Sales Customer Service
Resume:
David E. Cowan
**** **** *****, **** **** Fl. ***46
Cell 954-***-**** Home 407-***-****
abluzp@r.postjobfree.com
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Summary of Qualifications
. Experience in domestic and international finance, accounting and
auditing.
. Held various financial roles consisting of V.P. Finance, Director of
Finance, Corp. Controller and Plant Controller.
. Significant experience within Fortune 500 companies.
. Experience within Latin America. Able to speak conversational Spanish.
. Strong manufacturing background. Activity and Standardized costing.
. SEC reporting - MD&A, 10K, 10Q, S-3, Proxy, Annual Report, Secondary
Offerings and Investor Conference Calls.
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Specific Industry Experience
. Pharmaceutical/Chemical - Inverness Medical Innovations, KOS
Pharmaceutical (Sold to Abbott), American Cyanamid/Cytec Industries.
. Aerospace - American Cyanamid, Heico Aerospace, Hughes (Galaxy LA)
Aerospace Corporation.
. Consumer Products -Sunbeam Corporation, Republic National Cabinet
Corporations, Streicher Mobile Fueling, Imark Communications, Elkem
Metals Corporation, Republic National Cabinet Corporation.
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Previous Employers/Positions
Inverness Medical Innovations - QAS. $2 Billion in Sales.
July '07 - Oct '09
Controller - Director of Finance.
Reason for Leaving: Consolidation of Business into acquired business, all
accounting positions eliminated at sub level.
Republic National Cabinet Corporation. Sunshine Cabinet. (Division of
General Motors). March '06 - July '07
Vice President of Finance
Reason for Leaving - Company closed facility due to housing market.
Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc. $700 Million in Sales. (Company Sold to Abbott
Pharma.) April '00 - April '03
Assistant Corporate Controller, Director Level (Asst. to the Vice-President-
Controller)
Reason for Leaving - Position Eliminated, Company moved to NJ, company sold
to Abbott.
Cytec Industries Inc. American Cyanamid - $7 Billion in Sales. Fortune
500. 1990 - 1997
Assistant Group Controller/Financial Analyst - Latin America Division.
Reason for Leaving - Company moved Latin America division back to Corporate
Office in NJ.
Elkem Metals Co., Union Carbide Metals and Mining - $8 Billion in Sales.
Fortune 500 1984 - 1990
Assistant Plant Controller (Plant Accountant).
Reason for Leaving - Lack of Opportunities, same location for 7 years.
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Work Experience
. Reported directly to CEO's, CFO's, Corporate Senior V.P.'s Finance as
well as other senior managers.
. Member of Business Leadership Team which provided guidance for overall
business direction.
. Responsible for Preparation and Analysis of Profit and Loss Statements,
Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, Consolidations, Variance Analysis, Monthly
Corporate Reporting Package, Roll-forwards, Sub-ledger to Ledger tie
outs, Manufacturing Analysis, Government Reporting, 10K, 10Q, MD&A
analysis, Investor Conference Calls, Preparation and Printing of Annual
Report, and AD-Hoc analysis.
. Preparation of Yearly Budget, Quarterly Re-forecasting, Monthly (Movers),
Weekly Flash Reports, and Long Range Strategic Plan (Years 2 -10).
. Developed Professional Guidelines for Policy and Procedures Manual,
Accepted Accounting Policies, Best Practices and Corporate Chart of
Accounts.
. SOX Compliance, writing of narratives, review of primary controls and
implementation of secondary controls as needed. Coordination of SOX
compliance audit with internal and external auditors.
. Implementation of: a Lawson Financial System (Certified), a BPCS
Conversion and Upgrade, a Great Planes 9 to 10 Conversion and Upgrade, a
Fixed Asset System (FAS) using bar coding, a Document Imaging System for
going paperless, a State Tax System (Avatax) for Sales and Use Tax, and
travel software for expense reports (Concur).
. Supervise staff of as many as 50 professional/non-professionals
consisting of Senior Accountants, Budget/Financial Analysts, Accounts
Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Application, Billing, Payroll,
Insurance Verification, and Customer Service.
. Treasury management of company assets such as Cash, Mutual Funds, and
Other Investments.
. Coordination of Quarterly and Yearly Financial Audit by Internal and
External Audit Group. Prepared and Coordinate Review of Covenants for
Bank Audit.
. Presentations to CEO's, Board of Directors, Senior Management, and Joint
Venture Capitalists.
. Reduction of Closing Cycle and Implementation/Upgrade of New Reporting
Formats.
. Developed Quality indicators for "Cost of Quality" and "Price of Non-
Conformance" model for measuring the amount of opportunity in product
lines.
. Due Diligence for Mergers and Acquisition of new businesses. Perform
audit for purchase price, valuation analysis, market liability analysis
and presentation to Investor Group for funding.
. Coordination of Federal Tax Return Filings with Inside/Outside Tax group
or firms.
. Responsible for 20 operating countries and 4 legal entities financial
reporting and consolidation.
. Market analysis for Customer and Product Profitability.
. Audit experience for Auditing Internal Controls and Financials.
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Education
. Graduate of West Virginia University. Bachelor of .Arts with
concentration in Accounting.
. Graduate Course Work towards Completion of MBA.
. Previously sat for CPA Exam.
. Conversational Spanish - Berlitz.
. System and Software Experience - Installation of Great Plains 9 and
System Upgrade to GP 10, InfoSys, Biz Portal, McCormick and Dodge, Lawson
Certified, BCPS, Hyperion, FAS, Symix, QuickBooks, Excel and numerous
other software packages both LAN and Mainframe platforms.
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