Joseph S. Lieber, M.B.A. C.M.A.

** ******* ***** **** 570-***-****

Scranton, PA 18504 E-Mail

abjw7c@r.postjobfree.com

Areas of

Expertise

A seasoned professional with over 25 years of financial at the

CFO/Controller level and manufacturing experience combined with 14

years of Consulting experience, thru RHI International, with a

concentration in FICO and heavy costing within a manufacturing

environment. Extensive end-user training in transaction codes,

Integration, blueprinting and usage of Solman and Project Management

modules, in SAP 4.3A, 5.0 and 6.0 versions. Completed (4) full life

cycle implementations with large ERP systems in manufacturers of $18

Billion + sales with multiple divisions. Concentration in FICO, MM,

COPA, SD and PM modules.

Phillps Pet & Supply, Easton Pa.

Mar-14 to Present

o Integration Controller

o Required to learn all accounting functions on Prelude system

o Generate A/P, Financial Statements, PR and Cost Accounting

o Transfer all knowledge of 100m division into Corp Office

o Maintain Business and Reporting Functions

o Train Corp perrsonel to take over functions

o Document all accounting functions and recommend improvements

o Insure inventory records were transferred properly

o Incorporate the Miami operation continues until it is

migrated

o Assure account balancing on all G/L accounts for both

operations

o Integrate local A/P functions with Corporate A/P department

Volvo, Inc Shippensburg, Pa

Sept-13 to March-14

o SOX Expert

o A World class auto and heavy construction equipment

manufacturer.

o Writing Internal Control processes and procedures

o Insuring all processes are SOX compliant

o Coordinating the Sox requirements with SAP 6.0 financial

modules

o Advising CFO of weaknesses in the financial process

o Suggesting remediation of internal control procedures and SOX

compliances in all accounting function OTC

o Reporting to president on progress and procedures written.

o Solve bank recons for 38 reporting branches and help

streamline system.

o Develop Dashboard for weekly reporting of KPI

o Mentor accounting personnel on FICO modules and reporting.

Client-Gesinger Medical Finance Center Jan-13

to August-13

One of the largest Medical Centers in the Northeast.

o Examine and improve Internal Controls

o Advise manager of IT improvements needed

o Prepare P&L account analysis for audit team

o Train employees on Best Practices for Internal Accounting

o Review budgeting process and improve variance analysis

o Improve Month-end closing package to meet deadlines

o Review accounting staff for weaknesses and areas of

improvement

o Review Lawson Accounting System

o Report to division CFO on best next steps of system

improvement

Client-Friesland/Campina NY

Jun-12 to Jan-13

With 40 billion in sales, Friesland is the largest dairy co-op in the

Netherlands, with world wide distribution .

o Financial Liaison with IT for the current SAP Implementation

o Advisor for operations Manager on all related Financial

matters

o Mentor for personnel learning SAP

o Advisor on SAP functionality for FICO and Costing modules

o Performed Financial Analysis on business making suggestions

for improvements

o Coordinated CAPEX budgets of 10 million for various plant

improvements

o Made improvements to costing system and procedures

o Performed Operation Controller functions

o Supplied plant with critical production data and variance

analysis.

Client-Becton & Dickinson, NJ

Feb-12 to June-12

With 18 billion in sales, BD is a leading manufacturer of medical

devices, with worldwide distribution around the world

o Wave Technical Finance SAP Specialist

o Co-Ordinate all Finance "Go Live" tasks

o Provide Expert SAP advise to non-financial management and

programmers

o Hold workshop meetings on the "Touch Points" of all FICO modules

o Provide expertise on Costing and Budgeting Modules

o Track & co-ordinate all finance issues for cutover process

o Work with other non-financial consultants to help determine

company's needs in costing and financial reporting.

o Act as project leader for the FTM Finance team

o Supervise CO,PP implementation

Client- Vintage Tub & Bath

May-11 to Dec-11

Client is 300 million B2B businesses of consumer bath fixtures and

tubes

o .Interim CFO to clean financials and improve computer efficiency

o Reconcile 9 months of balance sheet accounts

o Create meaningful Financial Statements for owners

o Improved reporting using Activant P21 software

o Install internal controls to keep balance clean

o Train Controller and employees on proper accounting procedures

o Work with Programmers to develop meaning reporting for sales and

management

o Improve reporting to the company's bank and develop business plans.

o Advise President on Company Financial Planning

Client: Kraft Foods/Cadbury- Chicago, IL November 10-

Apr-11

Kraft is a $39 billion dollar consumer goods manufacturer.

