Manager Project

James Marx

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Professional Profile

Meticulous, resourceful and bottom-line responsive senior-level financial

and operations specialist with an extensive track record of devising

processes and procedures to maximize profits and reduce excess expenses

through thorough analysis of all integral systems. Proficient at

organizational scaling, process improvements and efficiency strategies.

Keen ability to build cohesive project teams and implement multiple,

simultaneous projects with outstanding results.

Core Competencies

FP&A

Cost Accounting

General Ledger/P&L

Expense/Cost Management

Oracle

Hyperion

Syteline

PeopleSoft Implementation

Sarbanes-Oxley

Operations Scaling

Inventory Management

International Tax Support

Selected Accomplishments

. Implemented new general ledger interface between remote location and a

shared services center that reduced local staffing requirements by 25%

Redesigned engineering, reduced materials cost and improved manufacturing

costs reducing overall of a main product by 40% in a 9-month period

Reduced working capital 70% by increasing inventory turns by 50% and

reducing AR DSO by 15%

. Developed and implemented inventory reduction program that generated a

75% reduction in levels

Consolidated fixed asset base by 45% with either selling or relocating

existing assets

. Managed a worldwide team of 20 people, in 5 locations and 4 countries in

a green belt project that designed, developed, and implemented a web-

based offset pricing model that enabled quoting of local pricing from any

location, reducing quoting time on internet bids from 2- 3 weeks to 4

days

Professional Experience

Director of Procurement 2007 -

Present

Fuel Tech, Hooksett, NH & Warrenville, IL

. Responsible for overall supply chain management from approved drawings

to delivery of fabricated products to the project site including QA/QC

of fabricated products, pricing of new proposals (cost plus basis),

and GM tracking versus proposal GM

. Member of company integration team between Hooksett, NH and

Warrenville, IL locations.

. Developed cost plus pricing process to standardize pricing and

tracking forecasted GM to realized GM

. Increased gross margin and on time delivery due to competition from

suppliers for fabrication of products

. Working with drafting and engineering teams, improved the quality of

drawings to decrease redrawing and decrease total fabrication times

Regional Controller/Finance Manager 2003 - 2007

Avery Dennison, Framingham, MA

. Responsible for finance performance for 3 Retail Information Services

(RIS) locations with a staff of 15

. Accountable for AR, AP, CA, GL, and FPA

. Supported North and South America Finance teams with focus on spending

trends, ramp up and down of manufacturing, and special projects as

required for the RIS Division

. Project manager of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance project for North

Carolina sites

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Finance Manager 2002 -

2003

Sycamore Networks, Chelmsford, MA

. Responsible for cost accounting, consolidation of internal forecasts

and actual results

. Business analyst for the IT, Facilities and G&A cost centers

. Developed and implemented a bi-weekly forecasting model and directed

the consolidation of the forecasting process with special empathizes

on cash flow

. Developed and consolidated the yearly budget process with what-if

scenarios for potential RIF analysis with the effects on spending,

income, cash flow, and balance sheet

Cost Accounting Manager 2001 - 2002

Koch Membrane Systems, Wilmington, MA

. Responsible for cost accounting and payroll functions, as well as

business analyst for the manufacturing team at 3 production plants

with annual sales of $80M

. Directly supervised five accounting professionals

. Coordinated budget process that developed departmental spending, new

standards, overall budget goals

. Redesigned costing process with focus on fully absorbing production

costs to more accurately reflect current production costs; rolled

standard costs for first time in three years

. Developed valuation method for ROI decisions for potential new capital

equipment acquisitions

Sr Financial Analyst & Cost Manager 2000 - 2001

InfoLibria, Inc., Waltham, MA

. Responsible for cost setting, inventory accounting, and cost of goods

recognition

. Analyzed business needs for the Operations, IT, and Facilities cost

centers including detailed budgets

. Developed list pricing strategy and discount policies for US, Europe

and ROW markets

. Negotiated with leasing firms and closed on $1.2 million of capital

leasing for new facility

Cost Accounting Manager & Finance Analyst 1997 - 2000

GenRad, Inc., Westford, MA

. Responsible for inventory accounting and financial analysis for a

$375M capital equipment company

. Analyzed business needs for the Operations, IT, and Facilities cost

centers including detailed budgets

. Tracked inventory worldwide at 15 separate locations and 8 different

countries

. Financial member of manufacturing facilities transition team that

saved the company $2.5M

. Group leader of the inventory reduction team that generated a 40%

reduction in inventory levels

. Analyzed manufacturing group buildup of 100% and reduction of 40% of

production capacity due to changes in business

conditions

Senior Business Analyst/ Financial Analyst 1995 -

1997

Wright Express Corporation, South Portland, ME

. Responsible for creating a yearly budget, establishing a cost

accounting system, generating P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow

statements and developing gross margin, list pricing, and discount

models for pricing new products and markets for a $50 million

financial services corporation growing at 60% per year

Manager Financial Planning and Analysis 1992 -

1994

ImmunoGen Inc., Cambridge, MA

. Responsible for corporate-wide budgeting, cost accounting and

administration of the account software package for a 200-person

biotech company

Education

Master of Business Administration, Finance - University of Massachusetts at

Lowell

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Finance - University of

Maine at Orono

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