Summary of Qualifications

Extremely motivated and results-driven financial professional with

exceptional leadership skills.

. DEMONSTRATES ABILITY IN FINANCIAL AND STAFF MANAGEMENT. COMBINES

RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL SYNERGY.

. SKILLED IN ASSET MANAGEMENT, MAXIMIZING WORKING CAPITAL THROUGH

AGGRESSIVE MONITORING AND COLLECTION TECHNIQUES.

. EXCELLENT QUALIFICATIONS IN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, PROJECT MANAGEMENT

AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS FOR INCREASED EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES

WITH THE MINIMUM IN RISK AND EXPENSE.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Gateway Incorporated - North Sioux City, SD 2000 - Present

Manager 2, Financial Reporting September 2008 - Present

Responsible for facilitating International Audits, Gateway's fixed assets

accounting, month-end consolidation and ensure all monthly expenses are

accurately accounted / reported in the financial statements

Partner with Gateway's third party accounting firms to ensure

Gateway's International Business units are compliant as well as

facilitate International Financial Audits

Facilitate the liquidation of International business units that are no

longer actively selling product

Manage Gateway's fixed assets accounting including running monthly

depreciation, adding new assets and the retirement of assets

. Report monthly International and Domestic sales to Senior Management

. Explain variances on financial statements for month over month and

yearly variances

Partner with Facilities to ensure the monthly accounting for

outstanding lease obligations and operational expenses are accurately

reflected in the financial statements

. Team with Human Resources to ensure monthly accruals for all employee

benefits expenses and Workers Compensation liability are accurately

accrued

Manager 2, Operations Finance April 2008 - October 2008

Provided senior business leaders with the monthly warranty costs for

servicing the install base. Published in depth reports and summaries on

costs associated with warranty and install base.

Calculated the monthly warranty accrual and relief for Gateway's three

sales channels of Consumer Direct, Retail and International

. Allocated warranty costs and temporary labor costs across business

units

. Deferred/recognized monthly revenue for Gateway's prepaid technical

support program

. Calculated monthly warranty cost per unit sold for US Retail and

International warranty program and reported to senior management

Manager 2, Financial Shared Services 2007 - 2008

Managed a team that consisted of six direct reports and six indirect

reports in the following departments: Payroll, Travel and Entertainment,

Accounts Payable, Cash Account Posting/Reconciliation, Escheatment

Management and Reporting. Responsible for cost containment, departmental

strategies, hiring and firing and performance management of my direct

reports.

. Member of core team for implementation of ADP Enterprise HR V5 payroll

system

. Effectively identified/resolved system limitations post ERP conversion

from SAP to Oracle 11i

. Managed the weekly disbursement of accounts payable that consisted of

payments to suppliers, employee expense report reimbursement and

customer refunds

. Identified and coordinated the transition of the accounts payable

owned by Gateway Professional, from Gateway's total accounts payable,

which was sold to MPC Computers

. Coordinated Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable offsets between

Gateway and its third party original design manufacturers (ODM's) on a

monthly basis

. Provided ad hoc reports to the Corporate Controller

Senior Financial Analyst, Finance 2005 - 2007

Member of lead project team for the implementation of Oracle 11i ERP e-

business suite. Project SME on the design of Accounts Payable, Bill

Presentment and iReceivable.

. Teamed with Oracle to gather and build functional specifications for

Accounts Payable, iReceivable, Tax, Cash Reconciliation and Bill

Presentment

. Created the process flows for the as-is and to-be Accounts Payable

process

. Created detail work instructions used for training the end users

. Provided input for the conversion and interface requirements for

suppliers and supplier invoicing

. Developed/tested business processes in Oracle to reduce to ensure a

smooth transition to Oracle

. Developed the Oracle Accounts Payable process post implementation and

designed Gateway's invoice formats for all customer segments

Senior Financial Analyst, Manufacturing Finance 2004 - 2005

Provided Senior Management inventory valuation for used inventory managed

by third party service providers. Provided in-depth reports, summaries and

managed projects for internal and external customers to help the Finance

department meet its goals and objectives.

. Responsible for monthly balance sheet reconciliation on all used

inventory branch plants. Summarized and researched any irregular

fluctuations in inventory valuation.

. Monthly reporting and reconciliation of all used inventory to be

included in quarterly financials

. Verified new processes to ensure all general ledger accounts were

being properly accounted

. Audited and attended quarter end physical inventory counts completed

at third party service provider locations.

. Provided ad hoc reports to senior management on inventory valuations

Supervisor 2, Order Verification and Fraud Review 2003 - 2004

Managed a team of nine reducing Gateway's fraud exposure while implementing

process improvements.

. Reduced fraud loss by 25% in seven months

. Researched and implemented fraud identification tools that decreased

Gateway's fraud loss

. Directed the transition of order verification and fraud review from

Customer Service to Financial Services, resulting in greater efficiency

with reduced expense.

Supervisor 2, Consumer Order Management 2003 - 2004

Supervised a team of seven responsible for ensuring proper payment and

processing of all consumer orders, reducing backlogs and ensuring orders

reached fulfillment in a timely manner so the product was received by

customers on or before the expected arrival date.

. Reduced the average number of Finance Holds 57% during the first

quarter end effort; after which each consecutive quarter-end workable

orders on hold were numbered zero.

. Reduced the time required for check verification three to five minutes

per order by creating a revised authorization tool.

Early Career History

Supervisor 1, Cash Applications 2002 - 2003

Supervisor 1, Consumer Collections 2002 - 2002

Financial Analyst 2001 - 2002

Finance Intern

2000

Education

Iowa State University Ames, Iowa

Bachelor of Science in Finance, December 2000 (GPA 3.48)

Computer Experience

Operating System: Windows

Applications: Oracle E-Business Suite 11i, JD Edwards, ADP Enterprise HR

V5, Siebel Customer Relationship Manager, PeopleSoft, Showcase Strategy

4.5, Cognos Series 7 version 3, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and

PowerPoint, Hyperion Essbase, WordPerfect, CheckFree Recon, Internet

Explorer and Netscape Communicator

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