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Financial Reconciliation Material, Budget, and Data Management

Location:
Chicago, IL
Posted:
May 05, 2016

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BILLY SHOWERS, M.B.A., M.A.F.M.

**** *. ******** ****** * CHICAGO, IL 60621 l 312-***-**** l acunqi@r.postjobfree.com

Accountable and Team-Oriented with over 20 years of solving problems and improving processes in the automotive, aviation, beverage, telecommunication industries and non-for-profit sector.

Skilled in organizational planning, communication, and process diagnostics. Expertise in Financial Reconciliation, Material Management, Budget Management, Data Management, Logistics and Supply Chain, Inventory Control, Production, Forecasting, Purchasing & Project Management Support.

M.B.A. in International Business and Masters of Accounting & Finance Management.

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Outlook; Oracle; and SAP.

Professional Experience

AEROTEK – GOOSE ISLAND BREWERY, CHICAGO, IL 2012 – 2014

Project Support (Temp-Hire), Fulton Street Brewery Operation

Supports Operations Manager in accomplishing project status review and performance control by maintaining issue/resolution logs, action list, lessons learned and progress/performance reports.

Assist Operation Management with analysis of operating and capital expenditure budget for each project creating preventive measures of potential over spending.

Schedule and coordinate the review of purchase orders, invoices, quotes, proposals and contracts submittals assuring accuracy, clarity and completeness prior to forwarding to the Accounting/Finance department.

Manage document controls for Operation manager assuring documentation can be easily accessible for viewing by the Operation and Accounting/Finance departments.

Support Goose Island maintenance and inventory teams meet its parent company Anheuser-Bush 5’s global initiative assuring each department practices sorting, set in order, systematic cleaning, standardizing and sustaining procedures daily.

Responsible for preparing weekly and monthly project reconciliation spreadsheets for each capital project in an accurate manner assuring proper records of financial reporting.

CATERPILLAR, INC., JOLIET, IL 2011 – 2012

Hydraulics Tank Assembler Crane Operator (Supplemental-Hire), Joliet Hydraulics Operation

Assembled hydraulics tank models and safely operated remote radio control cranes valued up to $3,000, assuring that order requests shipped in a timely manner for operations in three cities.

CHRYSLER GROUP LLC, BELVIDERE, IL 2011 – 2011

2nd Shift Body Shop Assembler Operator (Temp-Hire), Belvidere Assembly Operation

Assembled vehicles which included the successful operations of adding detail to sub-assembled parts, installing parts to vehicles’ drive trains, and final assembly in support of aggressive plant build goals.

WOODWARD MPC, SKOKIE, IL 2007 – 2009

Electronics Production Planner, MPC Electronics Operation

Supervised production work orders with solid understanding of material planning methods Cognos MRP, capacity planning, and time fences, to achieve aggressive delivery date goals. Assessed plans to identify errors and communicated with leads to create production plans with more accurate time levels.

Developed and analyzed forecasts, and generated reports with real-time snapshots of current and scheduled work orders, which improved efficiency and time management of inventory and production. Shared reports with a cross functional group including the company President.

Planned and expedited production as the Electronics Group lead planner to meet customer schedules and ship request dates, and helped increase success from 54% of production & ship goals to 87%.

Relayed current data daily to over 35 personnel in the engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and assembly groups, including a Vice President, resulting in 90%+ accuracy and changes of work order movements to improve inventory cycle counting, and production and shipment goals.

PENSKE LOGISTICS, CHICAGO, IL 2005 – 2007

Logistics & Material Follow-Up Associate, Chicago Ford Motor Assembly Plant

Supported logistics for the 2.8 M sq. ft. Chicago Ford Automotive Plant with over 2400 employees, assuring Just-In-Time (JIT) material levels for over 10,000 parts to produce multiple vehicles.

Communicated with domestic and international suppliers and carriers to resolve issues and meet deadlines. Arranged emergency shipments to avoid facility shut downs due to parts shortages and resolve quality issues.

