SUMMARY

• Goal oriented and energetic professional experienced in financial and operational management disciplines.
• Proven abilities that include Financial Statement reporting, financial analysis, strategic planning, cost control, expense analysis, payroll management, benefits administration, project management, negotiations, cash flow analysis, budget coordination, audit and SOX compliance, ERP system implementation and conversion.
• Building and directing dependable financial information systems
• Developing business models and strategic plans focusing on growth areas
• Discipline and drive to complete objectives within required time constraints
• Identifying and prioritizing opportunities for process improvement
• Finance, Technology and Administrative staff supervision and Performance Management
• Team oriented Finance and Information Systems project management experience

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting Cost Accounting and Fixed Asset Accounting with various reports (Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet) for the Accounting close process from Diamond Systems Reporting (DSR).
• Analyze reports and reconcile to General Ledger (SAP) to support Project Managers with closure of Construction in Process (CIP) Projects.
• Collaboration with project managers to ensure timely closure of capital projects and asset disposals.
• Review capital project closure notice for accuracy and completeness.
• Monitor compliance with the Corporate Policy and procedures.
• Support external audit requests in a timely manner.
• Manage and monitor the functional mailbox and complete requests from other team members.

Confidential

Business Office Cost Manager - ITS

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the development of budget and monitoring actual spend to forecast consumption by Service Line. Includes interpreting third party contracts and other purchases to facilitate effective strategic decisions related to Indigo program.
• Created cost models to manage demand and supply planning tools to help with analysis and decisions relative to supply planning sessions.
• Reviewed implications of contractual changes, negotiations and settlements on Service Line budget performance.
• Implemented a process to identify spend by tower for Non-IBM DowNet (Infrastructure) improving budgeting and monthly reporting of spend and forecast.

Confidential

Finance Entity Leader NAA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the accuracy and integrity of the North American (NAA) legal entities Financial Statements. The preparation and review of the Flux Analysis of the financial results. In addition, this position participates with Regional and Global Controllers to manage the accounting operations and financial reporting globally and their consolidation at various levels.
• Prepared the Global Professional Service Fee Accruals on a monthly basis for IS, Treasury, Tax, Legal and Controllers functions, $21MM.
• Collaborated with Global Controllers, Tax and Risk Management to perform expense allocations, budgets and intercompany invoicing by line of insurance for global entities, $14MM.
• Performed Joint Venture Accounting for portion of Equity Earnings and Equity Accretive/Dilutive Adjustments on a monthly basis, $5MM.
• Developed the Flux Analysis Process on a monthly basis to improve reporting through substantive statements and meeting the timeline.
• Implemented a SOX compliance model for the Financial Statement Close Process in preparation for an IPO and monitored effective internal control procedures.
• Improved the Accounting Close Process qualitatively through more robust use of checklists and procedures to significantly reduce risk and the number of Consolidations (BPC) level entries.
• Managed a positive relationship with both External and Internal Audit functions to satisfy all requirements.

Confidential

Project Coordinator / Information Steward

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Master File Inventory of File Shares and Implementation Program for Unstructured Data File Shares to Confidential .
• Developed methodology for designation of File Shares for data segmentation and security.
• Coordinated business and functional focal points (stakeholders) through a data scrubbing activity following the Information Stewards methodology.
• Partnered with the technical ITS teams to ensure a staging repository and a cutover process to transition to the Business Services Network (BSN).
• Collaborated with project communication team to ensure appropriate communication/education has been completed to inform individuals within Dow (who support Confidential ) and employees who will be Confidential as to the path of reviewing and securing the unstructured data.
• Provided updates/status/metrics to the Confidential Program Team on status of data migration activities.
• Completed the review and appropriately secured 92% of Unstructured Data File Shares within first 90 days.
• Responded and assisted Dow Security Administration (DSA) in the resolution of a permissions incident.

Confidential, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Financial Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Financial Statement reporting, planning and analysis, Budget development, monitoring, modeling and forecasting for functional areas at 22 locations with an operating budget of $107MM. Specialized knowledge in functional areas includes; School of Health, General Education, Facilities, Security, Student Services, Career Services and Operations.
• Implemented and supported conversion from AS/400 to an ERP accounting reporting system (SunGard).
• Created and maintained Sybase centralized database for financial users reducing bandwidth usage by 34%.
• Prepared financial 5 year strategic vision plan information for system accreditations by the Higher Learning Commission and various School of Health accrediting agencies.
• Optimized degree availability for all locations through Program Management Team.
• Designed and implemented various enhanced Budget, Variance, Staffing and Tuition reporting packages.
• Developed and reported benchmarking matrices of Key Performance Indicators.