Executive Director Resume Stamford, CT - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Proactive, results - oriented Confidential executive with financial transformation experience developing and implementing Confidential functions, strategies, and controls. Specializes in the creation of business value through the implementation and optimization of ERP/SAP systems, people and processes across multiple industries. Proven ability to identify opportunities, distill into practical solutions and lead a team to a desired goal.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

Financial Analysis
Forecasting
Budget Management
Financial Reporting
Cost Management
Process Improvement
Financial Systems
Change Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SAP, BEx Analyzer, SAP BPC, and Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Executive Director

Responsibilities:

Established the first Financial Planning and Analysis function and instituted a variety of budgetary and analytical tools, which became institutionalized at the company.
Implemented SAP/BPC to construct a complex annual budget; provided timely reporting on a range of financial and non-financial metrics and guided management on various issues.
Facilitated the first formal Annual Operating Plan (AOP) process, resulting in both transparency and financial ownership.
Developed uniform management, commercial and support reporting packages to provide relevant and consistent reporting of results across the management landscape.
Provided confidential analysis for CFO special projects to support cost savings initiatives.
Reengineered month end closing process, resulting in a 12 business day improvement in closing time.
Key member of integration team responsible for implementing a $1B acquisition including negotiating a multi-million dollar Transaction Service Agreement (TSA) resulting in significant savings to the company.
Worked closely with IT to ensure new acquisitions were properly integrated into the systems and reporting landscape within a two month timeframe, ongoing systems improvements and financial systems support.
Served as Confidential liaison for human resources and payroll organizations to provide analysis and clarity to various commercial and support team leads.
Spearheaded project to redefine support/overhead allocations to the commercial organizations including methodology and metrics increasing transparency and clarity of charges.
Chaired multiple committees including capital committee (where and how to deploy capital), merchant and asset financial review and CFO financial review to ensure consistent communication of financial results.

Confidential, Greenwich, CT

Director, Corporate Accounting

Responsibilities:

Reduced closing time from 25 to 8 days by implementing best practice solutions to the SAP ERP, utilizing standard SAP methodology versus multiple “add on” solutions previously implemented.
Developed accounting policies and controls, resulting in consistent data/reporting and risk mitigation across all entities.
Upon sale of the company, successfully transitioned the corporate accounting functions from Greenwich, CT to a shared service center in Oklahoma City, OK.

Confidential

Business Partner

Responsibilities:

Restructured global reporting units to provide meaningful and comparable analysis of operating results.
Implemented global forecasting, budgeting and monitoring system to provide global transparency of costs.
Developed reporting guidelines to enable a harmonized method of posting and reporting costs.

Process Implementation Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed and implemented the project timeline to convert North American sites on time and under budget.
Managed the transition and conversion of local sites to the SAP global template and new-shared service model, resulting in decreased costs and improved efficiencies.

Confidential, Danbury, CT

Manager, General Accounting

Responsibilities:

Utilized global SAP implementation to drive process improvements by reducing redundancies and streamlining process resulting in reduced closing time.
Strengthened accounting group by evaluating core competencies, developing and mentoring team members and recruiting new talent.

Confidential, York, PA

Manager

Responsibilities:

Enhanced the Confidential and IT functions for two manufacturing sites by developing staff, ensuring proper controls and implementing process improvements that reduced closing time from 3 days to 1.
Prepared operating annual budgets and quarterly estimates, including cost savings plans to achieve corporate profitability goals.

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