Manager Management
Resume:
Nicole L. Alexander
Education **** - **** University of St.
Thomas Minnesota, USA
Masters in International Management
Catherine Minnesota, USA
B.A. - Accounting
Work experience June 2009-Feb 2010 Kuehne + Nagel
Banbury, England
Management Accountant
Prepare weekly P&L statements for specified mobile
phone contracts
Compile and report productivity statistics and
other financial KPI's
Complete all month-end closing duties including
accruals, prepayment amortizations, and balance
sheet reconciliations
Prepare customer specified financial reporting pack
on monthly basis and present to customer at monthly
meetings
Oct 2008-Feb 2009 National Grid
(temp)
Warwick, England
Sarbanes Oxley Auditor
Liaise with external audit firm to comply with
required audit testing
Review existing and new documentation for
consistency and reliability
Co-ordinate compilation of hard and soft copy
documentation to meet audit and regulatory
requirements
Oversee testing of two staff members
March 2008 - Oct 2008 Elsevier Publishing
(temp)
Oxford, England
Financial Analyst
Extracted financial data from Oracle & Hyperion to
perform project management accounting
Utilized complicated spreadsheet models for
bottom-up P&L re-forecasting
Liaised with Sales/Marketing to manage financials
for upcoming publications
June 2003 - February 2008 HB Fuller
Accounts Payable Manager - 2 years
Minnesota, USA
Supervise staff of 7 A/P clerks and 1 A/P Lead
Oversee processing of 84k invoices annually in JD
Edwards
Wrote SQL based queries to extract the required
financial information for management reports and
SOX testing for North America
Complete monthly close for North American Business
Units
Publish monthly reports and Scorecard with relevant
KPI's to Senior Management
Improve workflow process to bring efficiencies in
the Purchase-to-Pay process
Reconcile intercompany transactions monthly
Prepare annual cost center budget
Lead business improvement projects such as
implementing a new image capture/workflow solution
and payment optimization solution
Maintain SOX compliance by administering monthly
tests for A/P, A/R and General Ledger Functions
Maintained SOX walkthrough documentation based on
risk/control matrices showing how each department
met requirements of each risk/control requirements
were met or mitigating controls were in place
Documented SOX walkthroughs in Visio for A/P, A/R,
and Treasury functions to support required
documentation
Accounts Receivable/Treasury Manager - 2 years 5
months
Lueneburg, Germany
Supervise staff of 10 A/R clerks in German &
Portuguese Shared Service Centers
Implemented new credit control processes and
procedures which resulted in a EUR 1M reduction of
bad debt expense over 2 years
Calculate the monthly specific and general
Allowance for Doubtful account reserves for all
European entities
Perform credit reviews for customers with annual
sales over EUR 25k
Oversee all incoming and outgoing cash
transactions, including cash pooling structure for
Europe
Publish monthly reports and Scorecard with relevant
KPI's to Senior Management
Wrote SQL based queries to extract the required
financial information for management reports and
SOX testing for Europe
Prepare annual cost center budget
Insure compliance with the 3-Party structure in
Europe
May 2001 - June 2003 NRG Energy
Minnesota, USA
International Staff Accountant
Liaison to International Plants in Latin America
and Germany
Complete monthly close for equity and consolidated
projects using JD Edwards
Coordinate monthly reporting with international
entities
Complete consolidated audits for international
entities
Prepare opening balance sheets for new acquisitions
Reconcile intercompany transactions monthly
Experience with complex tax structures
Financial Analysis for related business units
Nov 2000 - May 2001 Rosemount Inc.
Minnesota, USA
Pricing Manager- World Wide Pricing Group
Supervise two Business Analysts with worldwide
responsibilities
Coordinate quarterly reporting on discounting,
Average Unit Price, and product mix changes
Maintain Oracle database with all price and
discount changes
Work with world areas on reporting and pricing
issues
Lead the Transfer Price Board with responsibility
for any intercompany pricing issues
July 1998 - Nov 2000 United Defense
Minnesota, USA
Sr. Financial Analyst- Cost Estimating
Prepare International estimates using information
from financial and MRP systems
Interface with Engineering, Procurement, and
Program Management to obtain current processes and
data for proposals
Prepare and present final proposal information to
Senior Management
Sr. Financial Analyst- Cost Accounting
Review labor and overhead transactions for variance
analysis
Prepare yearly LIFO schedules
Cost of Sales analysis and reconciliation
Provided Business Units with analysis of material
and labor transactions affecting their contracts
Ad-hoc reporting using financial information
extracted through SAS, SQL, and Business Objects
queries
Languages and German Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Skills
140 4th St.
Proctor, MN
55810
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