JOHN G. TURNER

**** ***** ****** ********* **********, WA 98271

206-***-**** acun6j@r.postjobfree.com

FINANCIAL MANAGER & COST PRICE FINANCIAL ANALYST

QUALITIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Multifaceted and results-oriented professional with 20 plus years of experience as a Cost Financial/Business Analyst.

Adept at identifying and communicating opportunities to control costs and increase productivity.

Exceptional business acumen, adept at assessing organizational goals and implementing strategies to ensure daily and long-term objectives are met.

Confident and poised in interactions with individuals at all levels.

Remarkable attention-to-detail with the unique ability to coordinate multifaceted activities, determine and analyze problems and implement corrective actions.

Solid track record of consistently meeting assigned goals and objectives through self-discipline, perseverance and motivation.

Analytical and strategic thinker able to diagnose simple and complex issues while executing practical solutions and priorities in an expedient manner.

Ability to manage potential conflicts by maintaining a professional demeanor.

Core Competencies

Organizational Leadership Financial Management Cost Accounting Budgeting Cost Price Analysis Forecasting

Strategic Planning & Implementation Research & Analysis Proposal Pricing Client Relations Management.

Highly Efficient with Excel, Oracle, and Hyperion applications, and Four (4) years experience with ProPricer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

World Financial Group/TransAmerica Financial., Renton WA Mar 2014 - Present

Agent/Financial Educator

Apollo Professional Solutions, Inc., Mesa AZ Aug 2013 - Feb 2014

Contracted to: Aerojet/Rocketdyne, Redmond WA

Business Analyst

Support development of intricate and complex spreadsheets, while facilitating billing of government contracts, resource planning, budget preparation, and estimate development for various government and commercial aerospace projects.

Key Highlights:

Provide oversight to cost and schedule management, managed 5 programs, monitoring IR&D, capital projects, and overhead accounts.

Maintain knowledge of government billing practices.

Assist with enterprise-wide resource planning.

Develop and prepare reports and charts for use within preparations.

Utilized Oracle as the primary database for retrieving data and reporting purposes.

Reviewed workload of staff during the implementation of an Oracle system and developed monthly reporting.

B\E Aerospace, Inc. FSI, Marysville WA July 2010 - June 2012

Cost Financial Analyst

Oversaw overall financial performance of specific programs which are accounted for under the percentage of completion (POC) method of accounting. Collaborated with engineering and production departments to establish initial program budgets, review initial standard costs for reasonableness and maintain historical references of cost and revenue. Created methods to identify, categorize, capture and report actual costs of program segments for both non-recurring engineering and recurring production to analyze and summarize variances from budget and forecast. Calculated, reconciled and completed journal entries to report results on percentage-of-completion basis in collaboration with accounting department. Maintained communications with corporate accounting personnel to address questions and apply changes. Collaborated with program managers to complete periodic status reviews, understand timetables and program terminology. Interfaced with senior-level group engineering, production and financial management on actual results and forecasts. Prepared monthly and annual program revenue and expense budgets with program managers. Maintained Booking and Backlog data for Revenue recognition and reporting purposes.

Key Highlights:

Ensured compliance with all necessary accounting regulations by coordinating regularly with outside auditors.

Utilized Excel and Macola as the primary data tools and Hyperion to upload and report at the corporate level.

Managed 20+ programs maintaining budgets from several thousand to 10 million dollars.

General Dynamics, Bothell WA May 2005 - Aug 2009

Business Unit Administrator

Oversaw strategic analysis and development of customized reports on cost, budget and pricing data for the Ordinance and Tactical Systems division. Interpreted and simplified complex financial data for cross-functional team leaders and senior management. Provided recommendation plans to optimize budgets, control/avoid costs and ensure proper management of contract terms. Developed customized utilizations of MS Project, Excel and ProPricer applications to streamline and simplify financial and statistical reporting process.

Key Highlights:

Achieved an average of 40% cost savings for the production and development programs and eliminated potential labor cost over runs by identifying discrepancies between actual and projected labor hours.

Delivered up to 50% reductions in material and travel contract costs by reviewing outdated forecasts and successfully implementing modifications on projections based on new, accurate program needs, market prices and quantity projections.

World Financial Group, Bellevue WA 2002 - 2005

Agent/Financial Advisor

Evaluated financial and savings portfolios of individual clients to establish existing financial status and identify opportunities to improve portfolio standing and performance. Educated clients on monetary, financial and market concepts and developed investment and management strategies in line with long-term wealth building goals and current needs. Presented a variety of insurance products to improve coverage and protection.

Key Highlights:

Successfully redirected portfolios and plans of numerous families, ensuring long-term financial security.

Boeing, Everett WA 1999 - 2001

Financial/Contract Cost Analyst

Oversaw the comparison of complex, competitive pricing proposals for material component costs and subcontractor services for the commercial airplane division’s 767 and 747 aircraft programs. Participated in negotiating procurement price.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Tosco Marketing Co Manager of Retail Store Operations

Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics Cost Specialist ---Fifteen Plus Years

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Master of Science in Finance & Business Economics

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

University of California, Berkeley, CA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

Cost Financial Analysis

Federal Acquisition Regulations

Security Suitability Concepts

Anti-Money Laundering

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