Paul Mason, Fcma, Cgma Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Eunice, NM, US

• Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for URENCO USA, Eunice, NM with $0.5 B annual capital investment and Revenues of $500M Leadership of URENCO USA's Finance, Treasury, Tax, IT, Procurement and Project Reporting functions..
• Revenue growth from zero to $500M.
• $30M saved on civil construction by changing procurement strategy to one of fixed price contracts.
• Managed IT team design and installation of site IT infrastructure including a SAP implementation.
• Led Construction Project Reporting (Controls) team, including engineering estimators, as company successfully transitioned from EPC contract to self-management of the site project.
• Over 8:1 annual return on procurement team, achieving annual cost savings of $25M plus.

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• Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Fujitsu Transaction Solutions Inc. (FTXS), Richardson, TX with Revenues of $400M Leadership of FTXS's Finance, Treasury, Tax, IT, Pricing, Contracts.
• Drove software and software professional services 100% plus growth in revenue.
• Led Manufacturing and Logistics improvements, e.g. Spares Logistics Project savings of $1M.
• Won and implemented $100m plus IT services outsource for a major U.S.A. retailer.
• Increased revenues by 90% through sales channel management and pricing strategy changes.
• Reduced DSO by 25% from 60 to 45 days, while increasing indirect channel business.

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• Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Vice President (VP) for ICL North America, Dallas, TX with Revenues of $200M Directed all financial aspects of ICL’s North American operations with a staff including the Financial.
• Successfully outsourced manufacturing operations, which resulted in 5% initial net cost savings.
• Implemented successfully D1 (ASTEA) spares inventory control system.
• Reduced companies' headcount by 30%.
• Introduced simultaneous U.S. GAAP and U.K. GAAP monthly reporting.

• Commercial Director and Worldwide Controller for ICL Retail, Dallas, TX with Revenues of $800M In commercial role, had responsibility for contract managers and bid support staff. Finance role included producing monthly.
• Recruited new commercial team and designed commercial operating processes.
• Implemented successful new BAAN Triton ERP.
• Managed successful financial integration of acquisition (PSI).
• Successfully reduced central shared financial service’s headcount by 20% in 1997.

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• Controller for ICL Industry Systems, London, U.K. with Revenues of $1.8B Financial Controller for portfolio of operating divisions spread geographically across Europe. This included monthly analysis of.
• Successfully controlled major restructure of continental European operating companies from geographic structure to pan-European business stream structure.
• Sold Medical business for approximately $40M profit.

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• Group Management Accountant for ICL, London, U.K. with Revenues of $4.0B Responsible for the management accounts of the ICL group, which included the annual budget, monthly forecast, monthly actual results, and various.
• Created new core set of corporate reporting requirements and introduced new PC-based management accounting system, which reduced departmental headcount and shortened reporting cycle.

Education record

B.Sc., Mathematics With Statistics