PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Business Analyst for teh Infor M3 Implementation for Georgia Pacific line of business.
• Define and document business requirements for finance department including interfaces to/from systems such as Kyriba, Ariba, Blackline & Infinium as well as configurations
• Document and lead data conversion efforts
• Develop and document test scripts, manage testing and document results
• Engineering of business processes
• Provide expert noledge advice on M3 ERP capabilities

Confidential

Sr. Analyst IT Department

Responsibilities:

• Build annual expense and capital budget
• Expense variance analysis
• Manage monthly close process
• Prepare & present monthly reporting package to CIO
• Drive monthly spending forecast

Confidential

Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Industrial variance analysis, margin analysis, sales analysis & overhead analysis
• Prepared & presented monthly management review packet
• Evaluated and drove opportunities for business improvement to working capital and actual results
• Developed and managed annual plan, 5 - year plan and monthly forecast for full P&L including variance analysis detailing changes from prior plan or forecast
• Managed monthly close process including reporting cadence, consolidation of multiple legal entities, financial analysis and reporting including key performance indicators, variance reporting including actual results versus forecast and budget, period over same period last year, profit and loss statement reporting, balance sheet review and working capital
• Coordinated and managed internal and external audits
• Evaluated & improved internal controls
• Finance representative on S&OP team
• Led implementation of Buy to Pay best practices, transforming Accounts Payable department from receiving paper (hard copies) of invoices to receiving invoices electronically and discontinuance of weekly AP checks to electronic ACH payment. Project included working cross functionally with Sourcing department to reduce number of vendors, number of purchase orders issued and number of invoices/payments issued.
• Led implementation of Invoice to Cash best practices, automating customer invoicing. Also transitioned customers to pay via Wire, ACH or Credit Card, improving cash flow.
• Led implementation of Lawson M3 Fixed Asset Module

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Project Finance & FP&A Manager

Responsibilities:

• Business Integration:
• RMI Solutions Business, a SAAS ($100M) business specializing in rail yard and locomotive fleet management software into Confidential Platform
• Integrate ERP from Great Plains to Confidential Oracle R12 platform
• Define, document and train staff on wing to wing finance processes
• Project Finance Manager:
• Finance project manager for commercial & R&D global project portfolio, consisting of multi- currency, multi-year projects. Build and manage project budget, monthly estimate at completion and drive improvements to financial results
• Restructured “highly visible” Australian software project, minimizing loss position by re-negotiating contract deliverables, delivery schedule and milestone payments
• FP&A Manager:
• Developed & managed commercial deal models for bid opportunities
• Developed and managed annual plan, quarterly forecast and financial reporting of actual versus forecast versus budget, explaining drivers of all variances. Managed balance sheet review.

Confidential

Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Business Development/OTR Finance Manager:
• Drove international business development for Confidential by establishing legal entities and operations to localize business across Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Sweden, South Africa, Australia and Brazil
• Program Finance Manager:
• Led a cross functional team consisting of representatives from IT/Legal/Finance/Tax/Operations and Sourcing that restructured Brazilian operations, resolving open tax issues, supply chain deficiencies and returning teh operations to profitability
• Led cross functional teams consisting of representatives from IT/Finance/Tax/Operations & Sourcing to design/define & document wing to wing functional requirements and processes for implementation of Oracle R12 ERP for sites in South Africa, Australia, Brazil, Sweden, Indonesia and Kazakhstan along with of local staff.
• Developed and managed Enterprise Standard and shared services initiatives, including standardization of Invoice to Cash, Source to Pay, Buy to Pay and STAT processes in Australia, Brazil, China, UK, Italy and teh United States
• Managed reporting cadence, project dashboards and stakeholder management

Confidential

Senior Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Restructured Engine Services Division, resolving supply chain deficiencies, labor deficiencies and sales process deficiencies, returning teh division back to profitability
• Led due diligence process for divestiture of Engine Services Division, evaluating potential buyers and providing carve out financials
• Managed monthly close process and financial reporting, consolidating and reporting results for six legal entities
• Partnered with engineering, planning & production control to implement labor reporting kpi dashboard and flexible production line allowing for reallocation of labor, improving efficiency, productivity and decreasing per hour labor rate by 15%
• Strong finance modeling, financial reporting & developing/reporting key performance indicators skills
• Expert defining and implementing best practices and operational efficiencies
• Expert noledge of budgeting and forecasting, capital expenditures & working capital
• Ten years of progressive experience from Finance Project Manager to FP&A Manager to Finance Manager in a manufacturing setting
• Strong Program/Project Management experience including risk management
• Six Sigma Black Belt