IRENE LANTRY

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Holly Springs, NC 27540

919-***-**** abjtu0@r.postjobfree.com

Overview

I am a polished and enthusiastic professional whose varied career

background includes executive administrative support, business/financial

analysis, and accounting.

Professional Experience and Accomplishments

IBM Research Triangle Park, NC

Executive Administrative Assistant, Logistics Division

1996-2005

. Executive assistant to Director of Logistics and Assistant General

Manager, Finance.

. Managed dynamic calendar and meeting coordination for Logistics team

with members in five countries.

. Coordinated travel and daily schedule management.

. Intercompany and external communication documentation preparation and

communication of monthly newsletters to department.

. Managed the contract administration of IBM contractors and vendors

from external companies.

. Recognized for auditing the contract agreements of expense reports and

time sheet submissions in comparison to IBM purchase orders. This

audit resulted in 100K savings for Logistics department.

Project Investment/Asset Portfolio Manager, Supply Chain Division

2005-2007

. Managed requirements for the Business Transformation Process of

investment solutions and applications with regard to specific

portfolio of Information Technology assets to enable extended team to

satisfactorily present projects to a review board.

. Delivered education to internal IBM customers whereby they learned

solution and asset deployment processes. This education defined the

financial integrity, guidelines and audit requirements needed.

. Team lead for portfolio re balancing after the IBM Personal Computer

Division divested to the Lenovo Company.

. Successful transfer of over 200 assets and financial data during

divestiture.

. Coordinated meetings of the team of asset managers in cross functional

departments to arbitrate the financial and technical obligations of

these same assets.

Cost Accountant, Corporate Finance Division

2007-2009

. Cost variance and inventory analysis resulting in 32K reduction of

purchase price variance on parts for computer servers.

. US liaison for accounting department with Mexico and China where I

drove part revaluation to near zero to support the overall initiative

for procurement within the Computer Storage manufacturing division.

. Team lead for communication and scheduling of inventory balance

reduction for Datapower (specific brand) down $1.1M by facilitating

inventory transfer.

. Forecast analysis accuracy given to management which provided the most

effective cost adder shipping rate on parts that ship to and from the

US and Mexico.

ABB, Inc. Cary, NC March 2009

- present

Financial Analyst, General Accounting Department

. Drive data integrity for accounts payable Inter-company group during

conversion of legacy system to SAP and ensure that internal customers

from 16 US manufacturing sites have the education and understanding of

new procedures for accounts payable ledger posting.

. Reporting of intercompany trade accounting balance sheet accounts for

16 US manufacturing sites.

. Maintain complete Sarbanes-Oxley and audit compliance for 20 general

ledger accounts by timely reconciliation process and variance

elimination.

. Documentation creation of Inter-company matching process resulted in

elimination of procedural redundancy and thus temporary staff was not

required due to reduced workload.

Education/Professional Associations

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Marist College,

Poughkeepsie, New York

Executive Certifications - University of Notre Dame, Mendoza College of

Business

-Effective Leadership (obtained)

-Leading Teams & Organizations (obtained)

-Executive Leadership Strategies (currently enrolled)

Past Treasurer, IBM Research Triangle Park Women's Diversity Network Group

Technical Skills: Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel and Word. Lotus

Notes, Hyperion, SAP

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