o Lead team on RTR Integration of Cadbury products in Kraft,

for Canada, South America and North America companies

o Responsible for Product Hierarchy mapping of all Cadbury skus

(4,000) and S.A (2000) skus

o Produced SKU coding for integration of Canadian,U.S & Latin

American product skus into SAP systems

o Lead creation & training on I/Os using SAP for all divisions

o Mapped & documented Product Hierarchy techniques for Business

Units

o Validated Profit centers & Cost centers for new items in SAP

o Lead B.U. Finance in methods to create new Products and

Hierarchies

o Lead presentations to upper management on methods & SAP

techniques

o Worked in SAP ECC 6.0, G/L, CO, All FICO modules

Client: JohnsonOutdoors Conklin, NY Aug-

10 - Oct-10

A (2) billion dollar manufacturer of outdoor tents and cleaning

supplies for consumers and military.

o Responsible for Monthly Close, generating P&Ls, Budgets Analysis

and improvements

o Rolled new product costing in JDE

o Lead Physical Inventory and annual inventory costing

o Document all costing procedures & improved Inventory & Costing

methods

o Lead Implementation of CO module 6.0 upgrade

o Develop new labor & oh rates from their financial Budget

o Load and Dev. BOMs & Routers for 200 recipes

o Develop reporting for (2)divisions

o Blueprint for Costing System and financial systems

o Insure training of staff on CO & FICO modules

o Test CO functionality and reporting results.

o Update A/R, A/P & G/L in 6.0

o Load Customer A/R Balances

o Insure proper A/R posting to G/L

o Train employee on A/R, A/P, Co modules

Client Hero/Beechnut SAP 6.0 Amsterdam, NY

Sept-09- Mar- 10 Beechnut is an 18+ billion dollar baby food

manufacturer with domestic divisions and Europe, with world wide

distribution centers.

o Lead implementation of FICO and costing modules in their new

manufacturing division.

o Developed new Overhead and Labor rates from their plant budgets

o Developed and loaded into SAP over 4000 recipes

o Instituted new standard costs and variance reporting using SAP 6.0

o Blueprinted and tested the integration for the new costing system

and financial reporting

o Tested functionality and reporting results in 6.0

o Updated and integrated new A/R and A/P with corporate base

reporting

o Loaded customer masters and material masters

o Insure proper G/L posting and trained employees on new costing and

financial reporting available in SAP.

Client: Westinghouse-Nuclear Div, Pa-

May-09 - Sept 09

Westinghouse is a multi-billion dollar supplier of nuclear fusion rods

and material for nuclear power plants worldwide

o Reviewed all SAP Costing systems for improvement

o Audited all SOX procedures related to Internal Control

o Reviewed all Costing Routers, recommending improvements

o Reviewed all budgets & conversion to standard costs

o Reviewed overhead allocations and assessments

o Insured all standard costs properly reflected budget line

items

o Map manufacturing process to insure proper cost flow to

ledger

o Observe month-end closing procedures and support

o Help train employees on CO & FICO modules,A/R,A/P & G/L

o Trained employees in MM,PP methods

Jan-09- March-09

Client: Latrobe Steel, Pa-

Jan-09 -March-09

Latrobe Steel is steel processor for many manufacturing industries

worldwide.

o Responsible for maximizing financial reporting for accounting staff

o Develop training programs for staff in Fico/SD/ COPA, CO modules

o Work with IT to develop customized reporting for Controller/CFO.

o Reviewed & updated FICO modules A/R, A/P & G/L

Client Fiberguide Industries, NJ

Sept-08-Jan-09

Fiberguide is a 500 billion dollar manufactured of electronic

components for transmitters.

o Responsible for maximizing financial reporting for accounting

staff

o Monthly closings

o Documentation of all accounting procedures in M2M system

o Standard Cost Analysis and improvements

Client: Frazier Industrial Mfg.-NJ. Mar-08-

Sept-08 Responsible for monthly closings of (11) divisions of

Frazier Manufacturing, a manufacturer of steel storage racking.

o Monthly closings, Inter-Co costing, Bank Reporting and all

Financial Reporting for (10) divisions.

o Prepared Consolidate Fin.Statements for Mexico, Canada,

Brazil and US according to FAS 52

o Updated tables for currency exchange in excel for ERP uploads

o Mapped & Documented all Financial Procedures for Monthly

Close SAP 6.0

o Used my expertise in large ERP systems to help guide company

for future move to SAP formats..

Robert Half International Consulting - SAP FICO CONSULTANT- Apr-07-Mar-

08

o Client: MasterFoodsUSA_Mars-NJ.

Apr-07-Mar-08

SAP FICO Consultant to implement SAP in (8)Snack SBUs and

(29)Petfood SBUs. Unit Testing, BIT, Security, Product Costing and

Preventive Maintenance implementation. Provide support for Finance,

developing standard rates, period-end closing scripts and

procedures, unit testing and Finance setup for PM Module.

