Accounting Management

CARL EVANS, CPA (inactive)

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DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS, REPORTING & CONTROL ACTIVITIES

Optimizing and managing accounting systems and control activities for

financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and operational performance

measurement; supporting the business vision and providing analysis critical

to success.

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

. Director of Financial Reporting and Accounting for multi-billion

dollar businesses

. Managed Financial analysis and forecasting in an operations and

headquarters environment

. Subject Matter Expert and Leader in major financial system initiatives

to implement Oracle, SAP and People Soft applications

. Big 4 CPA Audit Supervisor experience

PROFICIENCIES

. ERP Implementation and training, enhanced by a business owner

perspective earned through financial reporting and internal control

management experience.

. Financial report definition and writing for operating performance

measurement and regulatory compliance-Securities and Exchange

Commission (SEC) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)

. Accounting Control Activities management and re-engineering

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

. Directed SEC financial reporting of a $25 billion company.

. Directed large-scale accounting-services relocation, completing a

merger of independent operating companies, saving $500 thousand

annually.

. Instrumental on 3 multi-million-dollar projects for one of North

America's largest packaged-food companies to implement Oracle, People

Soft and SAP, merging its independent operating companies on common

systems and language for nimble access to critical financial

management information.

. Achieved multi national foreign currency GAAP compliance and re-

defined financial reporting, leveraging Oracle GL functionality, for

the third ranked US PC company completing its acquisition,

reorganization and multi functional currency initiative.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ROBERT HALF MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

Gateway, Inc. - Oracle General Ledger Consultant

2006-2009

Provided testing, documentation, report writing, training and production

support to leverage general ledger functionality; establish foreign

currency GAAP compliance; and integrated ERP subsystems and procedures to

complete its acquisition, reorganization and multi functional currency

initiative.

ORACLE 11i

Skilled in use and implementation of:

Oracle Applications General Ledger including the following functionality

Journal entry

Inquiry

Report Requests

Standard

Financial Statement Generator (FSG)

Report Definition (FSG)

Foreign Currency Conversion, Revaluation and Translation

Application Desktop Integrator (ADI)

Consolidation

Global Intercompany System (GIS)

CONSOLIDATED UTILITY SERVICES

2005-2006

Consultant/Financial Systems Analyst

Guided the CFO on implementation of MAS 500 general ledger, for optimal

functionality. Evaluated financial cycle processes; implemented a common

financial system and language with its acquired companies; and established

foreign currency accounting functionality.

MAS 500 (GL)

Optimize utilization of GL functionality, including that for foreign

currency and inter-company accounting.

NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART, Omaha, Nebraska 2003-2005

Controller

Prepared financial statements, notes and schedules in compliance with GAAP

and SEC requirements for Berkshire Hathaway. Analyzed and interpreted

financial results for the senior management team. Managed a staff of 7

direct and 12 indirect reports responsible for payroll, accounts-payable,

and corporate accounting.

JD Edwards One World

Practiced in use of all General Ledger functions and Accounts Payable

inquiry.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE continued

CONAGRA FOODS, Omaha, Nebraska 1979-2003

One of America's leading consumer foods companies

Consultant 2003

Analyzed, reconciled and re-engineered process for payroll accounts, under

contract directly for the Senior Vice President, Controller.

Team Leader and Subject Matter Expert

1998-2002

Led teams on Oracle, People Soft, and SAP R3 initiatives with a combined

budget of over $250 million, enhancing management's strategic decision-

making power with more accurate, meaningful and rapidly available business

information.

. Re-engineered business processes of diverse operating companies for an

enterprise fit with these premier financial systems for a nimble source

of management information.

. Configured and tested delivered applications and designed enhancements

for optimal functionality and system integration.

. Trained over 600 end users from 40 independent operating companies.

Oracle Financials and Financial Analyzer (11.0.3)

Skilled in use and implementation of:

Oracle Applications General Ledger including the same functionality

cited in regard to most recent version 11i experience plus Budgeting

Oracle Financial Analyzer

People Soft Payroll 8.0

Trained in use of:

Workforce Administration

Benefits Administration

Payroll

Query & Crystal Reports

SAP 4.6C (FI-GL, EC-PCA, CO-CCA, CO-PA)

Contributed to the success of the ConAgra Frozen Foods Company go-live,

including all aspects of the project life cycle: planning, analysis,

design, configuration, documentation, data conversion, testing, end user

training and go-live support.

Implemented and skilled in use of:

Financial General Ledger (FI-GL)

Profit Center Accounting (EC-PCA)

Cost Center Accounting (CO-CCA)

Profitability Analysis (CO-PA)

Responsible for account determination of:

Sales and Distribution (SD)

Materials Management (MM)

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE continued

Accounting Services Director, Grocery Products

1995-1998

Managed 5 direct reports, and indirectly 40 accountants, for General

Accounting, Accounts Payable, Transportation and Property. Relocated these

Accounting Services from California to Omaha, re-engineering processes that

reduced salary and facility cost by $500 thousand annually; completing the

diverse financial management merger of independent operating companies

within a common business segment.

Director of Financial Reporting, Corporate Headquarters

1983-1995

Managed three accounting professionals responsible for financial

consolidation, reporting, planning and forecasting.

. Maintained compliance with SEC and FTC financial reporting requirements

and implemented EDGAR (Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval)

. Applied new technology to maintain a constant staff size for the company

that grew from $1 billion to $25 billion in annual sales.

. Prepared and consolidated audit working papers and coordinated external

audits.

Division Assistant Controller and Plant Financial Manager

1979-1983 Poultry Division, Decatur & Enterprise, Alabama

Managed a plant staff of 8 controlling cost accounting, inventory, accounts-

payable, accounts-receivable, budgeting and forecasting.

COOPERS & LYBRAND, Birmingham, Alabama 1974-

1979

Audit Supervisor and CPA

EDUCATION

BS Accounting, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

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