Position	Financial Controller
Location Confidential	No
Location	No preference
Willing to Relocate	Yes
Industry	Communications--(Phone-/-Cable-/-Satellite)
Function	FINANCE--CFO/Control/Acctg./Treas./Tax,etc.
Compensation	$100,000 to $200,000
Resume Summary
Senior financial manager that identifies core business issues related to accuracy, efficiency and predictability of financial performance. Guides executives in critical decisions leading to improved profitability and sound process controls. Experience in planning, results analysis, operations management and controllership responsibilities.
Resume Body      FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT – ANALYSIS – REPORTING STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANNING > DATA TIMELINESS & ACCURACY > FINANCIAL MODELING COST CONTROLS & FORECASTING >PARTNERSHIP INTERFACE > BUSINESS RESULTS ANALYSIS INTERNAL CONTROLS > > TEAM PLAYER > TRUSTED ADVISOR & COACH PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: 1984 - 2003 Operations Expense Division Manager (02-03) Managed multi-year planning and results of dedicated access expense ($2.5B annually)  Responded to lack of forecasting process for $2.5B annual expense budget. Analyzed multiple inputs across volume, pricing and discount thresholds to develop trending relationships and improved linkage of variables. Reduced variances/error rates by over $50M vs. annual expense forecast.  Developed solution to address availability and accuracy of cost information in complex bid process. Initiated cross-functional Bid council, increased frequency of data feeds and assigned ownership of bid cost vs. pricing functions. Enabled cycle time improvements of over 50% while increasing reliability/timeliness of cost information.  Challenged by management to address lack of regional forecasts. Created framework to distribute nationwide demand forecasts across suppliers, enabling modification of contract structures with suppliers. Partnered with operations to decrease prices from suppliers by 10% by deploying volume-based discount triggers. Access /Local Services Financial Director (00-02) Provided financial guidance to Operations team and managed the control processes for Connectivity expense within Network Services Division (Cost managed ~ $10B with total staff of 30)  Re-engineered financial planning process for an annual budget of ~$10B. Designed quality assessment for inputs/outputs and standardized data definitions to better correlate expense outlooks with sales data through trending and tolerance ratios. Produced cycle time improvements of 20% while implementing new forecasting control parameters.  Identified criteria to shorten the results processing cycle and improve timeliness of information. Developed revised financial processing schedule through process flow analysis and system schedule modifications. Reduced closing cycle from 6 day close process to 4 days, while enabling 20% reduction in Management workforce. Customer Order to Cash Process Controller (97-00) Managed /controlled end-to-end financial processes supporting booking/recording of revenue, Accounts Receivable (A/R) and net bad debt processes for Consumer Services business Unit (largest Unit in AT&T - $20B in Annual Revenue, $4B in A/R, with total staff of 75+ employees).  Corrected revenue estimation procedures for $20B annual sales stream. Implemented financial recording / reporting improvements through creation of standard controls and integration of development requirements across over 50 billing systems. Increased accuracy from 95% to 99.6% and improved controls/predictability of the process.  Established accuracy / integrity measures across processes / people to motivate employees to identify barriers to performance. Designed action plans to eliminate unnecessary or inefficient activities and developed funding proposals for increased mechanization. Achieved 40% reduction in resources over two years while achieving required accuracy measures. Division Manager -Financial Management Architecture (95-97) Provided corporate leadership regarding implementation of subsidiary ledger, internal accounting & feeder/edit standards across AT&T enterprise. Led organization of ~50 employees.  Coordinated identification of over 500 financial systems to support establishment of financial process for 3 new companies. Facilitate decisions regarding separation or cloning of systems based on functional analysis. Satisfied requirements for financial systems infrastructure to support Initial Public Offerings (IPO) for each company within scheduled time frames. Assistant Controller – AT&T Consumer Services (93-95) Directed controls and financial reporting of Consumer Services Unit ($25B in Rev.), interface with corporate for external reporting and led staff of ~20 financial analysts.  Produced, analyzed and managed financial results process including income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow for largest AT&T Unit. District Manager, CFO, Submarine Systems (90-93) Responsible for controls and financial reporting of Submarine Systems sub-business unit, including the staffing of ~ 30 employee financial organization through internal transfers/recruiting.  Designed & implemented creation of separate subsidiary and new financial organization supporting installation of international undersea cables and Cable ship operations Various Supervisory/Entry levels Positions (84-90) Held positions in financial functions including Auditing, Billing and Income Statement Analysis. EDUCATION: BS, Accounting - St Joseph’s University PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: Financial Issues in the Global Marketplace Thunderbird School of Management Executive program Carnegie Mellon University
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