Responsible for Blueprint Procedures for SD/ Product Costing & PM

modules. Supply chain liaison with manufacturing modules to insure

finance integration for P&L reporting.

o Support Finance to insure manufacturing touch points are met

o Work with European Partners to insure consistency of financial

reporting

o General ledger, Banking and A/R process development

o Cash transactions

o Month-end close procedures

o SD implementation as they relate to financial modules

o Blue-printed all CO touch-points with supply chain

o Heavy cost accounting in SAP, trained controllers,end uses

o Integration testing with FICO, PP& SD Modules

o Lead in full cycle implementation

Client: Oneida Silversmiths,Oneida,NY.

Dec-06-Apr-07 A world leader in the

manufacturing of fine dining instruments.

o Sap Bus.Analyst.. General ledger, FA and product costing in

SAP. ECC 6.0

o General Ledger setup

o A/R setup and cash

o Setup Costing for manufactured products CO module

o Month-end close procedures

o Train staff on FICO, CO, SD modules and reporting

o Blueprint of costing system flow to general ledger.

o Reviewed SOX requirements for Internal Controls

o Lead in all Fico and Co modules for full cycle implementation

Permanent Position: Corporate Controller

Endicott Interconnect Technologies, Inc.-Endicott, NY- May-

05-Dec-06

A unique world-wide supplier of complex assembly, chip carriers and

circuit boards. Our customers service the Server Communications and

Test equipment Markets and include OEM's. Semiconductor Manufacturers,

Packaging Assembly Houses and Electronic Manufacturing Service

Providers. A 300+MILLION Dollar manufacturer.

o Monthly generation of Consolidated P&Ls

o Reduced Financial Closing cycle from 25 days to 2 days

o Developed Financial Reporting using Crystal Reports

from SAP 4.6c system

o Insure implementation of SD/COPA and FICO modules

o Cost Accounting for all Jobs Analysis

o Inventory Control

o All implementation of SOX controls

o Budgets and Forecasting Analysis for (4) Bus. Units

o Supervising, A/P, A/R, Billing, Costing, Inventory

o Consulting for Government Contracting Projects

o Year-end Audits Big (4)

o Variance and GM product reporting

o Successful Big4 audits compliance with GAAP

o Responsible for all SOX internal Controls

o Project lead for full implementation of full cycle FICO and

Costing

Client- Siemens Corp Schenectady, NY

Nov-02-Apr-05. A world

leader in the manufacturing of engineering software and printed

circuit boards.

o Supported SAP FICO implementation for the NY Manufacturing site.

o SAP costing, inventory and financial statement mapping and unit

testing of branch SBUs.

o Product Costing and period end, financial reporting and Blueprint

support for the manufacturing division.

o Training for staff in SD and FICO module use and reports.

o Lead for full cycle FICO implementation

o Ecc SAP 6.0

Consulting: SAP 6.0 implementations and Sox adherence in Sap

FICO and Costing for the following clients

Client: ConAgra Foods- World Headquarters-Minn. A world leader in the

manufacturing of Snack Foods-Orville, Slim-Jims etc

Client: Eastman Kodak Company- World Headquarters-Rochester, NY A

world leader in the manufacturing of film and cameras

Client: World Kitchen Inc.-Massillon,Ohio- A world leader in the

manufacturing and distribution of Kitchenware, Bakeware, Kitchen

Knives, Pyrex, Revereware. Sales Revenue approx. 1 Billion Dollars.

Offices and plants throughout the US, Europe, Mexico, Asia and Canada.

Client: Buckbee-Mears, Cortland, N.Y.- A world leader in the

manufacturing of metal masks for TV, Computer monitors and medical

stents

Client: World Kitchen Inc.-Niagara Falls,On.Canada- A world leader in

the manufacturing and distribution of Kitchenware, Bakeware, Kitchen

Knives, Pyrex, Revereware. Sales Revenue approx. 1 Billion Dollars.

Offices and plants throughout the US, Europe, Mexico, Asia and Canada.

Chief Financial Officer

Paper Magic Corp., P.C. Scranton, PA June 01 - Nov-02

A $600MM major manufacturer and reseller of seasonal greeting cards

and novelties, with two divisions and three warehousing facilities.

Supervised 56 people including customer service, cost accounting and

general accounting personnel.

o Developed monthly financial reporting for KPI for all

balance sheet categories

o Directed a SAP steering committee to strategically plan on-

going updates, realigned the costing process for 13,000 SKUs

o Produced monthly financial reporting for 2 divisions,

including reforecasting and rebudgeting

o Directed Credit & Collections to decrease claims from 4.6 MM

to 500K in one year

o Directed and planned production and product price variances

for over $80MM in Orient production

o Directed the implementation of weekly variance analysis in

the manufacturing business, thereby increasing product line

profitability

o Revised the policies and procedures for credit and collection

of both divisions as the responsible steering committee

member

o Negotiating all financial contracts with Wal-Mart, Kmart, and

Target.

