Bob Harper Email & Phone Number

Cave Creek, Az, Us

Reston, Virginia, Us

Responsible for organizing, managing, and executing the business unit’s $40 billion+ global financial operations; Manage the recruitment, on-boarding, staffing, training, and personnel administration of the over 180 globally-assigned Finance personnel; Manage all aspects of project financial operations, from the proposal stage through to closeout; Lead the reporting of the business unit’s financial activity; Provide operational guidance to the CFO, other business unit and corporate executives; Responsible for managing the business unit’s financial risks, inclusive of foreign currency positions and hedging, vendor/subcontractor monitoring, working capital management, global tax compliance, and policy development/implementation; Coordinate all internal and external audits of business unit operations; Responsible for global statutory compliance, inclusive of requirement identification, statutory financial audits, filing of government tax returns, and filing of all required licenses and registrations.

Reston, Virginia, Us

Hand-picked by Bechtel executive management to take a lead role for a USD 5.5 billion lump sum turnkey project to design and build a liquefied natural gas facility in the Republic of Angola, Chosen to be a member of the initial 12-man in-country pioneer team tasked to create a project workforce that subsequently grew to over 8,000 employees from 50+ countries. Responsible for organizing, developing, and managing all project financial, information technology, and administration activities, as well as the construction and operation of a 6,500 man construction camp; Established Bechtel commercial operations in Angola, inclusive of registration of Bechtel operations, development of contracting and employment strategies, establishment of banking, insurance, and legal services relationships, and the institution of compliance policies and procedures; Developed banking, documentary credit facility, and hedging requirements; Organized and led community development projects, receiving high praise from Bechtel executive management and the U.S. Ambassador to Angola;

Responsible for the management of all financial and prime contract operations for Bechtel’s involvement in the management and operation of two U.S. Department of Energy sites in South Carolina and Texas, the Savannah River Site and the Pantex Plant respectively; Managed all financial programming activities for the Savannah River Site’s Environmental Remediation Division; Member of the Savannah River Site’s defined benefits/defined contribution committee, responsible for administering $2.0+ billion in assets for 15,000+ plan participants;

Reston, Virginia, Us

Organized and managed a cross-functional team of financial analysts, project controls specialists, IT developers, and application specialists responsible for the design, construction, testing, and global deployment of Oracle 11i Projects within the company;

Reston, Virginia, Us

Organized and managed the finance, human resources, and administrative operations for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a fast track USD 250 million Ferro-Nickel Plant expansion in the Republic of Colombia. Assisted in formation and management of four joint ventures in Canada, Chile, and Colombia to conduct project execution; Assisted in the negotiating prime and subcontracts as well as joint venture agreements; Implemented tax strategies for customer to minimize overall in-country tax exposure;

Reston, Virginia, Us

Organized the development and reporting of the Mining business units long-term global targets and strategies; Assisted in the alignment of Mining’s operational structure to maximize same; Led the development effort of the Mining Business Unit’s annual Global Business Plan; Organized and participated in presentations to Bechtel CEO, COO, and other Executives;

Reston, Virginia, Us

Managed Bechtel’s executive and global expatriate payroll, company bonus, corporate stock, and executive retirement programs;

Reston, Virginia, Us

Managed the reporting of Bechtel’s global financial operations; Led the preparation of Bechtel’s consolidated financial statements; Coordinated the external financial audit of Bechtel’s global operations; Developed accounting policy/procedures in the formation, acquisition, sale, and dissolution of corporate entities;

Reston, Virginia, Us

Reston, Virginia, Us

Mba, Finance

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Accounting

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Accounting