Jim Sever Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon Area

• Lead a team of 6 strategic analysts through monthly Close/Forecasting for cost and budget support of Intel's Logic Technology Development factories
• Support manufacturing process from technology development (RnD) to High Volume Manufacturing (COS)
• Drove consolidation of LTD fab operations into one virtual factory saving significant NPV
• Co-wrote the white-paper in support of multi-node tool fungibility accounting treatment

Portland, Oregon Area

• Developed a strategic planning tool to prioritize investment within all Client Computing Group spending to optimize return for constrained RnD dollars
• Created and led the CCG Portfolio to successful forecast cycle generating significant incremental NPV
• Integrated new acquisitions and supporting RnD groups into the CCG Portfolio investment approach so that all spending could be comprehended and traded off against best available opportunities
• Trained the finance community (over 30 analysts) and was the primary liaison of Portfolio process to CCG operations

Portland, Oregon Area

• Provided the financial analysis and helped created the ultra-low power platform that contributed to significant annual revenue for Client Computing Group
• Created and led CCG platform affordability reducing BOM gaps by >$75 per platform
• Supervised an MBA finance intern on a project to assess threat of PC disruption from Chrome systems
• Member of a team that made recommendations to the CFO on “How We Win in the <$400 System Space”

Portland, Oregon Area

• Tracked and reported ~$800M annual revenue with weekly reports directly to the GM
• Implemented new pricing process improvements; data driven decisions/faster deal approvals that led to +5% gross margin gain
• Identified and then led the transition to an improved revenue reporting tool)
• Supervised an undergrad finance intern: identified project scope, set direction including goals and milestones, provided coaching and support resulting in a successful intern project and an offer for the candidate that.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Completed monthly close and quarterly cost/inventory forecasting cycles without issue
• Established cost targets for products based on competitive benchmarks and drove cost reduction efforts resulting in multiple Division Recognition Awards
• Created an inventory efficiency model used to drive to influence planning partners resulting in a 30% inventory value reduction

Eugene, Oregon Area

Founded a marketing sponsorship activation company to promote sports sponsorship in venue to optimize sponsorship return on investment

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MBA Student Association President; Class of 2009 Valedictorian; Graduate Teaching Fellow for the MBA Program Recruiting Office

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Trained and supervised three tax accountants.
• Successfully led migration to a new accounting system allowing for improved firm operations.
• Processed partner payroll for more than 400 partners and reconciled the equity accounts on a monthly basis.
• Filed sales and use, personal property, unclaimed property and commercial rent tax returns for multiple tax jurisdictions with no late filings or penalties incurred.
• Researched and created work papers for the annual partnership tax return and worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the creation of annual partner K-1’s.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Developed and implemented new cash receipt application procedures for the firm, improving efficiency and resulting in a 90% reduction of unallocated funds.
• Processed all firm cash receipts totaling more than $1 billion in annual revenue.
• Forecasted and managed the firm’s cash flows ensuring sufficient funds to meet payroll and accounts payable obligations.
• Acted as the chief bank liaison, including conducting transfers between offices, borrowings and repayments of loans.
• Proposed the purchase of a swap contract to fix the interest rate on a long term capital improvement loan that when implemented saved the firm hundreds of thousands of dollars in interest expenses.

Strategic Decision And Risk Management Certificate, Strategic Analysis, Risk And Decision Making

Completed a series of six courses to develop/foster design thinking, portfolio analysis, data analysis in support of making high quality.

Mba, Finance And Accounting

Activities and Societies: MBA Student Association President, Graduate Teaching Fellow for Program Recruiting

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance And Economics

Activities and Societies: Sigma Pi Fraternity, International Relations Club, Resident Assistant, Student Government