SUMMARY:

• A seasoned Accounting and Oracle professional who has worked in manufacturing industries and the government sector obtaining progressive experience in a wide range of positions, which provided the opportunity for leadership, written/verbal communication, and quality workmanship within the organization.
• Expertise in all areas of Controller/Staff Accounting positions, cost management, plant experience also having worked as a consultant to several manufacturing plants in US and Mexico as a startup of new organizations and implementation of new ERP systems.
• Recent experience is having worked in the government sector on the deployment team implementing Oracle apps for sections of the military.
• A consultant who has the experience from the client and the consultant side of the implementation, good at building relationships with the client, as having lived in their position on several stages of implementations.
• Solid background of experience in Costing, Month End Closings, Forecasting, Budgeting, Inventory Control, Capital Expenditures
• Proficient with 11i and R12 Oracle Applications Cost Management, Inventory (INV), Bill of Materials (BOM), Work In Process (WIP), General Ledger (GL)
• Experienced with the creation of setup documentation for system implementations including creation and validation of BR100’s and like documentations.
• Worked on all parts of implementation from fact gathering to go - live, including but not limited to gap analysis, design, training, testing, SR (service requests) along with system maintenance and continuous process improvements.
• Supervised accounting and IT staff at several plants in both manufacturing and service settings.
• Holder of an active security clearance from US Defense department
• Experience with DOD with my experience with the USMC project.
• Experienced in rolling out the ERP systems at plants in US and Mexico.
• Experienced in training all levels of plant personnel.
• Worked on documents and processes for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance in multiple companies.
• Worked on multiple ERP systems like Oracle Applications, COPICS, Avalon and SAP
• Plant Controller for an $80 million plant responsible for quoting standards, item motion study on plants, overhead rates. All of these rolled up to the controller.
• Cost Manager for a $350 million, tier 2 automotive supplier who was in the process of implementing Oracle as its’ ERP system.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Senior consultant working on Oracle implementation team with responsibility for Inventory, BOM, and WIP.
• Also had exposure to other apps including UPK, OPM, and related apps for both process and discrete manufacturing.
• I also worked with cross functional teams which also has costing, purchasing and projects especially as they relate to both current projects and a project assessment..

Confidential

Independent Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Temporary position backfilling for accountants using SAP and supporting their year end during implementation at sister plants.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Senior consultant for Exact Software specializing in customer training and relations.
• Responsible for both implementation and system customization to meet the needs of the client.
• RIFed in August due to lack of revenuein the organization.

Confidential

Independent Consultant

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible to determine the correct setup and results that Oracle were providing the client and why the variance between “book inventory” and the Oracle perpetual inventory.
• My responsibilities included the audit of data (BOM and Routings) to ensure that Oracle setups were in line with the legacy buildups of the past.
• Costing was a main focus with the cutover of items, the cost of manufactured items along with the set up of new items with an initial cost before the system generating the costs relating to accurate information for Oracle to process correctly I also taught the process to be used to update data after conversion to the new system.
• We also trained them the proper way to correct system problems.
• I dealt mainly with Cost, Inventory, Production, and General Ledger.
• I also have had some experience with BOM, Routing, OM, AP, and related applications especially as they relate to Inventory and Cost.
• Member of the Deployment team of the USMC project, primary functions relate around the BR100 creation, validation of application set up and help trouble shoot potential issues with setup and user knowledge. Deployment team successfully completed their assignment on 12/28/2012.
• Involved in the requirements, implementation, go-live and post implementation support of Oracle Applications 11i implementation project.
• Duties included working with the groups (both supply clerk at the unit and our FASMO rep) to help train and work to correct issues through various means with the help desk and with Oracle.
• This included dealing with SR and other processes dealing the USMC project.
• Oracle apps that were implemented included: HR, Inventory, Purchasing, CRM along with parts of other apps.
• Duties included gather information from the units, setting them up in the proper format for input into the system by the help desk, reviewing the inputted data to verify accuracy, correct errors so cutover will run as smoothly as possible.
• After cutover, we worked with the units to ensure that there were no items that were creating issues that would lead to system issues.
• We used various methods to trouble shoot issues that relate to helpdesk and service requests along with the follow up to determine proper functionality of the system.

Confidential

Manager

Responsibilities:

• I was assigned system review and upgrade of various processes to make the operation of the organization more effective and efficient.
• I worked as a Project Manager to choose operating system that will meet our current needs and allow for future growth.
• As of 8/29/2010 became head of finance department. Duties included supervising the accounting, maintenance and IT departments, upgrading infrastructure including servers and wireless connections.

Confidential

Independent Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked for various consulting firms as either a sub-contractor or employee depending on the wishes of the firm.
• Some of the clients and my duties are listed below.
• References can be provided if required.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Between projects with the consulting firm that I was employed, worked on various company related projects.
• These included UPK documentation of scripts for future use, Internal build for certification of team members for accelerator projects and worked with our technical group to develop cutover process for Items, BOM’s, Routings, and related items for setup of new instances.
• Also participated in search for potential new clients.
• Responsible for apps BOM, Inventory, Costing and worked in conjunction with consultants who were responsible for WIP, MRP, Purchasing and Engineering.