Examined low inventory levels, cycle lost, returned inventory, damaged and shortages of parts in the Common Material Management System (CMMS) resulting in the immediate setup and schedule of expedite materials ensuring that minimal inventory requirements are maintained.

MERCEDES BENZ USA LLC., CAROL STREAM, IL 2004 – 2005

Warehouse Associate II, Regional Parts Distribution Customer Center

Independently processed request from Mercedes Benz Dealerships in the US, Canada, and Mexico assuring timely delivery of parts for replacement and repair service of Mercedes Benz auto owners.

MOTOROLA INC., SCHAUMBURG, IL 1988 – 2003

System Tester/Consolette Operation, Customer Government Industrial Solution Sector, 2002 – 2003

Led and trained 10 to 12 employees and contractors in system test operation and quality inspection. Achieved Customer Request Ship Date (CRSD) goals and increased test output by 60%. Met customer order requests to convert and test mobile two-way radios into central stationary desktop units.

Final System Tester/Mechanical Operation, Customer Government Industrial Solution Sector, 1999 – 2002

Presented key test data daily to managers, schedulers, planners and engineers, resulting in meeting department goals and production forecasts.

Inventory/Material, Control Network Solution Sector – Advanced Product Division, 1992 – 1999

Oversaw $16 M of inventory. Delegated inventory control and material handling, resulting in providing timely supplies and support to logistics department to manufacture cellular network equipment.

Implemented and completed a distribution space utilization layout project ensuring the smooth transition of shipping/receiving/inventory control operation.

Achieved certified trainer status resulting in providing training for inventory/ material control associates to better meet our department aggressive goals and improve team performance.

Initiated and completed a computer generated packing list and label system resulting in reducing packing and shipping functions from 24 hours to an estimated 4 hours.

Led a Motorola “Total Customer Satisfaction” team resulting in a time reduction of 60 % for processing orders from internal customers.

Lead Production Associate, Network Solution Sector – General Product Division, 1988 – 1992

Executed Group Coordinator position resulting in meeting aggressive performance and shipping goals.

Conducted daily meetings with all levels of manufacturing resulting in clarity of production goals, product revisions, customer feedback and future business forecast.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

THE ASSIST SOCIETY, EVERGREEN PARK, IL October 2012 - Present

Director of Operations USA/Secretary

This position which is 100% volunteer with no compensation reports directly to the CEO, co-board and executive members, forecasting and strategic planning; preparation of financial statements; assist supervision of payments and collections; non-for-profit taxation issues; liaison with internal auditing.

ASSIST stands for Aiding in Sustainable Solutions International Support Team. Partnering with low-income families and communities to preserve, enhance, grow, revitalize and sustain a quality way of life.

Co-coordinate planning for publicity, marketing and promotion, and communications campaigns.

Assist the CEO expand existing programs and developed new ones, growing the household positive financial impact in Kenya from 20 to40 homes that supports an average of 20 people per household.

Representing the ASSIST Society at local Fair Trade events promoting and selling handmade jewelry by the women of Kenya with 100% of all proceeds going directly towards support and funding of the various sustainability project goals throughout the calendar year.

Education & Training

MASTER OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT June 2015 Keller Graduate School of Management Chicago, IL

Select Courses: Managerial & Advanced Managerial Finance, Managerial & Cost Accounting, Applied Managerial Statistics, Managerial & Advanced Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting I, II & III, Economics, Mergers & Acquisitions, Federal Taxes and Management Decisions, International Finance, Management of Financial Institutions, Securities Analysis, Options & Financial Futures Markets, Real Estate Finance, Accounting Ethics and Related Regulatory Issues, Capstone: Role of A CFO

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS April, 2010

Keller Graduate School of Management Oak Brook, IL

Select Courses: Marketing Management, Managerial Decision-Making, Leadership & Organizational Behavior, Managing International Human Resources, Strategic Management In A Global Environment, Managing Global Diversity, Global Strategic Management, International Business, Capstone: Business Planning

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS June, 2004

DeVry University Chicago, IL



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