David Specht

Finance and accounting professional completing a BS in Accounting at Western Governors University in December 2026, with three and a half years running end-to-end financial operations for a manufacturing startup that scaled from $450K to $2.5M in revenue. Owned month-end close, AP/AR, chart-of-accounts cleanup, and cash flow forecasting against a capital-constrained investor structure, while overseeing $500–600K in annual COGS and a $100K revolving line of credit. Automated close and reporting across QuickBooks, Shopify, ShipStation, and Klaviyo, and built inventory and demand forecasting models that guided purchasing and production decisions.

Looking to bring that financial rigor and systems fluency to a broader accounting or finance role.

Head of Operations (formerly Operations Manager) at THC Provisions / Chill Country (2021-12 – 2025-07)

• Owned month-end close, chart-of-accounts cleanup, and expense categorization in partnership with the company's accountant, taking on increasing responsibility for the close process over time.
• Managed $50K in monthly AP and $95kAR in volume, ran collections on late payments, and negotiated extended vendor terms, including net-60 with a freight forwarder and 30/70 down/FOB with manufacturers, to protect cash runway.
• Built and maintained a weekly cash flow model against a capital-constrained investor structure, presenting cash flow projections, sales data, and AR/AP reports directly to founders and investors.
• Managed a $100K revolving line of credit and deployed credit card debt strategically to fund inventory purchasing under a lean-runway investor philosophy that raised capital only as needed.
• Tracked and controlled roughly $500–600K in annual COGS and $280–300K in peak inventory value across about 250 SKUs, with full P&L-adjacent ownership of budgeting and working capital.
• Automated monthly close, AP/AR, invoicing, and commission calculations across QuickBooks, Shopify, ShipStation, and Klaviyo using Google Apps Script, removing recurring manual data entry.
• Cut landed cost per unit on the company's core apparel SKU from $10–12 to $3.80–5.40 by re-sourcing production across 20 candidate suppliers in four countries and restructuring supplier payment terms and inventory ownership.
• Deployed and configured Inventree, a self-hosted MRP/ERP system, to track about 80 SKUs at lot level, giving finance and operations shared, real-time visibility into cost and inventory.
• Built demand and cash-flow-relevant forecasting models in Google Sheets, connected live to Shopify through Google Apps Script using GraphQL API and Rest API, to support purchasing and production decisions.

Operations Associate (seasonal) at Moléson-sur-Gruyères Mountain Resort (2012 – 2020)

• Handled cashier operations and daily till reconciliation at the mid-station and main ticketing counters alongside equipment rental and safety duties.
• Operated a $27M summit cable car across day and night shifts, responsible for passenger safety, technical operation, and incident response.

Data Entry Contractor (seasonal) at TCS (Touring Club Suisse) (2019-06 – 2019-08)

• Entered and migrated records as part of a company-wide transition from a 1998 legacy system to a modern platform, maintaining data accuracy throughout the changeover.

BS in Accounting – Western Governors University (2026-12)

Business & Social Entrepreneurship Program in Business & Social Entrepreneurship – KaosPilots (2018 – 2020)