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Management Consultant-Controller-Finance Director

Work Experience

CAPGEMINI ERNST & YOUNG Stuttgart, Germany
Project Management/Management 2000 to present
Managed team to consolidate 18 financial service locations into four shared service center locations. Developed plans and managed migration phase.
Managed team to develop strategic plans to develop cash flow process and reporting in organization.

SOLUTIONS INC. San Francisco, CA
Project Management/Consultant/Financial Director (self-employed independent consultant) 1997 to 2000
· Recruited as Financial Director of internet start-ups: application service provider and independent streaming media/music company.
· Selected for project management, process redesign and system implementation projects at healthcare/university, retail, banking services and utility companies. Defined business requirements for new system implementation. Designed, developed and executed system test and implementation plans, including Y2K quality assurance testing. Analyzed end-to-end business process flows to ascertain needed business solutions and more effective business process flow. Defined key business measurements; developed and executed strategic plans to implement e-commerce purchasing/invoicing system. Consolidated and relocated financial locations and redesigned processes into new financial operations center.

DREYER’S/EDY’S GRAND ICE CREAM Oakland, CA
Financial Manager 1995 to 1997
· Recruited as Financial Manager for Dreyer’s new products manufacturing and distribution facility. Planned, forecast and controlled annual $200MM operating plan with $0.001 variance per gallon. Reviewed SKU profitability with marketing and sales managers to establish understanding of product costs and company profitability standards (including product mix). Trained plant members on activity costs related to their functions. Identified and executed plans to eliminate fiscal inefficiencies resulting in savings of $300K.
· Created monthly business analysis to identify manufacturing issues and forecast future impacts. Identified over $250M in raw material price/cost variances resulting in renegotiated contracts with vendors.
· Documented and improved upon plant financial and operational processes resulting in greater efficiencies and reduction of fiscal close time by 2 days.
· Selected as financial resource in supply chain re-engineering project to address company sourcing and logistic needs and improvements resulting in $5M in improvements.

JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM INC./TROPICANA New York, NY
Senior International Consultant/Financial Manager 1993 to 1995
· Recruited to re-engineering team at Chivas Brothers, Seagram’s largest division (45% of $6 billion sales). Analyzed current business processes, established benchmarks and designed process changes to achieve those benchmarks. Served as team liaison to Company’s operational management while designing and implementing new financial and management information reporting systems. Re-engineered business planning and cost systems. Identified savings amounting to $1MM. Trained management on new planning process and systems.
· Recruited to Tropicana, Seagram’s largest American division for sales financial management position, working with New York and New England sales and distribution teams. Developed and executed new Direct Store Delivery (DSD) start-up strategies within New England resulting in four new locations opening within six months. Partnered with sales managers and broker management to enhance processes and Tropicana’s profitability vs. sales objectives. Prepared and presented monthly business plans, forecasts and variance analysis of volume, pricing, mix and trade promotion spending to senior financial, marketing and sales management. Development and implementation of cost savings amounting to $200K for in-store loss.
· Developed mentor and training program for Finance and Accounting Audit and Consulting professional team to enhance productivity within department and ensure career path outside of the department.

THE CLOROX COMPANY Aberdeen, MD and Oakland, CA
Controller/Financial Resource 1989 to 1993
· Recruited as “green-field” finance design team due to sales/customer experience and strong interpersonal, management and technical skills. Aberdeen, Clorox’s newest and largest manufacturing and distribution facility (35% of $3 billion sales), systematically incorporated High Performance principles: “Self Directed Work Teams” that improve productivity and participation and “Total Quality with a focused emphasis on Continuous Improvement.”
· Developed/implemented and managed financial processes and systems (Activity Based Costing, payroll, general ledger, accounts payable, inventory, maintenance planning, planning and cash flow forecasting) which supported start-up and on-going operations resulting in record transition time from start-up to fully functional.
· Created training curriculum, On-the-Job Training Guides, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), skill block assessments and Total Quality Measurements for teams (Pay for Skills systems) that resulted in optimum start-up team performance, one-third of normal time.

Manager, Customer Research and Analysis 1989 – 1991
· Establish inter-functional network to strengthen Financial and Accounting position. Created and executed successful operational and performance reviews of brokers, sales and marketing teams throughout the country resulting in company-wide requests. Analyzed work and data flow, developed and marketed plans for redesigned systems and processes, with initial efficiency savings of over $250M. Visited brokers/customers, identified inefficiencies and developed more meaningful and effective customer, sales and marketing relations.
· Managed 20-member customer-oriented team. Developed responsibilities and performance objectives for supervisors and staff members, significantly increasing the number of high performance reviews resulting in six promotions within one year.

PRICE WATERHOUSE San Francisco, CA
Audit Manager/Consultant 1984 - 1989
· Planned/managed worldwide financial reviews and audits. Analyzed and prepared financial statements and SEC filings. Client base included winery, food service, oil and gas and Hewlett-Packard and Raychem (manufacturing).
· Managed new company start-up reviews, consulting/acquisition projects, including process redesign and product pricing.

Education

EDUCATION
University of San Francisco, CA, B.S. Accounting
University of California, Berkeley, MBA-Marketing (in process)
Certified Public Accountant

Skills

Business Process Re-engineering and Controls Expertise
System Implementation and Project Management Expertise
Strong Interpersonal, Leadership and Team Skills
Excellent Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
International Business and Cultural Experience
Business Process Re-engineering
Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award Workshop
High Performance, Total Quality and “Train the Trainer” Workshops
Project Management
Organizational Design Management

SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS
Oracle, JD Edwards, SAP, People Soft and Lawson systems, including report writing
Electronic Commerce Purchasing and Invoicing Systems (including EDI systems)
Letter of Credit, Wire Transfer and ACH Electronic Payment Systems
Quicken and Quickbooks

Languages

English (Mother tongue), learning German, some school Spanish and French

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