Project Accounting

Sheri Ashouri-Cleary, MBA

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Austin, TX 78759

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Senior Financial Services Professional with over 12 years experience in

financial accounting and management. Extensive corporate leadership

spanning multiple industries with diverse operational segments. Sought out

for executive level advice and partnering in analysis and recommendations

for acquisitions, joint ventures and investment opportunities. Strong

mentor and talent developer, executing strong leadership and self-starting

skills to deliver results. Excellent attention to detail and quality

deliverables, strong communication skills with a team oriented approach for

addressing business opportunities and challenges.

Expertise Includes:

Project Financial Management Corporate Accounting and Finance

Acquisitions and Joint Ventures Investment Opportunities

Restructuring of Outsourced Service Sales Analysis and Account Development

Solutions

Cost Effectiveness Assessments Consulting contracts and Pricing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ACCENTURE, Austin and Chicago 2004 - 2010

The world's largest management consulting, technology services and

outsourcing company with 2009 Net Revenues of $21.58B.

Lead Manager, Business Process Outsourcing Global Finance

2006-2010

Delivered financial analysis and reporting of $1.2B annual revenue from

over 150 key business process outsourced clients including Merck, Best-Buy,

AT&T, Unilever, Kimberly Clark, Aetna, Cigna, Enmax, Exallon and Bank of

America.

. Generated over $1.2B a year through expertly providing financial guidance

to key account service managers.

. Developed standardized indirect cost allocation methodologies, managed

costing transitions for application solution delivery and corporate

support such as finance, facilities, legal, procurement and human

resources leading to a standard load allocation for pricing.

. Assessed risk and exposure for all ensuring zero penalties over the term

of contracts.

. Maximized profits, reduced cost and improved process efficiencies by

managing long term contract transactions and reporting including contract

change control, revenue recognition, volume reductions and estimate at

completion.

. Generated cost savings by creating executive reporting packages that

aligned expectations and business objectives with senior Outsourcing

Growth Platform leadership.

. Analyzed exchange rate fluctuation and international accounting standards

to improve the Company's conversion and accounting position.

. Established internal controls to ensure corporate compliance and

successfully pass quarterly internal and external audits.

. Led ad hoc analysis and reporting of investigations such as subcontractor

utilization, foreign exchange risk and cost allocation reducing possible

negative exposures.

. Designed and implemented continuous improvement initiatives including

effective business processes, financial analysis tools, performance

metrics and reporting for best utilization of assets and resources.

. Directed operations for multinational financial team from US, South

America and India aligning priorities globally and seamlessly executing

business plan.

. Saved overhead costs by training and leading a multinational high

performing financial team to increase productivity through alternative

workforce solution and efficiency.

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ACCENTURE (Continued)

. Redesigned requirements and implemented cost accounting process support

in SAP to better reflect the state of current business and structure.

. Orchestrated and formed creative solutions for organization transition to

support cost effective business outsourcing model.

Senior Consultant, Client Financial Management 2004-2006

Executed virtual leadership to provide financial analysis and reporting for

over 20 consulting projects with annual revenue in excess of $500M.

Clients included; Pepsi, Quaker Oats, Tropicana, Frito Lay, Constellation,

PJM, National Grid and John Deer.

. Recruited, trained and directed a multinational financial team of six

members from the US and South America leading to optimal staffing pyramid

leveraging local talent to realize cost savings.

. Negotiated and managed long-term project contract accounts that maximized

revenue and reduced cost, improving division's performance over the

required yearly target.

. Managed project assets including procurement of IT hardware, accounting

for intellectual property, application licensing and asset amortization.

. Planned and participated with senior executives in project quality

reviews resulting in early detection of possible negative exposures along

with maximizing operating margin.

. Facilitated financial training courses for consulting teams at client

sites in both US and Europe ranging from 10 to 25 participants in over 5

countries, improving financial and cooperate knowledge to better respond

to client needs.

. Audited active federal clients in the required federal time line

receiving full corporate compliance and continuation of federal

contracts.

. Improved accounts receivable and working capital resulting in 7 day

reduction of days sales outstanding and cost savings.

. Established a successful intern program that hired over 50 financial

professionals at Accenture with over 80% retention for 3 years and

beyond.

BANK OF AMERICA, Chicago 2004

Financial Analyst, Fixed Income Bond Trading

. Planned and forecasted revenue and profit for the bond trading floor

including national and international trades delivering accurate financial

reporting.

. Orchestrated the required reserve accounting for trading and risk

management on a monthly basis.

. Analyzed and reported variance in actual trading results against

forecasted, aligning budgets and achieving financial goals.

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA MORTGAGE, Chicago 1997 - 2004

Senior Financial Analyst

. Designed and implemented an automated solution to convert the 3000

employees in 310 departments from a legacy payroll system to PeopleSoft,

completing under budget within required timeline and seamlessly

transitioning in 5 months.

. Led the project that centralize the payroll function from a 5 independent

regional model resulting in cost and operational efficiencies providing

same platform for all the subsidiaries.

. Implemented process improvements such as collections of checks and wires

from title companies for complex calculation of commission and bonuses

payments to loan officers.

EDUCATION

MBA, Accounting and Finance, Keller Graduate School, Chicago, 2003

BA, Liberal Art and Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago

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