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Project Manager

Location:
Fountain Inn, SC, 29644
Posted:
August 24, 2010

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Bryan W. Felder

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Fountain Inn, South Carolina 29644

Home: 864-***-**** Cell: 864-***-****

SUMMARY

Stable work history with a track record of company dedication.

Experienced SAP user and system implementation trainer. Executed work

for domestic and international projects. Nine years of supervisory

assignments. Experienced with transactional accounting through

management reporting.

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

. SAP implementation power trainer . General ledger

analysis . Month end closing

. Monthly reconciliations . Budgeting

. Auditing

. Monthly forecasting . Financial reporting

. Intercompany ledger analysis

. Managed and trained new employees . Bank

reconciliations . Post closing G/L adjustments

. Approved all subcontractor and PO payments . Foreign

currency . Monitored client capital spending

. Established yearly financial plan . Developed

accounting procedures . Variance analysis

. Attended Global Leadership Forum . Ad hoc reporting

. Reduced WIP and AR

. My process improvement saved 156 man days/year . Prepared

line item accruals . Client dispute resolution

EXPERIENCE DETAILS

Fluor Enterprises Inc., Greenville, South Carolina

June 1998 - Present

Fluor is one of the world's largest publicly owned engineering,

procurement, construction, maintenance and project management

companies. Reported revenue of $22.3 billion in 2008.

Finance Lead - IBM Americas Facilities Management - Various, USA

March 2010 - Present

. Mobilized project consisting of 81 major sites and 212 minor

sites.

. Trained incumbent employees on Fluor policies and procedures.

. Developed time and material rates for nine project

territories.

. Forecast all projects which consists of 30 sets of books.

. Coordinate project activities to meet deadlines.

Business Services Manager - Sibur / Tobolsk Polymer PDH and PP Project

- Tobolsk, Russia

May 2008 - November 2009

. Managed all finance and accounting activities for a two

billion dollar propane dehydrogenation and polypropylene

project.

. Trained both Onshore and Offshore personnel on SAP policy and

procedures.

. Prepared financial information for monthly Project Status

Report for senior management review.

. Managed the intercompany ledgers for nine legal entities.

. Collaborated with the Fluor Moscow office to produce

Onshore invoices in SAP.

. Reconciled intercompany accounts and cost to billing

reconciliations.

. Monitored accounts receivable and resolved invoicing

disputes with the client.

. Interfaced with Russian client on contractual issues.

Finance Manager - Alcoa Warrick Power Plant Strategic Environmental

Project - Warrick, Indiana

August 2005 - May 2008

. Managed all finance and accounting activities for the half

billion dollar Alcoa wet flue gas desulphurization project.

. Ensured that the reporting of backlog, revenue, cost and

client furnished materials was in accordance with Generally

Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and corporate policy

for projects.

. Developed and implemented accounting procedures.

. Calculated monthly project performance and compared to forecast

and plan.

. Interfaced with India Global Execution Center to obtain proper

billing cycle and reconciliation of cost.

. Assisted in the client's partner, client, sales and use tax,

vendor, internal and external audits.

. Developed network coding to incorporate client's chart of

accounts.

. Assisted with proposal work for other Alcoa projects.

Finance Manager - Alcoa/Fluor Alliance - Thirteen Sites, USA

November 2000 - December 2005

. Selected to be a SAP "power trainer"

. Converted 350 - 400 Alcoa small capital projects to SAP.

. Managed all finance and accounting activities on 250 - 400

active small capital projects.

. Ensured that the reporting of backlog, revenue, cost and

client furnished materials was in accordance with Generally

Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and corporate policy

for projects.

. Forecasted and analyzed thirty six project income statements.

. Developed monthly line item accruals for materials and

subcontracts for all open projects.

. Calculated monthly project performance and compared to

forecast and plan.

. Prepared project estimates for new awards and backlog

recognition.

. Developed and implemented accounting procedures.

. Coordinated with project controls to ensure cross-functional

work processes, including specific data flow, were defined

and distributed to the project team.

. Assisted in client, sales and use tax, internal and

external audits.

. Prepared and implemented tax mitigation strategies for the

client.

. Reconciled and distributed Canadian transbillings and

expatriate payroll to projects.

. Reconciled project cost to project control data.

. Assisted in the annual review/change of contractual terms.

. One of twenty five people worldwide to be selected to

attend the "Global Leadership Forum."

Project Controls Specialist - Multiple Nuclear and Fossil Power

Plants - Various, USA

June 1998 - October 2000

. Maintained project financials.

. Analyzed stand-alone project ledgers and transferred data to

central accounting system on a monthly basis.

. Collaborated with Fluor payroll department to develop and

certify union payroll system.

. Interfaced with industrial relations to develop union

billing rates.

. Reconciled union deductions against payroll reports.

. Processed billings for the Power Services and Nuclear

Groups.

. Selected to present a hypothetical team project to the CEO

and other executives.

Smith, Kesler & Company, P.A., Gaffney, South Carolina

One of the largest accounting firms in the Carolinas specializing in

the construction industry.

Staff Accountant

January 1997 - March 1998

. Reconciled bank accounts, payroll taxes, accounts payable and

accounts receivable for various companies.

. Performed monthly general ledger analysis, fixed asset

maintenance and journal entries for multiple clients.

. Prepared corporate tax returns and financial statements.

. Performed audits, reviews and compilations for corporations

predominately in the construction industry.

. Assisted in governmental and not-for-profit audits.

EDUCATION

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina

Bachelor of Science, Accounting. May 1996



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