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Michael E. Coffey

WARREN, NJ 07059

ab9rnv@r.postjobfree.com

908-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a IT role where I can utilize my prior Logistics, Accounting, IT and business experience. Skills

Program Manager

EDUCATION MS Office Suite

MS Project

Accounting, Bachelor of Science January 1978 – May 1980 MS Access

Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ

GPA 3.2/4.0 Certifications

PMP Certification

SAP Materials

Management

Specialized in Accounting with a minor in Marketing.

Project

Management

EXPERIENCE Professional

Program Manager May 2005 – Present

SAP America, Newtown Square, PA

Responsibilities included servicing our Pharmaceutical industry clients and implementing SAP. Most

of my time was spent at Merck in Whitehouse, NJ. I worked there for 5 years and sat on the PMO

coordinating the implementation with IBM and Merck. We used IBM’s methodology to implement

the SAP system in 7 countries including 30,000 employees. The business functions were, Requisition

to Check, Order to Cash, Finance, Supply Chain and HR, as well as Business Warehouse.

Most recently I’ve been working on Hana implementations as well as A2O (assemble to order)

projects.

Director November 1999 – May 2005

Novartis Consumer Health, New York, NY

I was the director of IT Finance, Materials Management and HR including the SAP implementation

covering Supply Chain, Finance, Order to cash and Requisition to Check. Full life cycle

implementation from selection of 3rd party implementation partner to go live weekend. Also ran other

non SAP projects and conformed to validation requirements and SOX requirements.

Senior Manager SAP Practice September 1997– October 1999

Ernst and Young, New York, NY

Responsible for the SAP practice in the northeast including Sales, P&L, and recruiting. I built the

practice from having no SAP customers to having many customers implementing SAP with our

support. I was also responsible for implementing the Ernst and Young SAP implementation

methodology to assist and standardize all our SAP work.

Manager SAP Materials Management September 1994 – September 1997

Price Waterhouse, New York, NY

Responsible for servicing Large SAP customers in the northeast, CPC Foods, Bristol Myers Squibb.

As a manager I was responsible for the entire life cycle implementation of specific SAP modules and

lines of business. Supply Chain, Purchasing, AP, FICO, SD, Project Systems, Asset Management,

Internal Orders, Investment Management. My teams created the “as is” documentation and then

designed the new system utilizing SAP as the guideline addressing finance, supply chain, order to

cash, and requisition to check. We then configured, tested, fine tuned and took the system live with

proper training materials developed and classes held. All while conforming to validation

requirements and SOX requirements. I became certified in Materials Management during my time at

Price Waterhouse.

Consultant June 1986 – September 1994

Management Science America (Dun and Bradstreet Software), Atlanta, Georgia, and Paramus, NJ

Performed software support for our proprietary systems throughout the northeast, specializing in

Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and report writing. Assisted with critical system outages, software

upgrades, and capacity planning. Coordinated with business executives, software experts, help desks,

and data source teams in a 24x6 availability environment. Support tasks involved work with

Mainframe servers, and all the databases our software supported.

Controller August 1984 – May 1986

Bali Blinds, Edison, NJ

Responsible for the reporting of financial results to corporate on a monthly basis. Responsible for

plant accounting, inventory AP, AR, Billing, Collections, PR, HR. Implemented a brand new

customer service system that covered the process from selling to order taking to cash collection to

Controller June 1983 – August 1984

Command Computers, New York, NY

Responsible for all financial aspects of the company. Including attempting to raise capital through

the process of going public. President of the company asked me to falsify the financial statements

which led me to resigning.

Assistant Controller September 1981 – May 1983

NJ Educational Computer Network, Edison, NJ

Started as a junior accountant. Responsible for the entire accounting department, AR, AP,

Purchasing, Payroll, GL, Billing, and periodic reporting (month, quarterly, and yearend audit).

President and CFO were stealing from the company and I helped bring to resolution and conviction.

Auditor August 1980 – August 1981

Suplee Clooney and Company, CPA, Elizabeth, NJ

Performed audits of businesses, townships, and board of education’s. Responsible for audit programs

and all work papers to backup the audit opinion. Discovered someone embezzling funds and worked

to resolution.

ACTIVITIES & AWARDS

Volunteer, Coaching Youth Sports - Softball, Basketball, 1995 - present

Member, Women’s Lacrosse Official 2010

Basketball Official 2011, 2012, 2013

Blood Donor – As allowed

Employee Awards throughout my career both in Sales and delivery

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