Lead Cost Control Specialist Resume

SUMMARY:

Twenty five plus years’ experience supervising and/or managing various groups within the Accounting and Finance arena including International assignments.
Knowledge of expertise includes accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, internal controls, audits, BPI (business process improvements) document control, SAP R3 and Oracle software implementation and design, SharePoint, Cost Control, PCMS - Cost System.
Additional skills include: strong work ethics, highly self-motivated, keen analytical thinker, organized and very detailed-oriented individual utilizing excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Lead Cost Control Specialist

Responsibilities:

Coordinated with functional teams and business owners on business requirements and functional specification..
Worked closely with functional teams on closed projects and reconciliation efforts prior to the design structure for each business unit.
Coordinated with business process owners and other impacted stakeholders on new or revised functionality requests to understand the business purpose of such requests and propose solutions within the application area with a focus on minimizing system customizations.
Monitored the development, testing, and production environments. Informs management if action is necessary to ensure maximum availability.

Confidential

Accounting Supervisor

Responsibilities:

Worked as liaison between Government Compliance, Project Controls, Procurement and Billing department to identify all unbilled incurred cost adjustments from 2004 thru 2009.
Worked directly Confidential Corporate Treasury team and Confidential ’s International Projects Mangers to closeout foreign bank accounts and implement a new World link funding via Western Union to fund International cash accounts.
Objective to reduce risk and workload monitoring bank and cash accounts internationally.
Managed 40+ employees to implement a new electronic filing system within Documentum.
Coordinated with sub-contractor, Confidential IT team, Business owners, functional leads and core team members to design filing structure that met Confidential ’s specifications and guidelines for Confidential projects. Performed quality analyses to ensure imported documentation met Corporate and Project standards.

Accounting Manager/Employee

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Responsible for developing and managing an employee Accounts Receivable teams for several projects within Confidential in order to recover 3.7M outstanding employee advances. Provided effective goal settings, delegate and communicate to all EEAR teams to ensure all work was executed as planned in order to achieve project success.
Successfully reduced 1.5M inactive accounts greater than 90 days within 4 months.
Reduced overall inactive account balance 15% below the 3.7M reserve within the first year.
Developed and implemented processes and procedures for all employee receivables workflow to improve internal controls.
Assist with internal audits, SOX assessments and monthly KART ratings.

Accounting Supervisor/SAP Team

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Documented and resolved gaps in global design within SAP FICO group. Defined and documented all business scenarios, testing and mapped them to SAP process.
Handled implementing and design specifications on automating the payroll recovery process on cash advances given to employees from the Cash Journal. Assisted SAP consultants and technical team with implementing the new design of the Cash Journal and ensuring that the deliverable product met the business needs.

Confidential

A/P Supervisor/SAP

Responsibilities:

Worked as an accounting liaison on the SAP R3 FICO implementation team.
Handled design specifications and configuration.
Defined and documented and tested all business scenarios and mapped them to SAP process.
Handled data cleanup process to ensure all accounting data was correct and accurate prior to being loaded into the new SAP system.
Supervised five accounting clerks and accountants, assigned work priorities and monitored individual production within the accounts payable team.
Key member on outsourcing team.
Handled resolving all outstanding accounting issues, closed out outstanding purchase orders, worked with closely with client to ensure a smooth transition of accounting data transferred to outsource company.