Project Sales

Michael J. Hanks, MBA

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Profile

Highly organized, versatile Accounting & Finance professional acknowledged

for sound decision-making abilities, analytical skills, business acuity,

ongoing education, and problem solving skills. Strategic, methodical and

reliable; enjoy the challenge of resolving short and long-term issues, and

influencing revenue positive outcomes. Excel in both corporate and small

business environments. Enjoy opportunities to think "outside the box"

deriving new solutions to old problems through strategic information

gathering, data collection, and comprehensive scrutiny. Persuasive and

concise communicator; experienced in dealing with all levels of management

in varied industries, and coaching subordinates for greater productivity

and understanding.

Areas of Experience

Month-end close Pivot tables, V-lookups

Budget & Forecasting Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

Staff Supervision & Training Financial, Expense, and

Budget Analysis

Bank & General Ledger Reconciliation Hotel, restaurant,

and commissary management

Systems Experience

Oracle, Great Plains (A/P), PeopleSoft, SAP (ERP), Lawson (A/P), SCALA,

Hyperion, Business Query, Lotus Notes, Nielsen, ECLIPS (Electronic

Comprehensive Label Information Processing System), Microsoft Office,

Microsoft Project, CPR (Budget), PFT (Project Financial Tracker)

Professional Experience

NumberWorks, LLC, Golden Valley, MN

2007 - Current

Business Analyst: General Mills (Current)

. Manage $76M budget for the Kid Cereal Business Unit; set up and

execute all projects in relation to the budget with input from

Marketing Managers and ensure projects meet plant deadlines.

. Develop Multicultural and Distribution Business Trackers and other Ad

hoc reports on Priority brands for the division and Kid brands for the

business unit allowing Marketing managers and executives to view their

product performance in the market versus the competitor; update on a

monthly basis.

. Took ownership of cereal brand while headcount was down. Facilitated

marketing meetings by initiating CPW, execution, plant, design,

creative, budget, and project management meetings for the brand

project.

. Reconcile Federal Express charges with invoices received for costumes.

Resulted in finding $39k in freight expense not coded to the correct

cost center; journal entry completed to the correct cost center.

. Responsible for conducting financial analysis projects such as ROI,

resource allocations, budget preparation, business analysis and

special statistical studies.

. Perform year-end accruals for projects not billed and journal entries

for sales event freight charges.

Analyst: Rust Consulting (2009-2010)

. Audit Microsoft claims to ensure accuracy of MS Office, Word, Excel,

and Windows products being claimed for their license rebate and that

all products such have sufficient documentation for the claim.

. Better-quality work level led to overseeing and quality control of co-

workers audits. Took action to improve the quality of work performed

in the department by providing a synopsis of audits reviewed.

Revenue Accountant: Carlson Companies (2008)

. Perform monthly gross profit analysis ensuring cost align with

corresponding revenue working closely with Project and Program

Managers to ensure accuracy.

. Conduct project reconciliations on six balance sheet accounts; manage

balance sheet accounts by monitoring aging with no activity after two

months; reduced and maintained unearned/unbilled revenue. Resulted in

$200,000 in accruals not accounted for during the transition back to

the company.

. Participate in month-end close including preparation of journal

entries and account reconciliations, including deferred and accrual

accounts.

Business Analyst: General Mills (2007, 2008)

. Update, analyze, and summarize General Mills and its competitor's

pricing, volume, base, incremental, merchandise dollars and units,

along with product turns and segment shares on Nielsen reports that

assist Marketing Managers with their business decisions and numbers

reporting.

. Manage $91M and $85M budgets. Set up and execute all projects in

relation to the budget with input from Marketing Managers and ensure

projects are meet plant deadlines saving the company in upwards of

$1.3M in extra costs if not completed in a timely manner. Coordinate

budget scrub with the Marketing Department resulting in $1.2M in flex

dollars to be used for future projects and other corporate programs

and provided accuracy in commit/non-commit dollars in corporate

reporting.

Summit Orthopedics LLC, Woodbury, MN

2006 - 2007

Accounts Payable Accountant

. Responsibilities include performing key A/P functions: analyzing,

processing and reconciling invoices; coding/keying in data; set up of

new vendor accounts; resolving vendor issues; issue W-9's.

. Set up all invoices to match purchase orders for input into Great

Plains. Added up all invoices to match check amounts. Responsible for

filing, sorting mail and general office duties.

. Audit preparation: prepare invoice batches, 1099's, ledgers, and bank

reconciliation's for auditor.

Volt Services, St. Paul, MN

2005 - 2006

Analyst: 3M

. Analyze accounting operating expenses to compare spending requirements

with projected spending budgets utilizing Excel and PeopleSoft.

. Perform comprehensive variance analysis and determine root-cause for

each significant variance.

. Prepare periodic reports, statements, ad hoc reporting, and charts by

utilizing PC-database, spreadsheet, and/or graphics software; provide

input to profit and loss report analysis; understand and explain month

over month and year-to-date variances.

Volt Services, St. Paul, MN

2004 - 2004

Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Documentation team member: 3M

. Developed and implemented SOX processes and internal controls for

overseas divisions. Conference with Division Managers to ensure all

necessary processes and internal controls were written and in place.

. Develop, analyze, and review narratives for 11 different processes,

i.e. Tax, Procurement, Inter Company, etc... Question each step and

control to conform to 3M policy and accounting procedures.

SUPERVALU, Chanhassen, MN

2002 - 2004

Accountant - Cash Audit (Shared Services)

. Managed bank reconciliation of the major credit card accounts for Cub

Foods, Hornbacher, Scotts, and Shop N Save grocery chains with average

monthly balance overall of $25M; research and correct exceptions

monthly; prepare, review, and post journal entries; update monthly

aging.

. Perform comprehensive variance analysis and determine root-cause for

each significant variance.

. Took ownership of the notes receivables; develop and maintain

amortizations for franchises; determine principal and interest for

each note; reconcile payments and deduct from note monthly.

. Automated bank reconciliations into Chesapeake resulting in a Return

on Investment of $100,000 in bank, labor, and paper costs and resulted

in higher accuracy and timing of reconciliations.

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Best Buy, Richfield, MN

2000 - 2002

Accounts Receivable Specialist

. Responsibilities include key A/R functions: data entry of cash to

appropriate business accounts; general ledger reconciliation utilizing

Oracle; account balance coordination with sales and collection teams;

research main bank discrepancies; update monthly aging.

. Performed month-end Accounts Receivable close and account general

ledger reconciliations.

Education

. MBA, Concentration: Accounting, Keller Graduate School, December 2009.

. Masters in Accounting-Financial Management (MAFM), Keller Graduate

School, August 2008

. B.Sc. Business Administration, Concentration: Accounting, Devry

University, July 2006

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