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Sr. manager responsible for: System design, integration, and support of the financial systems and business processes; Financial business process centralization and standardization through redesign, automation, and enhancement.• Project manager - Managing of project scope and deliverables; project plan and timelines; priorities and work efforts of project resources; budgets; testing; training; senior management and executive status reporting; solution delivery; on-going support; 3rd party vendors and consultants. Projects included: -- Consolidation and automation of the company’s entire Accounts Payable process into St. Louis. $3.5M budget. Implementation of 3rd-party automated workflow and invoice processing system. -- Upgrade of company ERP system. $21M budget. Responsible for system upgrade for all finance modules amidst constant scope change. -- Post Foods divestiture from Ralcorp. Worked with the Post management team and IT group to prepare for Post's exit from the Ralcorp ERP system and to define new Post system setup requirements for all finance areas. -- Served as the Ralcorp liaison for the IT/Finance areas of the ConAgra acquisition and integration. Managed the processes to ensure delivery of all new ConAgra reporting requirements, integrate the Treasury function into ConAgra’s headquarters, and implement an entirely new fiscal year reporting calendar. • Managed a team of 6 business analysts (3 full-time and 3 contractors) responsible for ongoing ERP production support, system enhancements, project work, and reporting solutions for all Finance teams. Ongoing management of team priorities, direction-setting, and semi-annual and annual performance reviews. • Prepared and presented bi-weekly progress reports to executive management. Conducted bi-weekly meetings with senior finance leads to discuss new/ongoing system and reporting needs and provide updates on work in process.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

• Project lead to consolidate 12 independent seed manufacturers into a common design on Monsanto’s ERP platform. • Responsible for full project management life-cycle while converting from a decentralized to a centralized business model. Managed project scope, schedule, business requirements, $22M budget, deliverables, and testing, training, and change management for 850 end-users across 16 sites. • Served as liaison between the finance business teams and the IT development team for the following areas: manufacturing accounting, cash operations, credit management, tax, treasury, accounts payable and receivable, and general ledger. Served as the finance lead on the project’s Business Advisory Council and PMO.• Prepared and presented project status reports to senior leaders across the organization.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

• Consolidated all financial processes of Seminis, De Ruiter, and ISG into Monsanto’s business model including the forecasting and budgeting processes and implementation of new business procedures and controls.• Led the 2008 and 2009 budget preparation and consolidation process for Seminis.• Provided ongoing finance support and analysis to Monsanto’s Vegetable Leadership and Finance Teams.• Compiled the strategic long-range plan for Seminis and De Ruiter for the regional finance and crop teams.• Project manager for Seminis’ SAP implementation and Essbase/Hyperion upgrade. Provided expertise in defining, designing, and testing of all FP&A systems and processes. Delivered SAP and Hyperion training to finance users.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

• Managed seven analysts to provide support for the accounts payable and purchasing functions within SAP. This included monitoring and disbursing all vendor payments, identifying and implementing new functionality and process improvements in the SAP R/3 environment, and maintaining global master data within SAP.• Project owner to consolidate Monsanto’s accounts payable functions into world-wide regional centers of excellence. • Monitored company cash flow objectives through an 18-month payables forecast, the annual balance sheet review, monthly expense analyses, key performance indicators, and participating on various Finance-initiated projects.• Improved controls by defining and implementing SOX control templates covering the entire purchase-to-pay process.• Managed the IRS tax reporting and audit processes from a SAP R/3 perspective.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

• Designed, configured, and implemented business requirements and provided end-user training and support for all aspects of the Finance (FI), Controlling (CO), and sales and use tax modules of SAP. Configured, implemented and maintained Taxware’s Sales and Use Tax System as a bolt-on to SAP R/3• Project manager for the following: SAP upgrade, Monsanto/Solutia divestiture, and the Y2K initiative.

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Defined requirements, performed gap analysis, and analyzed FI and CO configuration issues to convert EBC’s systems to SAP R/3 at their Jakarta, Indonesia and Dubai, U.A.E. manufacturing facilities.

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Managed the monthly P&L and balance sheet consolidation and analysis of DFS’ North American based finance operations. Prepared monthly reporting packages for senior management to assist in investment decisions. Managed the compilation and reporting of DFS’ $58M budget.

Successfully managed nine employees responsible for cash receipts processing, payoffs, and electronic payments. Participated in due diligence reviews of business acquisitions. Developed transfer procedures for six functional areas.

Managed a $44 million annual expense budget. Developed several systems to improve financial controls. Responsible for monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting of GECMSI’s financial statements to senior management.

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Performed budget preparation and variance analysis for the Securities Division. Assisted in special projects.

Mba, Finance

Bsba, Finance

Bsba, Economics

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