Manager Quality Assurance

Douglas M Elsener

Summary Senior Financial Analyst with EVMS expertise, advanced database

and spreadsheet skills, management experience, cost benefit

analysis and ERP systems in the DOD contracting environment.

Skills 15 yrs of DOD Finance/EVMS

MPM, Winsight and MS Project

SAP and Business Warehouse

Hyperion Planning

Training/Mentoring

Excel & Access expertise

Budgeting, Forecasting & EAC's

8 years of Management experience

Professiona Business Management Analyst 5 - Jan 2010 - Current

l Northrop Grumman Information Systems Sector, San Diego California

Experience

Job Description:

Billing Lead for the County of San Diego IT outsourcing contract

150,000 service transactions representing 8 profit centers

processed each month and consolidated into a $10M monthly invoice

document

Directly interfaced the customer to resolve billing and service

related issues

Coordination with the AT&T and HP major subcontractors as well as

suppliers

Key Contributions:

$3M of service related disputes (over 4,000 transactions) aged

over a 3 year period were resolved through data analysis and

negotiation

Revised the dispute process that accelerated resolution leading

to an average aging decrease of more than 45 days

Developed a process using SAP and BW reports to prepare and

reconcile County invoices that increased Billing accuracy and

timeliness of submittals

Program Control Manager - Mar 2003 - Dec 2009

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector, San Diego California

Job Description:

Managed a staff of 9 Program Control Analysts on multiple DOD

programs for the Interoperability and Test department that

generated $50M in revenue per year

Briefed weekly/monthly management reports including EVMS metrics,

Annual Operating Plan, Indicated Final, Waterfall, Overhead,

Capital, Headcount, Budget vs. Actual and Days Sales Receivable

Managed a $2.5M/year Sustaining Engineering budget used to

improve/maintain Interoperability software and hardware which

lead to increased Product Sales

Key Contributions:

Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Business Warehouse for the

Operating Unit

SME for MPM and Winsight. Formal training of Operating Unit

staff

Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR's) - Successfully trained

Control Account Managers and insured Cost and Schedule

Integration

Program Control Manager - Jan 2002 - Feb 2003

Allied Aerospace, San Diego California

Job Description:

Design, test and production of micro air vehicles for the Army

and Navy (DARPA funding). Utilization of Costpoint and Microsoft

Project

Prepared and briefed EAC's, revenue forecasts and

business/operating plans as well as general accounting functions

Finance Staff Specialist - Apr 1998 - Dec 2001

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), San Diego California

Job Description:

Billing of large outsourced Information Technology contracts

including Nortel, Sempra Energy, County of San Diego, United

Technology Corporation and Raytheon

User Acceptance Testing, deployment, training and subsequent

consultation on the implementation of an automated Billing system

using PeopleSoft software

Key Contributions:

Successful deployment of the automated CSC billing system to 8

different clients

Senior Fiscal Consultant and Cash Manager - Nov 1994 - Mar 1998

Maricopa County, Phoenix Arizona

Job Description:

Worked closely with County Treasurer to develop and maintain a

management reporting system for cash

Created and maintained a budget vs actual reporting system based

on the LGFS ERP system for the County's billion dollar per year

budget

Key Contributions:

Increased cash and cost visibility with analysis and management

reporting to help the County recover from a $73m deficit -

improving their bond rating.

Integration of different financial systems using FoxPro enabled

improved management reporting as well as a more efficient

reconciliation process

Senior Financial Analyst and Group Lead - Feb 1980 - Oct 1994

Rockwell International and McDonnell Douglas, Los Angeles

California

Job Description:

Adherence to DOD's earned value system ("C" Spec) was the primary

focus of these job assignments. Working in the Engineering,

Manufacturing and Quality Assurance organizations for Rockwell

Int'l, the prime contractor for the Space Shuttle and GPS,

provided excellent preparation for the program control position

at McDonnell Douglas

EVMS reporting on the $8B dollar C-17 aircraft contract using CPR

Formats 1-5. Development of the quarterly estimate at completion

involved the consolidation and analysis of data from 9 different

functions (each having many different departments). Utilization

and substantiation of complex cost and schedule performance

metrics were integral to the continuation of contract funding

Key Accomplishments: Responsibilities progressively increased

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Personal Recreational softball leagues

Interests Racquetball, Golfing and Tennis

Education University of California Berkeley (1976-1978)

University of California Santa Barbara (1978-1979)

BA in Business and Economics received in 1979 from UCSB

References will be provided on request

1537 Lily Ave

El Cajon, CA 92021

Mobile: 619-***-****

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