Walter Cox Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Leads the Finance, Accounting, HR and IT support functions and acts as a collaborative partner to other business leaders. Key responsibilities include managing and strategizing balance sheet performance and cash flow, monitoring and coaching performance toward budget and P&L goals, and maintaining compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provided financial and strategic consulting to nonprofit clients, including financial analysis and planning, business planning, financial assessments, strategic planning, board training and development. Also led a team that includes 4 accounting and finance consultants and a business development manager that provides services to local nonprofit executives to help improve their organization’s financial sustainability.- My team, generated approximately $500K in earned revenue annually. - Provided assistance with ongoing accounting, federal and state filing requirements, year-end assessments, financial statement preparation, budgeting assistance, and accounting system set-ups.- Performed special projects such as business modeling, business planning, and cash flow analysis.- Provided assistance with grant administration and reporting.Accounting Consultant Mar. 2001 – Dec. 2002Provided nonprofit executives with a clear picture of their organization’s financial situation- Assisted in cash receipts and accounts receivable management.- Assisted in cash disbursement and accounts payable management.- Designed and produced financial statements.- Provided budget assistance for writing grants and status reporting to donors.- Assisted with audit preparation and meeting other legal requirements to maintain nonprofit status.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provided leadership and oversight within the department to ensure organizational priorities and objectives are attained. Utilized my broad managerial background to supervise a variety of functional areas including information security, compliance, finance, business continuity, customer support, project management, server operations, and application development.  Consistently achieved superior customer satisfaction results and performance metrics annually. Directed the local implementation of a number of nationally generated consolidation, centralization, and standardization efforts across a variety of technologies and processes while minimizing negative customer impact. Gained experience managing large, complex projects and budgets. Implemented a variety of self-service options and voice technology solutions. Attained working knowledge of ITIL and implemented incident, problem, and change management process that are consistent with this framework.Provided effective risk management by maintaining a strong control environment. Led senior management team through several table top contingency and crisis management exercises. Oversaw initial build out and expansion of contingency relocation facility. Implemented department compliance program that significantly improved compliance with security and configuration standards that have been established for automation tools used within the FRS. Implemented a suite of security tools to improve logical access controls and reviews, incident response, forensic research, and to perform social engineering testing. Also developed a department security liaison program. While serving as Information Security Officer, did not incur a security breach or loss of sensitive information. Played a key role in developing and implementing social networking, mobile computing, and data storage policies.Group Operations Manager 1998-2000Operations Manager 1996-1998Management Analyst 1992-1996

Madison, Wisconsin

Management Trainee, Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, Madison, WI August 1987- May 1992Rotated through five departments (production, finance, quality assurance, sales and marketing) to gain overall insight and knowledge prior to becoming production supervisor.Production Supervisor – 1987-1989 Supervised 30 people in food processing areaResponsible for knowing and complying with ADA, USDA and OSHA rulesCost Accountant – 1989-1991Financial Analyst – 1991-1992 Worked on financial reporting, compiled results andreviewed reports for production departments with senior management.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Finance

B.S., Industrial Engineering