Project Sales

Steven K. Hodnett

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EMAIL: *********@*******.***

Summary: Highly skilled finance and accounting professional with over nine

years combined experience in financial management including FP&A, general

ledger, budgeting, forecasting, A/P, A/R, payroll and project controls.

Member of Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) with strong knowledge

of GAAP.

Skills and Qualifications

> FP&A - Marketing and Sales financial reporting and analysis for Dow

Jones Fortune 500 Company; including cost of sales and full P&L

responsibility for commercial printing

> GAAP - Strong experience with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

related to revenue recognition, inventory, income statement, and

balance sheet. Strong experience with SOX documentation and compliance

> General Ledger - Responsible for maintaining, adding, and removing

accounts as well as monitoring account activity to ensure accuracy.

Responsible for journal entries and accrual accounting

> Cost Accounting - Skilled in job and product costing, and multiple

types of variance and productivity analysis

> Budgeting and Forecasting - Effective in managing static and flexible

budgets including 12 month annual flash reports and 18 month rolling

forecasts

> Software Oracle OLAP (Online Analytical Processing) Server, MySQL,

Business Intelligence and Business Modeling, MS Office (Word, Excel,

PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Visio, Project)

> ERP Systems (SAP, Business Warehouse, Navision, Clarity, Crystal

Reports, Navision, WFM)

> Project Schedules - Utilize MS Project to manage project schedules and

deliverables and ensure project is tracking according to plan

> Financial Modeling (Design custom financial models and reporting in

Microsoft Excel for tracking project results)

> Project Workflows (Utilize Visio to diagram project workflows and also

write supporting policies and procedures manuals in MS Word).

> Communication (Effectively communicate project results across all

levels of organizations utilizing effective written and verbal

communication skills (ex: PowerPoint, Visio, MS Word, MS Outlook).

> Team Management and Collaboration (Utilize WebEx, Communicator, and

Intercall to host local and international conference calls)

> Business Analysis (Develop use cases, business requirements, business

cases, financial comparative analysis, project issues and risk logs,

RFP process)

> Document Control (Management of project e-Room and Share point content,

document circulation, approval, and controls, and document retention)

> Project Controls - 5 years experience (Cost Accounting, Project Budgets

and Estimates, Forecasting, Trend Analysis, Variance Analysis, KPI

metric analysis, business requirements, vendor performance, A/P

reviews, Percent Completion analysis, and Accrual Accounting)

