive Finance solutions for Finance teams, leveraging the Microsoft Power Platform and other finance automation best practices. • Launched Concur Travel & Expense application to 60+ expense and travel system users. • Implemented BlackLine Systems Task & Recon modules to 14 users. • Transitioned manual reporting process to Power BI Desktop and Power BI Service. • Converted QuickBooks Online company to Dynamics GP ERP.

  • Vice President Finance / Controller at InComm Payments
    Sep 2011 - Oct 2021 · 10 yrs 2 mos

    • Principal financial officer for InComm Agent Solutions, Inc., a national payments processor and a subsidiary of inComm, the industry leading marketer, distributor and technology innovator of stored-value gift and prepaid products. • Responsible for all company Financial Reporting, Accounting & Internal Control, Financial Analysis, Forecasting & Budgeting; Revenue Cycle Management, including Collections, and Cost of Sales payments processing. • Lead a team of 20+ finance and accounting professionals responsible for all financial activities of the company. • Implemented Power BI reporting models to improve payments processing and reconciliation. Improved management reporting by implementing Power BI dashboards. • Responsible for all budget, planning, and reporting activities. • Implemented Solver's BI360 Financial Reporting, Planning, and Data Warehouse Business Intelligence solution that significantly improved financial reporting and planning processes. • Implemented the BlackLine Systems Financial Close Management and Account Reconciliation governance automation solutions. • Manage company financial activities utilizing Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP software

  • Director of Finance and Operations at Sleek Surgical & MedSpa
    Apr 2011 - Sep 2011 · 6 mos

    • Finance Director for one of the nation's largest Plastic Surgery groups. Responsible for managing all company financial functions, including: Financial Planning and Analysis, Accounting & Internal Controls; Accounts Payable; Accounts Receivable. • Ownership of all financial, strategic planning and sales management reporting for the company, including daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc reporting and analysis. • Management of the annual planning and ongoing forecasting process. • Partner with CEO/Owner to develop and execute the companies growth strategy and business model. • Responsible for Expense management (including bi-weekly payroll management) to improve efficiency and eliminate waste. • Profitability modeling and management for all Products, Locations, and Compensation Plans.

  • Chief Financial Officer at Pediatric Associates, South Florida
    Jun 2008 - Oct 2010 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Finance Director for Florida’s largest Pediatric Medical Group, responsible for providing over-all financial leadership and direction in the areas of: Financial Reporting, Accounting & Internal Controls; Financial Analysis, Forecasting & Budgeting; Medical Supply Chain Operations / Purchasing; Accounts Payable. • Responsible for all budget, planning, and reporting activities for companies in excess of $125mm in revenue. • Key Driver of significant treasury operations improvements, saving $200k+ of annual banking fees. • Implemented successful financial systems automation projects, including: Concur T&E Processing Automation; Purchase Card; ACH; Automated Check processing; Merchant Services Optimization; G/L Upgrades; Prophix OLAP reporting & analysis tool implementation; • Successfully upgraded finance department processes, technology and talent. Significantly improved financial controls and effectiveness for all accounting operations functions, including Accounts Payable and Purchasing.

  • Regional Chief Financial Officer at USI Insurance Services
    Aug 2005 - Jan 2008 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Regional Finance Manager for USI’s Southeast insurance brokerage operations, located primarily in Florida and Tennessee. Responsible for all Financial Management activities for Region/Legal Entities, including: Financial Accounting & Internal Control; Financial Analysis; Forecasting & Budgeting; Accounts Receivable; Accounts Payable; Sales Compensation & Reporting, Quarterly Corporate Reviews. • Responsible for all budget, planning & forecasting activities for region with nearly $50mm in annual revenue. • Created a CFO Function from scratch; Leader of a diverse team of 16 accounting and finance associates, plus 2 training/project managers. • Key Driver of 7 insurance agency acquisitions and $10mm of revenue in 2 year period. Led negotiations for pricing and deal structure, liaison with legal team on M&A documentation, personally supervised implementation of the integration project plans. •Project Champion on conversion of 2 operating systems to a single platform Member of corporate. IT Steering committee.