Jim Immitt, MBA

**** ********** *****, ******, *****, 78749

Cell: 512-***-**** e-mail: abldf8@r.postjobfree.com

Finance Controller

Finance management professional that leverages the power of leading finance

teams that partner with operations management to drive increased

profitability. Communicates clearly to drive informed business decisions by

converting data into information. Strategically focused and detail

oriented. Highly analytical planning, forecasting, and budgeting expertise.

Takes active interest in the success of subordinates. Proactively seeks

opportunities for process improvements that increase efficiency, alignment,

and the bottom line.

Key Accomplishments

. Finance lead on management team that drove business decisions

resulting in improved division performance from breakeven to a

consistent 10-15% profitability level and positive economic value

added (EVA) for a $250 million revenue per year embedded processor

division. Owned development and implementation of finance planning and

analysis process to quantify R&D and Marketing investment decision

making.

. Co-led SAP Controlling Module implementation team of 22 people that

gathered business requirements, designed and tested solutions, trained

internal customers, and successfully executed go-live on time and

within budget across multiple geographies.

Experience

World Industrial Minerals, Gillette, Wyoming 2/10-

present

Exploration Geologist: uranium exploration, contract consultant. Log

drill samples for lithology and alteration, interpret geophysical data

(SP, Resistivity, Gamma, Prompt Fission Neutron), plan ongoing

drilling.

. Created and used grade-thickness contour maps, isopach maps, reduction-

oxidation boundaries, and cross-sections to increase inferred and

indicated resources.

. Consolidated and interpreted geologic and geophysical data from drill

program to model roll front morphology and identify additional

drilling targets.

Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold, Henderson Mine, Colorado 5/08-9/09

Accounting Manager: Led team of 5 people driving budgeting and

forecasting, accounting close processes, audit & SOX compliance, and

business planning for an operation of 700 people with operating costs

of $360MM/year and revenues of $1.2B/year.

. Co-developed financial plans with operations management that ramped or

curtailed production in response to molybdenum market conditions.

Included analysis and justification of capital spending.

. Led timely and accurate monthly closes, coordinated internal and

external audits for successful completion ensuring consistency with

GAAP, SOX, and company policy.

. Delivered hiring plans to maintain adequate staffing level within

budget & profitability constraints.

Health & Human services Commission, State of Texas; Austin, TX.

5/07-4/08

Finance Manager: Led team of 7-8 people owning budget planning &

management, as well as Federal & State funding coordination for

Commission's Information Technology Divisions with 320 people & budget

of $100MM+/year.

. Optimized use of limited funds by tracking and reviewing actual

spending vs. budget.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD); Austin, Texas; Semiconductor Industry

11/91-02/07

Finance Controller and Marketing Operations Manager

6/97-2/07

Led teams of 3-22 people and drove business decisions with timely and

accurate financial analysis.

. Moved new $120MM per year product division in the embedded processor

business towards profitability; included analysis of acquisition

viability and recommendation of offering price.

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. Ensured accurate monthly and quarterly reporting aligned with GAAP

and SOX and managed interaction with internal and external audit

teams to pass compliance testing.

. Co-led Controlling Module Team of 22 people on successful worldwide

SAP software implementation. Delivered SAP Cost and Profit Center

Accounting on time and within budget.

. Developed and effectively facilitated communication and budgeting

processes across worldwide marketing to maximize asset leverage

and optimize the application of marketing resources.

. Documented processes and revised the Global Sales and Marketing

Playbook, the "how to" guide for AMD Marketing Planning focused on

global alignment and efficient use of limited resources.

Finance Manager 05/94-

5/97

Led finance team of 3 in business partner role with product division

management to optimize profitability.

. Evaluated financial performance of new product proposals and future

manufacturing processes and recommended choices to management to drive

revenue growth and increase efficiency.

. Controlled inventory and inventory valuation. Determined inventory

reserve position. Recommended actions for improvement that limited

exposure and minimized risk.

. Led finance recruiting and hiring program. Hired several new people

that were motivated to grow their careers at AMD.

Financial Analyst

11/91-04/94

. Controlled, summarized and analyzed semiconductor manufacturing

expenditures to understand variances, recommend actions to address

issues, and stay within budget.

. Developed and implemented accurate wafer cost and expense forecasting

models in a coordinated effort with operations management. Drove

pilot Activity Based Costing (ABC) program in manufacturing to provide

increased visibility to cost drivers and improve costing accuracy.

Other Experience

Hewlett Packard Company; Colorado Springs, Colorado 06/89-

10/91

Financial Analyst, engineering test hardware manufacturing

Chevron REsources Co.; Colorado, Maine, and Chile 11/81-

07/87

Exploration Geologist, metal exploration

Education

. MBA, concentration in finance, The University of Texas at Austin.

Awarded Charles N. Prothro Centennial and Jack G. Taylor Endowed

Presidential Scholarships. GPA = 3.89/4

. M.A. Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, graduated with

honors. Coursework & thesis emphasized hydrothermal alteration &

mineralization. GPA = 3.86/4

. B.S. Geology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, graduated

as valedictorian in geology class of 50. Elected to Phi Kappa Phi and

Sigma Xi honor societies. GPA = 3.66/4

Computer Experience

. Software: SAP, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, Business Objects, Windows, MS

Office Suite, IFPS, LINDO, SAS, PERT/CPM, QUIZ

. Hardware: IBM Compatible and MAC PCs, HP 3000 & 9000, IBM 3081D, VAX

11/780

Language

. Conversant in Spanish.

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