Customer Service Six Sigma

PATRICIA A. ELLEFSEN, MBA

***** ****** **** 760-***-****

Ramona, CA 92065 http://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciaellefsen

abl9xo@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY

Progressive diversified responsibilities in all facets of accounting

functions for publicly traded and privately held manufacturing and consumer

product companies, which include general and cost management experience in

ERP, MRP, EVA and Six Sigma environments. Experience in (SOX) Sarbanes

Oxley documentation of policies and procedures and IFRS comparisons.

Energetic, hands-on self-starter with strong leadership; computer systems

implementation; excellent presentation, interpersonal and communication

skills; seeking a management position where I can utilize my process

improvement skills and participate in strategic planning for the success

and growth of an organization that practices high ethics, embraces risk

takers, offers advancement opportunities and instills a teamwork

environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

. Consolidated financial statements SEC 10K 10Q, annual operating plan,

mid-range plan, annual budget and forecasting.

. Excellent problem solving (Six Sigma Black Belt), account

reconciliation, internal audit, SOX documentation, organizational and

time management skills.

. Numerous cost cutting projects, elimination of duplication of efforts

and elimination of non-value added activities.

. Implementation of full absorption standard cost, MRP, AP, AR and GL

systems on mainframes and PC networks.

. Extensive experience with process, job and project costing including CAS

reporting.

. Product-line margins, purchase price, labor, material and overhead

absorption variance analysis.

. Total Quality Management (TQM) instructor, ISO 9001 internal auditor.

. Hands on AP, AR, GL, PR Cost Accounting.

. Federal and Multi-State payroll preparation, 940-941 tax filings and

deposits.

. Reconciliation and analysis of multi million dollar inventories.

. Directly managed professional staff encouraging TQM and Six Sigma

philosophies.

. Direct liaison with external CPAs and senior corporate management.

. Extensive experience with Oracle, Hyperion, Quickbooks, OFA, DPA,

Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Quicken, Bamtrac, ESI Expandable,

Infloflow, Paychecks, ADP and Open Systems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MEDSPHERE SYSTEM CORP., Carlsbad, California 2009 - Present

Director Finance/Controller

Private: Software implementation. Hands on full P&L responsibility

including GL, AP, AR, Payroll and HR, cash flow, SOP97-2, external audit

management, maintenance of CAP table, budgeting and forecasting including

government stimulus reporting. Successful completion of company's first CPA

audit.

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., San Diego, California 1997 - 2009

Division Controller - Corporate Marketing 2004 - 2009

Managed $40M expense budget for 105 FTEs and $300M corporate advertising

budget for ad and promo expenses including contract reviews and associated

monthly close activities including business group allocation negotiations

and methodologies. Lead project for positive pay-zero balance bank account

with third party media placement vendor, eliminating $150M AP

processing/payment of 7,000 invoices annually.

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SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., (Continued)

Business Unit Controller - VAIO Repair/Refurb 2002 - 2004

Computer: repair and refurbishment. Responsibilities include $50M annual

budget, actual and forecast P&L for computer manufacturing repair/refurb

plant concentrating on cost reduction and customer service improvements.

Implemented internal controls for out of warranty revenue collection and

reconciliation. Consolidated 3 stock rooms resulting in annual savings of

$1Mil. Discovery of duplicate accounts payable charges in excess of $800K

Increased finished goods inventory accuracy from 83% to 99.5%. Implemented

KPI production reporting.

Division Controller - Tape Storage 1997 - 2002

Data storage manufacturer: $100M revenues. Analyzed, prepared and managed

annual budget for manufacturing facility, forecast, and monthly financial

controls and reporting. Implemented cycle count system and managed multi-

million dollar inventory control and reconciliation Six Sigma Black Belt

Completion. Eliminated the need for monthly parts physical inventories by

utilizing the daily ABC cycle count functionality in the Oracle system and

increased inventory accuracy.

DEPOTECH (SKYPHARMA/PACIRA), San Diego, California 1996

Accounting/Cost Manager

Biotech: startup drug delivery. Responsibilities included ESI MRP computer

implementation, corporate partner project cost and revenue appropriations,

financial statements, annual operating plan, long-range plan, annual budget

and S1 offering. Managed batch process cost accounting manufacturing

reporting. Designed and implemented multiple overhead pools based on

appropriate cost drivers.

COHU, ELECTRONICS, San Diego, California 1989 - 1996

Cost/Accounting Manager

CCTV camera manufacturer: $30M revenues. Responsible for the general

accounting, cost accounting, payroll and accounts payable departments

including government reporting (CAS) and multi-subsidiary consolidated

financial statements. Project lead resulted in bar code tracking of work in

process material movement by operation and replaced manual production time

card process with badge scanning labor tracking by operation to eliminate

no-value added and increase efficiencies and accuracy. TQM instructor.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration - California State University, San Marcos

Bachelor of Science, Accounting - San Diego State University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND INTERESTS

CalCPA - AICPA - IMA member

Lifetime Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society

Oct. 2004 to Present - Part Time Certified Core Adjunct Accounting

Professor for National University

Oct. 2009 - Received Outstanding Adjunct Professor to Dean's List Award

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