Project Manager Sales
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DEBRA FAHEY, CPA, PMP, CMA
Glenview, Illinois 60026
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Summary of Experience
Accounting and finance executive with international experience. Strategic thinker, solutions driven, pro-active,
results oriented with profit focus. Creative with high work standards. Strong team/employee development.
Industry experience in pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, telecommunications, electronics, real estate development.
Expertise: Financial Analysis • Budgeting • Financial Operations • Financial Statements • Forecasting
Strategic Planning • Reporting • Treasury • GAAP Accounting • Internal Controls • Modeling
2006 to THOR EQUITIES, New York, New York
2009 A $1.7 billion private equity commercial real estate development firm.
Senior Director of Accounting and Finance, Chicago. Illinois
Report to CFO. Provide finance/accounting leadership for Chicago office. Advise corporate officers.
• Manage banking relationship and $170 million bank loan for award-winning
Palmer House Hotel construction renovation project. Completed project with
no liens.
Established accounting policies and internal controls for new office of 10 employees.
Automated loan compliance tracking and reporting saving up to 7 man days per month. Acknowledged by lender as
the most significant advance in 10 years.
2003 to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS INC., Itasca, Illinois
2005 A $250 million international manufacturer and marketer of microscopic microphones
and receivers for hearing instrument and communication applications.
Worldwide Operations Finance and Capital Manager.
Reported to VP of Operations. Managed operations finance support and worldwide capital
investments for a $250,000,000 international electronics manufacturer.
• Manage annual worldwide capital spending totaling $20,000,000 for locations in US, China,
Malaysia and Taiwan. Instituted company’s first-ever formal corporate policies and procedures for
capital spending.
• Created website tool that allowed executives worldwide to proactively manage capital investments
and cash flow. Company met its 2003 and 2004 annual investment objectives.
• Project Manager for implementation of Oracle ERP Asset Module in U.S. and three Asian locations.
Saved 5% in total labor hours.
• Performed post-audit analysis for three new product launches identifying changes that improved
accuracy of demand projections, improved product quality, increased manufacturing yields by 15%
and accelerated time to market by up to 33%.
2002 RESOURCES CONNECTIONS, Chicago, Illinois
Management consulting firm providing services to Fortune 1000 businesses.
Management Consultant. Reported to Managing Director. Provided finance, accounting and
project management consulting services.
• Prepared financial analyses and commentary on performance results for divisions totaling
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$20,000,000.
• Designed matrix tool to control and analyze multi-year R&D project spending of $7,500,000.
• Developed pricing for bid on international government contract worth $1,900,000 in annual revenue.
1994 to SBC AMERITECH, Chicago, Illinois
2001 A $50 billion U.S. telecommunications services and equipment provider.
Senior Manager – Operations Support, Business Services Division. 1999 – 2001
Managed financial operations supporting four Sales VPs with combined revenues of $1.6
billion.
• Directed and developed staff of five in multiple locations in sales reporting, measuring key
performance metrics, problem solving and providing actionable analyses. Increased sales up to 5%.
• Successfully integrated two outside sales organizations with combined revenues of $700,000,000
into the Division.
• Responsible for departmental expense budget of $470,000.
Senior Project Manager, Corporate Finance 1998 - 1999
Responsible for managing/executing $20,000,000 corporate-wide database project.
• Developed work plans, resolved issues, identified dependencies, assessed risks, and determined
critical success factors that resulted in stakeholder acceptance of project.
• Project increased revenues by $32,000,000 and reduced expenses by $5,000,000 annually.
Regional Senior Financial Manager/Controller, Enhanced Business Services 1997 - 1998
Controller for East Region with sales over $1.0 billion.
• Created blueprints that improved sales representatives’ productivity by up to 15%.
Branch Manager Financial Analysis, Enhanced Business Services 1996
Manager for two sales branches with combined sales of $400,000,000.
• Received President Recognition Award for design and implementation of division’s first sales
branch P&Ls.
• Business unit surpassed its annual targets by $7,000,000, achieved 10% revenue growth, and ranked
first among all divisions .
Manager Financial Analysis, Enhanced Business Services 1994 – 1995
Provided financial decision support analyses for $1.0 billion Telecommunications division.
• Created division’s first ever metrics report that provided management with “early warning”
indicators for critical success factors such as new line orders, installations, minutes of usage,
equipment contracts, backlogs and inventory.
CREDENTIALS: CPA
PMP®
CMA
EDUCATION: MSM, Major: Finance, Krannert Graduate School
Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana
BBA, Major: Finance and Economics, Cum Laude
St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana
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PROFESSIONAL AICPA
AFFILIATIONS: Illinois CPA Society
Project Management Institute
Institute of Management Accountants
Toastmasters
PC SKILLS: in Outlook, Oracle, MRI, rCash, Quickbooks, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
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