Chris Clements

Experience

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  State Farm

  Aug 2012 - May 2014

  Personal Account Representative

  Conducted status meetings with the CEO, CFO, and COO on a regular basis.Met with the CFO on a regular basis to provide updates on the company’s financial status and provide shortand long term financial goals and plans.Designed, presented, and implemented strategic policies and strategies to decrease production timeand increase profit margins.Conducted sales meetings on a daily basis with individuals, small, medium, and large businesses to fitproducts/services with customer needs.Created highly detailed quotes and/or invoices for recreation and commercial customers.Called on and visited with individuals and dealerships creating sales opportunities.Created new revenue streams through repairs, retail sales, and consignment sales.Developed cost control measures to decrease overhead.Negotiated and finalized contracts.Drafted professional memoranda and business correspondence.Created professional responses to legal inquiries and issues.Created and verified delivery of purchase orders for shop materials, consumables, trailers, boats,engines, etc.Tracked inventory on a weekly basis to insure adequate supply.Maintained productive relationships with vendors and customers.Trained, coached and mentor staff to ensure smooth adoption of new programs.Implemented innovative programs to increase employee loyalty and reduce turnover.Conducted on site and telephone interviews with prospective employees.Conducted employee on boarding as well as employee dismissals. Show less

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  Postlethwaite & Netterville

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2016

  Senior Financial Analyst

  Gained in depth knowledge of Settlement Accounting.Adhered to settlement guidelines and policies to produce loss calculations.Maintained an above average production vs. billable hour ratio.Worked without needed oversight on a daily basis to attain weekly, monthly, and quarterly goals.Provided technical guidance as needed, while incorporating communicated policy decisions.Worked with analysts to develop professional skills and improve communication between teammembers.Provided mentoring and performance feedback to my team as well as on an individual analyst basis.Provided solutions to cure recurring and non-recurring issues on a individual and team basis.Managed team and individual queues, with special attention to aging tasks.Met with analysts in group and individual meetings to identify and communicate challenges,training/policy updates, and areas of concern.Monitored and analyzed financial, statistical and operational data trends.Analyzed and footed financial statements to the federal and state tax forms.Developed, produced and analyzed financial statements for small, medium, and large businesses.Conducted financial and legal research for high net-worth companies.Consolidated financial data and materials for key leadership meetings.Led weekly meetings with co-workers and team leaders to analyze individualized issues and provideefficient solutions.Conducted outreach with business owners, accountants, bookkeepers, CPAs, and attorneys toacquire clarification and documentation required for claim processing.Document decision-making process within legal working papers to ensure transparency to end-users.Used advanced techniques in Microsoft Excel to manipulate, format, and analyze complex financialdata including Pivot Tables, Conditional Formatting, VLOOKUP, INDEX, MATCH, SUMIFS, etc. Show less

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  E. Addison Realty LLC

  Jan 2015 - now

  Chief Operating Officer

  E. Addison Realty offers high quality long term, vacation, and short term rentals. We also specialize in brokering, purchasing, and selling real estate interests.

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  Cottonmouth Boats

  Aug 2016 - Mar 2018

  General Manager

  Conducted status meetings with the CEO, CFO, and COO on a regular basis.Met with the CFO on a regular basis to provide updates on the company’s financial status and provide shortand long term financial goals and plans.Designed, presented, and implemented strategic policies and strategies to decrease production timeand increase profit margins.Conducted sales meetings on a daily basis with individuals, small, medium, and large businesses to fitproducts/services with customer needs.Created highly detailed quotes and/or invoices for recreation and commercial customers.Called on and visited with individuals and dealerships creating sales opportunities.Created new revenue streams through repairs, retail sales, and consignment sales.Developed cost control measures to decrease overhead.Negotiated and finalized contracts.Drafted professional memoranda and business correspondence.Created professional responses to legal inquiries and issues.Created and verified delivery of purchase orders for shop materials, consumables, trailers, boats,engines, etc.Tracked inventory on a weekly basis to insure adequate supply.Maintained productive relationships with vendors and customers.Trained, coached and mentor staff to ensure smooth adoption of new programs.Implemented innovative programs to increase employee loyalty and reduce turnover.Conducted on site and telephone interviews with prospective employees.Conducted employee on boarding as well as employee dismissals. Show less

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  BMG Marine LLC

  Jun 2017 - now

  Chief Operating Officer

  BMG Marine is a marine services company offering asset acquisition, brokerage, and leasing options in a vast array of different fields.

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  IEM

  Mar 2018 - Nov 2020

  Case Manager III: Damage Assessor & Verification of Benefits Specalities

  CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) ProfessionalExperience in Damage Assessment and Verification of BenefitsSoftware Experience - Xactimate & XactanalysisReporting Experience

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  BMG Coatings LLC

  May 2018 - now

  Chief Operating Officer
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  ICF

  Nov 2020 - now

  • Manager, Senior Construction Specialist

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Supervisor, Senior Construction Specalist

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Senior Construction Specalist

    Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Project Specialist

    Nov 2020 - Jan 2022