Kelly McBride

Kelly J. McBride, CPA, serves as the President at Global Defense Consulting. With a progressive career in accounting, financial and executive management, Kelly served as Controller, Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer for small, mid-size, and large government contractors and as a Partner in the Government Contractor Services Group for Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, LLP, a regional based CPA and consulting firm, before founding Global Defense Consulting, Inc. Global Defense Consulting is a business

Responsible for management of the Atlanta Government Contract Services Practice as part of a $100 mil full service, regionally based CPA firm. My client base primarily included government contractors in varying stages of development from start-up to $300 mil plus sized entities with a concentration in services businesses. Responsibilities include all aspects of client service, marketing and business development, personnel management and recruiting. Services performed and managed include development of

Responsible for the financial management of a $340 mil operations and maintenance services subsidiary including all aspects of finance, accounting, budgeting, and strategic financial planning in the federal government contracting industry. Our client base included the Department of Defense and its agencies with a concentration in base operations and logistics service contracts. Responsibilities included oversight of accounting, office administration and information technology departments, financial state

Responsible for financial management of a $25 mil consulting engineering corporation and construction management subsidiary, including all aspects of finance, accounting, budgeting and strategic financial planning in the federal, state and local government contracting industry. Responsibilities included oversight of accounting and office administration departments, financial statement review and analysis, consolidation, budgeting and forecasting, shareholder return analysis and annual presentation, cash

Responsible for day to day management of accounting/finance department including all aspects of centralized transaction processing for the corporate office and all 7 branch operations for an $85 mil technical engineering firm in the defense contracting industry. Our client base included the Department of Defense and its agencies with heavy concentration in military projects at varying levels of security. Responsibilities included supervision of 10 member staff, financial statement preparation, budgeting

Full responsibility for the planning, supervision, and completion of annual audits for medium and large clients in the area of $50 to $150 + mil. Industry experience includes Manufacturing, Construction, Agriculture, Distribution, and Retail Sales. Specific industry background in forestry, wood and paper products, food, healthcare, grain, and oil & gas. Limited tax preparation and planning was included as part of client relations. Also responsible for client development and internal staff recruiting.

Accounting