o Direct SAP implementation for (2) major manufacturing sites &

(5) warehouse sites.

o Lead for full cycle implementation of all FICO and Costing

modules

Vice President of Finance, CFO

Everson Electric Company, Bethlehem, Pa June 98 -

June 01

A vertically integrated manufacturer of coils, super-conducting

magnets and commercial motor repair. Managed the company while

teaming with the CEO as an equal partner to run the daily operations

and prepare company for sale by owner.

o Developed and implemented a financial recovery plan resulting

in a 30% higher rate of profitability. Growing Business from

50MM to over $500MM in 5 years

o Realigned the process costing to assure true gross margins

o Increased cash flow allowing the company to decrease a

$40.5MM debt to a $30.2MM level in one year while increasing

credit line to $10MM from $4.5MM

o Planned a Y2K MAS90 computer system for all three Everson

divisions

o Re-negotiated contracts with General Motors increasing gross

margins from (-9%) to 45%

o Created savings in the areas of worker's compensation,

general insurance and employee healthcare in excess of

$300,000

Vice President of Finance and CFO

Summit Manufacturing, Inc., Hazleton, PA ($100mm Co) Feb 93 - May

98

A cellular, commercial lighting, traffic and light pole manufacturer

consisting of three divisions involved in manufacturing, installation,

and engineering and telecommunication design.

o Successfully completed a 5-year plan to sell the company.

o Developed a financial recovery plan satisfactory to the

lending bank which grew business from 100MM to 550mm in 5

years

o Increased working capital lines from $100MM to over $250MM in

one year

o Turned supplier credit from a C.O.D basis to over $50MM in

open credit paid within terms

o Established a job costing system allowing the company to

successfully secure over $400MM in cellular contracts with

Bell South, Sprint and Bell Atlantic

o Reduced healthcare and worker's compensation costs by 20% and

received 45% in premium rebates in dividend year

o Used SBA loans to fund short-term profitable projects

o Installed SAP product costing, inventory and financial

reporting interfaces.

o Project lead for full implementation of all FICO and Costing

modules

Vice President of Finance, CFO

Panel Prints, Inc. Old Forge, PA

Jan-90-Jan-93

A $155MM commercial printer of baseball cards (Topps & Upper Deck) and

Black & Decker packaging along with other high volume P.O.P. displays.

The company was one of 35companies purchased under the Laird of

London Corporation.

o Involved in purchasing and managing a $35MM acquisition which

produced assorted holiday and seasonal products

o Developed monthly corporate and division P&L reporting for three

divisions

o Increased division profits by 20%, implementing a costing system

allowing management to properly gauge gross margin targets

o Saved over $350,000 in healthcare costs by renegotiating contracts

and guided Human Resources to implement monitoring and reporting

systems

o Implemented budgets for a $10MM Capital Improvement program and

secured bank financing

o Improved cash flow, reducing outstanding A/R from 62 to 43 days

o Administered an Inventory Reduction plan increasing cash flow by

$1.2MM

Corporate Controller

Jaunty Textile Corporation, NYC/Scranton, PA Jan 80 -

Dec 89

(A Division of Barbizon Lingerie Corporation a $65MM Corp.) A

vertically integrated manufacturer of textiles complete with cloth

dyeing processes and cut & sews operations.

o Managed a cut & sew facility and various 807 (offshore)

manufacturing plants in Puerto Rico and the Philippines totaling

$45MM in sales volume.

o Developed Operational Budgets and Profit Reporting for 3 divisions

o Converted an IBM System 34 to a new P.C. based technology

o Managed a $1.2MM Capital Budget plan, while developing an "instant"

costing module able to cost hundreds of different combinations of

fabric types

o Helped set up (807) cost centers in Puerto Rico, Philippines and

Haiti

o Improved gross margins by 7-19% each year

Controller/Cost Accounting Manager

Sarama Lighting Corporation, Hazleton, PA Jan 75 -

Dec 79

A manufacturer of over 3000 commercial and private lighting fixtures

operating 30 independent warehouses.

Cost Accountant

EMC Corporation, White Haven, PA May 73 - Dec 74

The company designed and manufactured hi-frequency RF translators and

transmitters.

Education and Training

Completion of Com2learn SAP training 6.0

M.B.A.in Finance University of Scranton

B.S.in Accounting (cum laude) University of Scranton

C.M.A.

F.E.N.G. Member

Coopers and Lybrand, NYC

Dun & Bradstreet Credit and Collection training

American Association of Controllers

Computer Experience

MAS90, Made to Manage, IBM, J D Edwards, Microsoft AS400 MRP, Turbo

Tax, Real World, Excel, Access, SAP.4.6c,SAP5.0, SAP 6.0, ALL Fico

modules, Strong COPA, costing, implementation.Activant P21 software.

MS Project, Solman, CR Utilities

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