Consultant, Project Controller Resume

SUMMARY:

Expert leadership skills in the finance and administration of construction projects, job costing, corporate accounting, including G/L maintenance and financial statement preparation. Excellent negotiation and relationship management skills with the ability to inspire teams to outperform expectations, with a proven track record of delivering on - results.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Construction Software: Oracle-Unifier, JD Edwards, Timberline, CMIC, Maxwell Systems, Profitool, Concorde

General: Microsoft Office (Word and Excel and Outlook), Quicken and QuickBooks

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Consultant, Project Controller

Responsibilities:

Prepared quarterly work-in-process reports for all CM, GC (lump sum) and GMP projects
Determined monthly contract cost receivables and corresponding A/P accruals
Trained project management on how to utilize job cost and anticipated cost reports
Tracking of funds control and escrow accounts established on behalf of sureties and principals
Developed and maintained regional reporting reports to identify profitability by region
Maintenance of the general ledger
Implemented systems for monitoring cash flow
Achieved reduction of past due receivable balances by effectively improving collections

Confidential

Sr. Manager of Capital Operations

Responsibilities:

Establish policies and procedures for new construction accounting software, Primavera-Unifier by Oracle
Identify and resolve system issued created by conversion
Implemented new cash flow procedures required to fund active and closed projects
Monitor overall capital plan expenditures
Maintain the integrity of system data
Attend weekly senior leadership meetings to provide update on progress of projects and system conversion
Manage and improve workflows designed to provide efficiency in the approval process including:
Contracts/Purchase Orders
Change Orders
Task Orders
Invoices/Requisitions

Confidential

Project Controller

Responsibilities:

Confidential

Controller of Project Accounting

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the Finance and Administration of construction project ranging from $1million to $100 million. Managed a team of 40 project accountants, AP, A/R and payroll staff. Implemented new construction accounting software and trained company staff. Directly responsible for reducing the overdue A/R 75%.
Also responsible for reworking policies and procedure to effectively reduce the turnaround time on the monthly preparation of requisitions from 10 days to 3 days, thereby allowing the company to grow without increase in staff. Monthly reporting included WIP, CCR and accruals. Also responsible for the weekly cash flow projections, including managing vendor discounts and all cash advances.