Accounting and Finance, Business Intelligence, Systems Implementation

Program Management. Installation and deployment of field labs.Systems Architecture and Integration. Process optimization and governance. Policy administration. Corporate controller, Audit lead, SAP BusinessByDesign, PMO.

Interim Controller, Financial Reporting, BI Implementation

Corporate Controller• Completed year-end audit and publication of 10K.• Implemented reporting upgrade, including enhanced ERP platform.• Upgraded team talent in key positions, reduced headcount while streamlining accounting processes.• Prepared annual budget forecasts for board review and approval.• Responsible for daily treasury and cash management oversight.• Prepared monthly margin analysis.

IT Director• Implemented SOX 404 compliance requirements surrounding IT controls. -COBIT COSO standards of change management for projects, system changes and IT updates. -ITIL framework for IT change controls, using global tracking and reporting against entity level controls. -Established governance supporting IT change controls across functional departments.• Implemented Cognos TM1.• Board member Southeast Cognos User Group.

Director of SAP Development - North America• Implemented Cognos Controller and Cognos Bi 8.4.• Managed North American implementation out of SAP for Landis + Gyr. • Led internal and external project team from RFP through post go-live.• Migrated 2 legacy systems, databases and processes into one SAP instance, fully compatible with Landis + Gyr manufacturing site.

Formerly CellnetReporting to Senior Vice-President Product Development and EngineeringResponsible for North American Sales and Operations Planning.Direct 4 managers, 34 support staff including manufacturing engineering group for NPI.Responsible for $42M inventory, 12,000 line items, 80,000 sq. ft. warehouse space across 14 Distribution Centers.• Oversee logistic and warehousing functions.• Manage 3rd Party Logistics providers, including all LTL carriers.• Operate Central distribution center in Kansas City feeding 14 distributed sites.• Set policy and procedures for materials management and inventory control.Manage North American Procurement.• Responsible for supplier selection, negotiations and quarterly business reviews.• Oversee contract manufacturing (Jabil/Flextronics) in Thailand, China and Mexico.• Dotted line reporting to Chief Procurement Officer in Zurich.• Set purchasing policy and procedures, including new supplier tender process.

Formerly SchlumbergerLed IT Systems Integration Group.• Integrated with CRM (ARS Remedy) and work order system.• Implemented expense reporting system (Concur)• Implemented Product Lifecycle Management system (Arena).Established Project Management Office (PMO)Created PMO charter, project methodology and templates.Set up monthly reporting for project managers including risk plan, budget and Gantt chart.Transitioned to newly created project management department.Major Projects/Achievements• Work order integration project accomplished the equivalent of $2.4M off the shelf product for $120K in total consulting costs.• Set procedures and business rules for automated purchase requisitions, reducing headcount in key departments.• Rolled out training for ERP end users which stabilized processes previously not documented.• Upgraded back office hardware to HP n class server. Processing time for most activities was reduced by 60%.• Led data migration project from legacy system. Converted 3 years transaction data and opening balances.• Implemented standard costing which eliminated a material inventory control weakness. This was a severe challenge to the operations team previously and high profile priority for management.• Brought vision of interoperability to company and established our presence on Multispeak team.

Paris, FRANCEResponsible for Business Intelligence (BI) systems practice.• Led 9 IT and Finance consultants for company’s BI offering.• Supported several external clients in IFRS projects.• PL responsibility for BI product line, consolidating into EMEA business.Major Projects/Achievements• Worldwide Hyperion implementation. Consolidated 600 trial balances across 60 databases in all geomarkets. Hyperion Essbase and Enterprise with data warehouse.• Helped to successfully launched external consultancy offering from internal IT project.• Managed consolidations and reporting at global level.• Responsible for software development, bug patches and improvements.• Maintained Finance reporting website