Confidential

Manufacturing Lead

Responsibilities:

• Using the Oracle Accelerator approach worked as an implementation consultant responsible for Inventory, costing, and BOM using Oracle R12.
• Completed functional design and supplied client with BR100’s and MD50’s for setups.
• Conducted core team training, direct client through cost design.
• Facilitated all conference room pilots, completed gap analysis and associated resolutions.
• See apps listing above. I worked with both the client and the help desk of Oracle to process SR’s and provide corrections for the client to ensure correct information and expect results from inputs to system.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as part of an independent group to do an ERP assessment and a GAP analysis to determine the potential for growth in a “Not for Profit”.
• Used interview, flow charts and GAP documentation to determine what the potential was for this organization to grow with the least amount of expenditures.
• We also were looking to ensure that the organization could handle rapid growth due to the forming of a working partnership of a major supplier

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• My responsibilities included the audit of data (BOM and Routings) to ensure that Oracle setups were in line with the legacy buildups of the past.
• Costing was a main focus with the cutover of items, the cost of manufactured items along with the set up of new items with an initial cost before the system generating the costs relating to accurate information for Oracle to process correctly I also taught the process to be used to update data after conversion to the new system.
• I did 1 on 1 training, review of Oracle results and worked with the staff that was responsible for system accuracy after we left.
• We also trained them the proper way to correct system problems.
• I dealt mainly with Cost, Inventory, Production, and General Ledger.
• I also have had some experience with BOM, Routing, OEM, AP, and related applications especially as they relate to Inventory and Cost.
• I was part of 6 implementation wave which spread over 16+ months, after go live we were part of the group that stabilized the system so that it could become part of the ongoing business process.
• We trouble shot errors and educated the staff to correct them so to provide correct accounting and production balances.

Confidential

Cost Manager

Responsibilities:

• Inventory Controller
• Involved in the requirements, implementation, go-live and post implementation support of Oracle Applications 11i implementation project.
• Duties included the development of training documentation, delivery of end user training and post go-live support, preparation of test scripts related to Inventory system and performance of system module, integration and user acceptance testing.
• Rolled cost in JD Edwards system before go-live for Oracle Applications so that the data that was converted was accurate before bringing into Oracle Applications.
• Responsible for Inventory month-end close, inventory period close and inventory reconciliation processes
• Worked to improve Internal Control documentation and to implement needed improvements. Met with internal auditors, documenting the current process. Identified the gaps and made sure that the gaps were closed in documentation as part of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance. E.g. E&O (Excess & Obsolete) process.
• Developed new standards ready to be rolled into Oracle Applications after mapping existing structure into Oracle Applications and helped to resolve issues that arose during implementation and post implementation phases. For example:. Initially the way the costs were put in Oracle Applications did not give accurate results.
• After in-depth analysis it was determined that Automotive BOMs have sub-assemblies sourced from various locations (organizations/warehouses in Oracle Applications).
• To get accurate costing, traditional cost roll-ups did not present accurate results. Hence, we had to implement supply chain cost roll-ups which would consider standard cost across organizations to make sure that supply chain cost roll-up worked.
• Led the team responsible for 2005 Physical Inventory and Year End Close in Oracle Applications.
• I was head of a group that was empowered to design, test and implement the procedures to ensure that our next physical inventory would be accurate using the Oracle Inventory Apps
• Assisted with the margin analysis reports. These are required to be monitored daily, monthly and quarterly.
• Supervisor of the Costing and “timekeeper” departments

Confidential

Controller

Responsibilities:

• Primary responsibilities included Costing, Month end Closings, Forecasting, Budgeting, Inventory Control and Capital Expenditures.
• Over the years at the plant level, I was part of the team that implemented 3 ERP systems.
• Upon the implementation of Avalon this was a change from an actual to a standard costing system.
• This involved the education of the management on the variance accounting principles and setting of standards along with introducing variance principals.
• Maintaining of the standard costs in the Avalon system.
• The implementation was a 6-12 months project.
• There were 4 manufacturing plants, 2 in US and 2 in Mexico for sister companies.
• Led the team to implement costing part of ERP systems in these plants. Interacted with personnel at different levels to develop the cost structure for satellite operations, selling prices, to include the sales price, developed the plant overhead rates and developed cost saving strategy with our customer to share savings with our customer who to justify our move to the foreign markets.
• Developed cost saving and sharing with the customers.
• Helped train the Controller, Cost accountant and staff accountant in how to use the Avalon system in Mexico plants.
• Worked with training and testing in the SAP implementation in US plants.
• Implemented an in- month review of our financial situation.
• This allowed the management staff to react and make changes to the present month to maximize the current month results.
• The Avalon system allowed us to create periodic financial statements to review the current month’s trend.
• Worked with the test scripts to determine that the ERP system would correctly both provide needed outputs and supply the plant with needed correct information to operate effectively.
• Worked to revise our documentation to meet the upcoming Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Converted from a manual system to a computerized spreadsheet format.