Lisa BJORNSTAD, CPA, CMA, MBA

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Summary

Certified Public Accountant offering more than 17 years experience in

corporate and plant level financial operations. Conscientious and results-

oriented with excellent time management, analytical and interpersonal

communication skills. Career history of walking into troubled situations

and developing improvements. Looking for opportunity to contribute

effective leadership skills to streamline processes, drive cost reductions

and respond to challenges of day to day operations.

Areas of Expertise

Budget Modeling and Forecasting Financial Analysis

Internal Controls and Sox

General Accounting Crystal Report Writing

Financial Reporting

Problem Solving and Process Improvement

Professional experience

Griffin Pipe Products, Inc. - Council Bluffs, IA

June 2006 - March 2010 Plant Controller

Recruited to develop financial awareness with operations managers and to

lead inventory improvement processes. Directed all plant-level Accounting,

AP, Cost and Payroll functions for a cast-iron pipe manufacturing company

with over $150 million in revenues. Led staff of five. Presented financials

to both plant level and corporate level senior managers.

Supervised 3 day monthly closing process including preparation of P&L's,

management reports, cost reports and variance analysis.

Prepare project requests, cost studies, ROI's and post-audits. Control

major expenditures through approval and review of project system.

Write Crystal Reports extracting from Baan ERP System. Reports include

inventory transactions, cost trending, AP payment detail, lost discounts,

AR and AP aging, historical purchases, miscellaneous queries as necessary

to drive cost reductions.

Drive cost reduction by developing financial awareness of management team

resulting in conversion cost reductions of $34/ton over prior year and

$7/ton over plan. Additional studies of non-variable costs revealed

opportunities for annual savings of $1.8M to plan.

Member of corporate Best Practices team. Projects include developing super

metrics for casting and finishing, establishing inventory controls and

developing "scrap or rework" decision makers.

Led inventory team to reduce finished goods write-offs from over $250,000

per year to less than $50,000 per year for three consecutive years. This

was accomplished by identifying and correcting procedures and reporting

errors as well as establishing new policies for inventory controls. Reduced

inventory process from 2 days to 1 day.

One of five team members for Baan IV ERP system migration from a three

company logistical system to a one company logistical system. Responsible

for writing the testing program and for validating the financial results.

Mike Albert Leasing - Cincinnati, OH

February 2006- June 2006

Assistant Controller

Oversee monthly closing process and financial presentation for $250 fleet

leasing company.

Supervise the Accounting Department (two professional direct reports) and

coordinate with Treasury and Tax Departments to ensure timely submission of

month end reporting.

Participate in implementation of new Bynx computer system, including

suggesting ideas for improvement in set-ups, BAT testing, and accumulating

input data to test output results.

Griffin Pipe Products, Inc. - Downers Grove, IL

July 2000 - December 2005 General Accounting Manager

Plan, direct and control all formal accounting correspondence with the

AMSTED corporate office for three domestic manufacturing plants with annual

revenues of over $350 million. Includes consolidated P&L Statements for up

to five companies. Prepared Balance Sheets, Quarterly Forecast, Annual Plan

and Control Reports. Update Company Policy and

BJORNSTAD RESUME - (CONTINUED)

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Griffin Pipe Products, Inc. - Downers Grove, IL

July 2000 - December 2005 General Accounting Manager

-(Continued)

procedure Manual, SOX 404. Troubleshoot Baan ERP System including table

maintenance and working with consultants to correct and improve processes.

Supervise the General Accounting Department (two professional direct

reports) and coordinate with plant controllers to ensure timely preparation

and submission of all consolidated financial reports to Griffin Management.

Includes Management Reports, Plant Profitability, Sales Performance, and

Inventory Levels.

Coordinate the performance of annual external audits to ensure compliance

with established standards. Perform internal audit functions to company

plants.

Evaluated and corrected Baan IV ERP system for GRINYA (goods received

invoice not yet approved) which resulted in $2 million recovery of invalid

accounts payable.

Developed Crystal Report writing to drive reductions in sales tax

overpayments, monitor payment terms and missed discounts, provide and

extract data for management decision making tools.

Channeled Resources, Inc. - Chicago, IL

January 2000 - July 2000

Accounting Manager

Preparation and consolidation of financial statements for three

manufacturing/distribution centers of Channeled Resources, reporting

directly to Chief Financial Officer.

Streamline processes to facilitate timely month-end closing procedures.

Expand existing month-end financial package to include external reports

that consolidate financial statements and balance sheet, convert foreign

currency statements to US dollars, statement of cash flow and profit

analysis.

Anker WV Mining Co., Inc. - Crab Orchard, WV

1994 - August 1999

Manager of Administration/Accounting

Preparation and analysis of financial statements including income

statements by department, balance sheet, cash flow and operational

statistics for two mining companies with 1998 revenues of over $75 million.

Manage accounting, payroll and accounts payable functions for divisional

office reporting directly to president.

Provide financial forecasting to management on a daily basis; supervise

staff of two.

Anker Energy Corporation - Morgantown, WV

1988 - 1994

Accountant

1. Preparation and analysis of financial statements for various Anker Group

Subsidiaries and Anker Energy Corporation. Responsible for consolidation

of Anker Group statements for 31 companies.

2. Supervised coal sales accounting department with 1994 revenues of over

$200 million.

3. Assisted with yearly budget, financial forecasts and other management

reports; supervised staff of four.

Mingo, Raleigh and Kanawha County Schools - WV

1985 - 1988

Teacher

4. Taught 7th-12th grade mathematics courses at Burch HS including Business

Math, .Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus.

5. Taught various classes as substitute teacher for Raleigh and Kanawha

County Schools.

BJORNSTAD RESUME - (CONTINUED)

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education

Creighton University - 2007

23. Master of Business Administration / 4.0

Concord College, Athens, WV - 1982

24. B.S. Business Administration / Accounting -- Cum Laude Graduate

Concord College, Athens, WV - 1985

25. Teacher Certification for Mathematics - 6th -12th grades

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