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• Responsible for managing monthly accounting processes, including global business restructuring accounting ($32M per year), asset accounting – dispositions/discontinued operations, and capitalization of internally used.
• Developed and implemented process improvement for Trade A/R ageing / Uncollectible Reserves ($800M per quarter) to enhance visibility to drivers of reserve requirements.
• Controllership responsibility for Alcatel-Lucent Foundation – Alcatel-Lucent’s charitable foundation. Interfaced with banks to streamline payment process to beneficiary grantees, accounted for all activities, board.
• Performing balance sheet analysis including sub-ledger to general ledger reconciliations.
• Managing a diverse organization responsible for corporate center book closing processes, external reporting, corporate quarterly reporting, and addressing / resolving external audit requests.
• Key accomplishments: multiple conversions of accounting systems from internally developed platforms to various versions of SAP on US and Canadian platforms, completion of corporate initiatives in the Lucent IPO from.

Managed Customer Business Unit analysis from sales and cost to the impact of imposed accounting conventions and management initiativesProvided budget versus actual variance reporting supportEstablished metrics for yearly forecasts in support of various business units

• Primary interface for six network systems joint ventures
• Incorporated information from JV’s into geographic segment reporting for actual and forecast data
• Managed the change process from equity to full consolidation of a $500M venture
• Significantly reduced international inventory levels and implemented controls to maintain acceptable levels

Bs, Finance

Mba, Business Administraton

Activities and Societies: Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Football