> Project Management - Ability to manage project scope, schedule, and

budget in construction and technology infrastructure projects

> Scrum and Agile - Knowledge of Scrum and Agile Project Management

including Sprints and Consolidated performance feedback and adjustments

Employment History

Global Business Analyst/Project Controller Smith Johnson Contractor @

Rio Tinto Salt Lake City UT (06/12-Present) Part-Time 06/2012 -

08/2012 Full Time 08/2012 - Present

. Responsible for project budgets, forecasts, proof of concepts,

use cases, document control, and project board reports for a

large-scale exploration GIS software implementation project

. Developed Proof of Concept for Test of Cloud Solution and

feasibility study for Cloud Proof of Concept versus traditional

Hub and Spoke architecture

. Designed Cloud Proof of Concept, Test Cases, and Usability

Matrix for Mobile GIS Applications

. Created Service Transition to Support Documentation for ArcGIS

10.1 Implementation

. Presented Multiple business cases to Project Board for approval

and implementation

. Project Requirements, scoping, and objectives documentation

. Designed project workflow diagrams in Visio to validate

processes and ensure compliance

. Used SAP/BW to manage project budget, and cost projections

. Used Crystal reports to capture monthly Project Status Reports

. Accrual journal entries for work completed

. Managed project e-Room to ensure appropriate document control

and retention

. Delivered project $300K under budget for 2012

. Managed all financial reporting slides for project board

presentations

Project Control Specialist/Business Analyst Adecco Contractor @

PacifiCorp Salt Lake City UT (06/10-08/12) Full-Time

for Duration with Adecco began Part-Time with Rio Tinto 06/2012

. Responsible for financial analysis and project controls related

to multiple utility Right of Way and construction projects

. Saved tens of thousands of dollars by enforcing vendor

compliance with project terms and conditions

. Utilized audit and verification techniques to guard against

overbilling or frontloading construction costs

. Used Primavera schedules to manage project deliverables and

vendor accountability

. Frequently contacted vendors to ensure compliance with project

scope, schedule, and budget

. Managed annual project budget, monthly financial reporting,

verification of journal entries, and submittal of accruals in

SAP and Excel

. Validated vendor invoices for compliance to contract terms and

conditions

. Wrote Policies and Procedures Document in Visio for vendor

compliance verification processes

. Managed vendor invoice status in cockpit to ensure compliance

with Net 30 and Discount payment terms

. Prepared weekly project status reports for upper management

. Projects included (successful dual transformer replacement

project, RFP for 14 mile transmission line, multiple power

substation projects, and multiple smaller scale distribution

projects

Senior Project Accountant DMC Mining Services Salt Lake City

UT (08/08-04/10)

. Responsible for US Operations business analysis including

creating the P&L and maintaining performance results against the

budgets for multiple mining construction projects

. Utilized Navision and MS Excel to manage the Income Statement

for all US Operations

. Maintained separate budgets for each mining project to manage

Area Manager performance

. Managed annual operations budget in excess of $30 million in

Microsoft Excel

. Managed all project related financial and contractual

documentation for compliance with document retention policies

. Ensured compliance with sales/use and payroll tax across

multiple states

. Submitted and managed project accruals for entry into the

Navision accounting system

. Exceeded gross profit results for 2009 on lower than projected

operations revenue

. Implemented a new payroll solution saving the company over $100K

annually and eliminating one full headcount

. Created SOX compliant vendor invoices to ensure timely payment

of client receivables

. Reduced outstanding receivables by $3 million 2009 v 2010

through active vendor engagement

. Secured lowest available operating lease rates for equipment

through aggressive vendor negotiations

Senior Financial Analyst CR England Salt Lake

City, UT (01/08-06/08)

. Responsible for $500 million annual operations budget and

monthly forecast updates

. Created operations scorecard to rank operations managers

performance by fleet and saving $4 million annually

. Reported monthly performance results to executive committee

including CEO, President, COO, and CFO

. Created Qlikview dashboard presentation to facilitate weekly

freight claims meeting with the COO and operations managers

. Developed a comprehensive budget template to forecast over-the-

road profitability encompassing performance of company solo and

team drivers as well as owner operator owner and team drivers in

both United States and Mexico operations

. Managed monthly financial reporting to the board of directors

and the Chief Operating Officer

Senior Financial Analyst Hewlett Packard Company Boise, ID

(04/01-01/08)

. Responsible for managing North America and Latin America

commercial imaging and printing statics warranty budget and 18

month rolling forecast (flexible budget)

. Saved $20 million annually by aligning engineering failure and

call rate projections with historical trend data; improving

engineering projections in the warranty prediction module by

closely monitoring historical performance on each product

aligning this performance with future projection from

engineering team members

. Managed annual budget in excess of $150 Million in SAP/BW

. Utilized Hyperion Essbase to extract/upload financial data

. Lead FP&A Analyst on Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet pricing team due

to in-depth knowledge of costs of sales and impacts of product

mix shifts

. Saved over $2 million annually by improving business partners'

warranty tracking efforts

. Responsible for SOX Documentation of Contra Revenue processes

including vendor price protection and returns reserves

. Improved internal audit scores on owned processes from red to

green. Escalated and slowed offshore warranty call center

transitions when costs exceeded forecasts by 300%.

EDUCATION Boise State University, BA, Accounting

(May 2004)

Honors: Member Beta Alpha Psi Accounting Fraternity

OTHER Active Member Institute of Management Accountants

(IMA)

Head Football Coach - Bingham (Ute Conference Youth

Football)

Head Basketball Coach - Junior Jazz

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