Shawn W. Smith is the founder and owner of VF Partners. After earning his BSBA in Finance and Financial Management from the University of Arkansas in 1992, he has spent 16 years in the professional community. During that time 10 years were spent working in the Oil and Gas industries in the areas of accounting, excise tax, M & A, financial analysis, supply and trading, and operations.
While working for a large, national retail propane company in Dallas, TX, Mr. Smith held the position of Senior Acquisition Analyst being directly involved in the valuation and execution of 35 acquisitions ranging in size from $300,000 to over $10,000,000. He also served as Director of Supply and Distribution being responsible for all commodities purchasing, futures trading, and hedging strategies usings financial derivatives such as swaps and options. In this capacity, he also built and maintained the company-wide financial forecasts including 76 different retail companies. Industries:
- Oil, Gas, Propane - Salon and Day Spa - In-Home Senior Care - Cosmetic Dentistry - Dental Laboratory - Commericial Development - Mortgage - Engineering - Convenience Stores - Real Estate - Property Management - Spray Foam Insulation - Polyol Manufacturing - Trucking Summary of Experience:
- Full-Charge accounting and bookkeeping, 16 years - Quickbooks and Peachtree software, 6 years each - Forecasting/Budgeting, multi-company roll-ups, 11 years - Mergers and Acquisitions, 39 completed, 11 years - Company Valuations, +150 completed, 11 years - Due Diligence Leader, 5 completed, 11 years - Business Plans, 5 created and 3 reviewed, 9 years - Futures and Commodity Trading, 11 years - Financial Derivatives, Hedging, 11 years - Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, 13 years - MS Excel, level-advanced, 18 years - MS Access, level-intermediate, 11 years - Sales/Use/Excise taxes, 16 years
Mr. Smith has also held the position of Chief Operating Officer for a large commercial development company in Fayetteville, AR, being responsible for the overall financial and operational oversight of 11 independent operating entities and 36 property LLCs. In this role, he also assumed the duties of interim-CFO helping to manage the accounting and finance departments, banking and investor relations, and dispositions.
In addition, Mr. Smith has served as the finance/accounting Controller for several companies managing all areas of accounting, finance, payroll, human resources, business plans, acquisitions, banking, financial analysis, financial reporting, and forecasting/budgeting.
Industries:
- Oil, Gas, Propane - Salon and Day Spa - In-Home Senior Care - Cosmetic Dentistry - Dental Laboratory - Commericial Development - Mortgage - Engineering - Convenience Stores - Real Estate - Property Management - Spray Foam Insulation - Polyol Manufacturing - Trucking Summary of Experience:
- Full-Charge accounting and bookkeeping, 16 years - Quickbooks and Peachtree software, 6 years each - Forecasting/Budgeting, multi-company roll-ups, 11 years - Mergers and Acquisitions, 39 completed, 11 years - Company Valuations, +150 completed, 11 years - Due Diligence Leader, 5 completed, 11 years - Business Plans, 5 created and 3 reviewed, 9 years - Futures and Commodity Trading, 11 years - Financial Derivatives, Hedging, 11 years - Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, 13 years - MS Excel, level-advanced, 18 years - MS Access, level-intermediate, 11 years - Sales/Use/Excise taxes, 16 years
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