Director Of Charter Finance
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Director/Manager of; Financial Analysis, Accounts Payable, Crew Services, General Purchasing, Materials Management, Corporate Distribution, Aircraft Maintenance Accounting, and Cost Accounting. Filed and coordinated receipt of $52 million airline relief grant. Finance coordinator for project utilizing outside consultants (Bain & Co.) to combine details from individual operating systems and revenue centers into a comprehensive profitability model. Project required extensiveinteraction with all areas of ATA.Have been directly responsible for as many as 51 team members, including analysts, managers, supervisors, and support personnel.Responsible for day-to-day cash management and forecasting during critical periods.Managed project that combined data from crew scheduling system, post-flight department, hotel reservations system, credit card providers, human resources database, and sales department to create a crew utilization cost accounting system. System served as tool to measure crew scheduling effectiveness as well as profitability of different aircraft types, business types, and individual customers.Integrated catering order system with post-flight and sales department data. Resulted in savings of over $200,000 per month by identifying markets where our catering product exceeded the expectations of customers without adding value. Eliminated unnecessary catering products without affecting level of service.Managed segments of the annual audit and interacted extensively with Ernst & Young.Managed all accounting functions associated with aircraft maintenance and flight operations.Designed and supervised the maintenance of highly technical airframe and power-plant amortization schedules.Analyzed and filed all defense contract cost and pricing data.Promoted from Assistant Controller position in 1997.Promoted from Cost & Budget Manager position in 1991.Promoted from Cost Analyst position in 1989.