Manager Project

Ami L. Shackelford

**** * ***** ***** *********: 720-***-****

Westminster CO 80031 Email: **************@*****.***

Professional Summary

Accomplished Financial Professional with a diverse background that

includes, among others:

. Operations Management . HR, IT, Procurement . Fiscal

Compliance

. Project Management . Cost Benefit Analysis . Budget

Management

. Financial Forecasting . Process Improvement .

Variance Analysis

Results-oriented leader with international experience, and exceptional

organization, communication, decision- making, analytical, and problem

solving skills.

Professional Experience

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, San Diego, California 2008-

Present

Finance Manager, Budget Development

Oversee district budget and financial reporting at large urban school

district serving more than 130,000 students, 221 schools/facilities

and, 14,000 employees. Review financial systems, procedures, reports,

and transactions to ensure compliance with state, local and federal

regulatory requirements. Perform cost/benefit, pro-forma and

comparative analysis for $1.8 billion annual budget. Manage team of

analysts.

Key Accomplishments:

. Implemented new accounting processes, improved financial systems

and reduce costs.

. Evaluated and managed implementation of two new software

technology that improved budget development and financial

reporting that integrated with PeopleSoft general ledger.

. Negotiated contracts with six district unions as a member of the

collective bargaining team. Analyzed the impact of proposals on

the budget, and counteroffers.

. Implementing private-sector model for position control involving

PeopleSoft HCM module that includes a monitoring system, vacancy

views, fill rates, forecasts, projected savings and reporting

modules to manage more than 14,000 full-time employees.

Xcel Energy, Denver, Colorado 2007-2008

Market Operations Senior Accountant

Performed operational accounting and analysis focused on cost of goods

sold, revenues, gross margins and trading margins for utility market

operations, including buy and sell transactions for gas, oil, coal,

solar and hydro. Prepared journal entries and completed month-end

close with associated monthly and quarterly reporting. Reconciled

hundreds of transactions valued from $5 million to $20 million each

month.

. Resolved a three month backlog of market settlement audits by

automating the data extraction process.

. Identified and implemented enhanced closing procedures that

reduced the monthly close cycle

. Develop custom Excel and Access tools and reports to decrease

the manual work required to create journal entries and variance

reports.

Qwest Communications, Denver, Colorado 1999 - 2007

IT Finance Manager, Lead Financial Analyst

Rapidly promoted from a budget analyst position to a hybrid position

with both finance, and operations responsibilities. Developed,

tracked, and reported IT hardware capital and expense financial

results. Create business cases for IT operations initiatives.

Develop $200 million annual expense and $100 million capital budget for

IT functions. Analyzed product profitability and project development

expenses-reported variances, risks, and opportunities for savings.

Prepared and presented monthly financials to senior management. As the

Lead Financial Analyst, performed monthly close processes, including

accruals, journal entries, forecasts and variance analyses for capital

and expense budgets.

. Reduced annual property tax payments $200,000 by reconciling

over $90 million of fixed assets not all correctly stated on

balance sheet. Coordinated physical inventories and removed

fully depreciated assets from the books.

. Saved more then $500,000 in annual expenses by identifying

inaccurate vendor payments

. Developed capital budget savings initiatives such as new

technology reviews and capital governance models

. Reduced annual operating expenses $1.5 million by reining in

unnecessary expenditures, negotiating better lease/contract

rates, downsizing staff, and implementing process improvements.

Educated internal stakeholders on the financial impact of vendor

proposals.

. Developed capital budget savings initiatives, including new

technology reviews and governance model.

Boeing, Seattle, Washington 1997 - 1999

Manufacturing Cost Management Analyst

Developed and administered program and organizational budgets. Reviewed

and analyzed cost and labor reports and wrote improvement plans for the

F-22 fighter plane project requiring government security clearance.

Prepared Earned Value reports. Analyzed program schedules and

milestones. Computed current spending estimates and conducted reviews

for program managers. Evaluate and estimate program costs for biannual

reporting to the customer.

. Designed a change control budget impact model that was

implemented by all three contract award companies participating

in the F22 manufacturing contract with the Air Force.

. Analyzed change control rates for various types of planes and

set more realistic goals for the current projects

. Collaborated with R&D, manufacturing engineers, and production

managers to develop a monthly tracking tool that lowered the

number of tool modifications and other engineering impacts.

Education

Schiller International University, Florida and London Campuses

Bachelor of Business Administration (1995)

MBA - International Business Administration (1996)

. Received the John Eggert Award for outstanding leadership ability

and services rendered.

. Consistently made the Dean's List.

Computer Skills

. Proficient in Windows, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and

Project, Business Objects, Cognos, Ad Hoc Analysis software

programs, ERP Systems (PeopleSoft / JD Edwards)

. Skilled accounting and financial professional who can learn any

software quickly

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