Management Sales

Karen J. Badger, MBA

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Lee's Summit, MO 64063

573-***-**** (cell)

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FINANCIAL EXECUTIVE CANDIDATE

International Finance - Project Management - Operations - Systems -

Contract Negotiations

Results oriented, strategic professional with presence and integrity who

brings comprehensive administrative operations experience from a global

environment. Background includes negotiating fiscal business deals to

secure a competitive advantage, directing change initiatives to increase

the profit picture, envisioning new systems, processes, and tools to

improve efficiency and creating infrastructure to quickly move projects

forward.

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS AND BUSINESS CONTRIBUTIONS

Financial Management

. Led international budgeting, consolidations, monthly and annual

reporting, and auditing to provide business units with accurate and

timely financial information. Developed transfer pricing, foreign credit

and collections policies and opened FISC and DISC to optimize foreign

operation profitability.

. Consistently planned and developed all aspects of US financial operations

to include: A/P, A/R, G/L, fixed asset management, budgeting,

forecasting, reconciliations, reporting, product costing, and variance

analysis.

. Coordinated implementation, modification, and documenting of accounting

systems and control procedures to insure proper usage of GAAP and

government contract accounting. Maintained fiscal control while growing

revenue at an average rate of 20% per year.

. Managed treasury functions, bank relationships, cash flow forecasting,

investments, foreign currency and hedging to maximize cash position for

all entities. Successfully negotiated all financing arrangements to

achieve increasingly favorable collateral position and stronger

relationships with credit providers.

. Achieved significant tax advantages by regularly reviewing changes in tax

law and corporate structure to strategically position company for maximum

benefits in international, federal, and state taxes while maintaining

required reporting for foreign, VAT, sales, use, franchise, property and

payroll taxes.

Operations Management

. Expanded the company footprint globally by developing the vision,

identifying the timing, the resources, the risks, and opportunities and

leading all functional areas of administration through location

development.

. Defined roles and reporting for management and staff to consistently

improve communication of coordinating global functions. Assembled teams

and motivated to peak achievement through strong leadership and concise

communication.

. Reduced insurance rates through global consolidation and by developing

and monitoring safety programs, successfully achieving a four-year period

with no OSHA recordable incidents. Fulfilled all regulatory reporting

and governmental requirements, engineered systems to evaluate and reduce

business risks.

Infrastructure Development

. Created infrastructure for growth model through acquisitions that

resulted in rapid implementation.

. Ambitiously directed the site selection and construction of a 60,000

sq.ft. state-of-the art R&D facility, completing the project within 7

months when projections had been 24 months to occupancy.

. Successfully negotiated buyout of 49% minority shareholder to bring all

stock under one owner.

IT System Implementation

( Orchestrated implementation of Oracle ERP to solve need for

streamlining data management, resulting in better visibility of company

performance, improved accuracy and elimination of redundancies.

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( Defined and communicated the vision for the system improvements.

Created, led and motivated team to analyze corporate needs, budget,

personnel, training and on-going support improvements.

. Negotiated purchase, support and implementation contracts. Recognized at

an Oracle convention as a model for successful implementation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

General Electric, Kansas City, MO ($400m Energy-Infrastructure division)

2008 to present

Global Accounting Manager (Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt certified)

( Managed accounting operations for 17 countries with 50 legal entities

on 16 disparate systems including month end close, A/P, A/R, general

ledger, corporate and sales tax, fixed assets, payroll, and

consolidations.

( Led US business recovery from failed ERP implementation by

coordinating process requirements, leading training and directing change

to successful use of Oracle system and outsourcing of A/P, A/R, sales

tax, fixed assets.

( Improved controllership through automation, account reconciliation

process, focus on education of business impact in areas of sales, order

management, collections, purchasing, vendor management, and legal.

Jahabow Industries, Inc., Owensville, MO ($20m store fixture design and

manufacturer) 2007 - 2008

Vice President and CFO

( Led improvements in all areas of management decisions by streamlining

reporting processes and data collection. Achieved greater utilization of

ERP data through the successful implementation of system upgrade,

employee education and setting higher standards for data integrity.

( Reduced month end processing time by 90% and collections by 20 days,

improved CCC by 50 days.

Computerized Medical Systems, Inc., St. Louis, MO ($60m global medical

software developer) 2006 - 2007

International Controller

( Initiated financial reporting improvements between European offices,

Japan and St. Louis headquarters.

( Implemented budgeting software program, budgeting and forecasting

processes, and management reporting in US, Germany, Japan, and

Shanghai.

( Managed global corporate insurance, led team to develop in-language

quotation documentation, participated on team to implement CRM system in

Japan, consulted on HR, payroll, legal, and IT issues.

Brewer Science, Inc., Rolla, MO ($45m global semiconductor industry

manufacturer & supplier) 1992 - 2005

Managing Director - Global Resources (strategic projects and relationships

management)

. Led project management for $15m new manufacturing plant. Close liaison

with Japanese joint venture partners to ensure highest quality and

efficient manufacturing process.

. Developed and implemented protocols for and reviewed and negotiated all

corporate legal agreements for joint development projects, NDAs,

supplier, customer and partner agreements.

. Provided consultative input for all aspects of operations, manufacturing,

customer relations, university and governmental partnerships.

Managing Director - Resource Management (CFO and COO)

. Managed all global aspects of finance, accounting, HR, IT, facilities,

logistics, supply chain, safety, legal, environmental and security for

US, UK, Germany, France, Hong Kong, and Taiwan operations.

. Provided oversight for UK operations as interim director.

. Directed strategic decisions on location, operations and statutory set up

of each business entity.

EDUCATION

MBA, Drury University, Springfield, MO

BS, Business Administration and Accounting, Drury University, Springfield,

MO

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