Robert Anderson Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Ny, Us

Rochester, New York Area

Rochester, New York City Area

Lead 9 client account Finance Managers overseeing 15 Real Estate and Facility Management Accounts for Northeast Region with revenues exceeding $84 million. • Work collaboratively with stakeholders to execute strategies, support strategic and financial objectives of organization and clients.• Establish/review/consolidate annual budgets and quarterly/monthly forecasts and financial statements for Facility Management, Project Management and Real Estate Transaction Management lines of business. • Analyze and discuss risks and opportunities through analysis of actual versus plan/forecast while developing corrective action plans as required.• Lead month-end financial reviews with Regional VP, Division Directors and Account Finance.• Review monthly Aged A/R, Unbilled A/R reports and TWC and develop action plans.• Manage month-end close process and review/discuss actual expense to budget variances and commentary. • Collaborate with Procurement and Solutions Team to complete RFP’s and contract renewals.• Develop and manage Key Performance Indicator reporting process to meet client expectations.• Manage internal compliance reviews and lead/participate in leadership and customer meetings.• Manage and maintain area staffing plan, aligning existing talent pool to needs and fostering performance development of staff through coaching and mentoring.• Involved with a 4-member team to implement an account Finance Transformation Initiative in 5 international regions with total revenue of $213M to align financial reporting. Led Finance training for all regions.• Lead 4 Finance Managers in accurately identifying/validating $1.2M in savings while completing Savings Validation Project for $87M Facility Management account in Atlanta, GA.

Rochester, New York Area

Led team of 10 Finance Managers overseeing 28 Facility Management accounts in East Region with revenues exceeding $200M. Directed month-end close and financial reviews. Reviewed Aged A/R and Unbilled Receivables Reports and communicated to 22 Finance Managers on action plans to minimize transactions >60 Days.• Reviewed annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, monthly outlooks and flash reports with Account and Division Director’s.• Facilitated the transition of new accounts by defining project tasks and resource requirements and assist with demobilization of lost accounts.• Worked collaboratively with account team to execute strategies and report on progress for all stakeholders while ensuring contract compliance.• Led six finance team members while managing all finance related activities for $90M Hurricane Sandy Reconstruction Project in NYC. o Worked closely with Leadership, client auditing team and FEMA. Achieving Change Management Regional Award.

Rochester, Ny

Managed all financial related activities for the $18 million Eastman Kodak Facility Management account and 12 additional customers in New York and Colorado including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Collections while managing 2 employees. Established and monitored internal controls.• Led team in development of annual budget and managed monthly forecast review process with all stakeholders.• Analyzed cost management / savings opportunities and developed reporting tools to provide accurate, timely and actionable data to operations personnel for planning and decision making.

Plymouth, Michigan

Managed all financial related activities for $73M Johnson Controls Automotive Services Initiative. Included 280 contracts for facility management and construction lines of business.• Developed a forecasting worksheet to track weekly revenue and margin results which reduced forecast variance by line of business to less than 4%.• Led month end business reviews, analyze quarterly forecasts submitted to customer and manage financial aspect of due diligence process for all new deployments which included Mexico.• Worked with Regional Operations Managers and Site Supervisors to reduce trailing costs to less than $140K on $26M of revenue.

Plymouth, Michigan

Led finance transition of facility management from the Johnson Controls Automotive Group to Global Workplace Solutions Group.• Met with customer Facility Managers and Regional Controller’s for discussion of vendor management and contract negotiations with focus on cost / savings opportunities.• Assisted with scope development and bid document review process with vendors. Led budget development process and regional budget consolidation for 55 JCI automotive facilities in North America.• Participated in meetings with AG Facility Director of North America, AG Controller of North America, Plant Managers, Plant Controllers, Facility Services Account Director, Regional Managers and Site Operation Supervisors.

Alpharetta, Georgia

Assisted the Oracle conversion team with the conversion of existing financial system to Oracle for all accounts associated with the Integrated Facility Management Division in Alpharetta, GA.• Participated in the implementation of Accounts Payable Automation.• Lead Analyst for implementing and training Cognos Report Writing system to key members on 100 accounts.• Managed the IT and Accounting Departments in implementing this initiative.

Rochester, New York Area

Responsible for accounting, cost management, financial analysis, subcontract control, Accounts Receivable collections and identifying savings opportunities for $250M Xerox Corporation account in Rochester, NY. Contract. • Implemented $450,000 savings to Johnson Controls with the account team.• Established and monitored internal controls, developed reporting tools to provide accurate, timely and actionable data to Project Managers for their planning and decision-making.