DENISE M. HOLLOWAY, CMA, CPIM, CIRM, SPHR
**** ********** **. ****** *****, OR 97116
503-***-**** ***********@*******.***
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
QPM Aerospace Inc., Portland OR 12/2008-current
&Affiliate companies Q Property LLC, Net Inspect LLC (until 9/2009)
Corporate Controller/Acting CFO (1/2009-10/2009)
. Cleaned up and corrected the financials for most of 2008 for 5
companies within 6 months while going thru full financial audit and
full due diligence.
. Relocated and took control of all accounting functions, cleaning up
activity, getting files current, implementing processes and controls.
. Recovered or stopped the wasteful spending of over $150,000 within 6
months of taking over accounts payables.
. Preparation of all financial statements, analyses, budgets, forecasts,
collateral statements, cash flow forecasts. Preparation of analyses
for tax preparation, audits, due diligence reviews.
. Cost savings studies on cargo insurance, amended WA B&O filings to
recover overpayments of taxes, fines, and penalties.
. Coordination of financial aspect of corporate reorganization,
corporate office closure, and pending plant shutdown.
. Conversion to standard costing system to gain better control of
material inventory costs.
. Implemented a cycle count program in plant once system inventory
locations cleaned up. First month accuracy 99%+.
TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., Hillsboro, OR 01/ 2007- 08/
2008
Senior Cost Accountant
Oregon Finance responsible for all accounting for Inventory
including perpetual, work in process, valuation, excess and obsolete
reserves, and RMA
Accounting for manufacturing variances, cost center expenses,
budgets and quarterly forecasts, and product costing
Working with team on reconfiguration of costing system in SAP
Accounting for $10-$14 million dollars of precious metal
inventory and valuation of reclaim
SOX Audit schedule preparation, and updating of SOX controls
with OR Finance team
Harmonization with Florida and Texas plants on financial
calculations and policy updates
Sumitomo Electric Semiconductor Materials Inc., Hillsboro, OR 05/
2001- 08/ 2006
Accounting/ Human Resources Manager
. Responsible for all functions of Accounting, Purchasing,
Administration, IS, Human Resources, and Finance in new start-up
facility
. Human Resources functions including hiring and firing,
compliance, benefits, and salary analysis
. Implementation of ADP Payroll and HRIS Systems
. Responsible for building all processes and procedures from the
ground up
. Implementation of all systems to run inventory, production
reporting, product costing, and fixed assets
. Monthly financial closings and reporting, budgeting and
forecasting, GL, AP, AR, credit management, and payroll
. Banking relationships and cash management including
establishment of lockbox, credit card acceptance
. Ongoing relations with Tax and Audit groups of KPMG
. Multi-state sales and use tax reporting and OR property tax
filings
. Supervise Accounting Clerk Position. Oversee priorities of IS
Consultant, purchasing and administrative clerks.
Instruct/train Customer Service Clerks on proper use of system.
. Maintain information for all Corporate Insurance policies.
. Reporting to International parent company of quarterly results
. Numerous cost savings implemented for company through vendor
negotiations, taking on responsibility from vendors, and bulk
purchasing plans
SGL Carbon Corporation, Hillsboro, OR 04/ 1998- 05/ 2001
Plant Controller
. Responsible for all aspects of Accounting in a manufacturing
facility
. Intercompany reconciliations, sales and margin analysis, monthly
financial performance reporting for plant, budgeting and
forecasting, product standard costing, GL entry, AP entry, fixed
assets, payroll, and corporate report requirements
. Customer/ Vendor relations
. Excess and Obsolete inventory analysis
. Assist Corporate Collections with reconciliations of customer
accounts
. Supervise Accounting Clerk Position
. SAP implementation projects and trainer to other sites
implementing
The Chamberlain Group, Inc., Nogales, Sonora Mexico 08/ 1994- 04/
1998
Cost / Financial Analyst
Bose Corporation, San Luis Sonora Mexico & Framingham, MA 07/1982-
08/1984
Cost Accountant
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Bryant University Smithfield, RI
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Major in Accounting and Special Concentration in Management
CMA Certified Management Accountant
SPHR Senior Professional Human Resources
CIRM Certified in Integrated Resource Management APICS
CPIM Certified in Production and Inventory Management APICS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Board of Directors, Member, TeslaArc LLC (since 2009)
IMA/ICMA Institute for Certified Management Accountants (since 1995)
SHRM Society for Human Resources Management (since 2004)
PHRMA Portland Human Resources Management Association (since 2004)
APICS Associations for Operations Management (since 1992)
References furnished upon request.