Management Accounting
Resume:
JOEL A. MANDRAS
abm6f9@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
Metropolitan State College - Denver, CO
Bachelors of Business Administration, Accounting Major, 2006
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word, Outlook, JDEdwards, Hyperion,
Essbase, GreatPlains, Cognos, FRX, Clarity Software, Crystal Reports, FAST
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
April 2009 - Present
COVIDIEN, Boulder, CO
Financial Analyst, R&D Operations/PMO
. Manage budgets and forecasts of $65M R&D expenses as part of a two-
person team.
. Work with cross functional teams on resource allocation to drive
projects to completion on time and within budget.
. Develop financial models in support of VP Global R&D.
. Transitioned R&D Operations into Project Management Office.
. Perform monthly variance analysis to re-forecast quarterly.
. Initiated monthly reports enabling VPs to proactively respond to
budgetary variances.
. Facilitate interaction between VP's, project managers and departmental
leads to estimate appropriate allocation of resources including
headcount analysis.
. Support portfolio management team in making product development
prioritization decisions.
. Develop forecasting toolkit to support newly established PMO.
. Co-Manage Capital Expenditure requests to track spending through
product development process
. Develop and manage time tracking process maximizing resource
utilization
. Identified $5.7M in cost savings to further product development and
technology innovation.
Dec 2007 - Nov 2008
LAND TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY, Denver, CO
Dual Role - Financial Analyst / Accounting
. Developed process improvement analyzing key business metrics enabling
more accurate forecasting.
. Generated monthly financial packages for three subsidiary companies.
. Increased reporting capability enabling more efficient business
decisions.
. Received commendations from senior management regarding our Finance
team's capability to produce greater output with only 70% of staff.
. Served as a liaison between Accounting and IT providing increased
reporting functionality.
. Assisted with Sales Commissions calculations allowing senior
management to offer several variations of commission packages.
Nov 2005 - July 2007
CAPITAL PACIFIC HOMES, Englewood, CO
Dual Role - Financial Analyst / Accounting
. Assisted CFO and Controller with monthly financial package for
corporate office.
. Established absorption rate estimate to determine capability to offer
community-specific incentive programs.
. Generated offer analysis on incoming contracts to analyze
profitability and initiation of senior management decision making
process.
. Performed monthly bank account and general ledger reconciliations.
Feb 2001 - Nov 2005
LENNAR CORPORATION, Lone Tree, CO
Staff Accountant.
. Expedited month end closing process down from five days to four with
only 75% of staff.
. Setup communities in JD Edwards ensuring departmental compliance.
. Assisted Controller with annual budgeting process in Hyperion
. Prepared budgets at contract offering to estimate profitability at
time of closings.
. Managed Joint Venture account partnership with custom-home division
ensuring appropriate job-costing.
. Administered revenue recognition process on 204 closings in one month;
89% which occurred in the last week.
. Supervised A/P department ensuring 96% trade partner collaboration and
compliance.
. Participated in software conversion to JDEdwards; becoming point
person for accounting department.
. Trained Assistant Controller to handle my responsibilities upon
departure
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