Project Manager Management

Carl Schnell

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Fort Worth, Texas 76132

H: 817-***-**** ********@*********.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/carlschnell C: 678-***-****

SUMMARY PROFILE

Finance Management ( Operations Management ( Cost Management

Creative, results-oriented professional with excellent communication skills

and extensive experience in financial management, operational management,

manufacturing, and quality management. Strengths include:

Project/Program Management Cost Accounting (ABC) SAP Management

Budgeting and Forecasting Inventory Accounting Quality Improvement

Business Process Financial Analysis Auditing and Compliance

Improvement

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

independent Consultant, Atlanta, GA and Fort Worth, TX May 2008 - Present

Consulting in Finance, Human Resources, and IT, Clients include; IBM -

Public Sector Application Management and Business Process Outsourcing

Solution Center start up. Startup company offering outsourcing services

located in rural US communities competing with offshore labor. Served on

Board of Directors of two local community organizations.

IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY April 1997 - May 2008

Controller HCM Service Center, IBM Business Process Outsourcing Services

2003 - May 2008

Directed Onboarding of new clients onto IBM Human Capital Management and

Payroll services delivery platform including Call and Case Management

System, and other Contact Center support tools. Manage the steady state

delivery of client services including, contract management, contract cost

analysis, service level agreements and status reporting versus contract

metrics. Managed short and long term financial forecasting and capital

investments.

. Directed creation of the HCM offering, the standard tool set and

accounting system used in the Service Centers

. Managed Financial budgets, month end closing, standard costing, and

business controls including audit compliance

. Converted 2 client centers located in Manila, Philippines and San Jose,

Costa Rica to IBM Service Centers

. Opened 2 new Service Centers in Bangalore, India and Budapest, Hungary.

. Closed and Transitioned 20 new Global fortune 500 clients into Service

Centers including 2 Public Sector contracts

. Conducted root cause analysis and Six Sigma analyses to improve process

to meet and exceed contract profit goals

. Met all contract Service Level agreements and Customer Satisfaction goals

Controller Enterprise Resource Services Center, IBM Global Business

Services 1999 - 2003

Directed the Service Center Application Services delivery offering. The

offering was Service Center based Package Application Management Services

and Preconfigured Solutions for SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Baan, Oracle

and Siebel Enterprise Resource Applications. The project scope included

managing: 3 Service Centers, Capital Investments, Asset Accounting, and the

Enterprise Resources Sandbox and Development Environments consisting of 45

servers. Also responsible for managing customer contracts, service level

agreements, reporting against contract metrics, delivery business controls

and internal audits. Managed short and long term financial forecasting and

capital investments.

. Grew business to 24 clients, 340 delivery resources and $350 Million in

service revenues in 4 years.

. Directed the creation and implementation of Shared Services Center and

Help Desk offerings

. Implemented accounting systems to manage budgets, month end closing,

standard costing, and business controls

. First and second line management of 20 direct reports and 340 Service

Center delivery resources

. Implemented a six sigma service delivery process improvement program and

ISO 9000 certification.

. Implemented Public Sector Delivery process to support Government

contracts

. Conducted root cause analysis and other contract profitability analyses

to meet and exceed contract profit goals

. Met all contract Service Level agreements and Customer Satisfaction goals

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IBM Corporation (Continued)

SAP Executive Consultant, IBM Global Services April 1997 - 1999

Project Manager and Finance Lead directing SAP Transformation and

Implementation projects

. Successfully implemented SAP with 4 clients meeting contract obligations

and customer satisfaction goals

. Clients included a Public Sector Major University and 2 Fortune 500

Consumer Products and Chemical Manufacturing entities using SAP. Roles

included FICO Lead, Asset Accounting Lead, and Project Manager.

. Scope managed included SAP FI, CO, AA, FM, PS and MM modules. Led Asset

Management for 3 engagements.

. Developed and managed the Project Implementation Plan using IBM and SAP

standard implementation practices

. Responsible for executing, managing and meeting the contractual

commitments.

RH NE-POULENC RORER (now Sanofi-Aventis), Collegeville, PA September1981

- April 1997

Plant Controller, Consumer & Pharmaceutical Products Manufacturing

1986 to April 1997

550 Employees, $300 Million Sales including 15 direct reports.

. Directed Financial and IS matters relating to Puerto Rico, Delaware, and

Pennsylvania operations in three manufacturing facilities and five legal

entities. Prepared balance sheets and P&Ls, coordinated annual audits,

Managed AP, AR, Payroll, Cost, Inventory, Standard Costs, GL, and IT.

Liaison with local government authorities and corporate functions

relating to Tax and Treasury functions managing the cash position of the

entire corporation in local Puerto Rico financial institutions.

. Ensured the financial integrity of the organization was maintained with

regards to administrative and accounting controls, automated systems,

financial reporting, and resource utilization resulting in satisfactory

Audit results and achievement of budget goals 8 years in a row.

. Implemented Standard Cost systems in manufacturing plants using Process

Costing and Job Costing with Activity Based Allocations to reduce budget

development time by 40% and attain year on year cost savings goals of

10%.

. Directed global team to reengineer and implement global chart of accounts

and master data for SAP implementation

. Directed reengineering of Capital Projects, Fixed Asset Accounting, and

Marketing Projects for SAP implementation resulting in 20% savings and

reduced cycle time on project approval and implementation time.

. Managed teams throughout the SAP project life cycle from requirements

definition to implementation

. Directed global manufacturing plant rationalization / divestiture

analyses to determine optimal manufacturing capacity resulting in savings

of $50 million.

. Leadership role in the successful implementation of a Total Quality

Management and 6 Sigma program

. Reduced month end closing and reporting cycle from 15 to 4 days

. 1981 Cost Accountant, 1983 Capital Projects and Fixed Asset Analyst, 1985

Senior Financial Analyst

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MS, Organization Dynamics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

BS, Accountancy, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL

Certified Public Accountant

Certified IBM Consultant, SAP Module Certified In FI, CO, AA, FM, PS, MM,

and HR

Microsoft High Volume Power User in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio,

Outlook, and Project

Scored 97% on Excel aptitude test

Professional Associations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Institute of Management Accounts (IMA)

Americas' SAP Users Group (ASUG)

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