Barry Thomason Email & Phone Number

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Planning / Forecasting: Create planning and forecasting models for the organization and lead the rollout and training of these tools across the Finance Organization
• Annual Operating Plan (AOP): Collaborate with key functional leaders and Regional Finance organizations to develop and coordinate the AOP
• Business Reviews: Coordinate the production of Monthly Business Reviews for Executive Team
• Analysis: Present key business performance metrics (revenue, net price, margins) and identify performance improvement opportunities

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Supply Chain Finance: Evaluated Packaging, Ingredients, and Indirect Spend by providing key reporting to help drive efficiencies, make key decisions, and ensure data integrity
• Process Improvement: Leveraged Alteryx to significantly increase speed of ongoing reports by automating critical functions with repeatable processes and reducing data preparation time
• Commodity Pricing: Executed RFP’s, bids, and costing exercises for milk, ingredients, and packaging and analytical support for various Procurement, National Warehouse, and Co-Packing strategic initiatives
• Quarterly Forecasts: Prepared and update hedging and rebate schedules for quarterly forecasts
• Risk Management: Provided support of commodity risk management program, including trade reconciliations with counter-parties, hedging effectiveness, and month-end reporting

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Project Leadership: Led daily status meetings at Etan Industries with technical developers to implement Tolling Software programs for two large government clients (WSDOT and SANDAG)
• Accounting Requirements: Ensured software system output and design were compliant with GAAP and client needs for reports such as Trial Balance, General Ledger, and Deposit Reconciliations
• Technical Requirements: Developed detailed software requirements such as mock-up reports, test cases, and business scenarios via JIRA tickets as well as Confluence pages
• Client Presentations: Demonstrated functionality of the Accounting and Finance section of the software (Trial Balance, Ledger Detail, Manual Journal Entries) to the government clients

Plano, TX

• Project Leadership: Directed the global Project Accounting tool (E3T) used by more than 4,000 internal users to estimate, budget and forecast sales projects throughout the deal lifecycle
• Revenue Recognition Methods: Trained users to select the appropriate Revenue Recognition methodology
• SAP Updates: Demonstrated to users how to upload the E3T forecast and budget data into SAP via upload (ZC12) and how to update Revenue Recognition methods, search individual employee project billing, update project.
• Process Improvement: Streamlined time for E3T version releases and user support by 30% through establishing checklists, templates, and online recorded training modules
• Training: Led Skype training sessions for over 300 internal customers and received exemplary ratings
• Documentation: Produced and maintained over 100 user guides, training manuals, and release notes

Plano, Texas, United States

• CPQ Tools: Organized and led the CPQ certification process to standardize the “Go to Market” portfolio for Infrastructure and Cloud by coordinating with Delivery, Offering, Pricing and Finance leaders
• Training: Led global training for Solution Architects utilizing the CPQ tool for EDS and HP
• SAP Material Maintenance: Coordinated updating and maintaining the list of products/services offered by the internal SAP-based Sales Solutioning tool (COMPASS Solution Manager).

Irving, TX

• Process Improvement: Reduced the cycle time by 50% to produce the client reports by creating and implementing SQL queries and Excel macros
• Activity Based Costing: Produced profitability reports using Activity Based Costing methodology for all of Caremark’s pharmaceutical clients and health plans
• Executive Review: Demonstrated to executives on a monthly basis trends in revenue and cost in order to make ongoing decisions for rebate programs and other healthcare plan agreements

Plano, TX

• Process Improvement: Utilized Excel pivot tables and lookup functions to reduce the time to produce large HR Placement Systems reports by 70%
• Training: Taught end users and managed content for the Activity Based Costing tool (InPerspecta) used in Delivery and Finance and met with people managers to develop protocol for allocating costs into the tool
• Database Management: Used SQL queries to manipulate data in the background of the InPerspecta tool

Irving, TX

• Accounting Management: Led fourteen Staff Accountants while managing the A/P and Property departments
• Financial Analysis: Created and presented Return on Investment (ROI) reports to the CFO for new store and remodel projects in order to make informed capital expenditure decisions
• Fixed Assets: Responsible for the entire asset base of the corporation, including inventory and depreciation methodologies
• Risk Management: Resolved injury claims with the customers and presented exposure risk for ongoing lawsuits

Irving, TX

• Audit Management: Managed two Staff Auditors and conducted Internal Audits for 280 Chuck E. Cheese corporate locations
• Board of Director Presentations: Led and presented the internal audit status at the quarterly Board of Directors meetings for CEC Entertainment
• Process Improvement: Streamlined the audit process to increase the amount of internal audits performed in a given trip, which resulted in a 30% reduction in travel expenses
• External Audit: Assisted Deloitte & Touche with year-end operational audits
• Accounting Management: Led fourteen Staff Accountants while managing the A/P and Property departments
• Financial Analysis: Created and presented Return on Investment (ROI) reports to the CFO for new store and remodel projects in order to make informed capital expenditure decisions

Dallas, TX

• Credit Maintenance: Monitored three revolving loans with credit lines totaling $197 million
• Loan Compliance: Evaluated asset values to ensure compliance with loan agreements
• Customer Service: Interacted with key clients to ensure wire transfers were completed properly

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Finance Major, Economics Minor

Activities and Societies: Delta Sigma Pi (Business Fraternity)

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting Concentration